Johnstone’s Paint Players Championship 2024

[vmax]

Not his fault, but being right-handed but left-eye dominant, Wilson's stance and action is one hot ugly mess to look at.

Like Selby he is naturally right eye dominant and a left eye sighter but unlike Selby, who takes the natural boxer stance to get his left eye over the cue, Wilson takes a very square stance so he sights with his left eye from the right eye sighters position. Also he seems to sight rest shots with his naturally dominant right eye, very strange.

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[PatBlock]

Snooker.org's order of play page says that both semis are on tonight with no match on Saturday.

Order of Play (Players Championship 2024) - snooker.org

I presume this is wrong?

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[DeanH]

what is happening, just turned on and players all left the arena?

[neuronic]

what is happening, just turned on and players all left the arena?

There was some shouting in the crowd, couldn't understand what it was...

[DeanH]

Snooker.org's order of play page says that both semis are on tonight with no match on Saturday.

Order of Play (Players Championship 2024) - snooker.org

I presume this is wrong?

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SF Carter vs Allen 19:00 23rd today)
SF Selby v ? 19:00 24th

[source WST matches]

fyi - I tend not to use the Order of Play page but the event itself, here it is correct

https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1446

[Darren D]

It will do my head in if they don't say what that was all about !

[neuronic]

Meanwhile there were some shots (camera that is) of Mark Allen at the practice table warming up with a transparent cue ball... weird

[Darren D]

ahh another illness

[SnookerfromtheThatcherEra]

Like Selby he is naturally right eye dominant and a left eye sighter but unlike Selby, who takes the natural boxer stance to get his left eye over the cue, Wilson takes a very square stance so he sights with his left eye from the right eye sighters position. Also he seems to sight rest shots with his naturally dominant right eye, very strange.

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Thanks for all the hard work explaining that, vmax. Weird. And odd. What a strange game. Wilson does look very "contorted" when you see him head-on when he's down on the shot.

[DeanH]

Meanwhile there were some shots (camera that is) of Mark Allen at the practice table warming up with a transparent cue ball... weird

I think it is a very light ball that shows up any cue delivery issues.

[neuronic]

I think it is a very light ball that shows up any cue delivery issues.

Interesting... never heard of that

[Nifty50]

Interesting... never heard of that

I’ve had a shot of one. Unbelievably difficult to cue straight. For me at any rate.

[SnookerfromtheThatcherEra]

Zhang Anda seems to have a VERY short cue? I know he's only 5'3", "mighty mouse", but even then it only comes to breast height, not shoulder height - so it must be 55", 56"? Or even shorter?

[PatBlock]

SF Carter vs Allen 19:00 23rd today)
SF Selby v ? 19:00 24th

[source WST matches]

fyi - I tend not to use the Order of Play page but the event itself, here it is correct

https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1446

Cheers Dean.

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[fkhan]

Interesting... never heard of that

I'm using them. A very good self training aid indeed.