The Les Edwards Snooker Challenge Thread

[tedisbill]

Can I pinch that pic ted? It would be an ideal routine to help a friend of mine.

Of course mate. It's a fun little routine!

[lesedwards]

WEEK NINE: Make a break around the black.

Your mission this week, should you choose to accept it, is to make a break with the balls set up as shown. But here are the rules: every time you pot a red, you must replace the red back to it's original position. So you keep on potting reds and blacks making the biggest break you can. However, you CANNOT play the same red twice in a row. You start with the white ball wherever you like.

With your confidence sky high at the moment, I look forward to seeing and hearing about your results with this one, Les, and also, anybody else that enjoys having a go at these routines.

If you get really confident, you could try scoring 120 points with reds and blacks, going up for the yellow from the final black and making a maximum.

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Here we go. The Les Edwards Challenge has a new life. Funny you post this Ted. I had your challenges back out today working on the colour clearance. I still have trouble with this one in particular the Green Ball. Being left handed I always seem to leave a long shot or a tough angle. But today I worked it out. I need to keep the CB much closer to the Green. I guess I better get my cam setup. Tomorrow I will be working on the new Challenge.

[markz]

Of course mate. It's a fun little routine!

Cheers mate. It can't be week nine of the challenges, those previous eight weeks have flown by lol.

[tedisbill]

Cheers mate. It can't be week nine of the challenges, those previous eight weeks have flown by lol.

Haha! It has gone quick hasn't it

[lesedwards]

Ted one quick question. Do we replace the red as soon as we make it or can we replace it after we make the Black. I just ran 7 Blacks. I hope to get a video up today at some point. I have my son coming tonight for a 3-5 match.

[lesedwards]

Here is my first attempt with cam running. Not even sure how many I made. I figure I might as well set a level somewhere. Bad cue ball on last red. I guess this is what happens in break building. One mental lapse and you are finished.
https://bambuser.com/v/6076112

[bolton-cueman]

dont fancy cutting the black into the middle bags on that routine

my coach used to do something similar to make me work on my concentration - the 4 reds were in a diamond kind of layout inbetween the black and pink spots. No difficult shots was just a pure test of keeping it all going. Think i managed 13 reds as my best effort.

A good routine that Ted

[Ramon]

Here is my first attempt with cam running. Not even sure how many I made. I figure I might as well set a level somewhere. Bad cue ball on last red. I guess this is what happens in break building. One mental lapse and you are finished.
https://bambuser.com/v/6076112

yeah, good point.
this can happens to anyone. even pros sometimes runing out of position and are forced to play a recovery shot or put the CB somewhere safe.
Very well played .

[markz]

Ted one quick question. Do we replace the red as soon as we make it or can we replace it after we make the Black. I just ran 7 Blacks. I hope to get a video up today at some point. I have my son coming tonight for a 3-5 match.

Looks like you have set them up wrong Les. In teds diagram the high reds are outside the ones on the rail, you have set them up inside the reds on the rail to make it easier. Nice effort though.

[lesedwards]

Looks like you have set them up wrong Les. In teds diagram the high reds are outside the ones on the rail, you have set them up inside the reds on the rail to make it easier. Nice effort though.

LOL, you are 100% correct. I will have to go at it again tomorrow.

[markz]

LOL, you are 100% correct. I will have to go at it again tomorrow.

Only my own opinion as well Les but I'd say it's the sort of routine you replace reds straight away so you don't benefit from leaving the red off to have more room to bridge easier for the shot on the black. Looks to me it's set up to learn to use the black cushion and side cushions not just a few stun and screw shots. Maybe wait and see what ted says.

[tedisbill]

Well I'd say it's for both really, using the black cushion and stuns and screws. The only problem is, Les, you could end up avoiding those reds on the cushion because you don't like them. You need to get used to playing those shots, very important in frames. I'd also say for this exercise you can leave the red down until you've potted the black. The point of the exercise is to get you comfortable playing around the black spot area, so in a real frame, as you potted that red it would be out of the way.

If you wanted to vary it to make it harder to break build, you could say as you pot each red you leave it down, until all 4 are potted and then replace them. That's a bit advanced though, so for now, just pot each red, leave it down while you pot the black, and then replace it. But you can't play the same red twice in a row.

Good luck.

[lesedwards]

Well I'd say it's for both really, using the black cushion and stuns and screws. The only problem is, Les, you could end up avoiding those reds on the cushion because you don't like them. You need to get used to playing those shots, very important in frames. I'd also say for this exercise you can leave the red down until you've potted the black. The point of the exercise is to get you comfortable playing around the black spot area, so in a real frame, as you potted that red it would be out of the way.

If you wanted to vary it to make it harder to break build, you could say as you pot each red you leave it down, until all 4 are potted and then replace them. That's a bit advanced though, so for now, just pot each red, leave it down while you pot the black, and then replace it. But you can't play the same red twice in a row.

Good luck.

Sounds Good Ted. I will also try to play more of the Reds on the rail. Great challenge.!

[lesedwards]

Well no video today. Obviously the way I had the balls setup yesterday made it much easier. Today the best I managed was three blacks. Yes you are right Ted I need to be able to make those rail shots. I think I better spend the rest of the week making ten reds from both sides of the table then re visit the challenge. I did the same with high Blacks as I could not make more then three before I missed.

[tedisbill]

I'd practice the whole exercise, Les. It's all about position and putting the white in a position that makes the next pot easy.