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Jamie Cope, (the guy who did the long plant into the corner pocket) developed a tremor in his cue arm and was forced to abandon the sport in 2017. Im glad he is remembered in you tube compilations. One of the most beautiful shots I have ever seen.
I've played him on a table he owns at longton snooker club, stoke-on-trent. I say played, I broke off 🤷🏼♂️ he's still extremely good, it's a shame he's no longer able to compete at the very highest level..
@@grantfoster8833 I remember seeing Jamie as an 8 year old (or thereabouts) in Longton Snooker club and he was quite the talent. Such a shame to see him retire early.
Rules are easy, game is hard. You should firstly pot a red ball, than Black, blue or others. If you hide the ball behind the Black or blue or else, the shot is good because your opponent will play next, so he cant be able to reach any Red ball
@@basilsini9739 he was in a very difficult situation and was likely to leave his opponent a good chance on his return to the table. His clever shot ensured that didn't happen
@@basilsini9739 it's very hard to play a safety here that doesn't leave one of the reds available for the opponent. Ideally you'd probably want to play a soft shot here to put the cue ball near the reds in bottom left. However, the yellow ball is blocking that avenue. This shot was not only a clever idea on how to put the red there in a different way, but also technically difficult (the rotation he played here is not easy to pull off with this much control).
Well yeah. There are only 27 possible points on the table and he needed 30 to win. So he had to force his opponent to make a foul. And you do that by making it impossible for them to hit the "ball-on" (in this case it's yellow, because it's end of the frame).
Brilliant! One of those videos you have to show to snooker sceptics... And a real badge of honour for a player to make it into a compilation such as this.. Shows imagination, vision, and skill...
I started playing snooker 3 months ago. I'm shocking, but I love the jist of it, and how it makes you think. It's the one sport I have played and genuinley after felt a huge amount of respect to them who play. Requires so much skill !
Probably the best snooker video I've ever seen, which contained the original meaning of snooker rather than some exhibition shots.. GJ . You deserves my like and subscription. Keep going dude.. I literally watch snooker videos every day and there are some clips in your editing that I've never seen before!!
If you enjoy this sort of play - you will like my PC Snooker game - quicksnooker.com - It's been 20 years in the making - and has the physics and rules to make all of these shots possible - playing online against other people you will get to appreciate the strategy and skill involved in the game. Something makes me smile in every frame I play, and if you prefer you can play any of 14 'AI' computer opponents - getting them to play plausible 'intelligent' Snooker (rather than just a potting rampage) was one of the biggest challenges.
One of the best videos you have made I think, thank you! One suggestion, maybe add some context as to what happened before, show the next shot if relevant and the result of the match? Not sure if I'm the only one thinking this could be great. Keep it up!
I agree, also show the overall tournament standings at the time of the shot and at the end of the tournament. Plus, a small clip on the players travelling home, with destination, mode of transport, would help tremendously.
Yeah, next shot sometimes would be nice, for examle Selby's shot was made, when the score was 39-70 and it just might be irrelevant if he hasnt farmed enough points with it
I don't think I've ever seen a shot like a 1:19 where one both tries to create a snooker , use a ball as a cushion, an canon said color to break off the pack of reds.
It’s just mind boggling. The sheer talent, the absolute magic!!!! I mean, it’s only Newtonian physics but these men turn it into a complete art!!! Respect and admiration from me! I bow my head to your magic.
By seeing these snooker vidoes I feel sometime, oh yes I am understanding the rules of the game n sometimes getting confused by thinking what they are trying to do..😂😂
He's not the only one who's used a flat tip - Marco Fu and Stephen Hendry rock that style too. Although I don't think I've ever seen any others have the tip larger than the ferrule...
@@indyandherjones i vaguely remember Ebdon having a tip larger than the ferule... Or maybe it was mushrooming and he didnt shape it... Something like that... Edit: just got to that part of the video and it is Ebdon 😂
Seeing the shot is the first step, convincing yourself that you can do it, is the second, and almost hardest; but doing it makes it beautiful. GT, I'll subscribe if you upload "Literally Snooker" again. Why the feck is that not on RU-vid anymore?
For people saying they know nothing about snooker you just have to follow 2 steps: 1) First you pot a ‘red’ ball THEN any colour and so on. 2) When red balls are finished you pot colour balls.(every colour ball is worth some points starting from 2 to 7 so you pot lowest one first and end it by potting highest one last) Now if you’re following the above 2 steps and you missed a pot and the other player isn’t able to follow the above steps or is having difficulty in doing so, that is considered a good shot by you. Ps: My bad if I missed something,I’ll edit it later once the missed part is pointed out.
In snooker you get points if you opponent fails to make a legal move. So there's places where it's better to create a difficult shot for your opponent than pot.
Lounge about town The only memorable shot I think is missing is Higgins in China, playing the red up table from about the pink spot area, cannoning the brown half ball to pot the red into the yellow pocket. Holding perfectly for the black.
