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Snooker star Gary Wilson, 39, swaps sport for something he ‘never plays’ after slamming his own ‘dreadful’ season
“Any form of pool is more frustrating than snooker in some ways. Because there’s a lot of luck involved.
“Everybody can play to an extent. It’s generally an easier game to play than snooker.
“Everybody on the Nineball Tour is very friendly. It’s a different atmosphere to snooker.
“The odd character in pool might think, ‘here’s a snooker player coming in, thinking snooker is much harder than pool, we’ll show him it’s just as hard’.
“That’s the furthest from the truth – snooker players don’t think that at all. We know how difficult it is to play at the top level of the game.
“I have the utmost respect for the guys at the top of any of the pool disciplines.”
It is not unusual for snooker stars to make the switch and appear in both sports.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, the seven-time world snooker champion, played in two Mosconi Cups, the sport’s version of the Ryder Cup, but he was on the losing side for Europe against the United States.
Jimmy White and Alex Higgins once wore European team colours and Steve Davis was involved in 11 competitions between 1994-2004, winning titles twice in 1995 and 2002.
Asked if a leading snooker player could ever win a NineBall event given the standard at present, Wilson replied: “It’s achievable if you have a massive dose of luck in these tournaments.
“There’s an outside chance that if I get a bit of a run going, have a bit of luck, I can go really deep in a pool event.
“It’s not beyond the realms that a snooker player could put a bit of work in and still compete.
“You do have to put some practice in, know about the equipment a bit more thoroughly, practice for more than a day or two before a competition.”
“Everybody can play to an extent. It’s generally an easier game to play than snooker.
“Everybody on the Nineball Tour is very friendly. It’s a different atmosphere to snooker.
“The odd character in pool might think, ‘here’s a snooker player coming in, thinking snooker is much harder than pool, we’ll show him it’s just as hard’.
“That’s the furthest from the truth – snooker players don’t think that at all. We know how difficult it is to play at the top level of the game.
“I have the utmost respect for the guys at the top of any of the pool disciplines.”
It is not unusual for snooker stars to make the switch and appear in both sports.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, the seven-time world snooker champion, played in two Mosconi Cups, the sport’s version of the Ryder Cup, but he was on the losing side for Europe against the United States.
Jimmy White and Alex Higgins once wore European team colours and Steve Davis was involved in 11 competitions between 1994-2004, winning titles twice in 1995 and 2002.
Asked if a leading snooker player could ever win a NineBall event given the standard at present, Wilson replied: “It’s achievable if you have a massive dose of luck in these tournaments.
“There’s an outside chance that if I get a bit of a run going, have a bit of luck, I can go really deep in a pool event.
“It’s not beyond the realms that a snooker player could put a bit of work in and still compete.
“You do have to put some practice in, know about the equipment a bit more thoroughly, practice for more than a day or two before a competition.”