So you think you can play Snooker?
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dave sutton
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Lol. We have a 12x6 with the correct cloth in my room. It's sick. I ran 40 once and felt like god. I practice 9 ball on it with centennials. It's tough.
Sometimes I just hit balls up the rail 12 feet jut so the 9 footer looks like a barbox
Sometimes I just hit balls up the rail 12 feet jut so the 9 footer looks like a barbox
I hear ya, I have a 6x12 at home, been playing for 35 years had numerous tons and I am staying home for this one 
Snooker is beyond the reach of many talented players simply because there is no place to play within any sort of reasonable distance. That is a shame.
I did once, until I discovered pool, and realized I was relatively much better at it 
Hmm... All I have to do is watch this video of Luca Brecel who is 12 in the video to convince myself that I don't know how to play. The first shot is enough.
was he on a 5x10 snooker table??
No it's a 12 footer.
Here's a bbc vignette on him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S92TZcXkThA&feature=related
Y'know the top players are so good that I highly doubt there will be any surprises in this event. Even if you can make centuries, it's just not enough. They clear up for the most insane positions, the rest of us would be happy to accumulate 20 points.
maybe I am wrong, or affected by the camera angle, I still think it's a 5x10
anyway, he is tanlent no doubt at all!
most certainly a 6x12
Hm, I think a kid called DongDong from Hong Kong might challenge Luca in future. There are plenty of videos of him on youtube, mostly difficult practice routines. The 12ft table is his toy.
Watch this 11 year old shoot just straight-in shots for 7 minutes...it gets more and more difficult. He shoots as straight as humanly possible.
DongDong straight-in shots
danielmoss010
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So amazing post really snooker my most favorite game
Yes, i love to play this game.
Yes, i love to play this game.
It would be more impressive if he made all those shots without editing out the misses, but still pretty strong.
that's kinda a silly statement....
Sure if you've made A century break, it's not likely that you have a chance. If you make centuries on a regular basis then you have a chance against anyone.
If you make centuries every other game, then you're probably going to win.
If you make a century break, you're pretty likely to win that game.
Hell, if you make a 75 break, you're pretty likely to win that game.
The question is, how often and from where can you do it.
If you can never make the long pot at the beginning of the game, against the best players, you'll likely rarely win a single game.
and you can make that long pot all day long, but if you can't follow it up with a good break, not much chance of winning either.
Good players to great players to champions, the difference is in the consistency nothing more.(well and the ability to control whitey more accurately)
Jaden
Sure if you've made A century break, it's not likely that you have a chance. If you make centuries on a regular basis then you have a chance against anyone.
If you make centuries every other game, then you're probably going to win.
If you make a century break, you're pretty likely to win that game.
Hell, if you make a 75 break, you're pretty likely to win that game.
The question is, how often and from where can you do it.
If you can never make the long pot at the beginning of the game, against the best players, you'll likely rarely win a single game.
and you can make that long pot all day long, but if you can't follow it up with a good break, not much chance of winning either.
Good players to great players to champions, the difference is in the consistency nothing more.(well and the ability to control whitey more accurately)
Jaden
Maybe. It's hard to tell because the uploader is only posting edited drills. Luca has been posting centuries both left and right handed for a couple of years now.
Have you ever played against professional snooker players? They don't give you the opportunity.
If you make centuries every other game, your one of the best break builders in the world, period. There are tons of great players off of the main tour who are capable of completing a total clearance who don't have a prayer of ever coming close to getting in the 50 in the world.
Snookers not just about potting balls.
The consistency part along with grace under pressure is what I believe separates the cream. when you see the elite in matchplay and you realize that they have only one chance to bring this level of play and they do.
To play match after match and make only occasional safety errors and have pot success rates in the 90% range takes something special.
Just look at the standard of the players in the bottom half of the top 100, it's littered with ex world champs and ex top 16, the standard and consistency is so high that most of them cannot even qualify anymore.
I have in years gone by played top 16 players and it is very very humbling how they punish you from anywhere.
Exactly. The standard is so high these days that just to get past the qualifying rounds is a feat in of itself. For example, great players like Ken Doherty and Matthew Stevens had to go through qualifying rounds just to play in the World Championship this year! I believe Stevens was actually ranked something like 40th or 50th this past season! I mean, this is Matthew Stevens we're talking about here!