tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post91827861706028825..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: MARCUS CAMPBELL: MAXIMUM MANDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-49850333611616738432008-11-09T10:18:00.000+00:002008-11-09T10:18:00.000+00:00Well done to Campbell. I just left this post on sn...Well done to Campbell. I just left this post on snooker forum which was discussing the ease of maximums with fast cloths and should they be slowed down:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Whenever a maximum is made, especially by a less well known player there's always a debate about their value and how easy they are to make.<BR/><BR/>How easy are they? The most naturally gifted player of all time has made 8 and the most prolific break building machine has made 7. How many frames have they played in competition? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? So the strike rate for the best ever is probably less than 0.01%!<BR/><BR/>Visit a lot of snooker clubs in the land and if they've got a highest break board in the club there's a fair chance the top break will be 147 made by a local amateur on a table without the fine cloths.<BR/><BR/>Marcus Campbell has been a professional since 1991. You would think he would've made a maximum in practice, probably several. He'd had a break of 99 in a previous frame suggesting he was playing pretty well, and he was playing local wildcard Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusai (who we can reasonably assume was out of his depth) and was 3-0 up at the time i.e. under no pressure.<BR/><BR/>He said:<BR/><BR/>"The reds were perfect from the start although I had a massive kick on 73. I didn't land on anything but took a chance and managed to pot the black and move the three reds that were left."<BR/><BR/>So the reds were perfect from the start, something a pro instinctively spots and it sounds like he had it in his sights from the off. Then by his account he played a make or break shot when on 73 which happened to go right for him. He then held himself together to finish the job which obviously shows a bit of nerve. These are the classic 3 variables which need to go right to get a maximum - lay of the balls from the off, the make or break shot and holding of nerve at the end.<BR/><BR/>Maximum breaks aren't as prolific as some make them out to be, but they do happen more than they used to. The reason is two fold - conditions AND natural progression. More players look for them these days and know how to go about the job through studying players like Hendry, White and O'Sullivan.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if the number of maximums continues to rise the prize money will drop accordingly and the armchair viewer won't get as excited as they used to, but maximums will always be special and players will keep on trying to get them because for the player it's the ultimate buzz. A perfect frame of snooker - one of the most difficult games in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-61789128339358728522008-11-08T23:28:00.000+00:002008-11-08T23:28:00.000+00:00Nope wasn´t on TV Table...BTW EuroSport mentioned ...Nope wasn´t on TV Table...<BR/>BTW EuroSport mentioned its "only" 20.000 poundsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-46867820813370396982008-11-08T20:27:00.000+00:002008-11-08T20:27:00.000+00:00Was this captured on camera? I just checked youtub...Was this captured on camera? I just checked youtube but there was nothing there as of yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com