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…
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…
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…
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…
Last week my 147academy returned to the capital of India’s West Bengal, Kolkata city to hold a Snooker Coaching Camp in the Calcutta Cosmopolitan Club from the 19th-27th of November. The Players The eight Players from the city of Kolkata showed fantastic commitment in wanting to learn the skills with Shreevardhan Poddar, Rishabh Dugar, Mudit…
As Head of EBSA Coaching I held an EBSA Coaching Course from the 22nd – 24th of October to train four coaches on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association in becoming Official EBSA Snooker Coaches in Dunstable, England. The Course was held in the amazing Dunstable Snooker Club near Luton in England. The…
Last weekend my 147academy returned to Austria to hold a PJ Nolan camp in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna for the Austrian National Snooker and Billiards Team. This camp was organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association to help their players prepare for this month’s World IBSF Men’s and Masters World Snooker…
Last week my 147 Academy travelled to Finland to hold a Snooker Coaching Camp in the Cabin Street Snooker Club in Helsinki on behalf of the Finland Billiards & Snooker Federation. Seventeen Snooker players were selected to avail of the Coaching and Training in this private members Club in Helsinki. Some players have represented Finland in…
Last week I returned to the city of Bucharest in Romania to hold a 3-day Snooker Camp for the RST Snooker Club in Romania. This training camp was arranged to promote the game and provide guidance to their Junior, Masters and Senior members The Players The ten players were a mixture of International players who have represented…
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of coaching Northern Ireland’s number 1 snooker player Raymond Fry from Antrim in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Earlier this month Raymond had won the opening ranking event of the season in NIBSA. He is a regular International and Q-School player who practices daily with N.…