Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "American MIND BLOWN By Ronnie O'Sullivan Fastest 147 in History (Snooker)" video.

  1. I used to play a lot of snooker and pool when I was younger, I can tell you that snooker is a much harder game to master then pool is. With snooker, the table is much bigger, the pockets are smaller and the balls are also smaller. When I was younger, I could clear up quite regular with pool but on snooker, I've never been able to get a 147, not even close, and I think my best I got was 47. Also, with snooker, it's a lot harder to control the white ball, especially with screw backs and side spin, probably because of the table being so big or the balls being smaller but I could never screw back on a long or medium shot, it would either stop dead or slightly follow through, whereas on pool, I could screw back all over the table and control the white ball far more. On top of that, snooker is far more of a tactical game than pool, if you noticed in the video above, Ronnie didn't open up the pack until he needed to do, it's a simply tactics in case you miss your next shot, you don't want the pack to be opened up to make it easier for the opponent. Another thing I remember, with pool, the pockets are massive, that you don't have to be that accurate and the ball still goes in, with snooker, you have to be far more accurate, which usually means slower pace shots that are more controlled, if you start hitting the balls with power like many of us do on pool, you're going to miss a lot on snooker unless you're really sharp on your aim. As for getting a 147, pros do them quite a lot, but for us regular plebs, we rarely if ever will do them, unless we are really lucky one game but even then it's unlikely.
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