Pool or Snooker ...??

I love snooker i use to play snooker regullarly.

I like Snooker.....
About this game...
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large (12 feet × 6 feet) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and 6 balls of different colours (worth 2-7 points each). A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the balls in the manner described below. A match consists of a previously agreed-upon number of frames. Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, and the Far East.



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i love pool, i even went on a few competitions, snooker just does'nt cut it for me

I just got through reading an article written by Fran entitled 'Is Snooker the Secret?'. In her piece she goes through all the different facets of the game in which she thinks that snooker players are superior, stance cue position, stroke etc. There's even a quote "Many pool players are quite an undisciplined lot. They want to know the quickest way to win".

Well pool players certainly bank a whole lot better than snooker players. Apparently banks are pretty rare in snooker?

What about English -- or should I say side? Some pool players (like Nick Varner) seem to go pretty light on the left & right spin on the cueball, while some really juice it up (like Efren) -- even on soft shots. With the little bitty pockets on a twelve foot table, I would assume snooker players avoid side, in the interest of improving accuracy. Even a 4" pocket must seem like a bucket when they hit the Pool Tables.

'Course mine are more 'style of play' comments, not physical technique. I do know that I would like to improve my consistent accuracy just a bit -- maybe I could learn from the snooker players

Well pool players certainly bank a whole lot better than snooker players. Apparently banks are pretty rare in snooker?

What about English -- or should I say side? Some pool players (like Nick Varner) seem to go pretty light on the left & right spin on the cueball, while some really juice it up (like Efren) -- even on soft shots. With the little bitty pockets on a twelve foot table, I would assume snooker players avoid side, in the interest of improving accuracy. Even a 4" pocket must seem like a bucket when they hit the pool tables.

'Course mine are more 'style of play' comments, not physical technique. I do know that I would like to improve my consistent accuracy just a bit -- maybe I could learn from the snooker players

Banking into the side pocket is fairly common in snooker as the effective pocket opening on the side is large that way. I have a friend who is primarily a snooker player who makes 80% of his three cushion banks on a pool table (we make him do three cushions or more on the black in 8 ball or there is no competetion playing against him).

Kick shots happen all the time in snooker (the game is called snooker after all and you can't jump). Snooker players are far superiour kickers. The only difference is that in snooker you have no cushion requirement, so they are more likely to do a multirail kick to touch a ball and leave it safe rather than pot it. I don't think it would take much adjustment to try potting it on the much easier pockets.

Multirail position is used all the time in snooker and they don't fear going four cushions. This is a simple side effect of not being able to juice the cue ball up with as much english, so they prefer multirail position to get there "naturally". Remember that the end game of snooker (potting the colours) is the same concept as nine ball, so they know how to get around.

Also it is dangerous to think that snooker players don't know how to use english, they are highly proficient with it but have very few instances where it is useful cause they play natural angle and perfect speed, but in a squeeze you'll see it pulled out of the bag.


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i like snooker

HI I ENJOY SNOOKER ALOT MORE THAN POOL I DONT HAVE A REASON WHY BUT JUST PLAY THAT ALOT MORE THAN POOL LOL.

i like snooker