Aiming/Sighting Consistency

[winphenom]

OmaMiesta..i admire you for your forthright and honesty in giving your thoughts about both games and the courage and perserverance to switch over and learn it. Hope you do well unlike people who are so stubborn and unreasonable. So adamant about their thoughts even when others admit both games have their own strengths. So clear that snooker is harder to master but have to argue till the cows come home for nothing.

[vmax4steve]

Big Shot is on his own with this argument and that speaks volumes.

Myself, I think english billiards is the harder game as you have to control three balls instead of two on a 12 X 6 foot table. The masters at this game make it look really easy but sure as hell it isn't. I won my local leagues billiards competition once, beat an old bloke in the final by simply potting what I could, making the obvious cannons, potting his cue ball and double baulking him. The following year I made the final again, against a bloke from exeter who was new to our league, and a pure billiards player, and I didn't get a look in.

It was a joy to watch him control those three balls whereas I could only control two; he made fifty plus breaks everytime he went to the table and I was beaten inside an hour, first to 500 and I only scored about thirty.

I hope I haven't started another argument of snooker verses billiards, but the likes of Joe and Fred Davis and Rex Williams were pretty damn good at both games, both John Spencer and Alex Higgins played billiards when younger but concentrated on snooker alone as pros. I think Steve Davis dabbled with billiards as well when he was younger.

If you want to learn good safety play for your snooker then the odd game of billiards will help enormously.

[DG GIBERT]

Big Shot is on his own with this argument and that speaks volumes.

Myself, I think english billiards is the harder game as you have to control three balls instead of two on a 12 X 6 foot table. The masters at this game make it look really easy but sure as hell it isn't. I won my local leagues billiards competition once, beat an old bloke in the final by simply potting what I could, making the obvious cannons, potting his cue ball and double baulking him. The following year I made the final again, against a bloke from exeter who was new to our league, and a pure billiards player, and I didn't get a look in.

It was a joy to watch him control those three balls whereas I could only control two; he made fifty plus breaks everytime he went to the table and I was beaten inside an hour, first to 500 and I only scored about thirty.

I hope I haven't started another argument of snooker verses billiards, but the likes of Joe and Fred Davis and Rex Williams were pretty damn good at both games, both John Spencer and Alex Higgins played billiards when younger but concentrated on snooker alone as pros. I think Steve Davis dabbled with billiards as well when he was younger.

If you want to learn good safety play for your snooker then the odd game of billiards will help enormously.

How about three cushion billiards...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOJE_odeNRk

[vmax4steve]

How about three cushion billiards

A very inventive game, but as I have never played it I cannot compare, but it looks to me like every shot is invented from where the balls come to rest rather than controlling all three.
I'd love to give it a go, but where in the UK can you find a three cushion table ?

[DG GIBERT]

A very inventive game, but as I have never played it I cannot compare, but it looks to me like every shot is invented from where the balls come to rest rather than controlling all three.
I'd love to give it a go, but where in the UK can you find a three cushion table ?

They are usually 4 cushion tables Steve

Sorry could not resist

[DeanH]

A very inventive game, but as I have never played it I cannot compare, but it looks to me like every shot is invented from where the balls come to rest rather than controlling all three.
I'd love to give it a go, but where in the UK can you find a three cushion table ?

I hear there is one in a club in west London somewhere, above a Turkish restaurant or something like that
Love watching carom, sad it is not on the box at the mo

[Byrom]

you mean nursery cannons

[DG GIBERT]

you mean nursery cannons

Was expecting him to wedge the balls in a corner pocket.

You can see how it died as a spectators sport.

[mythman69]

Check out Semih Saygıner on youtube. He has some great 3 cushion billiard videos.

[damienlch]

Check out Semih Saygıner on youtube. He has some great 3 cushion billiard videos.

That preview is a wee bit misleading there.

[Byrom]

That preview is a wee bit misleading there.

I saw that but never bothered looking myself -

[rimmer10]

Check out Semih Saygıner on youtube. He has some great 3 cushion billiard videos.

Her grip's too loose, no chest contact point, I could go on and on....

[j6uk]

well spotted rim. and i see she likes a little pinky sticking out

[rimmer10]

well spotted rim. and i see she likes a little pinky sticking out

I'm no coach -as you know- but I'd put it down to a distinct lack of wrist cock

[itsnoteasy]

Check out Semih Saygıner on youtube. He has some great 3 cushion billiard videos.

Is that the theme tune from M.A.S.H playing in the background?