Jimmy White and Jud Trump with their extreme top spin shots did it for me. Absolutely unbelievable 😀 Miss seeing and hearing Willie Thorne in the commentators box. Sadly missed but not forgotten. Rest in peace my friend x
Alex Higgins' ridiculous shot on the blue playing against Jimmy White is arguably the greatest shot ever made in professional snooker. He went on to win that frame and the match in the final frame with a 16-15 victory, followed by a victory over the legendary Ray Reardon in the final (who had previously beaten Higgins in the 1976 World Championship). That was the 1982 World Championship.
He has no humility. I met him and Alain Robiduex at a Chris Eubank fight in Glasgow in the early 90's. Poor Alain Robiduex was left to apologise for the boorish behaviour of the brat. He was lucky not to leave the event in an ambulance. As regards his skill as a commentator; charisma can neither be taught nor learnt.
Most snooker shots, as in many sports, are foreseeable with a little knowledge and experience of the contest. Shaun Murphy's unbelievable pot - the very first of this video - was imagination of a professional competitor in true world class. Completely refreshing, whether you've watched snooker all your life, or simply have the character to recognise sporting brilliance - when you witness it. A moment of sheer, improvised magic.
It might actually be the easiest shot on the list...you might have to try it a few times but you will get that, unlike other shots...still very impressive at the crucible
Well, the red is over the pocket. I'd say any decent player would immediatly think of that shot (it's the natural way to try and pot it). Pulling it off in a match on a table you are not particularly familiar with is another matter, though.
Semi outside perspective here. I'm a pool player, I don't play snooker but I really enjoy 9 ball. A lowly 5, a peasant in the eyes of most pool pros, but I can honestly say that having not grown up watching snooker. I can still see the pure skill and competitiveness when I do watch snooker. it's more than just a good eye, and steady hand when playing any form of billiards.
Some of the control these players are getting off the cue ball is absolutely mesmerising, anyone who has played snooker will tell you just how difficult a skill that is.....
This is a top vid and definitely the best choices of shot I've ever seen in a snooker video. The maker is obviously a proper player to realise the level of difficulty for the ones included. Great stuff!
Well, they do walk several kilometers around the table during long matches 🚶🏻♂️ After playing pool for more than 5 hours you feel the strain on your legs, shoulders, hand and neck 🤷🏻♂️
I hadn't seen that Jimmy White pink in ages.. All of the other shots are great, important or genius, but that one still has the quality to make me wonder what's wrong with the tv (then) or wifi (now). Magic!
To be fair, there were a couple of straight long pots in there, that weren't that amazing that they belong on a list like this. But I'm so glad those legendary Jimmy White shots made it on the list. Took a while to get to them, but they belong to the most amazing snooker shots ever. Wouldn't have minded to have seen Steve Davis and Paul Hunter in there. They played some amazing snooker.
I think those "long straight pots" were included because they were great examples of "cueing power". It wasn't the pot per se, that was incredible, but the backspin on the cue ball, which is part of the shot.
It's easy to say a shot isn't that amazing when you're not the one pulling it off, and have little knowledge of what it takes to do so. Making something difficult look easy is the true sign of a pro. Extremely long shots that require massive power and clinical cue ball control are far, far from easy... which is why the ex-pro commentators react the way they do.
Look at the good sportsmanship of these players. Everyone just happy to witness the greatness of each other. I know no other sport like that. Even a Renegade like O'Sullivan cannot produce any long lasting drama that robbs the focus from these athlets.
Fantastic shots.... Alex H at 14 mins or so was the one I was thinking about when I played this video. I remember watching it live because AH was under massive pressure to get to the final. Miss that blue and it was probably curtains. God; I am old.
The magnificence of a shot can also be judged by whether other pros are able to replicate it. Id say that Alex Higgins' prodigious blue on the old slow tables is the most unreproducible shot here, and there are several amazing ones.
