Snooker and mental health
Snooker and mental health: how the game gave me my most important break in 30 years I came to understand the link between snooker and mental health during the Pandemic. At one of the lowest points in my life, the game came to my rescue. From those reclusive, anxious, long-ago weeks I’ve emerged into full-health […]
2 tough stages we all need to go through as we learn how to play snooker
A short while ago, I made a 30 break. Big deal, eh? Well, it was to me. In fact, it was enough to make me jump around like a teenager, and I’ve just turned 60. The satisfaction of watching those 8 balls drop into the pockets, red, black, red, pink, red, black, red and pink […]
3 ways tuition improves mental health
Tuition is good for you. In another article I touched upon the various psychological benefits of playing the game of snooker. As enjoyable as our wonderful game is, we all know how difficult and frustrating it can be, especially when we focus all of our attention on the result. In this post I want to […]
5 psychological benefits of playing snooker
The psychological benefits of playing snooker might not be obvious when you consider the number of professional snooker players who have struggled with their mental health (Mark Selby, Mark Allen and Ronnie O’Sullivan to name but three). Indeed, you could be forgiven for thinking that playing snooker does very little for your psychological well-being. If, […]
