Snooker World Championship Classic Shots Recreated

oh dear me dear me as the World Championships begin this week we're looking at some of the classic Crucible shots that you may not have seen before but as usual we're still trying to recreate all of them as accurately as possible before playing them in the fewest possible attempts but we're beginning in the year 2021 as Mark celby takes on Mark Allen in the second round and fac with no real safety shot pots the red down the cushion where the pockets at its tightest and screws the cube all the way back into bulk even if you get really close with these shots there's no guarantee it's actually going to enter the pocket so two attempts and a good cuq B is an awesome result on this particular shot well I can't really complain too much about my queuing on that one and we're staying with a 2021 world championships next as Barry Hawkins has got this tough yellow but not only does he manage to pot it he also controls the cubble around two cushions and makes a perfect cannon on a red bringing it into play Barry then goes on to win this Frame and then eventually win the match 103 against Matthew cell as you can see one of the biggest difficulties I'm having with this shot is just hitting it hard enough the yellow itself is actually quite straight and I'm having to stun it round two cushions with a bit the right hand side to try and make it speed up and at the same time I'm just striking the Cub bable slightly too low so when it's coming around the angles it's ending just above the Reds rather than cannoning into them so if I can pot this again and make the correction then maybe I'll have a chance I've got the line but have I got the pace I've pushed it on and with my table that's the best I can do this a more than just a classic Rono Sullivan shot next as this was the shot of the World Championships back in 2020 as Ronnie stuns the cubble across the table for the black in the same pocket when he was 9-1 up against teep chy new and won this Frame to win the match 10 frames to one unfortunately unlike the last few shots I haven't instantly picked up the right angle as I'm still struggling to get the red in the jaws of pocket that's the wrong pocket entirely and that's a lot more like it and this video is sponsored by the rocket method as we've reached the World Championships I've got a special offer for you that includes a full 30% off Rono Sullivan snooker masterclass 12 hours of coaching from Rono Sullivan himself just use the promo code break 30 and follow the link through to the website as well as a 30% discount everybody who subscribed before the 9th of May will be entered into a prize draw with a Chance of meeting Ronnie in person I look forward to teaching you everything I know on my ultimate snooker course in 20122 noon senam pots this brown off the black spot and quite brilliantly ARS the cuq ball around the black to release the yellow off the cushion this allows him to go on and level the match up four all against on Higgins however he eventually lose a match 13 frames to 7 it's not necessarily the arcing of the cuq around the black that makes this shot difficult it's the fact that you need to play it quite hard to Cannon the yellow towards the pocket and the extra speed makes it really difficult to judge the cannon I keep slightly overdoing it and then underdoing it and even when I make contact with the yellow I don't necessarily hit it in the right direction as you need a full contact on it and I finally got there playing the shot pretty well in the end unfortunately I've made a hairstyle mistake now and I didn't notice I've unintentionally put two of knon shots together but this exhibition shot is pretty good even though he'd already won the frame however he did eventually go on to beat sha Murphy in this match 10 frame R to four which is impressive and I seem to have guessed the right angle with my first attempt which I'm impressed with as well hello what's going in this 2018 shot from Joe Perry is one I definitely don't remember seeing as he manages to play the perfect Cannon around two cushions and just flick the pink into play here unfortunately however he did end up losing this match 138 to Mark Allen at the speed I'm playing this shot at it's definitely Miss B but once you pot the ball you need to get the right amount of left hand side on it only needs a trace otherwise you end up too far up the table I'm struggling to judge this and get the pot at the same time which is a little bit tricky but I've just about got close enough and release the [Music] pink this shot requires a lot of power as in 2015 Jud was trying to get to the last Red off the blue he's a little bit fortunate in the way he gets it but goes on to win the frame but ends up losing the final by a single frame 1716 to Stewart Bingham I mean the semi final not the final there as this was the year that Stuart Bing won the World Championships either way this is a pretty good shot and I'm really struggling to hit it hard enough there's not really the pace of my table to play this unless I give it absolutely everything and even if I get the cube all near the right line it's not necessarily moving hard enough so I have to hit it at maximum power and I've just about got a cannon here not perfect but that's the best I can do how about this for a blast from the past is back in 2012 Rono Sullivan screams this long red into the corner Pockets not only is it a difficult shot from under the cushion but he manages to get the white all the way back to the top end of the table he ended up beating Neil Robertson 13 frames to 10 in this match this is such an unbelievably difficult shot all I can do is whack it one and hope for the best and I think I've been really lucky it's gone in there although the white didn't necessarily take the right [Applause] path next Alex hi can't see enough of this red to pot it so doubles it back into the yellow pocket I'm not 100% sure which year this is because this clip didn't come with any information but I'm fairly confident judging by the plants in the background that it's 1981 my first attempt wasn't really close but I'm happy with that after just [Music] two and up against that possibly 30 years years apart we got Shawn Murphy playing your standard four cushion exhibition shot on the black and he gets it absolutely perfectly as this