I guess you underestimate the difficulty of reproducing Maguire's shot! More seriously, I don't think Higgins' shot is that difficult to reproduce for the pros (they showed some of them trying a while ago and they tended to overdo it, if anything). Plus Higgins didn't really mean to play the shot that way. That being said, that break is great to watch for the series of hard pots, although his positional game is all over the place.
@@freyc1 He clearly meant to play it that way. Replicating any shot for fun is possible for a group of pros after the event. Higgins played the shot under immense pressure in a world championship semi-final game. No other shot comes close. Also he was drunk, making it even more impressive.
@@sirlordcomic No, he clearly didn't mean to land where he landed (he wasn't stupid). And I never said it wasn't a great pot, especially under the circumstandes : I responded to someone saying it was the most unreproducible shot in the video. As far as your last sentence is concerned, needing to be drunk to perform doesn't make anything more impressive to me, and I don't think he's drunk here.
@@freyc1 White said in a recent interview Higgins was drinking large vodkas and orange.. So he certainly wasn't sober. I meant he was playing for the black.. I said nothing about playing while drunk being impressive, I meant that fact he was drunk made it technically even more impressive. I doubt the pros you mentioned could reproduce it with even one large vodka and orange in them.
Loved this. Thank you. Plenty from Trump. Loads from Williams unsurprisingly. That ‘no look’ escape/pot was ludicrous. Kirk Stevens shot on the green as part of 147 but then Selby’s final black for a maximum too! So many others 🙂
Great compilation! Only shot I would also argue was worthy was Neil Robertson's long pot of the red with the cue-ball cannoning into another red to clear the path for the black.
Amazing selection, makes it very hard to pick a favorite. I am not an expert, in fact never dared to touch a snooker table -& don't think I would ever will- however, my limited practice with billiard allowed me to appreciate and enjoy each one of these magnificent shots . The one before last is the one that made me pick up my jaw off the floor. The way he made the cue ball came to a complete stop after such a powerful shot over such short distance is ridicules. Is as if he shot a magnetic ball on a copper surface!
I have watched thousands of top quality snooker shots over the years. IMO the unfashionable Peter Edbon's pink ball was THE GREATEST SHOT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF SNOOKER, because of the context. Semi-final of the World Championships, if he missed he was out of the tournament. This shot inspired him to comeback and win the match against the odds and then do exactly the same in the final in the deciding frame against Stephen Hendry, one of the all time greats and become World Champion! Peter Ebdon, often gets slated by SOME of the snooker world for being a slow and deliberate player, but he was someone who did not have the natural talent of say a Jimmy White, however, he absolutely maximised his potential with his incredible attitude and application. He left the game of snooker not only being able to say "I won the world title" but also being able to say "I once played probably the best shot in the history of the game!". Well done Peter Ebdon!
So many of these shots are amazing but the context of the frame or match is what makes the great ones great. An exhibition shot when the frame is out of sight or the other guy needs 3 snookers are brilliant to watch but the truly great shots are the genuinely brave ones when the frame is still live.
What in the unexplained myseteries happend at 15:35. That cueball control was out of this world. Also williams shot around the 3min mark where he wasnt even looking just proves how amazing he is.
Lots of top, like an unbelievable amount, the position of the pink allowed the cue ball to hit the cushion just before the top-spin took effect, so the top spin acted as a break for the rebound.
El tiro de Peter ebdon es el más comprometido(el más importante) de todos estos tiros porque si no metía esa rosa dejaba la mesa lista para que Stevens limpiará la mesa y llegar a esa final
I grew up watching Alex Higgins and Jimmy (James) White, two great players, I named my youngest son Alex James, in my opinion these two players were pioneers of entertainment and skill that brought the game to new audiences. There are many great players out there but for me Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, Ronnie O" Sullivan and Judd Trump are up there for pure skill and entertainment. :)
There's so many shots that Jimmy White has played that aren't in this. Like when he smashed the brown ball into the centre pocket from the brown spot, screwed back up in and out of baulk, and landed on a red. Pure class
I could be a snooker commentator too:
- "What a shot!"
- "And he's potted it!"
