Top 10 rarest shots in Snooker history

Rare and unique shots in Snooker made by famous snooker players, Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, and others!
Music: Alexander Kostruba - The Secret.

[@MrBadminds]

you definitely never get bored watching Alex Higgins ,true legend playing legendary shots

[@danilozivkovic7727]

you read me mind xD for me he is the BEST PLAYER EVER in snooker

[@hughmungus1235]

@@danilozivkovic7727 ronnie is much better but I agree he's the most entertaining

[@fa5234]

The ability and level of spin put on the ball by Jimmy White is unmatched to this day.

[@Tailspin80]

2:47 Certainly a unique spelling of honourable

[@amreshmohan3979]

Thanks. I actually forgot the real spelling after seeing that.

[@6611haggis]

The Jimmy White escape was in a class of its own.

[@GazzaAyrton]

Alex Higgins & Jimmy White. Their shots are simply sensational. I do like Rocket Ronnie but those two are my all time favourites.

[@thomasgoetz8723]

@Gazza - I agree. Alex Higgins and Jimmy White started to play like this which helped the later players to start realizing what it is possible and practice even more

[@markmurphyllb]

Notable how much Alex Higgins features. Exceptional talent.

[@richardstewart5499]

Amazing shots. My late Father introduced me and my two brothers to snooker years ago. What an incredibly difficult game of positioning. Great memories. Thanks for posting the vid.

[@llttf]

Thank god for the mute button.

[@losteuscruel4046]

And for the snooker.

[@nickycotton6137]

At least MC's though.

[@johnchesterman6016]

What’s with the adding dreadful, annoying utter dross music????

[@ymer234]

Yeah. Music. Let the game speak for itself!

[@patrickcrowther9195]

That Davis snooker behind the brown off the red was pure poetry.

[@terryshiells1527]

It was a fluke though. He was aiming for behind the yellow but caught it thin.

[@darthwiizius]

@@terryshiells1527 Yeah he was hoping to get the cue ball on or as close to the baulk rail as possible, what makes the shot impressive though is Davis had to get a thin contact first and foremost and would have known the possibility of it running in behind the brown but to say he played the shot is totally wrong because the shot was not under full control. Still a good escape though.

[@u.v.s.5583]

The rarest shot in Snooker history is the shot with which I make my century break. In fact it is so rare that noone has ever seen it!

[@EannaButler]

That last one by Jimmy, always makes me 😲

[@randommadness1021]

I can't understand how he managed that. Also can't believe it's the first time I've seen it.

[@jameswilliamson5066]

@@randommadness1021 your right how the hell did he do that, I thought the film stopped lol

[@-raj-2883]

How did he execute that🤔

[@randommadness1021]

@@-raj-2883 He's an Alien. Only explanation...🤣

[@EannaButler]

@@-raj-2883 Feck load of top spin

[@robinvonlossow]

A wonderful cross-section through the history of snooker. Unfortunately, the music spoils the fun of it. This is a sport of absolute calm and high concentration. Whoever mixed in this music did not understand anything! But okay, I'll just give the video a "Like".

[@rohanpan]

That rail shot by The Hurricane was something else. Just can’t process what I just saw.

[@agnostic47]

When your opponent claps and smiles you know you've done something special. These guys spend so much time playing the percentages that when they go for something outrageous and it comes off you realise just how skilled they are.

[@lucad.l8330]

People way more likely to like ur comment if it has replies yw

[@Goriann]

For me, the last: the best. What a beautifull effect to stop the cueball !

[@uchibenkei]

Jimmy White was my favorite growing up. Nice to see some of that old footage again.

[@Iris_and_or_George]

Great selection of shots hadn't seen many of them in a while and omg the tune is just as weird as the shots! Very fitting ! Good job!

[@J5X7]

Higgins was like an old western fast-drawing gunslinger

[@againstwatercharged1896]

Love snooker. All sportsman in this video are master's!!! 👏👏👏

[@MarkH10]

Best Muted Video of the year contender for 6 years in a row.

[@Phone_Geek]

It was indeed an amazing shot. However, I think the best shot is one I cant find on you tube anywhere, from Jimmy. He was totally snookered, white down bottom of table, object ball top of table along cushion. He simply couldn't get to it. Spent a while thinking about it. In end he worked his magic. He played it off the top right pocket jaws at speed, so that cue call wobbled in the jaws themselves, then came out along the top cushion and hit the object ball. It was amazing. If you remember or anyone finds a vid, send me a link!

[@ikartikrustagi]

kzbin.inforjqJk5-r9-k?feature=share I instantly got reminded of the third clip in this video

[@user-do7tn7on1b]

AWESOME MUSIC, WATCHING THIS HIGH!!! MAKE ME DANCING LIKE AN ANIMAL XD TY

[@CH-4]

i genuinely thought the video froze on the last one, what a shot!

[@no_name8363]

It's a remarkable moment when the opponent cheers to you too. It's simply means that you have done a spectacular things.

