Snooker Best Shots Championship League 2024 Recreated

the championship league is technically the first tournament of the Season which gives us a chance to see the best shots from some brand new professionals alongside some season Pros but as usual we're going to be working out which of these shots is best by recreating all of them as accurately as possible and then playing them in the fewest possible attempts and we begin with an incredibly accurate positional shot from Rono Sullivan who gets the perfect Cannon to knock the red on back across the table however because Ronnie was unable to complete the clearance he only Drew this match two frames all and with it being a group format that wasn't enough to see him get through to the next round I'm struggling to get both the pot and the cannon here at the same time but I think I've got it on my third attempt and it's gone about as well as I could expect definitely a tough one to get out the way early but things aren't going to be any easier because Robert milkins is making what is almost certainly the best snooker Escape of the tournament here as he plays the cuq ball perfectly around the four cushions dropping tight in behind the red offering up no shot despite This brilliant Escape unfortunately Robert lost the frame and the mat so it made no difference as he ended up bottom of this group so we're two for two now with great shots that made absolutely no difference to the course of the tournament but that definitely doesn't make them any easier to play and because I'm bridging over the green I'm struggling here to find the right line I seem to be hitting it in roughly the same place each time but I keep going the wrong side of the blue and occasionally hitting the blue this is a little bit better but I've got the wrong side of the red and that shot would have been disasterous if Robert had played it in the match but I think I finally found the right line and got it not quite I landed on the top of it probably would have been safe but I'm trying to get in behind it and I think I've got it here what's the weight like a bit hard but that's pretty good for the shot it [Music] [Music] was next is Ali car finding a plant with a huge amount of distance between the Reds he was a little bit unfortunate to run out of position but made this excellent recovery this saw him get a 3-1 win over Jack lazowski and make it through his group annoyingly I played a push shot on my first attempt because the balls are so close together so let's see if I can get this lined up right again that's pretty good although I don't think this was as difficult as I thought it was Mark Williams is 18 points behind in this Frame and it looks like the balls are completely safe with the blue being against the bolt cushion despite this Mark manages to cut the blue in along the cushion and retain position on the pink allowing him to make the clearance and force a respot unfortunately for Mark he loses that respot but does go on to top the group and move on to the next round on frame difference this shot really didn't look too bad when I was setting it up it wasn't until I got down on it that I started realizing how thin the shot actually was and now I'm not sure I'm going to be able to cut it thin enough and hold for the pink at the same time because it looks almost impossibly thin and the fact that the Blue's just a little bit away from the cushion means I can't really use side spin to help it in in any way so I'm stuck just trying to catch the narrow edge of it which is a real challenge I'm a little bit surprised that's actually gone in because I didn't think I was going to be able to get it and I don't really care I've overrun a little bit far for the [Music] Pink new world champion Kiren Wilson was already out of it at this stage and powered in this black as a bit of fun which saw him get a 100 break and a two- all draw with Scott Donaldson however he needed to win the match to progress to the next round and it was in fact the Scott that went through oh I can't believe that's happened I was really happy to get it on my first attempt as well because it's a really difficult angle to judge although I seem to have got it here and thankfully this time I haven't gone enough although I'm kned far enough up the [Music] table posan Veri is powering the pink into the middle pocket now and screwing the cuq round the cushions with reverse side to give himself a shot at the next red this is a really well played positional shot but despite this he had lost the frame and the match to long xang and despite beating Shawn Murphy and Jamie Jones Hossein didn't make it past the last 32 stage I'm expecting this one to be really difficult because I've got to generate a huge amount of backspin to get the cube all around the two cushions and I've got to play it with quite a lot of reverse left hand side as well which is making it difficult to even pot the pink unlike some other shots I'm going to try in a minute there's really nothing I can do to help me out with this one I'm just going to have to queue it as well as I possibly can and hope that's good enough and I've just about got away with it I'm actually really happy with this one because I didn't think I was going to be able to play [Music] it Zach CS gives us her first example of a power screw shot in this tournament as he PS this long red and gets the Cubo all the way back despite being hampered by the brown this should be