Potting With Side

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

Honestly HMBS , go and play some snooker, knock in a few fifties and you will soon learn all of this is nonsense, it's nice as a technical discussion for those of us who like that type of thing and can seperate it from the realities of actually playing, but filling someone's head with this will do no one any good at all.As Vmax said you can't transfer nine ball pool theories to snooker, different cloths, balls , cushions , etc, and the pockets aren't mahoosive so the margin for error is judged in mm, not feet.

Precisely why it's important. A little throw can make a big difference at snooker. Not everyone is a maxy monster like you mate. Some of us need all the help we can get.

[throtts]

I do use side, but its not blatant 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock striking.

Example, 1/2 ball on the green to pot it in its green pocket, left towards its pocket opening. I play them with subtle right hand side which twangs the CB off the side cush back down for the reds or even to split them, if needed. Remember, its subtle though.

[golferson123]

I was wholly ignorant as well until relatively recently, so i try to be tolerant of them. It isn't easy, though.

I had played for 20years without even realising cues deflect! It sounds incredulous but it is true.

The depths of ignorance within the snooker world is simply astonishing, and one of the reasons it's a dying game. Players know it all and simply will not change with the times. It is very sad. Of course the real problem is all these people are maxy monsters, who've never missed a ball. Knowing what happens when balls collide can only stop them being the great players they so undoubtedly are.

another truly condescending post from mr know it all, i didn't waste twenty years like you did so please catch up

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

the worlds leading expert, its not a field its opinion, who has tagged him thus? instead of quoting him hows about trying it for yourself and instead of quoting you could have an opinion yourself, and of course quoting dear old winston to add weight to your post your own knowledge would then suffice

Goodness, it's worse than i feared.

After every experiment dave asks players to replicate his experiments to make sure they are correct. This is called 'peer review'. His experiments cannot therefore be called 'opinion'. If you think his methodology is flawed you are perfectly free to correct him, for which he, being a scientist first and foremost, will undoubtedly thank you. Off you pop, then.

That you are unaware of something does not mean it does not exist.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

another truly condescending post from mr know it all, i didn't waste twenty years like you did so please catch up

To you? I caught, and significantly surpassed, you at 20 months, let alone years.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

in print you look like a right wally god knows what the flesh sounds like lol, still got no ideas of your own only repeating others.

Your, ahem, thought processes are a little puzzling. How, precisely, am i meant to present my own ideas on what happens when balls collide? Would you like me to rewrite the laws of physics for you?

[Tommykiid]

Yeh i see what you mean its just i run out of position alot and in practice i try to work on that problem but i just want good knowledge of side as a rescue shot to use if the situation needs it to recover position

[itsnoteasy]

Precisely why it's important. A little throw can make a big difference at snooker. Not everyone is a maxy monster like you mate. Some of us need all the help we can get.

Well how has all this help you have gotten transferred into results with your snooker?

[golferson123]

Well how has all this help you have gotten transferred into results with your snooker?

he can talk one hell of a game lol oh sorry he doesn't play he's just an expert on the game

[markz]

Yeh i see what you mean its just i run out of position alot and in practice i try to work on that problem but i just want good knowledge of side as a rescue shot to use if the situation needs it to recover position

What level are you at Tommy? If your running out of position alot I'd say using side is going to make the game even harder for you.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

Well how has all this help you have gotten transferred into results with your snooker?

What?

If you're asking if knowing what will happen to the object ball when applying side spin to the cue ball has helped my game, the answer is a resounding yes.

Still wish I'd never heard of gearing, though. Thanks dr dave! l

[golferson123]

Goodness, it's worse than i feared.

After every experiment dave asks players to replicate his experiments to make sure they are correct. This is called 'peer review'. His experiments cannot therefore be called 'opinion'. If you think his methodology is flawed you are perfectly free to correct him, for which he, being a scientist first and foremost, will undoubtedly thank you. Off you pop, then.

That you are unaware of something does not mean it does not exist.

oh i am well aware of some things, have you replicated his experiments yourself?

[itsnoteasy]

What?

If you're asking if knowing what will happen to the object ball when applying side spin to the cue ball has helped my game, the answer is a resounding yes.

Still wish I'd never heard of gearing, though. Thanks dr dave! l

So you have gone from what standard to what standard of snooker?

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

What level are you at Tommy? If your running out of position alot I'd say using side is going to make the game even harder for you.

Agreed. Cue sports are all about mastery of centre ball (vertical axis). Spin for show, centre for dough.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

So you have gone from what standard to what standard of snooker?

Well, i started off really crap, like the first time i played and that, and am now only mildly crap.

You're going to have to do better than that, lad!