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Right, im ****ty at snooker really and i need some really easy routines. At the minute im struggling to clear a red and pink + black off of their spots( i know, shocking). Ive now got the basics of the screw shot, follow through. Any ideas what i can practise?
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Nothings easy
But try a few of these http://fergalobrien.ie/practice.html
Ide start with the lineup - potting into the middle pockets -
when i first started playing snooker properly my main routine was the colour clearance. alot of the time i would end the session having not got past the blue or pink, but you need to remember everyone has to start somewhere.
one of the most important things i could suggest is that not to get too disheartened or start thinking negative, since you are just starting the game and of course you are going to miss shots/ position. even the professionals do and they have been playing over 100 times more than you have.
you could also practice the blue off its spot into the middle pocket, get your technique so that you are doing the same thing in every single shot, the same amount of feathers, the pause and following through to your chest.
pot say 100 blues into the middle pocket, dead straight. your confidence will soon increase. if i had the chance to start snooker again i would only practice straight shots for a good while, and slowly build up to more advanced shots. i would also focus more on potting the ball rather than blowing my brain up with position.
one good thing i still remember is, pot the ball, if you dont get position, just play a good safety.
hope this helps.Crucible77's Bahrain Championship Fantasy Game Winner 2008 :snooker:
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People stealing my linksOriginally Posted by jrc750 View PostNothings easy
But try a few of these http://fergalobrien.ie/practice.html
Ide start with the lineup - potting into the middle pockets
Theres 2 schools of thought here, cue action and potting angles. On the one hand if you can't deliver the cue where you aim you don't really know if you missed because you didn't hit the ball where you intended or whether your aim was wrong.
On the other hand if you have the best cue action in the world then it won't help much if you can't pot a ball...
Personally I would do some drills on just practising cueing straight, potting straight blues or pinks and trying to run the white in off with top spin for instance, or playing up and down the spots to get the white back to the cue tip.
And then also just spread the balls around the table and pot them, I don't think you need to worry about drills really just spread balls out and practice potting. What you could try is if you miss, replace the white and object ball back where you took the shot from and repeat the shot until you get it right and eventually your brain will remember these correct angles first time.sigpic A Truly Beakerific Long Pot Sir!Comment
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Try just putting the black on it's spot and start potting it, and play for position on the black again, again and again you'll be surprised how effective this is and and for a beginer will offer you a variety of potting angles and positional shots. :snooker::snooker::snooker:Originally Posted by monkey View Post
was doing this when I was 16, 27 years ago? some people talk from experience and some talk out their ~@%Last edited by cazmac1; 22 January 2010, 10:30 PM.Comment
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Originally Posted by RGCirencester View PostPeople stealing my links
worth stealing tho - i really like that site
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My advice is that snooker is a real, live activity and as such has to be seen and done to be understood and appreciated...
like swimming or riding a bike.
Books are great for theory as are the comments of people here, telling you what to hit and how to hit, etc...
but coaching is what you need, not instructional guidelines at this early stage. Someone to play snooker with.
As a believer in hierarchical teaching... next youngest teaches the youngest, and so on... and you being a "Very basic beginner"...
a "basic beginner" would be a good bet to help... if you post your location, maybe Rob ( the guy who "owns" Fergal O'Brien's website links ) would be near enough to join you for a few frames.
Good luck!
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if I could go back in time to tell me how to play, i'd say learn to keep absolutely still on every shot whilst being comfortable! As it is, months of practice can't help me now : @Comment
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1) Try and take your time taking the shot and let the cue do the work for you.
2) Have you tryed putting the white ball in any position and clearing up all the colours on the spots?
3) Try playing on a table by yourself and put the reds inbetween black, pink, blue, and pot the red then go for a colour.
4) Try playing the dummy technique like so : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt8NZYtFuVg
5) Keep practicing, practice makes perfect!.
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1) CUEING ACTION: Place the cue ball on the straight baulk line. Pot straight blue off its spot 10times top each top pocket and the CB must be in line between Top Right-Bottom Left pocket/Top Left-Bottom Right pocket. Count your percentage. Below 50%? Than you need more to practice like mad;Originally Posted by monkey View Post
2) CUEBALL CONTROL: Clear all the colours of their spots 3 times in a row within 1 visit. Do this practice in 3 visits and count your percentage. Below 50%? Practice like mad. Practiice like mad. Practice like mad again; &
3) EMOTIONAL CONTROL: Always play a few friendly match against better players. Count your percentage of winning based on total frame and match won. Below 50%? Back to routine no.1 and no.2 as above.
By the way, even though you are practicing like mad, do not forget to enjoy it mate. Cheers.My cueing sucksComment
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Play around with the line up and spreading the red balls out then placing colours on spots
try the other stuff when you feel like you've "warmed up" don't go straight into doing all "boring" drills otherwise your interest will drift. And even then, don't just keep doing and doing such routines for the same purpose, by all means repeat them but don't repeat them so much that you've lost interest. Little by little is best. Ie can you really see yourself potting the blue off the baulk line for one complete hour? or even 15 minutes and keep your concentration/interest to play up? probably not
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monkey,
It is all up to you which basic routine suits you. DO NOT listen to somebody's crap saying which routine is good/bad and interesting/boring.
ENJOY+FOCUS your practice routine. Avoid the word "BORING" in your mind set when you are doing any basic routine you pick because it will eventually KILLING your game and interest to improve yourself.
Even the PRO will get back to the basic routine (pot long straight BLUE off its spot or something similar to this routine) to ensure that their cueing action is STRAIGHT and PERFECT.
Goodluck with your practice and many HB ahead. Cheers.Last edited by brendan147; 24 January 2010, 11:10 AM.My cueing sucksComment
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lol i knew something would come from youOriginally Posted by brendan147 View Post
i never said a routine was good/bad so let's clear that up. I did say however that some routines are boring. Brendan how can you possibly not find a routine boring if it's repetitive and tedious. For example - you have to walk up and down the table after every single bloody shot on the blue and do this for a lengthy time say 30 minutes? If you say you won't get bored then you're lying mate. And my reasoning for avoiding "boring" routines for lengthy periods is your mind won't be focused to play at all if your interest is drifting. These routines work best if you do them little by little rather than focus one huge hour or w/e on potting one damn blue into the corner pocket. You can't possibly enjoy + focus a practice routine if you're bored. And no you can't stop yourself becoming bored - the only way to stop yourself from being bored is doing something else. If you tell yourself "i'm not bored, i'm enjoying my routing" then that's just false enjoyment because you shouldn't need to tell yourself you're enjoying something - that should come naturally) Oh and frustration, if the routine's not going too well and you're getting frustrated, then further practice is just pointless. Take a break, do another routine then return to that one. Frustration + boredom do not go well with progress
Yes pros will go back to such routines as you said - i never denied that - but will a pro play the same shot for an hour? probably not without losing all interest. They will at least mix it up with something else and alternate routines.
Besides, what exactly are we disagreeing with this time lol?........ you said pot the blue into the corner pockets 10 times (20 times in total) that's not a lengthy time is it. I've pretty much said what you've saidLast edited by Jonny; 24 January 2010, 12:04 PM.Comment
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