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In the last 15 years there is a lot of talk going on about `the kick`. I remember seeing a programme concerning it and its technicalities, and even though this was done under `laboratory conditions`, they still couldnt come to a conclusion to agree what was the `one main ` cause of the kick.
The cloth was examined, the chalk which was used, the heating under the table, the overhead lighting, the type of tip used, the balls.
Back in the 60s when I used to play we never had a kick or anything that slightly resembled it. We still played on Strachan cloth, the balls were Super Chrystalate, the chalk at the time would have been St. Martin (a French blue chalk) and the tips would have been 100% Baldock. We used to have `gas rings` under our tables as our club didnt have central heating at the time, and the lighting canopies were the Burroughes & Watts Shadowless shades with 3 x 100 bulbs.
Any frames of snooker we were priviliged to see on TV never had a kick during play. When the late 70s and 80s arrived we would go to exhibitions, and professional tournaments, but once again, the kick was never there.
I know that this `old chestnut` has been haggled about for so long, and more than likely it has been the subject of earlier threads on this forum, but what really baffles me in this day and age, and with technology at its peak, they still havnt come up with an answer to this ongoing problem.
I w2ould be interested to rear your comments. Thank you.
The cloth was examined, the chalk which was used, the heating under the table, the overhead lighting, the type of tip used, the balls.
Back in the 60s when I used to play we never had a kick or anything that slightly resembled it. We still played on Strachan cloth, the balls were Super Chrystalate, the chalk at the time would have been St. Martin (a French blue chalk) and the tips would have been 100% Baldock. We used to have `gas rings` under our tables as our club didnt have central heating at the time, and the lighting canopies were the Burroughes & Watts Shadowless shades with 3 x 100 bulbs.
Any frames of snooker we were priviliged to see on TV never had a kick during play. When the late 70s and 80s arrived we would go to exhibitions, and professional tournaments, but once again, the kick was never there.
I know that this `old chestnut` has been haggled about for so long, and more than likely it has been the subject of earlier threads on this forum, but what really baffles me in this day and age, and with technology at its peak, they still havnt come up with an answer to this ongoing problem.
I w2ould be interested to rear your comments. Thank you.
thats the funnies one ive heard!
Funny yes but from the great mans mouth.
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