Watching professional players is a good habit you can have in order to learn techniques and shot selection from the players that have mastered them to the highest level. The issue, however, is that when you watch players long enough, you start to notice traits they have but can’t work out why they do it. … Read more
Once you become familiar with the game of snooker and start to play it more regularly, you’ll notice that a number of things are needed to support playing time. Chalking a cue tip, checking the bumper cushions, and cleaning the table felt from chalk and residue are all factors that need to be considered. Something … Read more
When watching a professional game of snooker, it’s easy to look at the players’ high level of performance and question whether or not they are taking performance enhancers (aka drugs). With that in mind, are snooker players tested for drugs like in other sports? Snooker players are tested for drugs and must abide by the … Read more
Despite both being relatively popular billiard games (pool more so than snooker), many people – both players and spectators – considered snooker to be the harder game of the two. Is snooker harder than Pool? Snooker is considered by many to be harder to play than pool. This is because snooker is played on a … Read more
Why do snooker players apologize for flukes? We’ve all been there – you take a shot intending to pot one ball or are aiming for a specific pocket, you miss, but somehow the ball goes in another pocket? You can also cannon into another ball knocking it in unexpectedly or just knock another ball in … Read more
In an athlete’s career, there’s a period in time when they are at the peak of their ability. For most sports, this typically falls around the age range of 25 – 30 years old. This is mainly true in sports where physicality plays a large component, something that isn’t necessarily the case in snooker. Most … Read more
Anyone that is familiar with billiard sports will know there is a big difference between a pool cue and a snooker cue. Snooker is a game that requires more accuracy than power and this is often reflected by the type of cue used. Snooker can definitely be an intimidating game. The large table combined with … Read more
When playing snooker, or any billiard sport for that matter, most people will give their cue the occasional chalking. Even when people don’t know why they need to chalk their cue, they do it anyway because, well, that’s what everyone does! A few rubs of chalk every few shots is the standard, however, when you … Read more
Have you ever been watching a game of snooker, watched the camera pan to the players sitting waiting for their shots, and noticed they always have a jug and glass of water and seem to ALWAYS be drinking water in between shots? I know many people have noticed this before, just take a look at … Read more