Goal Setting

Improving your game and winning snooker tournaments at the highest level is all about working on controlling your mind fitness as much as the control of your cue action. All Snooker Champions set own personal goals which helps them focus during training and in competitions. This program has been used with all my champions down…

Sports Psychology

Sports psychology is now becoming a major part of success in snooker as being able to control your mind under pressure is sometimes the difference in winning or losing.  Remember all players lost at the start, before they learnt what to do in how to win. Practicing your mind fitness is vital if your true…

Happy Christmas & New Year Everyone

I would like to wish all my 147academy students and friends all around the world a Wonderful Christmas and New Year. Last season was another memorable season and it started off with Rodney Goggins reaching the final of the Irish Masters in Goffs, Aaron Hill winning the European U-18 title and Ross Bulman reaching the…

Milan Training Camp

This week my 147academy returned to the beautiful city of Milan in Italy to hold my 7th snooker training camp in the Ambrosian Snooker Academy in Milan.  Davide Coltro who is an EBSA and WPBSA Coach and the main developer of snooker within F.I.B.I.S. organised the camp. This five-day training camp covered all aspects of…

Austrian Snooker Camp

My latest Austrian National Training Camp was held in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria. This camp was again organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association with twelve players invited to attend this two-day camp. The Players Florian Nüßle, Oskar Charlesworth, Jérôme Liedtke, Tajmeet Grover, Mario Bodlos, Mike Busse, Arif Hussaini, Andreas…