is a fairly standard shot I know I've just got to get the black somewhere near the brown spot on its way around to get close that actually got close cuz I hit the white which is an issue because I do need to get it out the way and prevent it from blocking the pocket the other problem I keep having is the black's jumping a little bit off the top cushion which is changing the angle so long as I prevent it from bouncing I should be all right with this one in the next couple of shots but it does ask the question which was the cheekiest double this one or the Alex hiin shot cue the music this one's difficult without knowing the full context of the Alex Higgins match so I'm going to play it safe and give sha for by Alex 5 making him this week's winner John Higgins is trying to stay in contention with Jud Trump in the 2019 fight and digs this excellent long red out off the top cushion this is a really tough pot but JN doesn't end up winning the frame and loses the final In The End by 18 frames to 9 the amount you have to strike down at the cuq ball here makes this almost impossible I really can't see where I'm hitting this red so I'm just having to guess where the pocket is and that was probably a lucky [Music] guess back in 2008 Steve andry was using the Jewel of the middle pocket to help him play an exhibition shot and he gets it perfectly with good position on the black he eventually goes on to defeat ding Jun we 13 frames to seven in this match and he's already won the frame if I had pded my first attempt I would have probably got quite close to this so it's not really surprising that on my second when I hit the pink in the middle of the pocket that I got the jewel disappoint that Che the dinging we surprises everybody boo well that wasn't supposed to happen backing there there we go as I was saying dingin we surprises everybody back in 2019 who thinks he's playing safe but in fact he's taking on this long plant it doesn't help him out too much as he ends up missing the clearance and losing the frame and ends up losing the match 13 frames to N I didn't realize how difficult this shot was going to be because the reds are actually a lot further apart than I first realized and they're offset a little bit more than they look meaning it's a lot harder shot to even line up the plant correctly but of course it's not just that you've also got to hit the red in the right place on the other end of the table so it's a challenge in a couple of different ways and one that I'm just not quite getting right for a minute until I can find the right angle which thankfully I finally have [Music] this Frame winning Alex Higgin shot from 1982 is next as Alex uses a ton of left hand side to spin the cuq ball off the bolt cushion towards the pink on the side cushion and push it on perfectly to the middle pocket Alex would eventually just about go on to win this match 13 frames to 12 and then win the entire world championships that year the problem I've got with this shot is a left side on the cube is making it reverse to the right slightly as it goes down the table you can slightly see it happen I've just push the pink a little bit too far on that shot but it's really difficult to get the cuq in the right place to hit the pink like that because the cubble keeps going too far to the right as it tracks down the table that means I need a lot more left hand side and getting the speed and direction right on that is becoming more and more of a problem the harder I hit it that being said I'm going to need a little bit of luck with the contact with the pink because just because I hit it as you've already seen there's no guarantee that I'm going to push the pink anywhere near the pocket I keep tapping it and nudging it too far and in the wrong direction but I'm going to need the perfect hit at the perfect Pace that's a little bit short but it's easily cutable back into the same [Music] [Applause] pocket we've got another Jud Trump shot right after we find joshia who's in Warrington Northern irand which is nicely in that Gap there onto a classic Jud Trump screw back from the 2019 final Jud needed one more red to secure the frame and screw a CU ball all the way back into the yellow pocket just to make sure the frame is safe to be on the safe side here I'm using the magic cuq ball although I could probably screw the cuq ball back into bulk with a regular cuq ball I definitely couldn't get it far enough to make the shot work and as the Red's so close to the cushion I don't want to have to hit it any harder than I necessarily need to because that's just going to make the part more and more difficult I'm still struggling to get this in the pocket and it's still rattling Loose as it is so it's not necessarily made it any easier but I definitely don't want to make it any harder and I've got it and the Cub's got all the way back to bulk so I can't really complain about that that is unbelievable unbelievable back in 2018 Mark Williams didn't appear to have any shot on but still manages to pot a red okay so what's happened here is I completely forgot I was supposed to be looking for lesser scen shots and ended up finding two of the most popular shots from the last 10 years but whatever this is just going to be about speed and finding the right place on the bolt cushion Mark actually hit this one quite slowly so I've got to do exactly the same thing and already this one looks pretty close well that was annoying the wrong red went in and I got the speed almost perfect as well that just means we're just going to have to try again and I've got to get the line right and I think I have this time it's just whether or not it's going to be hard enough it's just half a roll short the perfect line it's just a little bit more Pace than it would have gone in but I think we've done a little bit better with this one and I finally got [Music] it no winners or losers this week we're going to wait until the World Championships is over for that but if you're interested in the rocket method don't forget you can get a 30% discount by using the promo code break 30 and go to the website now by clicking the box or if you're interested in shots from the previous world championships have a look at these two videos and remember don't just watch play and make the commitment to becoming a better player by subscribing to the channel see you later