Last weekend I held my first training camp for 2023 with the Austrian Snooker National Team on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of February. This camp was again organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association.
This main goal of the camp was to focus on preparing the Austrian players for the upcoming EBSA Snooker Championships which will be played in Malta next month. There was a great mixture of new juniors and experienced players at this camp and all the players performed excellent.
The Players
The 12 Players were invited to the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna for this 2day camp were Mario Bodlos, Elias Kapitany, Oskar Charlesworth, Paul Schopf, Lukas Stötzer, Nikolaus Haslmayr, Emil Becker, Josef Elias Wimmer, Oleksii Rudenko, Arif Hussaini, Benjamin Stoppacher and Florian Nüßle who attended training from 10am to 6pm each day.
The training facilities in the academy were again world class with the HSEBC having all the tables recovered with super fine Strachan match cloth.
High Quality Camp
This camp we again concentrated on the new specific drills in Mini Breaks, Open Breaks, Long Potting, 6 Red Pack, 10 Red Packs and Frame routines where players choose a level and plays a best of 5 match on each drill.
I was very happy with the players training performance on the program and I am confident it will help improve the players in each camp.
Training Results
During the Camp we held a mini match-play and scoring events with long potting and scoring drills. It was Austrian No. 1 and National Champion Florian Nüßle who was in stunning form with 11 victories from 11 matches to win the event with Elias Kapitany in 2nd place and Oskar Charlesworth / Paul Schopf tied in 3rd place.
Coaching Program
All the players received a copy of the new Mental Training booklet plus a copy of the Program to work on during training sessions at home.
Seminars Mental and physical
National Coach Chau Zi Kim gave a Mental Training seminars to the players on helping to become mentally stronger plus qualified fitness coach Daniel Seyser held two fitness session for the players to learn what to do before and after matches.
Training Aids
I used all the latest training aids to enhance the sessions like the Mini Domin Eye, Master Doctor, 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 inviting me to work with the National Team players again in 2023 and I am already looking forward to holding five more camps in 2023. I would like to thank Austrian President Christian Fock plus National Coach Chau Zi Kim, EBSA Coach Clemens Kunkel and Daniel Seyser along with the HSEBC Academy for their assistance during this camp.
Good Luck
Finally, I would like to wish all the Austrian players good luck in the EBSA Snooker Championships in Malta and it was a pleasure to training everyone again, keep on training hard guys and believe in yourself.
See you all in April.
Auf Wiedersehen
