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How To Screw The White Ball Exercise 1
Most new players to the game of snooker refer to this stroke/shot as something a little special almost magical, only available to someone who is a bit special and rather exceptional at the game of snooker. It's not true that you have to be someone special to play this magical shot! as i am going to show how you too can play this shot which is not that special but rather simple to master with the right amount of coaching information.
Splitting the Pack
At some point during a game of snooker or a break it will become necessary to try and split the pack of balls open that are still in their original set, for the break to continue. Disturbing the pack of red balls can be done when trying to pot a red but is more often done when potting a colour first to more or less guarantee being on another red ball to continue the break. Trying to split the reds when potting another red ball is often the wrong way to achieve the split because you have less chance of being on a coloured ball to carry on the break. This is shot is best used whilst potting a colour. Here are the four most used approaches to best disturbing the reds.
The Clock exercise 1
The purpose of this routine is to pot the reds and to keep the cue-ball within the circle of reds.
The Clock With Colours - Exercise 2
Same as the last exercise, the clock, exercise 1. Practicing simple pots and playing position on you're own is a very good way of learning what happen's to the cue ball after potting the object ball.
Fifteen Red Line-up
This practice routine has got to be my favorite and used on a regular basis by the professionals
Break Building
Break building is not always just about taking the easiest ball on! to get another few more points, it's all about shot selection and choosing the right ball to help continue the break, clearing a path for the next ball to be potted, many average players tend to break down when they know they are getting close to their own personal highest break, this is because they tend to choose the easy ball 'on' to beat their highest break by a few points and forget that they should have taken the slightly harder shot to continue their break.
Cueing off the Cushion
Cueing off the cushion is one of the hardest shots in the game to master. We all tend to leave this one alone, but really it is the one shot we should practice the most.
