The Complete Book of Snooker Shots and 147 Snooker Drills and Exercises: Book Reviews by Chris Gaynor
New book reveals how to play 224 shots like the pros on TV
Imagine this…
It’s the final frame of the match in a competition in the final…
You come to the table after you have been put in a sticky situation by your opponent.
But you don’t panic.
You’re then given a rapturous round of applause by a mesmerised audience, who are in admiration for your quick thinking and executing your way out of the tricky situation with ease.
Your opponent is gobsmacked.
He thought he had put you right in a tricky spot on the table in a snooker, and, yet, you made the escape look as easy as blueberry pie as if the table was kid size.
He walks back and does the obligatory tap on the table in acknowledgement of the skill it took for you to get out of the bother he landed you in.
“How did he do it?” he thinks to himself.
You go on to win the match and lift the trophy that you have worked so hard for…
Your opponent is still pondering after, wondering how you got out of that snooker in the last frame!
Simple…
You read…
The Complete Book of Snooker Shots by top snooker coach David Horrix
With over 200 shots to practice your game will improve as will your knowledge of the table and angles and how to play the shots.
AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SNOOKER SHOTS
It’s an encyclopaedia ranging from the straightforward stun and screw type shots to the more advanced safety shots which will make you look like a pro when playing your mates or playing in that competition you’re so desperate to win.
Anyone who plays the game will learn a few tricks of the trade in this book as you practice some of snooker’s trickiest shots.
Examples include:
- How to play from the wrong side of the blue in and out of baulk
- The Cross double
- The half ball safety off a red back to baulk
- How to put the cue ball behind the black from a red and stick your opponent in a nasty snooker
The 224 shots in the book are all shots you may have seen on the TV played by the pros and may have been wondering: How did they play that?
Now you can practice and play those shots like the pros on TV do, and…
FEEL LIKE A PRO WHEN YOU PLAY
When you’re watching another match and you see a shot that’s played that was in the book, you can take a wry smile and think to yourself, I know how they played it!
Playing top snooker means knowing AND executing ALL the shots to a high standard.
With this book, even an average club player can make themselves look the part as their range of shot knowledge increases.
David Horrix is a top coach who has penned several books, including 147 Snooker Drills and Exercises and is WPBSA qualified.
He has coached many juniors and top female players as well as male professionals, and his knowledge of the game is next to none.
He coaches at the Menstone Club in Yorkshire.
If you’re looking to expand your knowledge of the game, then this book will set you apart from the average player who just practices the same things and never seeks to expand their knowledge above the usual mundane routines.
GETTING BORED WITH YOUR PRACTICE ROUTINES?
Stuck for new routines to learn?
Then why not give 147 Snooker Drills and Exercises a go – a co-produced book by Andrew Highfield and David Horrix?
The book is a great reference for players who are bored of their current mundane routines and are looking for some more spice to add to their snooker arsenal.
Inside there’s also a great blend of coaching tips and nuggets of trivia to keep you engaged.
For example:
Did you know?…
- The first known indoor billiard table belonged to King Louis X1 and dates back to the 15th Century?
Or,
As the book suggests in its coaching tips,
- Learning the game of billiards a little bit will help your knowledge of angles and shots improve.
ALL the routines in the book are great for improving your positional play.
Snooker is a game about repetition…
With these two books, Horrix and Highfield give you the knowledge and the know-how.
Now it’s up to you to practice them and do the business.
As six-times World Champion Ray Reardon once said: “If you produce the goods, they’ll show their appreciation.”
If you practice and produce the goods inside these two books, then the audience will indeed show their appreciation to you!
Both 147 Snooker Drills and Exercises and The Complete Book of Snooker Shots are published by Crowood Press and are available on Amazon.
Get your hands on one of them and improve your game by clicking and ordering here…
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