Alex Higgins - The Man That Placed Snooker On The Map
Thursday, July 24th, 2008sorry jackie there aint no jackie higgins for you
Archive for the ‘snooker’ Category
Ronnie’s Cue School
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Esp 1 - The Grip
Esp 2 - Stance
Esp 3 - Bridge
Esp 4 - Cueing
Esp 5 - Sighting
Left Hand? No Problem!
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Century with left hand
Ronnie on TopGear
Monday, July 21st, 2008Funny!
Do you feel good?
Sunday, July 20th, 2008World Snooker Champion 2008
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008who else but RONNIE
this is why they call me ronnie
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Ronnie’s fastest break, and the fastest on record was recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records at 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
The game of Snooker.
Friday, December 16th, 2005it’s not another game where you pot balls into pockets. it ain’t as simple as that. in fact it’s much more complicated!
Don’t know what is snooker? go here.
wondered why i said snooker aint easy? although the theory is simple(simply pot balls into pockets), there’s a lot of factors that contributes to a simple shot. they are
bridge arm
cue arm (also known as cueing)
sighting
stance
and these are only the basic! and it’s not easy to train the above, even i have problems with my bridge arm and cue arm, even though i have been playing snooker for quite some time now.
It’s the position that the arms take when you’re aiming for a ball. The cue slides along your fingers, if you’re unable to keep your fingers stable (E.G. ’spider’ shot) of course the higher percentage that the shot fails. It’s very important that you adopt a steady bridge arm.
also known as cueing, this is one of the hardest basic ‘trick’ to learn. It’s like how you zero your M16, everyone comes in different shape and sizes, so what works for you doesn’t mean will work for others.
for this, you have to look into a mirror, position yourself so that you’re facing the mirror and you still can see your cue. from there, aim straight at the mirror and check if your cueing is straight. if not, adjust according and memorize how to position yourself to get a straight cueing.
it’s very uncomfortable when you’re trying to adopt to the new cue arm. but hey, rome isn’t built in a day. practise makes perfect 
if you are right handed, straighten your right leg and put more weight on your right leg. vice versa for lefties.
but, like cueing, as long as your comfortable with it, stable, it’s fine. everyone has a different stance. what works for you might not work for others.
please, correct me if i’m wrong. everything written above is based on my own personal experience. i can be wrong too.
i’m considering to blog more about snooker, if only the response are good.
