Playing or watching - which do you prefer?

[spike]

So as the title simply suggests, which of you that both play and watch Snooker on tv enjoy more??

For me it is and has always been watching Snooker on the box..

[jrc750]

Yeah its nice to watch the experts, but you cant beat trying to emulate them yourself

[thinsy]

Well................

If I'm playing well I'd rather do that than watch Ebdon v Dott

However...............

If I'm playing badly I'd rather watch Ronnie play well

In fact............

If I was playing well I'd probably still prefer to watch Ronnie play well (then go off to have a game afterwards)

[KashifK]

Definetley playing but watching is also great.

[PatBlock]

That's a toughy...

I've always loved watching snooker, ever since pot black started all those years ago. But, when it comes to playing, I'm simply rubbish, mostly due to dodgey peeppers. But I'm not a bad pool player, and I find that watching snooker really inspires my game, I always play better pool while there's a televised tournament going on.

But, if I really had to choose between my snooker telly or my pool table, then the telly would have to go.
(But could I please keep all my old snooker DVDs?)

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[saddler79]

Thinsy, theres a lot of things i'd rather do than watch Ebdon vs Dott.....repeatedly stabbing myself in the eyes with a blunt needle was the first one that sprang to mind

Would have to say I prefer playing the game to watching snooker even when i'm playing as badly as I am at the moment!

[PatBlock]

Thinsy, theres a lot of things i'd rather do than watch Ebdon vs Dott.....repeatedly stabbing myself in the eyes with a blunt needle was the first one that sprang to mind

Yeah yeah, but I bet you'd give your right testicle to play as well as either of them for just one week a year, wouldn't you? I know I would.

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[levon]

I love playing snooker as much as I love watching pro's on the telly. I used to play 6-8 hours a day a few years ago. I'd record the interesting matches or I'd watch it in the club during practice. Nowadays I don't play that much but I don't miss any tournament on TV.

[spike]

Nowadays I don't play that much but I don't miss any tournament on TV.

Same here, i use to practise 5 times a week at around 4 to 5 hours at a time. Though for me i watch as much Snooker as possible on tv, which for me personally makes up for not playing to the extent that i once use to..

[damienlch]

playing... though i like to get myself pumped up by first watching some snooker videos only to fail miserably trying reproduce what i saw...

[jaffaboy]

enjoy playing and watching