a little bit easier for me because I'm right-handed and the brown won't be in the way so much Zach eventually went on to win this match but didn't go any further in the tournament obviously when I say it's going to be easier because I don't have to Bridge Over the brown too much it's not going to be that much easier I've going to make a really accurate pot here with a lot of power and backspin to get the cubble top side of the blue and I'm struggling to hit it straight enough although I'm really not far away that's pretty good I'm possibly a little bit short but definitely top side of the [Music] blue Andrew pageant's using a small amount of right hand side on this pink to check the cuq up off the two cushions and get the cannon on the blue leaving himself in position on the last red and allowing him to make the clearance to get two frames all against Dave Gilbert this group was really fascinating as every single match was drawn and it looked like Dave Gilbert would be going out in the last match as he was two frames to one behind but not only did he win that frame he won it with the highest break a 136 which allowed him to go on to the next round [Music] Antonio Kowalski is a new player to the tour who just gone on Via Q school here he turns down the easier blue because it doesn't offer up position and pots the yellow screwing the cuq ball all the way back to the red near the top cushion he eventually goes on to get a two- all draw in this match against Jordan Brown and a draw in every game in his group which is fairly impr impressive although it wasn't enough to qualify as you can see not only is this a long way to screw the cube W back it's not the most straightforward of pots and I'm going to have to give it absolutely everything to get back on the red and I think I've just about done it here I've got past the pink and I've given myself a good shot that's about as good as I can [Music] do here's another shot this time from gjan Z that I'm really going to have to cue well as the white goes all the way back to the bolt cushion again despite this good pot he eventually lost this Frame and the match 3-1 to Stewart Carrington who would eventually go on to win the group I think this is the hardest of these shots I've played so far because I've got to get the cuq all the way back to the bolt cushion and the Red's still quite a long way from the pocket but I've got it and I've hit it as well as I possibly can and that's physically as as far as I can get the cuq B back [Music] unfortunately Gary Wilson is using the jaws of the corner pocket now to help him get the cubble out in in position on the black and it works quite well he eventually goes on to win this Frame and draw the match two frames all with Joe Perry which is enough to see Gary make it through to the last 32 stage strangely with this one I don't seem to be having any trouble whatsoever screwing the cubble back far enough and even the pot isn't that bad what seems to be the difficulty here is actually getting it lined up perfectly in the first place so when I po the ball and screw the cube ball back it actually goes towards the jaw I'm trying time and time again here but I'm just not getting it to go in the right angle and I need to line it up absolutely perfectly to do that annoyingly that time I just didn't queue it well enough had I struck it properly I may have been all right with that one I just got to see if I can get it lined up right I think this one's just hitting the Jaws I'm taking that I'm definitely not getting it any [Music] better another impressive shot from Anthony Kowalski now who pots this long red cannoning the red away from the black and leaving himself in position I hadn't actually noticed until now he appears on this list twice which is impressive and it could be that he goes a long way but we'll have to wait and see it doesn't look too challenging to get the cannon here that is if I get the pot successfully in the first place and I'm getting close but I just keep rattling it you need a little bit of luck with these and it doesn't seem to be working for me as the ball keeps just rattling in the Jaws and staying away from the pocket I finally got it but somehow I've over screwed it missing the black high so I need to hit it a little bit lower and I finally got it and got the cannon but I pushed the black to the cushion so can I cut it in I play The Impossible cut down the cushion and I'm going to stick with that because it [Music] worked atomus ziton or possibly atom my Seasons I'm not sure which one of those is Right possibly none of them either way he's playing a really good positional shot here as he Powers the black in gets the Q ball around the green and back down the table for a red he goes on to win this match three frames to nil against Ben Mertens but unfortunately doesn't qualify for the next round I'm not 100% sure just how much control he had over this one but I don't care we're playing it anyway and the goal is to get round the green for that red at the bottom of the pack and it's not exactly easy to get in a gap that small but I'm getting closer and that's actually pretty good it looks like somehow of coming too far down the table here I didn't think that was going to be possible but I'm still in position on the [Music] red Joshua th's yet another player to make it on Via Q school and here he's poting a yellow screwing the QQ ball back for the Green making the clearance and winning