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Quote from: RED-DOG on April 26, 2014, 10:49:08 AM
We now have a snooker MC who's job it is to whip the audience into a frenzy of vocal excitement, only for the referee to spend the next 4 hours telling them to be quiet.
Let's get the boys...on the baize!
Don't blink or you'll miss him. It's the Rocket. Ronnie O'Sullivan!
He really is no John McDonald.
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What an interesting person Terry Griffiths turned out to be now that we've had time to get to know him. I love the quiet, lilting, unabashed way he dispenses his wisdom.
I'm sure his individuality and strength of character had more to do with his winning a world title than his ability did.
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What an interesting person Terry Griffiths turned out to be now that we've had time to get to know him. I love the quiet, lilting, unabashed way he dispenses his wisdom.
I'm sure his individuality and strength of character had more to do with his winning a world title than his ability did.
I believe he's become a very successful coach & mentor now.
Have to agree, he speaks with great insight.
Was surprised to see he is 66 now. Amazing how time flies, I remember him winning the World Championship as if it were yesterday, with his poncy hair, & sort of humming songs between shots.
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Quote from: RED-DOG on April 26, 2014, 11:21:52 AM
What an interesting person Terry Griffiths turned out to be now that we've had time to get to know him. I love the quiet, lilting, unabashed way he dispenses his wisdom.
I'm sure his individuality and strength of character had more to do with his winning a world title than his ability did.
I believe he's become a very successful coach & mentor now.
Have to agree, he speaks with great insight.
Was surprised to see he is 66 now. Amazing how time flies, I remember him winning the World Championship as if it were yesterday, with his poncy hair, & sort of humming songs between shots.
"I'm in the fynall now ewe know..."
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Griffiths, out of the blue, "We're all human, we all want to be loved, and we all get wet in the rain".
Virgo, after a long pause, "Well I can't argue with that".
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I hate it when a payer stops to think for a moment and a caption pops up.
Shot time - 38 seconds....
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April 26, 2014, 04:22:28 PM »
Why do snooker players and commentators refer to striking the ball well as 'Timing'?
"He's timing the ball well".
Trump does a particularly spectacular screw back shot. "That's pure timing".
What does time have to do with it FFS? The balls are stationary, they will wait all day.
I used to play snooker to a reasonably high standard but I never understory the concept of 'timing'.
Cuing straight, yes. Hitting the ball in the right place, yes. Timing? I'm sorry, you've lost me.
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April 26, 2014, 04:39:50 PM »
It's the way you hit through the ball. Acceleration through the ball in the right way.
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That's just maintaining a good cue action after the ball has gone so as not to influence the motion pre strike.
If timing is a euphemism for that they should explain it better, especially as for the most part, they are talking to laymen.
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That's just maintaining a good cue action after the ball has gone so as not to influence the motion pre strike.
If timing is a euphemism for that they should explain it better, especially as for the most part, they are talking to laymen.
What about the timing for the engine in a car? Isn't it the same?
Everything working in perfect harmony to achieve the optimal performance.
Timing in golf is similar to timing in snooker, neither over-accelerating not under-accelerating but getting just the right tempo of the swing/stroke to get the maximum from your technique whether it is good or not.
Coordination plays a part in having good timing too.
My we're grumpy today.
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Oh my goodness! I hope I didn't come across a grumpy. If I did it was entirely unintentional.
Apologies to all concerned.
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Oh my goodness! I hope I didn't come across a grumpy. If I did it was entirely unintentional.
Apologies to all concerned.
Perhaps a tad tetchy or irascible rather than grumpy.
No apology needed, I do it all the time more and more often.
Anyway, I like it when Griffiths says that someone is cooing bootifully.
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Quote from: RED-DOG on April 26, 2014, 06:29:31 PM
Oh my goodness! I hope I didn't come across a grumpy. If I did it was entirely unintentional.
Apologies to all concerned.
Perhaps a tad tetchy or irascible rather than grumpy.
No apology needed, I do it all the time more and more often.
Anyway, I like it when Griffiths says that someone is cooing bootifully.
No, grumpy, I'd say.
I was quite offended by his tone.
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Note to self: do not get involved in a dick swinging contest with the rastafish, it can only end badly when he gets lucky and you awake the beast!
Can confirm Tom is in a grumpy mood today but I think it has something to do with the poor quality of tea he has been served in DTD... Honestly this man has high standards when it comes to tea drinking!
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Anyone else like Eurosport's commentary team?
I genuinely am coming to think it's just me.
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