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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2294023, member: 1992"] Well you demonstrate you at least have the basics right. The reason why though snooker players transition so well is they play on 12x6 tables, twice the size of the regular pool table. For a snooker player there are no long shots in pool. At worst they are only mid-range and well within the normal range of shot they hit. Also, unlike pool the pockets are not buckets but are extremely demanding. A good snooker player is so far superior to a good pool player it is not funny. Chalk and cheese to be perfectly frank. Were you to conduct a snooker/pool type competition with an equal amount of each and played over a good test, say best of 9 per match and had 100 contestants the top 40 places would be snooker players. Pool does not require anywhere the same level of skill (however there are different skills in pool which require mastery but not difficult to adapt to if you're top flight at snooker) Pool players spend very little time in learning about the effects of spin on the white and it's attendant difficulty with regard to making the pot. A snooker player does not have the aim of leaving the ball hanging over the pocket, rather the opposite so he/she does not have the luxury of leaving it there should they miss. Even though I enjoy a good game of pool the evidence is plain for the world to see. Top snooker players can and do walk in to the highest level of pool competition. It never happens the other way. [/QUOTE]

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