the frame from it unfortunately he then lost the match 3-1 but did manage draw against eventual tournament winner Ali Carter two frames all in this obviously I'm really happy to get this straight away but unfortunately I've dropped right on top of the green that wasn't just on it that was touching the green so that wasn't any good I'm going to have to try again this time I've potted it and I've ended up cannoning the brown but I'm just about good enough on the green to pot it and I know I'm only going to over screw it if I try it again [Music] an excellent positional shot now from Dave Gilbert as he uses reverse side off this black to open up the Reds this saw him get a two-frame old draw with longang which wasn't quite enough to see him make it through to the final where he lost out to Jackson Pig on frame Difference by a single frame on my first attempt I didn't play it properly but I was a little bit lucky and dropped on a red I'm trying to get it here here in exactly the same way that Dave did and that means skimming off the right hand side of the pack just like I did there but a little bit harder so it opens up a red I'm going to have to really cue this well and get a lot of s spin on the CU ball I think I've just about got away with it if I pop the red over the top and it [Music] worked no significant doubles in this tournament so we're looking at crucial Snookers on the pink and this one for Ali Carter made a big difference and could have even won him the tournament as he looked to go 3-1 down to wua but instead he got the penalty points he needed off this and won the frame this made a big difference because it allowed him to easily get through to the next stage and then eventually go on to win the tournament I managed to get the right line on my first attempt but here looks a lot better for Speed and I've dropped heght in behind the black is actually a better snooker than [Music] allies up against that we got this one from Joe Perry who uses a small amount aside to get the cubble tight behind the black Joe however didn't win this Frame but eventually went on to win the match 3-1 which wasn't quite enough in the end to see him get through the first round group I'm using a little bit of left down side with this one to try and widen the angle and swing in behind the black and I'm close here I've just hit it a little bit too slowly so I've got to get the angle right again with a tiny bit more Pace this looks a little bit better but just a bit too hard I really thought I was going to get this by now because although it's a little bit harder than the last one it's not too bad so which of these was the best snooker on the pink cue the music unfortunately what's happened here is the sound didn't record for this clip and I can't really remember what I was saying but the gist of it was that Joe Perry shot was a little bit better but Alice Carter shot was more significant so he's this week's [Music] winner another Power screw shot this time from Alexander ersen backer and because the Red's close to the cushion that might make the pot a little bit challenging Alexander actually did really well in this tournament going through a group with both Graham do and Matthew selt in it I wasn't that hopeful to start off with but after my first attempt I don't think I'm going to be getting this one anytime soon saying that it's gone in and I've actually screwed the cubal back on the perfect line so I got to be pretty happy with this one in three attempts [Music] we've got another Aly Carter shot coming up next right after we find Alejandro who's in mon videoo Uruguay which is there eventual tournament winner Ali Carter finds this long red when he looks in a lot of trouble not only does he manage to get the Q ball back to bulk which didn't look obvious he gets the red at the same time this is going to be a tough one because I'm going to have to dig into the Cub with a tiny bit of right hand side out of the Jews of the pock here and as you can already see I'm struggling to hit the Q ball straight doing that surprisingly though I've got it although maybe not surprising after playing all of these shots either way I'm taking it and moving [Music] on techanu was another player who was able to get through his first round group and with shots like this against Mark Joyce you could see why he ended up winning this match three frames to one and took two wins in a draw through this stage we've got all this way through the video and I think this is probably the first shot I've had to power in off the bolk cushion so don't be surprised if it takes me a few to get anywhere near this I'm not too far away but I'm not quite making it to the Jaws yet and in fact I think I'm getting further away with every single shot but don't worry after everything I've already played in this video I'm not going to let this one defeat me and I've got it and I think I've got got the Cub ball back top side of the blue it's definitely far enough well there we go first tournament of the season is over that is if you can call the championship league a tournament and remember you can still vote for your favorite shot by following the link down in the description and if you want to have a look at the best shots from last season then these two videos will show you just that and remember don't just watch play and make the commitment to becoming a better player by subscribing to the channel and visit the website see you later