Switching to a snooker stance has really improved my ball pocketing
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I don't know how you were before but if done right this position affords many benefits, if you are square to the shot it helps your alignment and allows you to "step into the shot" along the line and brings your back arm away from your body so you get a nice range of motion. There is a reason why snooker players have adopted this style as is can bring great accuracy over distance. It also gives you reference points for your setup so it is very repeatable (consistency)
Good luck with your new found knowledge.
Good luck with your new found knowledge.
This is all mythology.
Snooker players use their stance because Joe Davis used it.
There is NO advantage to a 'snooker style' stance that can't
also be achieved with other styles - unless you are a moroone.
There are a few reasons why snooker players have great PRECISION over
distance - the stance is not one of them.
I have, and do, play both ways.
Dale(YES, I said it and I'm glad)
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Ok now. What is snooker stance ? I didn't notice that they approach the ball differently.
Sorry but being a moroone ( what ever that is), what are the other few reasons
that snooker players have great PRECISION over distance ?
Say you have a laser beam going at the center of the table long wise, assume the OB is at the top end and CB at head string splitting the beam, now remove the CB and OB out, go down with the cue by itself on the laser beam, look at the shaft is it splitting the beam? do your normal stroke and shoot (as if OB and CB are there) If you are not splitting the beam you will never make a ball in snooker that has less than the full pocket; in pool there is some forgiveness. This experiment will weak the C and D players up sorry!! IMO.
One of my good friends tried it and it worked wonders for his game.
Couple of questions I often ask myself after reading internet comments - where are you getting this information, and how can you simultaneously be so wrong and so self-assured!? Do you just not care?
Joe Davis stood almost side-on to the shot - his left leg well in front and his rear foot at almost 90 degrees.
Top professional snooker players don't stand like this today, and they haven't for decades. The modern stance is much squarer to the shot, and both feet tend to be pointing forward. Snooker players today do not look very similar to Joe Davis at all...
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This advice/experiment -- essentially bearing simultaneously and directly on matters of stance, alignment, head position, and dominant eye -- and conveying a way to realize/solve related concerns about all four, is the single cleverest tip I've read on the forum in several months in this forum which is always full of useful information.
Kudos to you, Naji for this insightful contribution.
Arnaldo
You are welcome, once in a while i feel generous and give something, i do not recall seeing it explained this way with the laser beam in the past. But you are right it covers all four. A smart AZBer might ask what if i use english on the shot, my answer is if you bring the tip from the english tip position to the center of cb you have to split the line going through the cb/ob contact line or the corrected aim line!
Couple of questions I often ask myself after reading internet comments - where are you getting this information, and how can you simultaneously be so wrong and so self-assured!? Do you just not care?
Joe Davis stood almost side-on to the shot - his left leg well in front and his rear foot at almost 90 degrees.
Top professional snooker players don't stand like this today, and they haven't for decades. The modern stance is much squarer to the shot, and both feet tend to be pointing forward. Snooker players today do not look very similar to Joe Davis at all...
You just don't even know a little bit do you?
FWIW - I saw that picture 30 years ago, and read all 3 of Joe's books.
He stands 'angled' for the same reason Mosconi did, and I'm certain,
from your uninformed comments you don't have a clue as to why.
Many players stand more square to the line of the shot - as do many
top pool players - but not all. Likewise, few pool players stand nearly so
angled to the line of the shot as Mosconi did. So what?
There is MUCH more to a stance than the relative position of ones feet.
Dale(who wonders if somebody read the part about I have played both ways)
I ordered Lee Brett's DVD and follow his instructions in it. It did help me in my OVERALL game. I don't know if everyone would get results like me and don't claim they would. It worked for me and was well worth the money. Thanks Lee.
It's more natural for your arm to swing inline when your square .. It's very easy to see this by just swinging your are while square the then turn your foot and your arm goes with it unless you try to keep it straight ,, this is the foundation of the snooker stance
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Glad to be of help Allen.
Well no, as a matter of fact it isn't. Read Joe's book - he explains some
of his reasons. It is good info if you understand enough about stroke
mechanics. IMHO - he doesn't provide enough detail for a novice to
understand fully why the stroke and stance work so well.
It is mostly presented as a this-is-the-way-I-do-it-so-you-should-also.
Sound familiar?
Dale
In case anybody cares - am not in any way lobbying against a squared up
stance. Many great players stand that way.
IMHO - there is no demonstrable advantage to it. It seems more natural
to line up angled to the line of the shot, but either can result in a high
level of skill, if used correctly.
Dale(stance maven)
Isn't Moroone a type of cookie?
Stance purpose is good for beginners as a guide line approach and great to get that habit sinks in, as they become experts they will know that there is no substitute to making cue go 100% straight when they go down and while shooting, of which could be obtained with any stance as long as your fingers does not get tangled in your pocket when you fire the trigger!!!!.