new seasons silly question

[Solartje]

hiya all,

i got a question, might seem silly for many, its not for me

ok, i was watching a match of ronnie o sulivan in snooker, and he had the cb something like 3" away from the ob. he had to roll the cb 3" further for position. i thought he would shoot it slowly. gently roll the ball. now i know that in this particual shot (rolling the cb some few inches further) i usually completely miss them. i either dont roll nothing at all,or way to far.

now my question: - if u have to play this shot, can u do it more acuratly if u play it with a higher speed?

ill explain: if u play it slow. the distance of the cb is highly influenced by the SPEED at wich u play this shot.

if u play it with power. the distance of the cb is determinated by the amount of top spin u put on the cb. (ok speed still has influence, but not as highly as at slow pace).

so: if im having lots of troubles playing this shot. should i move to the hard and folow shot instead of the slow and centerball roll shot.

 

[Russ Chewning]

What you are describing is a follow punch stroke. Performed by shooting firmly with perhaps 1/2 tip above center. Softly shooting any shots on the high nap cloth used on UK snooker tables is a risky proposition.

Get used to pocketing all you shots with either firmer speed, or a longer follow through, which will prevent the object ball fromr olling off as much.

Russ

 

[pdcue]

IMHO - slo-rolling shots is courting disaster

what is called for here is a stroke
the Brits refer to as 'stun run through'

a quick Google should locate instructions
on how to do it

HTH
Dale

 

[Solartje]

i know how to shoot the shot

but wasnt sure if it was a better way to play these positions then slowly rolling the cb.

guess i was right WOOHOOO learned a new shot.

mmm im gonna repost this but the object of the new post will be to maybe collect some pure poolshots that ex snookerplayers arent used to play or dont even know how to play them.

thx for the help guys