K-rest

[stegorjus]

It would be interesting to know what readers think of the K-Rest. It's a rest used in snooker that lets players use their normal stance, i.e. with the chin on the cue. The player uses an extended cue and the rest acts like a sort of arm extension for the bridge-hand.
Steve Davis reviewed it favourably for the BBC in 2006. The clip is still available:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/ukfs_sport/hi/av/bb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nol_storyid=495 6338

There is also a website

http://www.k-rest.co.uk

[hegeland]

I would say it's got nothing to do with the rest, as you can play the same shot with the same stance using a normal rest. But the interesting things is why we never see anyone play like this? I'll go down the club today and give it a try. But as Steve said, for a pro, you got to be more accurate than with your normal way of cuing a rest shot before you can start using it. And as pros have played 10-20 years with the old method, it will take a long time before they get better with this new technique than they are today with the old one, and I think that's probably the reason we never see it used on TV. But it's definitely one for the future I think.

[GOMH71]

I was sat with a few Players in Wales and Joe Swail produced the K-Rest he was given outside the venue after losing to Judd.

You will not believe the hilarity it caused amongst us.

It will NEVER have any impact on the game...trust me...

[Semih_Sayginer]

I was sat with a few Players in Wales and Joe Swail produced the K-Rest he was given outside the venue after losing to Judd.

You will not believe the hilarity it caused amongst us.

It will NEVER have any impact on the game...trust me...

agree there GOMH.

it would appear theres much more cue in front of your chin than "normal" shots and so id not think its anything like a natural shots feel to it

[ferret]

I am not going to get into the in's and out's of the K-rest but I have one and it is just what I have been looking for, for ages!!!

You have to know what you are looking for to understand it and how it can advantage you in a game. Many players do get what it is about (Steve Davis for one) but go out and use a standard rest then the k-rest on the same shot!

EDIT: You will see what I mean in a few weeks as I am writing an article about it.

[ADR147]

I was sat with a few Players in Wales and Joe Swail produced the K-Rest he was given outside the venue after losing to Judd.

You will not believe the hilarity it caused amongst us.

It will NEVER have any impact on the game...trust me...

i agree aswell - snooker is not a game that welcomes change!

[hegeland]

It will NEVER have any impact on the game...trust me...

Maybe so... but that says more about the game than the rest. Just look at the blue Steve potted. That shot is virtually impossible to play with a normal rest. Says enough me thinks.

[ADR147]

maybe - flexi rest and hook rest both good ideas and yet i have never seen anyone in a club using either!

[Alex0paul]

Whats the point in it? You could do the same thing with a normal rest.

[Theguywithaplan]

Whats the point in it? You could do the same thing with a normal rest.

Well why don't you play all your shots with the rest then?

[Alex0paul]

Well why don't you play all your shots with the rest then?

Because I wouldn't need the rest all the time. What I am saying is the normal rest could be used in the same way as the k rest. I am not sure what your comment has got to do with anything?

[hegeland]

I agree, you could use this "new" rest technique on normal rests as well. There is one advantage with the K-rest, however; it can be lowered more than the conventional one.

[frameandfortunereturns]

What happened to 'The Sniper Cue'? It was shown on BBC a few years back but I have yet to see anyone play with it. Is it banned? Does anyone else remember it?

[Deano82]

maybe - flexi rest and hook rest both good ideas and yet i have never seen anyone in a club using either!

im guessing thats cause the clubs done own any the other day i tried to take a shot needing a rest the x rest was no good as i had a bunch of balls in the way and searched the hole club for a spider rest but only found the small version which still didnt help so tryed using the x rest as well but that didn't work either so had to play off the side cushion first so the other day i ordered
the flexi rest which arrived yesterday so not tried it yet but looks great and well worth the £15 as it looks like it will come in handy.

[Semih_Sayginer]

maybe - flexi rest and hook rest both good ideas and yet i have never seen anyone in a club using either!

and id say these are both better than the K rest. of the k rest allows a more natural stance, but i dont imagine thousands of top players to start playing "every" shot with a cut down normal rest, just the same as i cant see the k rest taking off. it has its uses, but IMO the other two mentioned by ADR have theirs, and their uses are more common place to the majority of players, and yet they havent been "overused"

(as a side note ADR, some clubs dont have the correct rests etc per table as the "normal" equipment stands as it is, so i doubt therll be an huge rise in even the 2 you mentioned.