Tavy@ it was the genius of alex higgins that stopped snooker from being stopped on tv in the late 60s to early 1970s. Becouse it was so boring watching a 9 day final between reardon and spencer plus there was no money in it. Todays players didnt realise how much they owed alex higgins.
I Remember Alex breaking off like this, so when I saw MW do it I knew where it came from. I was surprised the commentators didn’t mention that Alex used to do it sometimes, or did I miss that ? . He used to do it when playing against Steve Davis as Steve would often pot a long red if it escaped the pack.
@@porkyscornerstwinbrothersa9429 yeah don't think they mentioned Alex doing it.he seldom did it to be honest .but yes would do a strange shot like that from time to time.marks doing it every time now.
It's a risky break-off given that you can leave a touching ball, which would result in your opponent having a free shot back to the baulk cushion. In fact Higgins got away with it here because Griffiths' second shot was so poor: hitting the brown full ball when he should have left the white on the baulk cushion.
It offers no one the advantage amd promotes a stalemate leading to a rerack, it allows for reds to come into the baulk end, it promotes stalemate, its a containing safety shot when ypu can see a red full ball, its a strange choice of shot, although higgins was very unique thats probably the only reason he played it
@@mikeleigh506 Higgins was controversial, and a rebel. One minute he was potting balls by ricocheting them off the cameraman's head! Next minute he would break off the most boring break off imaginable. He was never predictable. Steve Davis said Higgins had the sharpest "snooker brain" he had ever played against. If not for Higgins we don't know how snooker would have progressed down the year's. No Hurricane, no Whirlwind. No Whirlwind, no Rocket. I'm looking forward to who's coming next.
Hendry took the game to another level in the 90s and made it the game it is today with his attacking style and breaking the reds from the blue into the middle.
If these super-safe breaks are to be outlawed, it would be easy to do with a rule requiring the breaking player to hit a red directly (before hitting a cushion).
In pool (depending on the local rules) either a ball has to pass the middle pocket or touch a cushion. Could easily make the break in snooker so that at least 1 red must move at least one ball's diameter. The point of the break is to BREAK the rack.
@@nick7076 "Could easily make the break in snooker so that at least 1 red must move at least one ball's diameter." .....and you don't see any problems with measuring that? Also, if the ball doesn't move 1 red, then what?
@@Buz-Lunch-Punx I agree there’s no need to outlaw such breaks, but during the recent World Championship one of the commentators (possibly Ken Doherty) said some of the professional players were grumbling that it should be banned because it slows the game and bores the audience. Even after 50+ years of playing the game, I don’t find anything boring about snooker.
I have to agree. Mark Williams is currently doing the same style of break off in this year's World Championship. But it seems a pointless break off and a waste if time because they only end up doing minute's later what they could have done from the opening break off itself.
No, this is not pointless. When you break normally you have a high chance of selling a long red with a path back to baulk (shot to nothing). When you play it this way, its your opponent who ends up giving you that chance.
@@kshgarg147 It's a pointless break off that is making the game boring right from the start. Not good especially at a time when they are trying to get the crowd's back in again😷
Alex was brilliant and worth the watching but since then great days of the Hurricane blowing I find snooker extremely boring so I sold my cue and raffled my chalk and have taken up darts which I find a more exciting pass time as I can actually score more than a 147
@@edmundpower1250 no I remember now red 1 brown 4 black 7 the 3 of them went in at the break in that order I am going to do the lotto next yabba dabba doo
Modern snooker commentary didn't even credit Higgins with this shot... what arseholes making us believe it was William's idea, not that I have anything against him resurrecting it. Just give the honours and respect to Higgins (BBC team mainly)!
I wonder why that hasn’t become the standard, instead of clipping the red and running back to baulk. It seems that tied up behind the pack leaves nothing for your opponent.
lots of comments saying wow brilliant this brilliant that,I actually think this ruins the game,it's like the germans passing the ball around in their half when they are one nill up..just play the bloody game
@@SnookerFan-kl1jj not really mate without Alex white wouldn’t have joined he said it himself in an interview so don’t start your silly bollocks nonsense
@@hughmungus1235 The sport would have made it without Higgins. He doesn't even feature in the top three most watched matches on TV LOL. We get you are a Higgins fan, but you need to be a bit more objective if you want your comments taken seriously.
