Snooker is to Pool as...

Snooker and pool are very similar yet vastly different kinda like tennis and ping pong. The smaller/lighter balls are the biggest adjustment for me with both sets of games. In snooker I get a lot more spin using a lighter ball but in tennis I get a lot more spin using a heavier ball.
 
Swighey said:
Interesting article. Baseball and Cricket are two highly technical games but skills (and athleticism) do transfer. As a former social weekend cricketer in the London area, I've seen a fair few American expats or those visiting cricketing friends have a game or two. Those who good at sport are good at sport - they can hit sixes and fours (which is all that is needed in the middle order of a social team) and can throw the ball in well from the field. Likewise, a good pool player could turn up at a snooker club and string some 20 something breaks together and beat some social players. Also seen fairly decent snooker players have a crack at pool and run out when the balls roll for them (but they struggle on tough layouts against good players and blame luck when the cue ball comes off two rails and drops into the side pocket).

Making it at a high level is a different story though. Snooker to pool easier than pool to snooker though. And baseball to cricket easier than cricket to baseball.
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I haven't played cricket or snooker, but this is my opinion as well.

If cricket approaches the kind of money we see in Major League Baseball, then you'll see a huge influx of converted baseball players. Likewise can be said about snooker-converted pool players if pool approaches the same amount of money as snooker.
 
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