Hello

[coomsey76]

Im looking for a coach in the in the essex area as im near colchester. so Brighton might be a bit too far. never had coaching before. my highest break in a match is 109 whats the advantages of having coaching?

Also John Woods is worth a look,

He coaches in the north London area, Hurricane rooms Kings cross.

http://gone2pot.net/home/blog1.php/links

[Terry Davidson]

tommy:

I have had the cataract lens replacement in both eyes, however my right eye had always been my preferred eye but the surgeon decided, against my wishes, to make my left eye the one with 20/20 and the right eye for reading at around 20/40 so I had to alter my set-up a bit and turn my head slightly to the right to get the left eye just a bit closer to the line of aim.

However, I've always had poor vision and I've always used contact lenses so I got used to it quickly when I came back to snooker in 2005. After the eye surgery in the right eye I have moisture droplets behind the cornea though and even the best contact lens clinic in Canada (Waterloo University) can't get my vision back in my right eye so I'm stuck with having my left eye as the preferred.

Kirk Stevens has straightened himself out however he's not playing a lot these days (not sure what he's doing) although he did win the Canadian Amateur Championship a few years back and competed in the World Amateur where he got to the last 16 or quarters I believe.

This year the Canadians was a surprise as Alex (the 'Lion') Pagulayan won it handily, and he is a pool professional but also a very decent snooker player, winning the finals 6-0 over Floyd Zeigler who was last year's champ. Alex had two tons and a 97 in the match.

Terry

[centurysnooker]

If you have hit 109 in a match, you don't need a lot of coaching. The advantage with having a coach look at you is just so that he can point out one or two things that are not considered right. But all snooker players are different, If you watch the pro's they all have different ways of playing the game. Anyone who comes to me with that sort of talent (109 in Match conditions) I am not going to change their action at all, but may have a look at shot selection during break building, and perhaps safety play. I think the nearest World Snooker Coach I know to you is James Lake in North London. I can give you his details if you need them. Also I will have a look round our website to see if anyone is closer to you,

yeah im wanting to get some coaching to help with my shot selection around august time and hopefully i should only need a few hours. i just need some consitence in break building and think that coaching may help with that so any help would be appriciated. ive got a few practise routines that i do so that will hopefully help. also is it better to play matches for practise or practising solo. thanks

[centurysnooker]

Also John Woods is worth a look,

He coaches in the north London area, Hurricane rooms Kings cross.

http://gone2pot.net/home/blog1.php/links

Thanks i might get in touch with him. i think i saw him a few times in my tournaments when he was with one of his players that he actually coaches.

[tommygunner1309]

Century snooker, regarding practice I would say that you should practice 60/40. That is 60% practice matches against different levels of opponents, and 40% solo. Practice hitting the cue ball dead centre when solo. Here are a couple of exercises. Place the Blue on the blue spot, the white on the brown spot and a piece of chalk on the rail directly behind the black spot. You should practice striking the white dead centre so that it strikes the blue, which bounces off the rail and returns down the table to hit the cue ball DEAD CENTRE. If you can manage 7 out of 10 you are doing well. Another one --- take 8 reds - place six of them either side of the black pink and blue spots with the other two equal distance between the blue and pink spots. The gap you have should be just over a balls circumference. Now play the white from the brown spot, up and off the top cushion and back down to the baulk. It should go up and down between the reds without touching them. If you get 7/10 there give yourself a gold star. Also when you practice solo, practice the shots you hate. We all have shots we don't like, but ignoring them will not improve your game. Hope this helps a little

Tom

[centurysnooker]

Thanks for the help its really appriciated. As long as i can keep motivated before the season starts again i should be alright.