- "What a shot that was..."
- "Unbelievable!"
With the occasional "where's the cue ball going?"
Oh and that's a bad miss
Balls all over the place
3:48 Ah, but could you do "He deserved a little kiss on the brown, there"?
When you can look at that first shot before he takes it and explain what the hell he's doing like Virgo did, you might have half a chance.
the "what a shot" of the commentator is pure poetry
Hits the ball
WHAT A SHOT!
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wanted to like this comment but I daren't disturb the 147 it's currently on. (Y)
Water shot
How calm they are after the shots…think we don’t wanna see what they play at home without any pressure. So much perfection…
Jimmy White and Jud Trump with their extreme top spin shots did it for me. Absolutely unbelievable 😀
Miss seeing and hearing Willie Thorne in the commentators box.
Sadly missed but not forgotten. Rest in peace my friend x
👍There should be more of Jimmy White's shots in this compilation too!
Couldn’t agree more
It's a trick shot in pool. I'm not good enough at either to say who relevant that is but it's extraordinary skill. These guys are unbelievable.
That shot from Stephen Maguire against Neil Robertson I don't think we'll ever see again. Mark Williams's creativity never ceases to amaze as well.
Robertson's face says it all
Timestamp? Lol idk the players
0:39
You know he pocketed the white too? So it was a foul...
@@xl000 I know but even so. It made it even more spectacular!
Alex Higgins' ridiculous shot on the blue playing against Jimmy White is arguably the greatest shot ever made in professional snooker. He went on to win that frame and the match in the final frame with a 16-15 victory, followed by a victory over the legendary Ray Reardon in the final (who had previously beaten Higgins in the 1976 World Championship). That was the 1982 World Championship.
Selby gets called a boring player. He's an extraordinary snooker player. The quality of players these days is breathtaking.
Yes
I never realised Stephen Hendry had so much humility. And I certainly didn’t realise that he’d be the best snooker commentator of all time.
He has no humility. I met him and Alain Robiduex at a Chris Eubank fight in Glasgow in the early 90's. Poor Alain Robiduex was left to apologise for the boorish behaviour of the brat. He was lucky not to leave the event in an ambulance.
As regards his skill as a commentator; charisma can neither be taught nor learnt.
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Noone beats John Virgo as a commentator
Can't disagree with that but snooker is not an exciting sport ( a pub game like darts) so it needs characters.
Not sure humility is the word. But yeah good guy
When shots are so good you treat yourself to a pint for just watching
Seeing luca brecel in this video made me smile.... such a talented player since such a young age.
Most snooker shots, as in many sports, are foreseeable with a little knowledge and experience of the contest.
Shaun Murphy's unbelievable pot - the very first of this video - was imagination of a professional competitor in true world class.
Completely refreshing, whether you've watched snooker all your life, or simply have the character to recognise sporting brilliance - when you witness it.
A moment of sheer, improvised magic.
Just well judged check side mate
Magic seems about right. Physics be damned.
It might actually be the easiest shot on the list...you might have to try it a few times but you will get that, unlike other shots...still very impressive at the crucible
Well, the red is over the pocket. I'd say any decent player would immediatly think of that shot (it's the natural way to try and pot it). Pulling it off in a match on a table you are not particularly familiar with is another matter, though.
Semi outside perspective here. I'm a pool player, I don't play snooker but I really enjoy 9 ball. A lowly 5, a peasant in the eyes of most pool pros, but I can honestly say that having not grown up watching snooker. I can still see the pure skill and competitiveness when I do watch snooker. it's more than just a good eye, and steady hand when playing any form of billiards.
Peter Ebdon in a highlight reel. Never thought I'd see the day.
What you mean hes still playing that same frame today..average shot time..18 months..😂😂😂😂
Mark Williams shot without even looking is a class act from a master❤
Some of the control these players are getting off the cue ball is absolutely mesmerising, anyone who has played snooker will tell you just how difficult a skill that is.....
5:44 straight on the hole. Crazy hard shot.
