Last week I returned to the city of Bucharest to hold another training camp in the TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. This camp was arranged again by “Real Snooker Tour” of Romania to promote the game and provide their players with more guidance to improve their game. I am impressed with the future plans of Snooker in Romania as during the last few weeks they have held a major exhibition with John Higgins and Ken Doherty and Marius Ancuta became the first qualified WPBSA Coach in Romania. Romania also held a legends event with Ronnie O Sullivan, Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams live on TV and next season will see World Snooker hold a full ranking tournament when they hold the European Open in Romania so the future looks great as the game is so popular.
The TAC Club facilities are one of the best in Europe with high quality Shender tables and among the players were many of the current or former International Men, Masters, Ladies players who represented Romania over the years with Rares Sinca, Florentin Ciobanu, Paul Croitoru, Sorin Craciun, Andrei Malcea, Monica Manolache, Iulian Florescu, Ionut Chircu , Razvan Sdrobis, Marcel Bera and Razvan Baciu in attendance. During this camp I worked on developing their technique and I used my various academy routines to improve the player’s safety game, long potting and break building skills. All the players were videoed and received a DVD of their game to study at home.
The players also received a Sports Psychology audio to work on their mind fitness as I really want them to become more mentally stronger. I also focused on their tactical game with various mini tactical games to help the players identify the correct shots. Finally I want to thank Paul Croitoru, The Real Snooker Tour Committee, The TAC Club and all the players for making it a great camp. I am already looking forward to returning to monitor the progress and help develop the game more in Romania.
