Last weekend I returned to Austria for another camp on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of September to hold an official Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association camp in the ÖSBV Academy in the beautiful city of Vienna.
The Players
Attendance at this camp was a mixture of the up-and-coming juniors plus the top Austrian ranked Snooker players who will be representing Austria in the 2026 EBSA Championship’s in Bulgaria next week.
Lukas Stötzer, Emkil Becker, Gunter Kulle, Dominic Neuwirth, Milan Dobrosavljevic, Patrick Stift, Peyman Chitsaz, Zoran Kostic, Alexander König, Florian Toth, Jeffrey Pang , Mario Bodlos, Christian Hockmayer, Oskar Charlesworth, Paul Schopf and Fabio Ebner were invited to the ÖSBV Academy.
Venue
The training facilities were top class in the ÖSBV Academy. I was delighted to see all the players so motivated at this camp. The players were very eager to listen and learn. I am very confident; we are developing the Austrian level at each camp.
High Quality Camp
This camp National Coach Chau and myself concentrated on the players with my specific academy drills focusing on Break-Building, Mini Breaks, Open Breaks, Cue Ball Control, Long Potting and Matchplay plus we held a 10min Shoot-Out.
Paul Schopf won the elite break building Challenge and Patrick Stift won the Shoot out on Day 1. On Day 2 Alexander Konig won the Shoot Out while Jeffrey Pang won the tactical chamllenge. Fabio Ebner and Christian Hockmayer were tied on the Technique Challenge.
Coaching Program
All the players received a copy of a new mind booklet to identify what it takes to embrace the nerves of playing your best. The players also got practice drills, they need to work on.
Mental Seminars
National Coach Chau Zi Kim and EBSA Coach Florian Schidla gave Mental Training seminars on becoming mentally stronger throughout the camp.
Training Aids
The latest training aids were used to enhance the sessions like the Mini Domin Eye, Master Doctor, QLine, Str8aim SA-1 & SA-2, Chris Henry Balls, Academy laser and the EBSA Coaching Balls to help to get the players on the line of aim and develop a smoother stroke in their delivery.
Thank You
I would personally like to thank the Austrian Association for their continued support and inviting me again to hold more camps with their National Teams players in 2026.
I would like to thank Austrian President and sporting director Patrick Stegmeier plus National Coach Chau Zi Kim and EBSA Coach Florian Schidla along with the ÖSBV Academy for their assistance during this camp.
Good Luck
It was a pleasure training everyone again and good luck to our players in the European Championships in Sofia next week. Keep on training hard and believe in yourself.
See you all in October.
Auf Wiedersehen
