Ronnie O Sullivan
Snooker Interesting Facts
Ronnie O'Sullivan plays a very fast, fluent and attacking game. Ronnie O'Sullivan is a prolific
breakbuilder and solid tactical player, although Ronnie O'Sullivan has stated his disdain for long, drawn-out games, saying that it harms the game of snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan is a good
front-runner, although tends to become demoralised when behind and not playing well, and is liable to lose multiple consecutive frames. When behind and needing
snookers, Ronnie O'Sullivan tends to concede more often than other players, although after Ray Reardon's coaching Ronnie O'Sullivan does seem to carry on with the frame a lot more than previously.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is right-handed, but Ronnie O'Sullivan can play to a high standard with his other hand. While not quite possessing the same power in his left arm, being ambidextrous enables Ronnie O'Sullivan to attempt shots with his left hand that would otherwise require awkward cueing with a
rest or
spider. Ronnie O'Sullivan sometimes plays with a variety of
bridge hands. When Ronnie O'Sullivan first displayed this left-handed ability in the
1996 World Championship against
Alain Robidoux, the
Canadian accused him of disrespect. Ronnie O'Sullivan responded that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right. Ronnie O'Sullivan was summoned to a disciplinary hearing in response to Robidoux's formal complaint, where Ronnie O'Sullivan had to prove that Ronnie O'Sullivan could play to a high level with his left hand. Ronnie O'Sullivan played three frames of snooker against former world championship runner-up
Rex Williams, winning all three. The charge of bringing the game into disrepute was subsequently dropped.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_O