A Great coach with very strange ideas !!!!!

[ace man]

Count me in. Conscious thinking about where are you looking...by far the worst technical thought I have ever experimented with. Will never go down that road again.

[Terry Davidson]

And nothing from vmax!

Terry

[sealer]

Surely when you are playing snooker you are thinking how to best score, which balls to move etc, how to get your opponent crying, it is then a mistake to think about technique

When you practice snooker techinque you are thinking about different things like where to look and when, your stroke, stance and whatever you are working on.

Surely this is two different things.

[Ramon]

yep I agree too - start thinking about this and bugger up your game for sure - been there done that.

Well, that is the problem. there are many players who do everything that ROS does !!!! (especially beginners). try to walk as ROS / try to eat as ros / buy à JP cue / talk As ros / ........ and these kind of statements can easily ruin their game. because they are trying to change something that really is not necessary to change !!! ( and make a bad habit of it !!!! ).

[pottr]

Definitely...

But I'd equate 'where am I looking' in snooker terms with 'am I breathing' or 'what's my blood pressure like on this shot'

There is absolutely no benefit from consciously involving that thought in your technique... By all means, try it if you wish... but it's really opening a can of worms you might not be able to get the lid back on...

That one thought can seriously mess your game up... I have been there.

Anyone who thinks it matters... well... Scotoma comes to mind.

[pottr]

Well, that is the problem. there are many players who do everything that ROS does !!!! (especially beginners). try to walk as ROS / try to eat as ros / buy à JP cue / talk As ros / ........ and these kind of statements can easily ruin their game. because they are trying to change something that really is not necessary to change !!! ( and make a bad habit of it !!!! ).

Once before someone posted footage of ROS saying he looks at the object ball and then another clip saying he looks as the white.

Snooker hero he might be... but I wouldn't take advice from him on how to boil an egg...

He can do it all because he spent hours upon hours upon hours upon hours upon hours upon hours upon hours at the practice table from a very young age...

There are no silver bullets, no coaching tricks which will turn you into a great player... there are no naturals, whatever the hell you are led to believe.

It's practice and dedication... simple as that.

[j6uk]

its all about timing the shot, and most certainly the eyes move forwards to observe the outcome of that shot..
now, its a craft playing this game, just like erecting a table or making a cue. if you know the rory more you'll be aware that there are trade secrets, and the first one is is to keep the plebs off balance with the knowledge

[pottr]

its all about timing the shot, and most certainly the eyes move forwards to observe the outcome of that shot..

Indeed they do... but it's not a conscious choice and doesn't need to be.

[sharkster63]

I never am thinking about it, this got my curiousity, hope it does not throw me off. One thing I did notice was that I play better if my mind is on the game and I seriously try to figure out the cue balls trajectory after hitting the OB and what I need to do on cue ball to meet my needs. If I am just trying to pot a ball without doing this my percentage drops drastically. Cheers,

[itsnoteasy]

my tuppence worth is, you must look at the ob, but you just do it you don't think about it. Just as you don't think about pulling your arm back and forward, but you still have to do it, I do not agree with any of the players he has said look at the cue ball on strike, I have gone frame by frame as best I can and have never found any of them looking at the cue ball.

[vmax4steve]

I do not agree with any of the players he has said look at the cue ball on strike, I have gone frame by frame as best I can and have never found any of them looking at the cue ball.

Me neither. I think too many people think that the glance up to the pocket from the object ball is a glance up from the cue ball to the object ball.

I do agree that it's almost impossible to consciously look at the object ball, I should know as it's my mantra, but I'm damned if I can. I remind myself to do it and immediately get down and don't.
Yet when I've made a pretty good break I remember that I saw every shot clearly so surely this is because I looked at what I should have been looking at intsead of worrying about the cue ball or the pocket.

It's not all about the strike anyway, you have to find the contact point, ghost ball or plant position of the cue ball when lining up the shot before you get down into the stance and this is mostly done when walking around the table towards the cue ball.
I've lost count the number of times I've failed to do this and have gotten down into my stance without looking at the object ball at all, especially on easy shots, only to miss by the proverbial mile.

[GeordieDS]

Did anybody else Google Scotoma?

[j6uk]

Indeed they do... but it's not a conscious choice and doesn't need to be.

you addressed the introduction to my main point.. anyway yes its about timing.
sum plum saying that the top boys are looking at the cb is leaving the planks in the forest

[GeordieDS]

What do you lot think about players listening to music while they play? I notice Elliot Slessor constantly has his ear piece in when he's practising, can this stop you clogging your mind with technique so you can just get down and play?

[j6uk]

this is a peradon, one of many cues iv opened up to find the weight in the cue has been off set or put in at an angle, so as to make the cue play like plasticine regardless of the quality of the wood.. cris henrys likes to off set his lathe to instal the weight on his info