When Jimmy potted the pink and suddenly the que ball stopped dead, it was like magic
Mark Williams is a very insane player he plays shots u can't even dream of
This is a top vid and definitely the best choices of shot I've ever seen in a snooker video. The maker is obviously a proper player to realise the level of difficulty for the ones included. Great stuff!
Snookers definitely not a sport right? it's a game of pure skill
Well, they do walk several kilometers around the table during long matches 🚶🏻♂️
After playing pool for more than 5 hours you feel the strain on your legs, shoulders, hand and neck 🤷🏻♂️
If you don't realise that this is so fake it is a bit of a worry and some people have far too much time on their hands
@@katieh1550 I watched most of these shots live, you clearly haven't got the faintest clue what you're talking about
@Katie H, what is the "fake" part, to which you refer?
I hadn't seen that Jimmy White pink in ages..
All of the other shots are great, important or genius, but that one still has the quality to make me wonder what's wrong with the tv (then) or wifi (now). Magic!
To be fair, there were a couple of straight long pots in there, that weren't that amazing that they belong on a list like this. But I'm so glad those legendary Jimmy White shots made it on the list. Took a while to get to them, but they belong to the most amazing snooker shots ever.
Wouldn't have minded to have seen Steve Davis and Paul Hunter in there. They played some amazing snooker.
Spot on.
I think those "long straight pots" were included because they were great examples of "cueing power". It wasn't the pot per se, that was incredible, but the backspin on the cue ball, which is part of the shot.
It's easy to say a shot isn't that amazing when you're not the one pulling it off, and have little knowledge of what it takes to do so. Making something difficult look easy is the true sign of a pro. Extremely long shots that require massive power and clinical cue ball control are far, far from easy... which is why the ex-pro commentators react the way they do.
@@goffik19808:02 is about as mundane a shot as possible
Kyren Wilson's applause for Dave Gilbert's shot says good things about both of them. Bravo tutti
Jimmy White's exhibition shots make me laugh out loud
Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Judd Trump are the three greatest cue wizards in snooker history, imo.
Ronnie?
Hendry?
Look at the good sportsmanship of these players. Everyone just happy to witness the greatness of each other. I know no other sport like that. Even a Renegade like O'Sullivan cannot produce any long lasting drama that robbs the focus from these athlets.
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It's nice to see!
In tennis, the opponent often applauds for an extraordinarily good stroke, too
1:48 seriously? One of the 50 greatest shots ever? These kind of shots appear every second game.
Used to enjoy the commentary of TV's Pot Black in the 70s as a kid. I used to get confused if I didn't pay attention; we had a black and white telly.
The shot by The Whirlwind where the white reverses back was incredible, the fact that The Rocket couldn’t replicate it just goes to show.
Fantastic shots.... Alex H at 14 mins or so was the one I was thinking about when I played this video. I remember watching it live because AH was under massive pressure to get to the final. Miss that blue and it was probably curtains. God; I am old.
And me .. remember it well 😯
The more I see O'Sullivan the more convinced I am that Mr. Bean picked up snooker
14:08 is the best shot of all time! And the way he comes down for the red after and pots that too at "hurricane speed" to the top right is incredible.
Jimmy White started an era.
No - Higgins did
The opponent’s face at 0:15 😂😂 he couldn’t believe it
The magnificence of a shot can also be judged by whether other pros are able to replicate it. Id say that Alex Higgins' prodigious blue on the old slow tables is the most unreproducible shot here, and there are several amazing ones.
I guess you underestimate the difficulty of reproducing Maguire's shot! More seriously, I don't think Higgins' shot is that difficult to reproduce for the pros (they showed some of them trying a while ago and they tended to overdo it, if anything). Plus Higgins didn't really mean to play the shot that way. That being said, that break is great to watch for the series of hard pots, although his positional game is all over the place.
@@freyc1 He clearly meant to play it that way. Replicating any shot for fun is possible for a group of pros after the event. Higgins played the shot under immense pressure in a world championship semi-final game. No other shot comes close. Also he was drunk, making it even more impressive.
