how to implove snooker skills

dblstudent

i have been playing snookers for many yrs,but still not gd,could anybody give me any ideas?

Jackeenboy

Pot the balls in the holes. Thats what the pros do anyway

mocata

Hit the white ball from the brown spot in a straight line down to the bottom cushion and back up over the spots. If u can do that consistently ur off to a flying start.

CountingCrows

Jackeenboy wrote: »

Pot the balls in the holes. Thats what the pros do anyway

Your just full of hilarious post aren't you :rolleyes:

celticfc

dblstudent wrote: »

i have been playing snookers for many yrs,but still not gd,could anybody give me any ideas?

There are some great tuition video's available on YouTube. Rex Karnehm's video springs to mind immediately & Ray Reardons one is there too among others.

There's lots of good excercises on them and you can see many things that's wrong with your game that you would have never even thaught of.

I will get a collection of them and put them in the YouTube thread during the week.

the_syco

If right handed, point the toe of your left foot the same way your cue is pointing, and your right foot at a 90 degree angle. Sounds mad, but it works.

CountingCrows

There are numerous good practice routines available on-line. E.g Clearing the colours. Best to start with a reasonable goal like that and try and achieve it regularly

Dave147

the_syco wrote: »

If right handed, point the toe of your left foot the same way your cue is pointing, and your right foot at a 90 degree angle. Sounds mad, but it works.

Disregard, have both feet pointing at the shot, feet well spread, keep left leg straight and bend the right knee slightly (if right handed). Get a good cue action going, maybe pick a good pro to emulate - someone like Higgins or Murphy. Use cue action for every shot no matter how simple. Practice black off its spot see how many you can pot without running out of position. Keep head straight when taking shot, don't move at all until the cue has gone through, straight as possible. Hit the ball plain ball unless you need side or screw. Plenty more but I'm not at the table so can't think!

mickdw

mocata wrote: »

Hit the white ball from the brown spot in a straight line down to the bottom cushion and back up over the spots. If u can do that consistently ur off to a flying start.

I would agree with that but rolling the ball up and down doesnt apply as you will not get any unwanted spin by rolling it. So hit the ball down the spots with lots of bottom and some power and see if it comes right back to the cue. Im an average player (68 break) and when I find myself playing v bad, I try hitting it down the spots and it is often scary to see the amount of unwanted side im getting on the ball. I then play it a few times to get the sights reset and im back on track again.

mocata

Yeah ur right, i do exactly the same. Just doing that has upped my avg break from 20's/30's to 40s/50's in a few weeks. Pool u can get away with throwing the cue any ould way at the white, in snooker u get found out. One other tip is to walk to your next shot and think to yourself, "where would i like the white to be here?" Sounds obvious, but 90% of beginning players dont bother. Oh, and try not to leave yourself straight on a ball, angle = options

mickdw

Also learn to play the shots with as little power as required. Too much power = poor acuracy. The thiner the cloth, the less power you need and the better breaks you will make in my experience. I played a few times a week for a couple of years on fergal o briens table in raphaels in lucan. The cloth and cushions were great. No power needed and I always found I could play so much better on it that it more than made up for the tighter pockets leading to many 50 breaks. Again, unwanted side was the enemy on this table and would really mess you up compared to the thicker cloths.