Why I Don’t Believe in Handicaps in Sport… I’ve never been a big believer in handicaps in sport, and it’s not because I think they’re pointless — it’s because I don’t think they reflect a fair part of reality. Sport performance is played on the day. Not on averages. Not on spreadsheets. Not on what […]

🟢 The basics always win.In snooker, the flashy shots, the crowd-pleasers, the six colour clearance — they make for great moments. But week after week, the players who win more frames (and more matches) are the ones who get the basics right: the stance, the grip, the bridge, the cue-action, the aim. The fundamentals. If […]

How Cue Sports Stars of Past and Present Lit Up the Eras — and Tested their Systems… Has it been too little too late to continue greatness in the UK and find the next Ronnie, Jimmy, or Judd? Every sport likes to believe it is shaped by its greatest players.Snooker, more than most, tells itself […]

Coach Carter: Lessons Beyond the Court… When Coach Carter hit cinema screens in 2005, it seemed like just another underdog sports drama. But instead of celebrating the usual winning streak, the film did something few sports movies dared to do: it stopped the game. Coach Ken Carter (played by Samuel L. Jackson) benched his undefeated […]

Leaders Eat Last: What Snooker Can Teach Us About Real Leadership… Snooker is often described as an individual sport. One player. One cue. One table. One scoreline. But anyone who has spent real time in snooker clubs, leagues, or coaching environments like me knows the truth: snooker lives or dies on leadership, culture, and trust. […]

🎯 The Official World Snooker Tour Quiz Book – The Perfect Excuse for a Snooker Quiz Night! How a book packed with questions and answers can be more than just a book – it can be an event for a quiz night! HarperCollins sent SnookerZone a copy of The Official World Snooker Tour Quiz Book […]

I’m excited to share that my new ebook — From Idea to Impact — is now live on Amazon Kindle! This 20-page read charts the journey from that first spark of inspiration to physically creating a working prototype — the Coin Balance Cue Trainer (CBCT). But this isn’t just a story about designing a snooker […]

These are all remarkable shots I’ve played at Oxshott in the League or Tournament or in Practice Frames… Remarkable shots like these come up occasionally at points in frames either when you’re under pressure or there’s a scenario that you never expected. Sometimes, it happens, sometimes, it doesn’t. If you see something on the table, […]

A thriller that teaches the main protagonist the most important lesson in life. The unexpected isn’t to be feared – but to be embraced, and to be seen as a lesson in growth. Can you teach bottle? Or is it something that develops? This screenplay explores that on an exagerated level within the confines of […]

YEARS AGO… A friend and I went to an exhibition at Walton Snooker Centre in Hersham to see Jimmy White and John Virgo. The Walton Snooker Centre was a great club – with Jim Bates managing both the Lyons Road and Genesis House venues. It was an enjoyable evening. The snooker was brilliant. But one […]