Geez, even Higgins played that negative anti-snooker crap break-off shot. Just because it's fair and legal, doesn't make it right. Grow a pair and play properly. You've got this thing called 'talent'. Use it
If there ever was a break off shot NOT to play against Terry Griffiths, that was the one.
Mark Williams now I see were you got the break from!
The Legend 🙏🙏🙏 Alex Higgins 🙏🙏🙏
Nobody like the Hurricane!!
A one off
Loved Jack and Rex commentary back in the day.
Out of Ted, Clive and Jack, Jack was the best by a country mile.
@@daros194 Best commentator of all time in my view.
So Mark Williams learned from the hurricane
R.I.P Alex
Everyone learn't from the hurricane!
There's footage of that break from 1960 in black and white on TH-cam! It was nothing new.
Talk about a contrast in players.
Tell me about it.
Yet they got around the same number of centuries in their playing career. Griffiths might even have got more than Higgins!
He was just so advanced for his time!
Tavy@ it was the genius of alex higgins that stopped snooker from being stopped on tv in the late 60s to early 1970s. Becouse it was so boring watching a 9 day final between reardon and spencer plus there was no money in it. Todays players didnt realise how much they owed alex higgins.
Special match coming up soon Peter ebdon v Terry Griffiths 😆
😴
I don't have the four years to spare for that frame.
@@darrenwilliams118 😂
@@darrenwilliams118 Throw in another few if Eddie Charlton joins in!!
best take a year off work if it's a best of three 🙄.
He was doing it... Before it was fashionable;-)
He did a four cushion break off as well.
In the exhibition match with John virgo if anyone's interested. It's on TH-cam
Mark williams has been watching this
I Remember Alex breaking off like this, so when I saw MW do it I knew where it came from. I was surprised the commentators didn’t mention that Alex used to do it sometimes, or did I miss that ? . He used to do it when playing against Steve Davis as Steve would often pot a long red if it escaped the pack.
@@porkyscornerstwinbrothersa9429 yeah don't think they mentioned Alex doing it.he seldom did it to be honest .but yes would do a strange shot like that from time to time.marks doing it every time now.
It's a risky break-off given that you can leave a touching ball, which would result in your opponent having a free shot back to the baulk cushion. In fact Higgins got away with it here because Griffiths' second shot was so poor: hitting the brown full ball when he should have left the white on the baulk cushion.
I watch a lot of snooker and I've often wondered why no one ever played that. Seemed like a good play to me
It offers no one the advantage amd promotes a stalemate leading to a rerack, it allows for reds to come into the baulk end, it promotes stalemate, its a containing safety shot when ypu can see a red full ball, its a strange choice of shot, although higgins was very unique thats probably the only reason he played it
@@mikeleigh506 Higgins was controversial, and a rebel. One minute he was potting balls by ricocheting them off the cameraman's head! Next minute he would break off the most boring break off imaginable. He was never predictable. Steve Davis said Higgins had the sharpest "snooker brain" he had ever played against. If not for Higgins we don't know how snooker would have progressed down the year's. No Hurricane, no Whirlwind. No Whirlwind, no Rocket. I'm looking forward to who's coming next.
@@wanderer1955 My Son is turning professional soon and he is similar to Ronnie, Alex and Jimmy and is so naturally gifted.
@@carlleese24 I wish him good luck. Snooker needs players with flare.
@@mikeleigh506 so it promotes stalemate twice?? Wow! That is some safety shot... 😉
Is this whole match available anywhere. I’d love to see the result.
Griffiths is still at the table lol 😂
Yep. They haven't finished yet, but a red did go down in 2003.
He lost
Alex is one of the best snooker players of all time! 👍👍👍
imagine if alex on his second shot just smashed the reds everywhere
The days before re-racks too
pre-Selby
Griffiths between shots is most of time on this video
😂😂😂😂😂
Alex was the man,and they all go on about mark Williams and he's break off,just shows you Alex was first
Alex was always first
These modern players invented nothing
Hendry took the game to another level in the 90s and made it the game it is today with his attacking style and breaking the reds from the blue into the middle.
If these super-safe breaks are to be outlawed, it would be easy to do with a rule requiring the breaking player to hit a red directly (before hitting a cushion).
why do they need to be outlawed?
even if they were, players could just gently roll into the pack
In pool (depending on the local rules) either a ball has to pass the middle pocket or touch a cushion.
Could easily make the break in snooker so that at least 1 red must move at least one ball's diameter.
The point of the break is to BREAK the rack.
