Question if answered will save me a ****load of stress

[Doggystylen]

and win me more frames...

o.k. are there any tricks into reading which shots to play and when if your around the black and pink. Is there any rule of thumb or anything like that?

I understand to clear the reds out of the way so the black can be pocketed in both pockets, pick the reds that are a little more challenging in the beginning so possibly have an easier shot for insurance.

I seem to know when I'm watching Ronnie, I'm thinking the same way as he does or at least agreeing! lol

any tricks to the trade or anything you can suggest that would help, I would appreciate.

This is by far the coolest website for snooker, for the coolest game!:snooker:

[wildJONESEYE]

priority is to clear the black spot ares ASAP so that the black is available in to both pockets...

how you go about that is up to you but never leave a pot straight in breakbuilding ...

i know easier said than done my HB is 25 but that has more to do with my poting ability more than my think process of the frame if i could pot the balls id be laughing

[RGCirencester]

I dont think there is a hard and fast rule, just look at the pros, ronnie will often take the difficult reds first or open the bunch almost instantly, whereas other players are quite happy to pick off the loose reds before going into the pack.
Your skill level also comes into this, going into the bunch off the first black may work for ronnie, but if your highest break is 30 it may be better to pick off the loose reds so as to not leave your oponent in with an easy oppotunity when you miss or run out of position.

[wildJONESEYE]

I dont think there is a hard and fast rule, just look at the pros, ronnie will often take the difficult reds first or open the bunch almost instantly, whereas other players are quite happy to pick off the loose reds before going into the pack.
Your skill level also comes into this, going into the bunch off the first black may work for ronnie, but if your highest break is 30 it may be better to pick off the loose reds so as to not leave your oponent in with an easy oppotunity when you miss or run out of position.

you know playing that type of snooker that Ronnie plays has been Hendrys downfall for the last 8 or 9 years .....

playing the right shot but the most difficult shot to make it easier to clear up by the end but unlike when he was at his ultimate best he misses before he reaches the snooker required stage and the other player gets a easier clear up.

[Wayne G]

Doggystylen, love your avatar. Hope she doesn't wear those puppies out.

[vmax4steve]

Think only two shots ahead, the shot you are on and where you need to leave the cue ball for the next shot.
You can have an idea of how you will go about a break, but go about it two shots at a time.

[1lawyer]

Try not to finish so close to the cushion or straight on the next ball unless you need to be. Leaving a slight angle gives you more chance to manover the white with a gentle stun shot for example. Just as wildjoneseye has described.

I would say learn the angle of delection so you have an idea of where the white will finish and you dont need this to be perfect try to leave options for yourself *more than 1 ball to play for if you can and play the white in a general area.

hope this helps a bit

[northerner]

The two important things to concentrate on will be getting the black and pink available to both corners (middle for pink) and then opening the reds.

To get the black open there will usually be one or two reds that have to be taken first. Your first job in the breal is to identify and move those key balls.

Splitting reds is not a matter of going in hard when the angle is there. First look at the bunch. If you go in from the black, will the reds simply absorb the force and leave you nowhere? (flat back pack). If so, look at going in from the blue. If you go into a bunch from the right, will the position of balls result in the white potentially glancing off into baulk? If so, you need to go in from the left, and vice versa. This all means that when you fist go to the table, you should be aware of which line of attack into the bunch you will need.

Make sure that when you go into the pack, you think about where the white will end up. Don't get stuck in there, and don't bounce out onto a side cushion.

Better still though, when many breaks begin you have a few loose reds to start. If possible, cannon into the bunch off the black (or reds) in order to leave yourself on one of the loose reds. This way you can keep developing reds without risking losing the white.

Now practice the black off its spot, especially the thin cuts (even with the rest) so that when you have a shot at the black in a match you know it's going in.

[ADR147]

the rule is pretty simple - make the game as easy as you can - the less the ball travels the less there is to go wrong, the very best players make the game look very easy because they position the white well.

[noel]

Doggystylen, love your avatar. Hope she doesn't wear those puppies out.

=oP

Noel

[Doggystylen]

thanx guys appreciate it...great sport, great forum