cue ball and object ball players

[j6uk]

I try to practice for an hour every night. Very few games this time of year.

ground hog day practice.. your on here for over three hours a day

[j6uk]

There is a vast amount of knowledge about break building, match play, game psychology, break planning, beating opponents, and so much more that isn't talked about much here at all.

those threads don't last long but if you want to talk about that kind of thing by all means start the threads. what happened to your cluster trainings and video analysis?

[CoachGavin]

cue ball and object ball players

if you have the basics then practising an hour a night should bring some reward. I think you may be worrying about technique too much and making the game too complicated. Just a thought.

[thelongbomber]

those threads don't last long but if you want to talk about that kind of thing by all means start the threads. what happened to your cluster trainings and video analysis?

Ya, thanks for reminding me. I haven't gotten around to it lately to be honest. The video analysis I suppose is beneficial but I didn't seem to get much response initially. Perhaps I need to add in lines and diagrams into the videos to make them more interesting.

The cluster training is a challenge at the moment as the only snooker table near me is a 30 min drive and I have an elderly to care for at the moment.

[lesedwards]

if you have the basics then practising an hour a night should bring some reward. I think you may be worrying about technique too much and making the game too complicated. Just a thought.

Yes I think you are correct, I also get down on myself because I want to be great but this game is not as easy as it looks. The other night I just scattered four reds around the black with colours on their spot and ran the four reds with colours then missed a medium length Yellow.

[thelongbomber]

Yes I think you are correct, I also get down on myself because I want to be great but this game is not as easy as it looks. The other night I just scattered four reds around the black with colours on their spot and ran the four reds with colours then missed a medium length Yellow.

So when you missed that yellow, then you have identified a type of shot (length/angle) that you need to work on. Really try to understand why you missed. See if you can be your own investigator and fix it yourself. That's learning.

[j6uk]

Really try to understand why you missed. See if you can be your own investigator and fix it yourself. That's learning.

thats it! the best coaches ive had quickly made me understand where i was 'really' at (although i thought i was better because i had a handful of tons under the sack i thought i knew it all) they put me through the paces and how wrong i was
but they showed me the high road and gave me the tools i needed to work it out myself. now i try and master what i need to do and give it my best when my hand hits the cloth

[lesedwards]

thats it! the best coaches ive had quickly made me understand where i was 'really' at (although i thought i was better because i had a handful of tons under the sack i thought i knew it all) they put me through the paces and how wrong i was
but they showed me the high road and gave me the tools i needed to work it out myself. now i try and master what i need to do and give it my best when my hand hits the cloth

All great points. I have started to play golf on a regular basis and just got home from playing and do the exact thing on the golf course but I don't do it on the snooker table. I correct myself on the fly without even thinking about it. I guess that comes with experience which I have many years in when it comes to golf but really only a little over a year on the green baize.

[Chappy5]

Watching Robertson last night very closely and he NEVER took his eyes of the object ball when playing. 1 short little feather while looking at the cue ball to begin with then it was object all the way and BANG!

Robertson is also widely regarded as one of if not the best long potter to.