how important do you think it is to keep hydrated when playing snooker?

[craigian]

have you noticed any improvement in your game when keeping yourself hydrated when playing snooker? you see the pros always drinking water on tv while seated

[vmax4steve]

This drinking water thing started with Steve Davis and now players do it purely for advertising Highland Spring or whatever IMO.
Maybe if they didn't they wouldn't have to run to the bog so often.
Keeping hydrated is important when working up a sweat, but snooker ?

[snookerdad]

Water is vital. It feeds the brain.

Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)

[nrage]

Interesting reads...

http://www.enlightennext.org/magazin...dehydrated.asp

http://www.water.org.uk/home/water-f...al-performance
"Motor coordination is sensitive to dehydration and can show a decline even at very low levels of dehydration (less than 1 per cent loss of body weight)"

[saddler79]

I find that keeping hydrated with alcohol (namely any beer) helps my snooker considerably. Helps calm any match nerves, steadies the hand and strangely reduces inhibitions to go for long pots (and yes I am fully aware that alcohol dehydrates you)

In all seriousness though the notion that keeping hydrated with water is important for snooker is ridiculous. 2nd only to darts I would put snooker as the least physically demanding sport out there. Its just taking sports science too far and as said above gives the players an excuse to disappear out of the arena every 2 minutes. This should be banned.

[outofposition]

If you're playing over long periods, you need to keep hydrated as you would if you weren't playing snooker. Then again, as most people don't hydrate themselves enough anyway...To put in a blunt example, if you're playing snooker for 4 hours straight and don't have a drink, you'll be compromising yourself, however, over an hour or two, you'll be unlikely to notice it. Of course snooker in itself isn't at all physical, but it is mental and water is relevant to that. Your supposed to drink something like 1.5 litres a day, if you're awake for 16 hours (new parents excluded), we'll call it 100ml/hour for arguments sake, though you'd want to drink more if you're playing Death Valley...

One of those tumblers at the Worlds can only be about 200ml, they're in a session for about 3-4. Meh, they're not overdrinking.

With some players on the big stage, I often find it's a case of just calming themselves down when they've bottled a pot/break/positional. I know that's what I do if I fluff up, just helps take your mind away so you can forget the mistake and focus on your next shot.


Also, I can't believe I worked all that out.

[Noelcwb]

Water and a good meal its very important.... feeds your brain. Make you think right and also fast. Just see Ebdon and you know what I am talking about... he is a vegan. (just kiding here ok? LOL)
Water also keep your body coller. Some players gets frustraded about some miscue or bad shot... and this elevate the body heat.

[damienlch]

I find that taking sips of water when I'd lost my turn at the table helps calm me down. It keeps my mind away from what my opponents do on the table; what they do often makes me miserable... so I try to keep them away as much as possible.

[ADR147]

Water is vital. It feeds the brain.

Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)

correct - in general not just for snooker.

[stewart31]

especially on the big stage, tv lights its roasting out there, water is a must,your body can't survive without water, pretty self explanatory i would say

[gamekeeper1212]

Im with adr147 , its nothing specific to snooker its just the same for all pastimes

[vmax4steve]

especially on the big stage, tv lights its roasting out there, water is a must,your body can't survive without water, pretty self explanatory i would say

I work twelve hour shifts in a pretty physical job. Start work at 6.00 am and first break is at 10.00 am, four hours hard graft without a drink and I'm fine, just a cheese roll and a cup of coffee in my half hour break and off again for another three hours, just a cheese roll and a cup of coffee in my half hour break then off again for two hours and then the last of my half hour breaks, just coffee this time, then work for an hour and a half and then home for something to eat and another cup of coffee.
Compare this regime to a couple of sessions of snooker where you wil be sat down doing nothing for half of that time while your opponent is at the table. The camera is on you though and you have been told to wave that bottle of Highland Spring around, filling up the glass with the Highland Spring logo etched into it and getting the ice out of the ice bucket with, yes that Highland Spring logo on it, Oh and at the end of the season what's that brown envelope that's come through the door. It's your cut of that Highland Spring advertising cake.
Get the picture.

Tension and pressure will make your mouth dry though, Cliff Thorburns 147 , don't think he was suddenly dehydrated.

[nrage]

I work twelve hour shifts in a pretty physical job. Start work at 6.00 am and first break is at 10.00 am, four hours hard graft without a drink and I'm fine, just a cheese roll and a cup of coffee in my half hour break and off again for another three hours, just a cheese roll and a cup of coffee in my half hour break then off again for two hours and then the last of my half hour breaks, just coffee this time, then work for an hour and a half and then home for something to eat and another cup of coffee.
Compare this regime to a couple of sessions of snooker where you wil be sat down doing nothing for half of that time while your opponent is at the table. The camera is on you though and you have been told to wave that bottle of Highland Spring around, filling up the glass with the Highland Spring logo etched into it and getting the ice out of the ice bucket with, yes that Highland Spring logo on it, Oh and at the end of the season what's that brown envelope that's come through the door. It's your cut of that Highland Spring advertising cake.
Get the picture.

Cynic! though I'm sure there is some sort of advertising deal between Highland Spring and someone, perhaps not the players specifically .. also, you should drink more water at work (and less coffee).. try it, I guarantee you'll feel better (once you're over the caffeine withdrawal stage).

[outsider]

If you're playing over long periods, you need to keep hydrated as you would if you weren't playing snooker. Then again, as most people don't hydrate themselves enough anyway...To put in a blunt example, if you're playing snooker for 4 hours straight and don't have a drink, you'll be compromising yourself, however, over an hour or two, you'll be unlikely to notice it. Of course snooker in itself isn't at all physical, but it is mental and water is relevant to that. Your supposed to drink something like 1.5 litres a day, if you're awake for 16 hours (new parents excluded), we'll call it 100ml/hour for arguments sake, though you'd want to drink more if you're playing Death Valley...

One of those tumblers at the Worlds can only be about 200ml, they're in a session for about 3-4. Meh, they're not overdrinking.

With some players on the big stage, I often find it's a case of just calming themselves down when they've bottled a pot/break/positional. I know that's what I do if I fluff up, just helps take your mind away so you can forget the mistake and focus on your next shot.

Also, I can't believe I worked all that out.

+1
That's also what i thought.

[gazza147]

I gotta agree sipping the Water does Calm you down abit Especially if you have Messed up or Opponent Flukes a Ball etc and as already said Water very good for you Better than any Coffee or Beer! I know beer may taste better but after good few no good for your Long Matches of Snooker Remember Bill Wurbnick 20+ Pints Everyday!....lol