snooker tips # how to pot a pink with checkside

simple use of checkside to pot pink & hold position on black

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[martynroberts1974]

that shot u played looked like u were just off straight and didnt need side 2 get on the black only top spin off the side cushion

[kevy62]

@martynroberts1974 hi there, In this video, I was asked to show the shot using "top left at medium pace* without being rude, that's the end of the story (So I played top left @ 10 o'clock @ medium pace)

Perhaps a slow controled top shot would have been ok from the angle I used to demonstrate the shot, but that was not what I was asked to show, (pace is everything on this shot) So IMHO top alone would have been redundant in the case, but thanks for taking the time to post a comment. cheers,K

[DrClawizdead]

This is checkside english.

Runningside english is english that goes with the ball's natural travel (which would be right after this shot.) The left hand checkside english is what kills the ball keeping it near the black.

If left was the runningside that ball would have spun towards the toprail after contact with the siderail.

[kevy62]

@DrClawizdead Hi there, thanks to everyone for taking the time to post a comment. Unfortunately youtube users who seemed to have a problem with either the way I described the shot, or the way I played it , seem to have removed their comments .... weird that ?

According to the post figures (which only the poster of the video can see) there were 24 comments, there are now only 18? ... & I haven't removed any comments. So cheers again for posting..Kevy

[kevy62]

@DrClawizdead hi there, yes you are correct in your description, also If you happen to have acess to the snooker (BBC2) on the 12th of Jan/2011 (1H:29M) in the interval between frames played by Neil Robertson & Steven Hendry, an ex world champion (John Parrot) actually takes questions & during this session clearly explains the difference & how it should be played on the table. Strangely enough it is the same way as I have explained it in many videos, sorry for replying twice . cheers, Kevy.

[bollowski]

I'm a little confused, at about 48 secs in you mention a bit of left hand side and move thw cue to the right as you say it. i take it you are hitting the ball to the left.

[kevy62]

no problem bollowski , you probably have a slight audio delay on the video, don't worry ,check 45 seconds then jump to 55 seconds & you will see that the 2 positions are in fact the same, the main thing to watch is the stroke itself, around 10 o'clock med strength , between 1/2 ball & 3/4 ball to the corner, potted to the left ...I have made many checkside videos, if you still find this tough, message me & I'll send you some others to watch...K

[clevertrevor01]

pauljn147, you're sooo wrong!

if you play a cut to the left,then the cue ball has to go to the right (natural angle) so if as in this case, the cue ball's natural path of direction is changed by the use of left hand side, (checkside) has been applied!

[snookergirl92]

thanks guy, I've been struggling with this for ages, very good instruction.

[bigrymos]

if he played the shot plain ball then the cue ball would have gone off up the table leaving him badly on the black ball so by using check side he can now leave himself on the black :)

[dtwplaya]

@pool1184 I consider his way checkside as is into the angle not away from it. But then again I call spin,english. :P

[NickTRecordz]

@pool1184 no this is definately check side. running = widen the angle, check = sharpen the angle