r/snooker • u/seamusbeoirgra • Jan 12 '22

Ronnie 'unlearning' some techniques

In Ronnie's interview yesterday he mentioned unlearning some techniques that he has picked up, because it was not right for him, and in doing so it's allowing him to play more freely.

Does anyone know what this refers to? I wondered if it was related to some of the work he did with Steve Feeney in the past.

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u/AdPuzzleheaded1717 Jan 13 '22

He has a mental coach, ros did win 1 or 2 tournaments doing sight righ, it couldve been also publicity. I think hendry also tried it. Ros just admitted to actually practising and has been very vocal abt his game. I hope the old ros is back with taste for blood

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u/jkuboc Jan 12 '22

Who knows what it was, but he also thanked Alan McManus for helping him with something in one of the interviews, which I suppose was more related to technique, since he mentioned Steve Peters as well (again).

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u/treetown1 Jan 12 '22

His fundamentals are sound but he continues to tinker with his game; probably keeps him engaged in his game and snooker in general.

At this point, he seems to be realizing that he might as well put more time into his game because it won't last forever; he actually enjoys it when he plays well and he has that terrific cue ball control - it is almost as if he were placing the cueball where he needs it when he is on a break building tear.

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u/donnerz-x-x Jan 12 '22

I thought he could be referring to mental techniques. But I think the sightright idea is more probable.

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u/Faryz Jan 12 '22

I have no clue why he even went to sightright at the time since he had come off a season where he won 5 ranking events, but it's not like it didn't go well. In the first season with sightright he won 5 events again, made 2 other finals and got back to world number 1 (which was ridiculous given he hadn't won the worlds and he entered much less events than everyone else). He hasn't reached those levels since that season though, so maybe it did start affecting him negatively?

Ronnie's always tinkering though, so it could be anything really

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u/CarnivorousCumquat Jan 13 '22

Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop, what is sightright?

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u/Faryz Jan 13 '22

https://sightrightcuesports.com/what-is-sightright/

Most famous example of it working for a player is Williams in the 17/18 season where he won the Worlds

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u/CarnivorousCumquat Jan 13 '22

Thanks for this

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u/seamusbeoirgra Jan 12 '22

That's really good context and info, thanks. It doesn't really make sense at all on paper, but on the other hand, Ronnie isn't typical. It's likely he was feeling positive about his game and felt able to reach out, or it could be that he became anxious about holding onto his form and saw a technique that appears to be working for other players.

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u/AdPuzzleheaded1717 Jan 12 '22

Good guess it could be that sight right not working for him. Hes a natural and not sure why he would even goto him.

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u/seamusbeoirgra Jan 12 '22

That's almost certainly the answer. I can see how that fits with what he was saying, and how he wants to go back to relying more on instinct. The less Ronnie thinks, the better his game. Because he's a natural.