Development in my game
Hi, not posted in a long time...
So I started playing snooker regularly around a year and a half ago,(I'm only 16 now) and in 3 or 4 months started regularly making breaks of around 20 and a couple over 30. I was really pleased with my progress, considering I could only play for 3 or 4 hours a week.
Last summer though things started to go wrong, and I couldn't maintain the level I was at and ended up playing many sessions where I was struggling to pot more than 3 or 4 balls in succession. I would go from potting well in practice routines to missing everything in seconds.
I started to get really frustrated, because I was slipping backwards and it's not cheap to play for me, don't have too much at my disposal so when I go and don't feel I've made the most of it, I get down on myself.
I tried a change of cue and things started to pick up for a while, I regularly play with my uncle or a friend and my general all round play was better, and I was getting a lot more mid ranged balls. However things started slipping again.
I took a month or so off, and went to the club for the first time again yesterday, I started really well in practice then as soon as I got in to a frame everything fell away. Mid range pots I had in practice, I just seemed to approach completely differently.
Occasionally I have a stutter as well, where I just can't seem to push the cue through well, especially when I'm in a pressure situation.
What I really need, is to be able to play a lot regularly, and at a cheap rate but I can't really see how I'd do that.
So, I have many problems with my game at the moment, I am really keen to get better because I know I can play a lot better than I currently am, and with practice could get to a decent level. I like to think I know the game pretty well because I've been a very keen follower for years now.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
So I started playing snooker regularly around a year and a half ago,(I'm only 16 now) and in 3 or 4 months started regularly making breaks of around 20 and a couple over 30. I was really pleased with my progress, considering I could only play for 3 or 4 hours a week.
Last summer though things started to go wrong, and I couldn't maintain the level I was at and ended up playing many sessions where I was struggling to pot more than 3 or 4 balls in succession. I would go from potting well in practice routines to missing everything in seconds.
I started to get really frustrated, because I was slipping backwards and it's not cheap to play for me, don't have too much at my disposal so when I go and don't feel I've made the most of it, I get down on myself.
I tried a change of cue and things started to pick up for a while, I regularly play with my uncle or a friend and my general all round play was better, and I was getting a lot more mid ranged balls. However things started slipping again.
I took a month or so off, and went to the club for the first time again yesterday, I started really well in practice then as soon as I got in to a frame everything fell away. Mid range pots I had in practice, I just seemed to approach completely differently.
Occasionally I have a stutter as well, where I just can't seem to push the cue through well, especially when I'm in a pressure situation.
What I really need, is to be able to play a lot regularly, and at a cheap rate but I can't really see how I'd do that.
So, I have many problems with my game at the moment, I am really keen to get better because I know I can play a lot better than I currently am, and with practice could get to a decent level. I like to think I know the game pretty well because I've been a very keen follower for years now.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
- Corneeto
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