Difficult stance (original) (raw)
We like to point out when one player or another has had to adopt a 'difficult stance'. In our games, this is due to a chair, old toy or table full of beer cans affecting a players natural position. Completing a difficult pot when accompanied by a difficult stance is one of the games great skills, and is I feel sadly lacking in the professional game. With only referee Jan Verhaas, the other player and the BBC cameras representing obstacles there is barely even a chance of tripping over, let alone having to adopt an unusual pose.
Difficult stance is most entertaining in the following scenarios:
- WAG car exit - When a player has to bend their knees like a WAG trying to get out of a car without showing her knickers
- Gymnast - When a player has to significantly widen their legs in order to avoid an item on the floor
- Lazy bastard - When a player has to partially sit on something (such as the back of a chair) and carry on playing
- Cloth damage danger - When the wall is in the way creating a magnified downwards angle.
Perhaps difficult stance should be added to my list of things that could help save snooker and add a new sense of randomness and grass roots reality.