Last weekend I returned to Austria to hold my last Camp of 2024 on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of December in the ÖSBV Academy in Vienna. This training camp was organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association.
The weekend will always be remembered as the weekend Austrian Florian Nüßle became the first Austrian to reach a World Snooker Q-Final. Florian reached the Q-Finals losing to Mark Selby in the 2024 Shootout live on Eurosport TV. Florian incredible run put Austrian Snooker all over the media, which will be hopefully good to grow the interest in the game within Austria.
Venue
The training facilities in the ÖSBV Academy were again top class ahead of them hosting the Q Tour next weekend. I was very happy to see the players so motivated to improve at this camp. The players training performances were excellent and I am confident, we are developing the Austrian level at each camp.
The Players
A mixture of top Austrian ranked players plus three up and coming juniors were invited to the ÖSBV Academy when Mario Bodlos, Lukas Stötzer, Josef Elias Wimmer, Patrick Stift, Jerome Liedtke, Thomas Janszo, Paul Schopf, Florian Toth, Milan Dobrosavljevic, Maximilian Dombrowski, Timo Gampersberger attended training.
High Quality Camp
This camp we concentrated on specific drills with Mini Breaks, Open Breaks, Long Potting and Match-play plus we held a 10min Shoot-Out.
Thomas Janszo won the Scoring event, Josef Elias Wimmer won the shootout. Lukas Stötzer won the long potting event. Paul Schopf won the cue ball control event. Mario Bodlos won the match-play event and Lukas Stötzer won the technique event.
Coaching Program
All the players received a copy of a new mind fitness booklet on preparation. The players had their technique profiled and got feedback on what fundamentals they need to work on. The players also bring home a copy of their videos to improve at home.
Mental Fitness Seminars
National Coach Chau Zi Kim gave a number of Mental Training seminar on becoming mentally stronger which will help them develop more in the future.
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 to work with their National Teams. I am already looking forward to holding six more camps in 2025.
I would like to thank Austrian President Christian Fock plus National Coach Chau Zi Kim and EBSA Coach Florian Schidla along with the ÖSBV Academy for their assistance during this camp.
Good Luck
Finally, I would like to wish all the Austrian players good luck in the QTour next week. It was a pleasure training everyone again and keep on training hard and believe in yourself guys.
Congratulations again to Florian, we are so proud!!!
See you all in February ahead of the 2025 EBSA European Championships in Turkey.
Auf Wiedersehen
