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Chris Jarvis
Добавлен 25 фев 2014
Mike Russell 551 Break English billiards Top of the table at its best.
Video taken from a semi final of an IBSF world championship (which I think Mike Russell went on to win). I like to watch the man's mastery of floating white, in particular his ability to use the rescue cannon to maintain the position of his opponent's ball close to the red. This break takes him from being almost 400 points behind to having a reasonable lead which he builds on to win comfortably. Whilst some may say that it is repetitive, I can only wonder at the level of concentration required, and the skill needed to keep the scoring going.
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Bob Marshall Billiards
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Longer instructional video by one of the greats of the game of English Billiards
Excellent Amazing Billiards, Thank you. ❤
Boring
Russell is very clinical
I never saw him use chalk between shots at all.
Is that ref stupid ?!?! .. WATCH THE PLAYER AND GET OUT HIS ROAD !!!!
Thanks for sharing this was so informative on lots of level 👌
Played the game but never good enough for the set skills needed for staying around the black spot but will definitely improve your game as all round snooker player
My favourite shot. That'll be to my temple if I watch anymore
😂😂😂😂
For people who find watching grass growing is far too exciting.
This is a game for intelligent & skilful people.
How on earth was this game invented
Without this game I don't think we would have snooker 🤣
@@chrisjarvis2510 it's like discovering penicillin by mistake..
Very skilful and therefore impressive, but at the same time so repetitive and therefore boring 😮
No wonder they invented snooker after this 🤣 Very skillful but quite boring to watch 🥱
If you think Pankaj must be bored sitting there trying to maintain concentration in case Mike makes a mistake...just imagine how Joe Chapman felt, while Tom Reece - and bearing in mind neither man was each other's favourite person exactly - set about on his break of 499,135 (unfinished)... (oh, and about halfway through I think it was, he'd occasionally turn round to Joe and say, 'how'd you find the table's playing, Joe? What sort of chalk do you use?') 😅
1st to 1250, hell for a snooker fan!!!
People commenting that this is boring simply have no idea what they're watching. Now, it's not your fault if you're unfamiliar with the game and therefore don't realize what incredibly subtle levels of skill are being demonstrated, but it just looks sadly ignorant to declare the game "boring" instead of enquiring as to what you're not seeing. A bit of curiosity will enrich the experience of almost anything.
Couldn't agree more - all you have to do is set up the balls for the cannon and see how long you can maintain the position that he uses - just unreal control of the three balls.
Well said
Apsalutely boaring stuff
It’s beyond boring😂
@@Starisse No, it's not boring; you are bored. Not the same thing. By all means, turn off and watch something quicker and more obvious.
Could imagine John Virgo doing a great commentary on this "Where's the cue ball going."
😴 5 minutes is all I could take (can’t believe I lasted that long 😂) this is unbelievably boring 😴😴😴😴 I’m off to watch some paint drying 😴
I consider myself a person who likes a slow burner of a frame or match in snooker, as in the tactical side but this is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The ref walking in front of him every second shout is sending me, let the player past and then take the ball out sweet Jesus
It is like a dance at top of the table. The ref moves in the player goes behind. After placing the ball the ref moves back. It is the way it works best
What are the rules? Never followed this at all
Rumour has it that there is a billiard table just outside the Pearly Gates of Heaven and only the winner of the game gets in. Many challenge but few succeed. Who is this perfect player with the touch of a god that keeps them away ?
The one with a cue action to die for
The one with a cue action to die for
May admire the skill but Jesus h Christ this is utterly boring to watch - I’m talking as a snooker player myself and I couldn’t sit through watching this for ten minutes let alone 30+ 😅
He doesn’t like the ref lol
Stupidest game I’ve ever witnessed.
It's not a game for stupid people.
Super impressive but can see why it never took off as a spectator sport
From the 1920s through to the 1960s it was a fantastically popular spectator sport, in Britain and the Commonwealth countries. Not just back (sports) pages, but the front pages of the major newspapers carried stories about the top players, and match venues were always packed. One does need a certain amount of knowledge to appreciate it, but then that goes for Test cricket, too, which doesn't have any trouble getting the crowds in. Billiards started to gradually lose out to snooker after WW2, which is more obviously a spectacle, but that's no reflection on billiards itself.
Skilful but doesn't make for good watching.
My father used to tell me that to be a good snooker player i first need to be a better billiard player (to learn control of the cue ball and to understand the angles need to make the next shot easier). Turns out he was right all along and how i wish I had listened to his pearls of wisdom.
I learnt today that billiards at its best is cue sports at its worst.
I understand what you mean by this. The sheer mastery makes the game look ridiculously easy. If pros hit 147s in all the time at Snooker that would get boring. Maybe not as fast, but it would be.
would you consider the Mickey Mouse game of pool better?
@@pandapaws2000 I didn't consider it no, it just is.
My wife took me down from the blue rope 😂😂😂
I could probably do very well at this game . I can go in off at will ….
Absolute bollocks
I love this game... If you have a match where the player managed to position the ball on two cushions near the pocket and made endless cannons please put a link
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure that that isn't legal anymore, and the reason players cannot play the same type of shit for three consecutive turns is to stop this, because of you position both in the corner you could have a break as big as you want.
The last shot he could easily have made a cannon... But I guess he just said heck with it... I need to sit
Genuine question from a snooker player ignorant to the rules of billiards. What denotes the end of a player's visit to the table? I was quite surprised watching this when no pot or in-off were made and yet the guy stayed at the table.
@@mez7736 hi - if your cue ball touches your opponent’s cue ball and the red (in any order) it counts as a cannon and scores 2 points and the break continues- if you think what he is doing is easy, give it a try - you’ll be surprised how quickly you can lose the position 😂
So you have to hit both balls to carry on?
I nodded off watching this.
I don't think someone like you, would understand what's going on.
@@thecommission6662 Maybe.
Very very skillful if playing at a high level i remember players like rex Williams great touch players
Of you've not seen him, look for a video of Walter Lindrum. He was the best ever at this game.
@@TheRip72- the administrators in Britain had to change the rules of the game to stop him, he was that good 😂
I don't understand that game
It's a game for intelligent people.
I remember playing pool in the Czech Republic. Got shouted at by a Czech because I was using an English bridge rather than a Czechy/American ie a ring by your finger version. Went on to tell me about Czech union of pool players and how everyone has do it this way. I just told him to**** off!
😂👍
All that & misses such an easy red...
He was unlucky, he got a kick.
I'm sure this takes incredible skill but sport is supposed to be about entertainment right? Why on earth would anyone pay to watch this? Some simple rule changes would do wonders. You need rules that put as much distance between the balls as possible so that cannons are much harder. How about when you pot the red it is then placed at the furthest spot from the yellow ball? I don't know, I'm sure there's plenty that could be done to bring it in to the 21st century.
Wat a.simple cheating way to play
The first time I played it I was still shaking having just run the bulls in Pamplona. A fascinating game, especially when a good player seems to be out of position.
Great game to play, not so great to watch
22:05, beautiful
Yes, baulk line crossing mastered! Multiple times in this break.
Now make a 147. Oh wait ….
India
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Amazing 🤩 simply amazing 🤩
A lot of repetition in a break like this. I find it quite boring to watch and much prefer snooker
I understand what you see, it’s after trying to emulate what he does that the respect for his skill grows- thanks for the comment.
The snooker player has it easy - 15 reds and 6 colouurs to choose from. Even mediocre players can score a good few points. Not so at Billiards.
lousy sport.
😂don’t knock it till you’ve tried to play - he makes it all look ridiculously easy!