estimate time taken for your half centuary and centuary?

[kligu]

Difficult question to answer.
How many players have actually started playing snooker on a 12ft table as their very first cue sport?

I have. It took me about one and a half years to achieve my first 50+ break. Short after that I have only been playing frames without ever practising for three years. I have my own table now for 20 months and managed to improve my highest break to 81 due to practising more or less properly. So hopefully the first century will come soon...

[damienlch]

I was introduced to snooker during my late teens and was in and out of love with it for a number of years before finally realising I was quite hopeless at it. Am still.

Took me like the better of 3 years (??) to fluke a half century and I didn't even know what I was doing with the cue ball then when I made it.

Funnily, my cue ball control is much better now but I can't even come close to 50. I either become too nervous whenever I get to 30s or 40s and know a big one is there for the taking or miss straightforward pots due to complacency. The number of easy chances I've missed over the years is just criminal.

So kudos to you century break builders. You have to have such good technique, be mentally resilient, and I believe, possess a natural talent to play the game in order to hit a ton... :snooker:

[cyberheater]

hello just wondering how long it took yous to achieve your first 50 break then first 100+ break, been playing about 2-3 hours a week for about 3 months now and have made a 61 after about 2 months and getting regular 30's and 40's aiming to reach a century by 12 months, just wanting to compare to see it this is good, average or slow progress in general

I feel physically sick...

[jim evans]

about 10 yrs for my 50 still not had a ton,high break 74,lol

[MINNESOTA FATS]

so its looking like a couple years it a reasonable mark to set for the first century, im going to start upping my practice time and see what can be achieved in the 12 months i set myself originally

[throtts]

vmax got it right. One 50, or consistent 50's. Consistent 50's is good.