‘The Rocket’ talks
Ronnie O’Sullivan claims the “worst thing I’ve ever done in snooker” was listening to “bad” coaching advice more than six years ago.
The Rocket, 49, won the Crucible title in the Covid-hit year of 2020 and then two years later, he was crowned champion of the world.
Ye, behind-the-scenes, he says he was struggling with his technique, alleging that sessions with an unnamed guru saw him “change my alignment”, lose his timing and “basically lost all connection with the cue”.
Ever the perfectionist, the world No.5 is “now trying to unravel” what he was taught and he has promised never to listen again to any outside coaches when it comes to hitting snooker balls.
Speaking to SunSport before the tournament, O’Sullivan said his long-term concerns were “probably brought on by some bad coaching advice that I took maybe six years ago and it set the rot in”.
He said: “It’s not easy. It’s a bit like if you walk a certain way, and you have been walking a certain way for 20-30 years.
“But now we want you to try and walk like this. It’s really difficult to do it.
“It takes time, it takes perseverance. It takes a lot of discipline. And that’s the situation I am in.”
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