@@sirlordcomic No, he clearly didn't mean to land where he landed (he wasn't stupid). And I never said it wasn't a great pot, especially under the circumstandes : I responded to someone saying it was the most unreproducible shot in the video. As far as your last sentence is concerned, needing to be drunk to perform doesn't make anything more impressive to me, and I don't think he's drunk here.
@@freyc1 White said in a recent interview Higgins was drinking large vodkas and orange.. So he certainly wasn't sober. I meant he was playing for the black.. I said nothing about playing while drunk being impressive, I meant that fact he was drunk made it technically even more impressive. I doubt the pros you mentioned could reproduce it with even one large vodka and orange in them.
@@sirlordcomic He was playing for the black while potting the blue? You're right, he must have been pretty smashed to do that, then ;)
All of them are wizards.
Your a wizard Harry !
A few of these are seen daily at my local hall and I'm stunned that they made this list. Most are beautiful, and some are absolutely momentous.
There has to be some amazing Snooker angels in heaven looking down watching these matches.
8:24 for the title screen shot
Loved this. Thank you. Plenty from Trump. Loads from Williams unsurprisingly. That ‘no look’ escape/pot was ludicrous. Kirk Stevens shot on the green as part of 147 but then Selby’s final black for a maximum too! So many others 🙂
Love easy
Respect 👏👏👏👏
Great to see some of the old greats in there.
2:01 that has got to be one of the shots of the match doesn't it?
Indeed my friend, indeed
I can only say INCREDIBLE .
Out of this world unbelievable
Great compilation! Only shot I would also argue was worthy was Neil Robertson's long pot of the red with the cue-ball cannoning into another red to clear the path for the black.
Brilliant compilation. Thanks for the replays, some of those shots happen so fast that I missed some of the action with the first viewing.
That first shot from Murphy I actually practiced after seeing and was able to do in a pool game to make it.
I was thinking how could this list not feature Ronnie's cannon in famous 147, and than it came in the last. What a compilation, Hats off sir
Robertson's face is priceless.
I remember watching that Kirk Stevens 147 live, amazing stuff
Never knew Mr Bean played pool @4:20
He doesn't. Plus this is a snooker video
If you’d said snooker, this would have been a great comment, but you’ve gone & fucked it.
@@Andy-Bodhi r/wooosh, though admittedly, that Mr. Bean reference is old lol
Amazing selection, makes it very hard to pick a favorite. I am not an expert, in fact never dared to touch a snooker table -& don't think I would ever will- however, my limited practice with billiard allowed me to appreciate and enjoy each one of these magnificent shots . The one before last is the one that made me pick up my jaw off the floor. The way he made the cue ball came to a complete stop after such a powerful shot over such short distance is ridicules. Is as if he shot a magnetic ball on a copper surface!
1:58
When a snooker audience turns into a rap battle crowd, you know you did good
Take a drink every time someone says "what a shot" you'll be under the table 🤣
I really believe for a second that Ronnie was Mr. Bean! What a shot!!!
I have watched thousands of top quality snooker shots over the years. IMO the unfashionable Peter Edbon's pink ball was THE GREATEST SHOT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF SNOOKER, because of the context. Semi-final of the World Championships, if he missed he was out of the tournament. This shot inspired him to comeback and win the match against the odds and then do exactly the same in the final in the deciding frame against Stephen Hendry, one of the all time greats and become World Champion! Peter Ebdon, often gets slated by SOME of the snooker world for being a slow and deliberate player, but he was someone who did not have the natural talent of say a Jimmy White, however, he absolutely maximised his potential with his incredible attitude and application. He left the game of snooker not only being able to say "I won the world title" but also being able to say "I once played probably the best shot in the history of the game!". Well done Peter Ebdon!
3:08 my favorite because that's actually not as easy as it seems
So many of these shots are amazing but the context of the frame or match is what makes the great ones great. An exhibition shot when the frame is out of sight or the other guy needs 3 snookers are brilliant to watch but the truly great shots are the genuinely brave ones when the frame is still live.
