Practise sessions

[j6uk]

I hope that's including a 4hr lunch break?!

[cyberheater]

6 hours is a long time muck , perhaps a little too long , once you start losing your focus and concentration you become sloppy and can pick up bad habits .

I'm going to have a 1 hour break during the middle. I hope that refreshes my focus.

[Sidd]

No routine as such but whenever I get a chance and be at the practice table I would start out with placing cue ball on brown spot and hit the spots up and down and try to bring the CB back to hit the tip. After a few times and if the CB is coming back to the tip i ensure I am cueing straight then I would hit em with a little pace for checking my cueing on power shots..

I would also practice long blues off the spot and CB in the middle of pink black spot near the corner pocket in line with a full ball blue.. would repeat that 10 times or more.

Then would take a few long pots (angular ones) as this is my current weakness ... then a full solo line up and yes in the end taking colours... If i have time and dont feel bored/tired I would place only pink and black and take pink to balck to pink kind of exercise...

during solo I can go on as long as i can keep myself enjoying and would stop as soon as I start to get bored/tired.

[cyberheater]

Blacks off the spot is a great routine i used to do it regular . I would not recommend the line up as there are far too many options when you lose control of the white , its no good for pinpoint accuracy .

Spent about a hour doing this today. It's a lot harder then it looks. The best I could manage was 6 blacks before I went hopelessly out of position. I'll give it another hour this afternoon after my break.

[j6uk]

It was an eye opener for me when I started doing blacks and you do need patience:snooker:

[narl]

It was an eye opener for me when I started doing blacks and you do need patience:snooker:

Ive got almost zero patience, played the blacks for a few minutes then just scattered the balls around potting anything and went home after a half hour. Just seemed to be playing shots really fast instead of following a routine, bloody annoying too.

[j6uk]

You do make me lol, well if you can somehow enjoy those annoying half hrs more power to you..

Ive got almost zero patience, played the blacks for a few minutes then just scattered the balls around potting anything and went home after a half hour. Just seemed to be playing shots really fast instead of following a routine, bloody annoying too.

[narl]

You do make me lol,
well if you can somehow enjoy those annoying half hrs more power to you..

Just one of those days, sometimes I can keep a routine together and slow down some but most of the time I just want to get the shot played and onto the next one. Of course I do get the odd day where I play fast and everything flies in, just no consistency at all.

[j6uk]

Might be worth breaking your game down and starting again.

[narl]

Might be worth breaking your game down and starting again.

Have before a couple of times, just need to concentrate more on keeping a steady pace and not rushing into shots.

[cyberheater]

It was an eye opener for me when I started doing blacks and you do need patience:snooker:

Managed a 7 this afternoon. It's bloody hard.

[j6uk]

Do nothing but blacks all week 30-40 min sessions no more, then pack-up and wall away. Into the local cafe for 15-20 to reflect with a tea n toast. That will make a good full hours practice Enjoy

[j6uk]

Yeah I know what you mean, nice tempo walking straight-into every shot

Have before a couple of times, just need to concentrate more on keeping a steady pace and not rushing into shots.

[throtts]

My routine today,

Colours off there spots, 10 reds scattered around the pink and black for break building, power potting the green and yellow off there spots using stun / screw to disturb a waiting red pack in between the pink and black.

Its amazing how much you get in to the cue ball with a nice controlled longer back swing coupled with the rear pause, which, really encourages hitting of through the cue ball, if, you can keep still on the shot. The 12 by 6 table becomes a small playing area when you hitting the white properly.

[j6uk]

Do you like the 10 red line up with only baulk colors throtts? Would be something you'd enjoy because the white does a lot of work around the table.