colors

[j6uk]

yellow to green

i will be going though the colors on this thread, and this is how i like to play the yellow




the cue

unless its snaped up i'll be using this cue for all the shots on this thread




green to brown and brown to blue next..




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[itsnoteasy]

Great thread!, once I have potted the yellow what pops into my head is ,please don't miss the green, lol.

[lesedwards]

Great thread!, once I have potted the yellow what pops into my head is ,please don't miss the green, lol.

LOL What pops into my head is dont leave the CB where I have to use the rest seeing how I am left handed....LOL Now I try to leave it much closer to the green. Who needs a rest shot out by the blue. Waiting for the next one J6

[tomwalker147]

It's amazing how many 50 break players struggle to clear the colours! Good thread.

[Bigmeek]

It's amazing how many 50 break players struggle to clear the colours! Good thread.

At the risk of stating the obvious I think it becomes easier with practice. I'm way way short of being a 50 break player but don't find clearing the colours that difficult (some days). I practice it quite a lot and it's surprising how you can develop a little routine to make the shots nice and easy. Little stuns and screws. Don't want any stretching or rest shots.

[tomwalker147]

At the risk of stating the obvious I think it becomes easier with practice. I'm way way short of being a 50 break player but don't find clearing the colours that difficult (some days). I practice it quite a lot and it's surprising how you can develop a little routine to make the shots nice and easy. Little stuns and screws. Don't want any stretching or rest shots.

Absolutely, I was on 75 last week was perfect on the green for the clearance and overscrewed it leaving myself a brown with the rest. Only went and jawed it. Whether this was down to not practicing the colours enough or not concentrating properly or simply playing a poor shot I don't know!

I was chatting to Hendry a few years back in Preston and he said that the first thing he'd practice would be clearing the colours off the spots, simply to get the arm going and to play a range of shots.

[lesedwards]

It's amazing how many 50 break players struggle to clear the colours! Good thread.

I am one and not a 50 break player. I have set a new routine where I start by warming up potting some balls then I have to clear the colours before I move on to another routine. Last night I cleared them second try with perfect shape on all the colours.

[ghost121]

My practise sessions always begin with a colours clearance. Sometimes it's done on the first try, sometimes it takes as many as ten. When I pot the black I play back onto it and clear them in reverse. Don't move on until I've done it. Then it's long straight blues with stun from either side. Don't move on until I am potting them all, at least five or six in a row, hit nicely. Then it's six randomly scattered reds around black and pink and try to clear the table, colours on their spots, max break available being a 75 (6x8 +27). Don't move on until I have at least a 50. Finish off back on the long straight blues and make sure I finish on two really well hit consecutive pots. Important to finish on a positive note. On a good day that's an hour. On a bad day more like two.

I don't play the yellow or green like j6uk, but each to his own, and yet another in his excellent tuition series. Thanks mate. Incidentally, I practise by playing the yellow from a variety of start positions into both the corners and both middles, using all sorts of angles. I have done this so often I hardly ever miss, whatever the angle, and don't find it a problem getting on the green. More real world then. As long as you get the brown to blue right, clearing the colours should not be a problem.

[throtts]

Still think randomly scattering reds around pink and black is the best practice. Do it all the time..

[guernseygooner]

Still think randomly scattering reds around pink and black is the best practice. Do it all the time..

Ditto. Starting with a long red

[j6uk]

im not the only one who likes a straight green

https://youtu.be/2YGFkzJ7Ooo?t=6m38s
https://youtu.be/u5LRqgjMmCU?t=6m29s

[Leo]

Still think randomly scattering reds around pink and black is the best practice. Do it all the time..

Exactly what I used to do for hours...It's the only time you'll get anywhere near to real time snooker, people on here knocking in line ups all day where the balls are exactly the same every shot and they wonder when they get amongst the balls they breakdown.

[j6uk]

if your knocking in line ups all day your a regular ton player. my first 100 came soon after i first cleared the lineup

i think clocking the colors in practice will help an improving players break building skills

[throtts]

Yep, I sometimes stick a red down the baulk end too. Replicate a frame, as you say.

[throtts]

[QUOTE=j6uk;876758

i think clocking the colors in practice will help an improving players break building skills[/QUOTE]

Absolutely, this gives you a great indication of the whereabouts / standard of your game.