7:00 they blurred the cigarette
What in the unexplained myseteries happend at 15:35. That cueball control was out of this world.
Also williams shot around the 3min mark where he wasnt even looking just proves how amazing he is.
Alex higgins is great
Lots of top, like an unbelievable amount, the position of the pink allowed the cue ball to hit the cushion just before the top-spin took effect, so the top spin acted as a break for the rebound.
I'll admit I don't get why some of these shots are here. There's a couple where it's just a simple corner pocket shot...
I like this collection of amazing shots by Stevens, Trump, Selby, Murphy, Bingham, O'Sullivan and many more excellent snooker players.
Fantastic compilation but you missed Vafaei's magic corner shot blocked by the black, I still can't work that one out!
gods, i cant wait for the snooker season to go on in a few days.. i love this sport. :)
brilliant compilation. jimmy the king. rip willie thorne ❤
The white pink was like something out ot eh matrix
Nice collection. Thanks for putting it up.
im not interested in this sport but some of these shots were truly amazing. i love it everytime athletics use physic to do beatuiful stuff
All are very very good. But 3:08 is just amazing
0:39 You can see his thoughts: " Did he really plan that?" :D
The first shot is elegant and cool.
The first one is really really amazing
I've no idea what I'm watching, but it's highly entertaining and highly impressive.
There are Really amazing shots ever.
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3:10 how accurate you want to be? this man: yesss
Real funny was to see Ronnie trying to make Jimis Shot again
El tiro de Peter ebdon es el más comprometido(el más importante) de todos estos tiros porque si no metía esa rosa dejaba la mesa lista para que Stevens limpiará la mesa y llegar a esa final
Ronnie's cue ball control is the stuff of legends.
15:38 what kind of voodo magic was that
The Snooker Nights in the 90s , i miss it
What top tier specimens of what human men should be. Absolutely unbelievable.
I grew up watching Alex Higgins and Jimmy (James) White, two great players, I named my youngest son Alex James, in my opinion these two players were pioneers of entertainment and skill that brought the game to new audiences. There are many great players out there but for me Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, Ronnie O" Sullivan and Judd Trump are up there for pure skill and entertainment. :)
I wonder if your son is thankful Ding Junhui wasn't the best player at that time.
@@hetrodoxly1203 Definitely :)
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15:45 is the best of the best 😂🎉
Ok...
I just got stuck on a loop of replaying the very FIRST shot of the video 🤯🤯🤯
The shot from Williams without looking is just how you find out where Ronaldinho got his inspiration from
I always liked watching Sean Murphy play
A perfect video for a Friday night - you drink a shot every time they say "what a shot"
Mazze zot.
1:13 - 1:17: love the video cutting here, that's Rian Johnson -esque subverting espectations! **slow clap**
Great video, just missing Ronnies left handed deep screw hahaha
We regular people have a head above our shoulders, thes guys have a trigonometry calculator above their shoulder.
That cue ball stopped dead and then the next shot was equally nuts haha.
There's so many shots that Jimmy White has played that aren't in this. Like when he smashed the brown ball into the centre pocket from the brown spot, screwed back up in and out of baulk, and landed on a red. Pure class
Indeed and Alex Higgins.
That Judd Trump shot was straight out of the Alex Higgins playbook. Incredible stuff.
2:22 "Popol Vuhhhh" great band!!
0:30 What makes this shot is his opponent's reaction, he gets up clearly thinking, "How the f... do I follow THAT?"
Let’s be honest, Mark Williams no look green should be way higher.
I don't think this was an "in order" ranking. It's just 50 of the best shots ever (best, or rarest, considering some lucky flukes included)
Alex Higgins is a once in a lifetime miracle.
These guys make it seem like I could play snooker.
'deserved a little kiss on the brown'...that made me laugh way too much hahah
"what a shot" 😂
Thank you for such an interesting video 🙏🏼🤩
❤
Jimmy white real gem