perfect snooker stance

[ayrshire_top]

I know the generally accepted stance is by keeping one leg straight, however doing this for me is quite painful, perhaps because im 6 foot 5. Should I persevere or bend both knees? Will this affect my accuracy??

[Bigmeek]

I think in snooker there's "perfect" and then there's what's comfortable. Personally I think for a new player starting out you should try to get as close to perfect as you can. Interestingly enough I was watching the Walden V Wilson match last night and noticed they both had legs bent. John Parrott was another bent legs player and he did ok. Best to discuss with a coach.

[Catch 22]

When you decide on which coach you are going to visit , they will sort that out . It was the first thing that was looked at on my coaching session .
If you have already decided to go seek coaching then I wouldn't worry about it too much till then .

[cyberheater]

I know the generally accepted stance is by keeping one leg straight, however doing this for me is quite painful, perhaps because im 6 foot 5. Should I persevere or bend both knees? Will this affect my accuracy??

I'm 6ft 4inches. Getting down far enough on the shot is a struggle. Especially as I get older.

[KSR2013]

Ive always thought John Higgins has the perfect stance.

[SouthPaw]

There's quite a few pro's who play with both legs bent, Mark King, Peter Ebdon are a few others that i can think off... It's been mentioned before that as a whole we're getting taller by the generation, it's maybe time to get the tables higher for the taller players out there, make it fairer on the lanky people myself included!

[j6uk]

the perfect stance is solid

[itsnoteasy]

There's quite a few pro's who play with both legs bent, Mark King, Peter Ebdon are a few others that i can think off... It's been mentioned before that as a whole we're getting taller by the generation, it's maybe time to get the tables higher for the taller players out there, make it fairer on the lanky people myself included!

Oh yes please, bring them up a couple of inches, it won't make any difference to the short arses as they have to use the rest all the time anyway lol.

[Terry Davidson]

Go with what's most comfortable for you even if you do have the 'ideal' straight leg bent a bit...as long as it's stable

Terry

[vmax4steve]

No such thing as the perfect stance; a stance has to enable you to put the cue on the line of aim as seen by your own personal eyesight in regards to where the cue needs to be placed between the eyes. If this is done, then where the feet are placed is correct no matter where they are but getting down low over the cue is another matter.
Taller players can experiment with taking a wider than usual stance (like I do) or playing with both knees bent but the general accepted stance of one straight leg with foot directly under the grip hand can be very uncomfortable for those of six foot plus.

I know of many quite short players who play with both legs straight as all they need to do to get down over the cue is bend a little bit from the waist.

[Bigmeek]

I read somewhere that Joe Davis was the perfect height for snooker, think he was around 5' 8".

[DeanH]

I read somewhere that Joe Davis was the perfect height for snooker, think he was around 5' 8".

probably by himself in his own book

[SouthPaw]

There's quite a few pro's who play with both legs bent, Mark King, Peter Ebdon are a few others that i can think off... It's been mentioned before that as a whole we're getting taller by the generation, it's maybe time to get the tables higher for the taller players out there, make it fairer on the lanky people myself included!

Oh yes please, bring them up a couple of inches, it won't make any difference to the short arses as they have to use the rest all the time anyway lol.

Let's get a petition started... we'll send it straight to Mr. O'Hearn! lol I really believe I couple of inches would make a big difference(in a good way) for many players...

[Terry Davidson]

lol I really believe I couple of inches would make a big difference(in a good way) for many players...

I know it would certainly help me

Terry

[vmax4steve]

I really believe I couple of inches would make a big difference(in a good way) for many players...

There are a couple of tables in our league that are about two inches too low and that is very noticeable for me, I play terribly on them.
9 Ball tables are lower than snooker tables, maybe that's a reason so many pool players have a more upright stance.