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Analysis of the Screw Back Shot
Here's my analysis of the screw back shot - I hope it helps you all... The first requirement for successful execution of the screw shot is to aim at the bottom of the cueball not by lifting the butt end of the cue into the air but by lowering the whole of the cue parallel to the bed of the table. A good tip here is to flatten your bridge hand. Whereas in the standard position the cue rests around about 2" above the cloth (at the point it crosses your thumb-forefinger rest), by flattening your bridge you should be able to lower this.
Practise - Pot Black
This practice exercise can bring massive benefits to your game. First of all it helps in finding the correct potting angle for the black and develops your cue-ball skills by making you play stun, screw, stun run through and side to keep good position to pot the black ball next time.
Practise - The T Pack
Another one of our short but very useful snooker practise routines for all to try. If your bored with the usual practise routines give this second one of our new series of single player practise routines a try out as i am sure it will keep you going for hours and hours.
Practise - The Flying V Pack
A short but very useful snooker practise routine for all to try out next time. If your bored with the usual practise routines give this a try out as i am sure it will keep you occupied for hours upon hours.
The diagonal pink practice technique
This is a practice technique that can help give you better ball control during breaks.
Unintentional side spin - Why
This is a very useful test if you find that you are better at potting balls from one side of the table than the other. It's a way of finding out why this is happening?
The Method
In this article i am going to talk about an area of the game which many of us all tend to over look, it's an area that is a very important part of the game and is the key to consistency. What am i talking about ? The method or sometimes called the drill by others.
Position Play 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.
Position Play 2
Same as the last exercise, position play, 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.
Position Play 3
Same as the last exercise, position play, exercise 1,2 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.
Position Play 4
Same as the last exercises, position play, exercise 1,2,3 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.
Red across the middle
This exercise is an excellent way of improving your long potting, To start off line six reds in line with the two middle pockets across the middle spot, and place them evenly apart. Place the white ball anywhere on the baulk line and start by trying to pot the end red of the line of reds.
Side Spin (exercise 1)
As a starting point the term side-spin is how it should really be referred to, rather than side as most people call it, as this is a very complicated subject.
Side Spin (exercise 2)
Left hand side This diagram shows left-hand side being used to take the cue-ball back up to a safe area of the table. You could also try playing the shot without any side and aiming to hit the object ball slightly thicker, but the object ball will move across the table further than it would if you was hitting it on the thin side.
Side Spin (exercise 3)
Striking the cue ball to the LEFT of centre will push the white off to the right of a straight line and visa versa if playing the shot with right hand side spin.
Trying to achieve the perfect cueing
Once you have the five points above in place, you can now start by trying to hit the cue ball in the centre, one of the best ways of achieving this is to start by hitting the white ball up and down the length of the table bouncing the white off the top cushion and coming back over the black, pink and blue spots and finally back to the brown spot from where you struck the ball from. This is a very difficult thing to achieve and takes hours of practice to get right...
Pot the Blue Ball and make a Cannon
This is a tutorial showing you how to go about playing cannons after potting the object ball. This is a must have part of your game that you need to build upon.
Other Bridge Hand Techniques
It would be great if snooker players could always use the same bridge every time they visit the table, but as we all know this is not possible to achieve unless you are not bothered about addressing the cue ball the wrong way.
