Most Difficult Cue Sport

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don giancana

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Out of all the cue sports which one (if any) do you find the most hardest, most skilled and most strategic.

P.S - Can anyone explain the old rules of 9-ball
 
don giancana said:
Out of all the cue sports which one (if any) do you find the most hardest, most skilled and most strategic.
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Welcome Don. Nice post #1 !

I find snooker to be very difficult, to the point where I no longer play on those huge tables with miniscule pockets and balls. It doesn't help that I'm quite a short fellow :(

Dave
 
Welcome to the board Don. I'd say three cushion billiards is the hardest. If you're a beginning player, you could play that game for quite a while and not make a point. For the pocket games, I'd have to agree with Dave that snooker on a 6 X 12 with small pockets is a pretty tough game. For pool, I'd say that one pocket is the hardest game. The beginner would not stand a chance against a seasoned player. JMHO.
 
3-cushion is by far the most difficult, complex, physically/mentally tough game there is. In fact, I consider it one of the hardest sports/games period.

-Roger
 
Let's not forget bumper pool. Anyone here think bumper pool is easy. I don't think so.
 
Thanks for your responses - keep em coming.
If anyone could answer my question about the old 9-ball rules (if its too long just state the differences between the old and new) I would also be greatful.

To add a bit of variety if you would also like to post your most favoured of the 'cue sports' feel free to do so.

At the moment I'd personally have to go with 9-ball.
Peace
 
You mean the old 2 shot roll out? Or what old 9ball roles ya mean?

I agree with the ones above 3 cusion has to be to hardest!
But One Pocket uses alot of different skills that other games don't. And has to be a close 2nd!
 
3 cushion is a good game. I find it easy to play. I have not mastered it, cause there is so much to learn.
One pocket on the other hand is a hard game. It took me a year just to develope patients to play the game. There is so much you have to think about before taking your shot. A miss could cause you to sell out if you are firering balls at your hole.
Once I learned how to play One-Pocket, my safeties in 9-ball got better.
 
About the old and new rules - I'm only asking because I saw a previous thread on this forum where a few members were saying that they wished the 9-ball rules would change back to how they used to.
I think it was in the thread about a dominating player in todays game where willie mosconi's personal dominance was mentioned.

I myself only know of the modern rules of 9-ball which have been in effect in recent world championships.
 
I think they just me without ball in hand............They use to have 2 shot foul rule. You could make the guy shoot again if he made a bad hit............so rather than playing safe, they could roll out. And they guy had the option to take the shot or let you have it back.
Not sure if that's what they was talkin about?
 
pooltablemech said:
I think they just me without ball in hand............They use to have 2 shot foul rule. You could make the guy shoot again if he made a bad hit............so rather than playing safe, they could roll out. And they guy had the option to take the shot or let you have it back.
Not sure if that's what they was talkin about?
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Balls also spotted after a foul, and a foul on the break was ball in hand behind the line.
 
Toughest game with balls and cue?

Golf on the snooker table. BTW, great to see you again TPM.
 
Three words - ENGLISH POCKET BILLIARDS

At the top level you can see 1000+ point breaks fairly commonly, which would be about 400 or so consecutive shots at the table, none of them particulary easy on a full size english snooker table. Anyone ever try shooting a table length in off on one of those suckers?

And then there are the extreme masse's... Geet Sethi = Masse Master
 
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This is a no brainer. Snooker is much, much, much, more difficult than either pool or three cushion. Actually, I think three cushion is much easier than both straight pool and one pocket, though more difficult than the other games played on a pool table. Any "C" player can easily become somewhat proficient at three cushion in a year with lessons and practice, but becoming proficient at snooker requires such extraordinary cueing skills that there aren't many that can ever hope to play it well.

Of course, if we're talkiing about reaching world championship class level, they're all about the same. To be one of the best at anything takes talent and dedication in great quantities.
 
i have never played snooker, so i cant really put that into my equation...i have played 3 ball on a billiard table long ago...they dont have too many billiard tables in my area...id actually have to drive 30 mins to get to one....my vote would have to go to 3 cushion billiards...i have never played but just the idea of striking one ball then traveling 3 rails into the other ball seems pretty hard to me....i also will say golf is a tough game...golf is definately my fav billiard game
 
pooltablemech said:
I think they just me without ball in hand............They use to have 2 shot foul rule. You could make the guy shoot again if he made a bad hit............so rather than playing safe, they could roll out. And they guy had the option to take the shot or let you have it back.
Not sure if that's what they was talkin about?
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^^yeah - this was what I meant about the old 9-ball rules aswell as what 'Jimmy M' said.
Thank you both for clearing that up for me and the rest for their responses to my other question.
 
SJM,

I usually agree with you but not this time. I can put a ball a few inches from the pocket in snooker and have a beginning player make the ball pretty quickly. On the other hand, I can show someone how to make a point in 3c and it's doubtful they'll make that point right away.


sjm said:
This is a no brainer. Snooker is much, much, much, more difficult than either pool or three cushion. Actually, I think three cushion is much easier than both straight pool and one pocket, though more difficult than the other games played on a pool table. Any "C" player can easily become somewhat proficient at three cushion in a year with lessons and practice, but becoming proficient at snooker requires such extraordinary cueing skills that there aren't many that can ever hope to play it well.

Of course, if we're talkiing about reaching world championship class level, they're all about the same. To be one of the best at anything takes talent and dedication in great quantities.
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Being a Brit, and as I have played snooker all my life, I have to say Snooker!

I have never played 3 cushion billiards, but the game is fantastic to watch, is amazing what the likes of Semi Sayginer can do.

Snooker requires an absolutely perfect cue stroke, unlike in most forms of pool where you can have a stroke much like Bustamente or Ortmann, the cue must strike through the ball dead on, and at the correct level, due to just how tight the pockets are.

It is amazing to watch Professional Snooker Players play the game, you can watch them, think its easy, get back on the table and get back to reality!

Snooker has brought some very talented players, namely one Ronnie O'Sullivan, some people on this board might know him, he may not be the greatest player to ever pick up a cue just yet, but he is by far the most naturally talented snooker player and cueist I have seen. He can make hundred breaks with both hands, and many believe he could get into the World Top 16 playing with his opposite hand!

Interesting discussion, another form of pool that I hear it hard is Pyramide, mostly played in Russia and around that area of Europe, if you want tight pockets, look no further than that game!! Evgeny Stalev is a master at it, which is suprising as he has a very free flowing stroke.
 
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