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Snooker Questions and Answers.

A collection of questions that we thought would be useful to others.

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Getting Confused, trying too hard

Q. When i press my fingers into the table and turn my thumb.i soon feel stress in my hand, especially in my thumb. When exert low pressure i feel a loss of rythem in my cue action, please tell me something about it. I use my left hand as bridge and when i turn my head to place cue under my left eye i feel myself unbalanced. i then counter my balance by turning my elbow to right. but that is wrong. and i am in confusion which disturbs my game, i also feel unbalace when bridge hand is at a distance from cue ball approximatelly 10 inches, please help me out?

David Weller - 2006-09-28

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Staying Fresh During Practise Sessions

Q. I have been playing snooker for two years. Reading the Tutorial section and forums frequently a made a practice plan for myself. I defined goals (as milestones). My first goal was to pot all the six balls from yellow to black. My second goal was to pot five reds (randomly placed between pink and black spot) with black or pink.I have made it before the deadline. My practice routine is that I must make these two goals every day before start practicing the third goal. (pot five reds with colour and make the clearance from yellow to red in one break) It should be become easier and easier to make the first two goals because I make it every day but unfortunately not! Sometimes I make the six ball clearance at first attempt but other days the success comes only after the...

David Weller - 2006-09-26

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Upper body approaches to the shot

Q. Maximumbreak, I love this site! Its amazing! Hopefully I will improve my game with your help. I have a technical question. I am 5 foot 4 inc tall, right handed, and have been playing this games for over 15 yrs without any dramatic improvement, making breaks of 20s only usually. On every shot making, I would walk into the shot, placing my right foot at a 45 degree angle to the line of shot, and my left foot pointing parallel to the line of shot and at about 7 oclock in relationship to the right foot (if right foot is at 6 oclock). I keep my right leg straight and left leg slightly bend. I keep my feet shoulder width wide. From these stances, I am now experimenting with 2 different upper body approaches to the shot, with similar efficiency/ failures. Please tell me which one is correct, if any.

David Weller - 2006-09-23

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I always seem to miss the ball on the same side i always overcut

Q. I always seem to miss the ball on the same side i always overcut , my right eye is dominate but it does not seem comtable moving the cue further to the right. I have been trying to line up the shot and then compensating for the over cut, any tips on how to line up the corect potting angle?

David Weller - 2006-09-23

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Just seem to miss simple balls and i am not confident

Q. Dear Maximumbreak, i have been playing for about a year and my maximum break is 38 i have a good cue action but just seem to miss simple balls and i am not confident with my breakbuilding i dont feel like i am going to score heavily , i just pot good individual pots any tips

David Weller - 2006-09-23

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Lineing up the pot

Q. My question is that i find it difficult to align myself with the shot .i stay behind the line of shot but find it difficult to judge that either the ball is half or 3/4 or 1/4. can you please tell me how to find the contact point of the object ball, so i can easily judge it, actually i have followed ghost ball theory but that needed more concentration. I grip the cue in my right hand. and...

David Weller - 2006-09-23

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What is the definition of timing

Q. What is the definition of timing and are there any drills to improve ones timing?

David Weller - 2006-09-23

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Uncomfortable to have my back leg straight

Q. I am a left eye right handed player and my question is that i find it very uncomfortable to have my back leg straight, so after playing 2,3 frames my game gets poor, i also need your help that to have my left eye over cue i have to tilt my head, so my head is not parrallel with cue? Please give me your advise.