Snooker Training Tip 2.

Potting The Colors

This training method does wonders for your positioning and angles.
No matter how often you practice this discipline you will continually come up with differing angles for potting the same ball. You will experience the inevitable frustrations as you miss a shot and then the pleasure of success each time you complete the clearance.
As this is a final act in the Snooker 147 maximum clearance it is a truly important one.
You may also notice that psychologically you see the color balls differently to the reds. The pressure mounts as you go up in the points value of the Snooker Balls.
I think, personally, that this has a lot to do with the frequency at which you practice your shots. What I mean by this is that because you pot more reds by far, in a game or practice, you become more comfortable seeing the correct angle for the pots on the red balls.

Frequency and familiarization of potting angles on color balls makes this discipline a very important factor in your progression as a Snooker Player.
Good Snooker Cues, good Snooker Balls and good Snooker Equipment in general all help with your positive psyche.

 

Objective – Sink color snooker balls in order from yellow to black without missing or doubling 100 times.

Setup – All color balls on their spots. Place the cue ball anywhere to suit first pot. I like to start will a screw back off of the yellow to position for the green.

Objective 2 – This can be done in conjunction with first objective or after completion, but it is a doozey.
Sink all colors in succession twice in a row. Keep practicing this discipline until you complete the double clearance 10 times. The beauty of this one is that you get to practice coming off the black ball and positioning for a yellow ball pot to start closing out the frame.
Snooker Training Note: Don’t replace the color balls until you have sunk the black at this stage. Collisions with color balls are not as important as your success at this level. We will move to that area a little later.

Enjoy your Snooker Training

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