That break is no more safe than a conventional break.
@@nick7076 "Could easily make the break in snooker so that at least 1 red must move at least one ball's diameter."
.....and you don't see any problems with measuring that?
Also, if the ball doesn't move 1 red, then what?
@@Buz-Lunch-Punx I agree there’s no need to outlaw such breaks, but during the recent World Championship one of the commentators (possibly Ken Doherty) said some of the professional players were grumbling that it should be banned because it slows the game and bores the audience. Even after 50+ years of playing the game, I don’t find anything boring about snooker.
Probably the great Russian snooker player ever was "Inoff The Red".
Don’t forget his Scottish rival Jock McCue.
I used to enjoy the drawn out technical frames, now its just lets re --rack.....
Me too. As my dad always used to say, 'It's called Snooker, not Pot!'
Alex's last shot in this video essentially resulted in what a typical break would have brought about anyway so what did he accomplish?
Eminem girl woman
He got morons such as yourself commenting on it over 30 years later
I have to agree. Mark Williams is currently doing the same style of break off in this year's World Championship. But it seems a pointless break off and a waste if time because they only end up doing minute's later what they could have done from the opening break off itself.
No, this is not pointless. When you break normally you have a high chance of selling a long red with a path back to baulk (shot to nothing). When you play it this way, its your opponent who ends up giving you that chance.
@@kshgarg147 It's a pointless break off that is making the game boring right from the start. Not good especially at a time when they are trying to get the crowd's back in again😷
Alex was brilliant and worth the watching but since then great days of the Hurricane blowing I find snooker extremely boring so I sold my cue and raffled my chalk and have taken up darts which I find a more exciting pass time as I can actually score more than a 147
I hear you almost got a 147 in snooker once only you went in off on the first red!
@@edmundpower1250 no I remember now red 1 brown 4 black 7 the 3 of them went in at the break in that order I am going to do the lotto next yabba dabba doo
@@fintanhughes1639 🤣🤣🤣👍
Cracking exchange 😆
@@edmundpower1250 i almost got a 147 once then i woke up 🙄.
1983 not 1981
Interesting
Modern snooker commentary didn't even credit Higgins with this shot... what arseholes making us believe it was William's idea, not that I have anything against him resurrecting it. Just give the honours and respect to Higgins (BBC team mainly)!
The BBC hates Higgins - especially Taylor after getting death threats from him
Griffiths defeated the Hurricane of Snooker in this match.
Why on earth would you make a frame with Terry any longer than need be?😂😂😂
I always thought a “break off” HAD to be a direct ball from the baulk line to the pack?!
No mate
Have to break with the cue ball in the D, and make contact with a red. That's the only requirement.
The bad old day, when assholes were still allowed to smoke in the place.
Alex just through that in as a mind game lol to Alex ..
Slowly nestle into the reds from the baulk line.
Any modern player would have put the white behind the black after that break off.
I wonder why that hasn’t become the standard, instead of clipping the red and running back to baulk. It seems that tied up behind the pack leaves nothing for your opponent.
And what an issue has been made of it.....everything is dramatised now of course!!!
Trust Griffith's to respond by just tapping the cue ball on to the pack 😴😴😴
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I've seen more tension at the 1973 World Basket Weaving Championships
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Nothing new then.
That shot is now illegal.
Nonsense. Cite the rule.
lots of comments saying wow brilliant this brilliant that,I actually think this ruins the game,it's like the germans passing the ball around in their half when they are one nill up..just play the bloody game
A childish break from alex. Boring crap.
Boring play you mean
He doesn’t deserve that fame.
Erm yes he does he single handidly carried snooker
@@hughmungus1235 Rather over the top remark. He did not carry snooker, White replaced him as the biggest draw after 84.
@@SnookerFan-kl1jj not really mate without Alex white wouldn’t have joined he said it himself in an interview so don’t start your silly bollocks nonsense
@Dyslexic fraud ROS ratio
@@hughmungus1235 The sport would have made it without Higgins. He doesn't even feature in the top three most watched matches on TV LOL. We get you are a Higgins fan, but you need to be a bit more objective if you want your comments taken seriously.
Geez, even Higgins played that negative anti-snooker crap break-off shot. Just because it's fair and legal, doesn't make it right. Grow a pair and play properly. You've got this thing called 'talent'. Use it
Talk about making the game boring lol.
Griffiths between shots is most of time on this video