What to do when you're playing bad?

[jrc750]

... people say when i knock a good long pot in i pause and wait for the applause........even though there's not many watching.....lol

Ha ha ha can just imagine this

[tedisbill]

Just relax and wait to start playing well. If you get frustarted it gets worse.

[svendh]

What I try to do is:

Stop looking for problems
Stop questioning my cue action
Keep eyes on object ball during approach and delivery
Have a laugh, nobody can play snooker like the pros on TV

[Leo]

Depends solely on what standard you're at. There's certain pots that shouldn't have no excuses whatsoever if you're a decent player, and yes we all over run a ball or over screw a shot etc etc and yes the miss is sometimes inevitable, but amongst the reds for a decent player should rarely include easy missed balls whatever is wrong with you at the time.
Like I say if you're a 40+ breaker then missing easy balls should be quite the norm.

[tedisbill]

Depends solely on what standard you're at. There's certain pots that shouldn't have no excuses whatsoever if you're a decent player, and yes we all over run a ball or over screw a shot etc etc and yes the miss is sometimes inevitable, but amongst the reds for a decent player should rarely include easy missed balls whatever is wrong with you at the time.
Like I say if you're a 40+ breaker then missing easy balls should be quite the norm.

Yeah. I'd say on my bad days, my main problem is my position is sloppy. I'm just not quite timing it right.

[jonny66]

Be patient, relax, and don't take silly pots on. That would be my advice, if only I could take it myself

What on earth is this ig: smiley for?

[lesedwards]

Well I almost took on number two by the horns but decided I better brush n block my table before my JP became a wall ornament. Tried a little routine TD emailed me to get me going and yes it got me going my blood was at boiling point. The routine was run a red then black then the colours in a half hour the best I had was 13 so then I thought maybe I better just practice running the colours and the best was Yellow Green and Briwn once in a half hour. That's it. So I packed it but before that I took the CB set it on the bulk and potted a long blue in the corner through out the Yellow and did it again. So what's wrong I have no idea. Throw balls up and pot them like nothing turn it into a routine a friendly game or a serious match and I look like I have never played before. Grip is good, stroke is good and alignment is good or I could not pot long blues straight in and on angles. Now take a dead in Black screw back for the next red and miss cue and jump the black.

[narl]

Well I almost took on number two by the horns but decided I better brush n block my table before my JP became a wall ornament. Tried a little routine TD emailed me to get me going and yes it got me going my blood was at boiling point. The routine was run a red then black then the colours in a half hour the best I had was 13 so then I thought maybe I better just practice running the colours and the best was Yellow Green and Briwn once in a half hour. That's it. So I packed it but before that I took the CB set it on the bulk and potted a long blue in the corner through out the Yellow and did it again. So what's wrong I have no idea. Throw balls up and pot them like nothing turn it into a routine a friendly game or a serious match and I look like I have never played before. Grip is good, stroke is good and alignment is good or I could not pot long blues straight in and on angles. Now take a dead in Black screw back for the next red and miss cue and jump the black.

It can literally be a nightmare, nothing works then everything clicks then it goes to pieces again. Just part and parcel of the mind screwing that the game does.

[tedisbill]

I wouldn't be out of that snooker room until I could clear the colours. Lock the door and say "I'm not leaving this room until I clear the colours". Then get on with it.

[lesedwards]

It can literally be a nightmare, nothing works then everything clicks then it goes to pieces again. Just part and parcel of the mind screwing that the game does.

But the difference in mine it never come and goes in any routine, friendly game or match its just never any good but it's always good just potting balls.

[narl]

But the difference in mine it never come and goes in any routine, friendly game or match its just never any good but it's always good just potting balls.

Similar enough to me, i generally just throw the balls on the table and run about like a loon potting them. To me it seems to get me into potting mode then try a frame or 2 of snooker.

[lesedwards]

I wouldn't be out of that snooker room until I could clear the colours. Lock the door and say "I'm not leaving this room until I clear the colours". Then get on with it.

I have tried that but eventually I get so frustrated I have to quit before I do something I will regret.

[tedisbill]

I have tried that but eventually I get so frustrated I have to quit before I do something I will regret.

Don't get frustrated, work out why you can't do it.

It's six shots. Play them one by one and work out what's going wrong.

Pot the yellow, did you get it right? Have you got the correct angle on the green to get on the brown? Did you cue it smoothly and did it work out exactly as you intended? If yes to all of those questions, move onto the green and do the same thing.

Good luck!

[lesedwards]

Don't get frustrated, work out why you can't do it.

It's six shots. Play them one by one and work out what's going wrong.

Pot the yellow, did you get it right? Have you got the correct angle on the green to get on the brown? Did you cue it smoothly and did it work out exactly as you intended? If yes to all of those questions, move onto the green and do the same thing.

Good luck!

Funny you mention this three nights ago I tried to run the colours and I had the same problem so I told myself it's time to work one Yellow, Green and Brown. 8 reds from each colour from 5 different angles 40 shots per colour placing a white disk the size of a ball to represent where I wanted the cue ball to finish. I would say 75% of the shots I landed on the disk. So what's wrong. My mind shuts down and I don't think of a specific spot for the cue ball to finish when Iam playing a Routine, Game or Match.

[sealer]

Funny you mention this three nights ago I tried to run the colours and I had the same problem so I told myself it's time to work one Yellow, Green and Brown. 8 reds from each colour from 5 different angles 40 shots per colour placing a white disk the size of a ball to represent where I wanted the cue ball to finish. I would say 75% of the shots I landed on the disk. So what's wrong. My mind shuts down and I don't think of a specific spot for the cue ball to finish when Iam playing a Routine, Game or Match.

There is no miracle solution. Just practice:-)