Hi there

[Parksy147]

Hi guys,

I'm new to the snooker forum and I'm a junior player in the south east.

Thanks!

[Neil Taperell]

Welcome to TSF .

Where do you play ?

[Parksy147]

I play at woking. How about you?

[Neil Taperell]

Play in Coulsdon , Surrey .

When you say that you are a Junior player , do you compete in the Junior Tournaments around the Country ?

[Parksy147]

Not yet. I've only started playing regular matches at the club recently. Before I would just play on my mini table at home. Then I got bored and started playing on the full size tables down the club. I'm around the 20-30 break mark and I hope than in a couple of years when I get better I could play in some of the easb regional tour events but I'd rather wait until I get to a better standard.

[Neil Taperell]

What's it like at Woking these days ? Good playing conditions ?

One way to improve is to play League Snooker .

What cue do you use ?

[Parksy147]

Really good conditions. 20 tables, lots of space, good food, nice people. I do play in the junior league at the club on Saturday mornings. Currently I'm using a BCE cue.

[Neil Taperell]

So you are getting decent match practice . Will only improve your game .

[Parksy147]

Yeh definitely. My weakness at the minute is probably my cue ball control. Could you suggest a good routine for cue ball control?

[Neil Taperell]

I will leave that one to a few off the more informed members' on here

They should be able to advise decent routines .

The one i do is the line up , but after a while that does get a little boring .

[Parksy147]

I do the line up on my mini table with 8 reds and usulally get the the 40 break mark there. And maybe 3 out of 12 times I will clear it. I'm planning on doing a line up on Saturday morning at the club and that will be my first line up on a full size table. Hope to get to the 35 break mark with that.

[Neil Taperell]

If you are doing that , just start with 5 reds between the pink and the black . Then as you improve add more reds between pink and blue .

Good luck :snooker:

[Parksy147]

Ok thanks for the advice. I've seen a few of the other lads do that. By the way, do you have an idea of what the standard is at the regional junior tournaments?

[DeanH]

here are some to be getting on with
they tend to start easy and with variations to make harder.
http://fergalobrien.ie/practice.html

[Parksy147]

Ok thanks, I will try some of them soon