[@daveyboi1990]

Jimmy White and Kirk Stevens were great friends and used to play on tv after getting coked up together the night before 😂

[@no_name8363]

@@daveyboi1990 hahaha...lol 😂

[@MrSasec]

Alex Higgins, the Legend of Snooker 👍👍👍

[@nobodyspecial6436]

Neil Robertson is “ The Thunder from down under”... not the “Ace” .... Judd is the Ace..(in the pack)

[@morriszachrisson8359]

Neil "Nailed on Tinder" Robertson

[@lawrence.porter]

That last one by Jimmy White was supernatural.

[@AJWRAJWR]

The look of astonishment of his opponents face was astonishing in itself.

[@shivajihake3973]

What a shot by jimmy....love it....

[@mez7736]

Turn on auto-gernerated captions and you'll learn Jimmy White has a banana shop! 😂

[@predictivetextisforaunts]

Robertson isn’t called the ace. He’s the Thunder from down under. Also, just awful musical choice. Hideous.

[@dannygjk]

(Don't support Al Qaeda.)

[@Starwithnonname]

Why have music at all? Such grand entertainment doesn’t need any music. And you’re right - this music is hideous. It made the video unwatchable.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I think dignifying it with the word ‘music’ is to give it more credit than it deserves.

[@droceretik]

@@Starwithnonname Turn your sound off or make your own video compilation without background music.

[@predictivetextisforaunts]

@@dannygjk Don’t tell me what to do.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Pointless annoying music. This is not a Russian dash cam compilation !

[@5762dg]

The Secret should remain a secret......

[@Inmyopinion10101]

It’s such a simple game. But it’s so hard to play it. Love it

[@deepalgoel4126]

Well said brother...!!!

[@davidrobinson2776]

I saw Alex play an exhibition against Mark Wildman once and he hit the pink so hard into the corner, it bounced onto the rail and ran up it into the middle pocket. The place erupted but somebody shouted do it again. "How much you want to bet?" Said Alex and did the same thing with the black. Afterwards, I asked Mark Wildman surely that couldn't be done and Mark shook his head and said "He's either the luckiest man alive or a genius."

[@bertilknudsen]

Right! Now I know what I'm always missing in snooker videos - mindless, braindead, metal machine music!

[@user-ze6ob3cs7m]

"I've seen everything now" Perfect commentary.

[@dan8pool]

👍 Merci pour la vidéo 😉

[@ahmetgrcn2663]

Music wasn't loud enough, I could almost hear the commentary.

[@eppersonelectrical1621]

As a new comer to snooker....Jimmy White was the man!!!

[@ryanturner6522]

The hurricane and the whirlwind 2 greatest ever trick shot players incredible some off the things they can do

[@thomasgoetz8723]

Yes - they put snooker to the next level. Who knows if without these two (new type of) players snooker would be the same today?

[@arekkrolak6320]

that's one honoruable video!

[@billynoballs]

Great snooker. Hideous music.

[@rolandmdill]

The music made it 5000% better

[@LeventK]

Welcome to the infinite loop of sport videos

[@RakibulHasan-bj3eo]

You could have made the part 2 of this video with those honourable mentions.

[@WaterCrane]

I knew the "supernatural pink" would be number 1 - how the cue ball just suddenly stops is unreal.

[@dannymack8653]

Jimmy's last shot was by far the most impressive. It's So good it looks fake 😂

[@martyne3325]

How the F did he make it stop so fast????

[@dannymack8653]

@@martyne3325 incredible amount of topspin. Similar to a banana shot but better in my opinion

[@iamsum1gr8]

Break from life recreates difficult shots and explains how they work. this is a direct link to his jimmy white recreation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWOtlX-rhalrjbc but his whole channel is really cool

[@Gamu13]

Matrix is around us. Within our life in rare moments we see glitches of the system :P

[@sammynochains3455]

It isn't ?

[@Mrphilharmonic]

I wonder where that beautiful light oak BCE table featured in White v Stevens B&H match is now? Never seen one like it before or after.

[@szaboarion]

Honoruable video

[@bucherrabemittendrin9344]

Can somebody turn the music off...

[@MrSasec]

Alex Higgins.... Can there be anyone who can replace the Legend Mr. Alex Higgins? No one can reach his heights... atleast on this universe 👍👍👍

[@smrriles5668]

Great snooker player , terrible man

[@knallpistolen]

Ronnie replaced him

[@MrSasec]

@@knallpistolen I'm sorry if I disappointed you Jon🙏 He is the father of snooker who actually brought in the actual way of attempting the shots for a thorough development. Alas, I am also a big fan of Ronnie... However, Judd Trump is another player next to Alex Higgins who is bringing new ways for playing snooker with unique techniques of attempting the shots😀🙏😀

[@knallpistolen]

@@MrSasec yeah, I sometimes feel like Alex's talent was split and given in equal parts to Trump and O'Sullivan.

[@knallpistolen]

@@filevans well, compared him to 50% Higgins

[@wizewizard1840]

thanks for adding blasting loud obnoxious music

[@speedy692]

1:38. The closed captions informed me that Jimmy White has a Banana shop.

[@garethrichards9572]

Great video, but Mark Williams plant off the cushion is imho the single greatest snooker shot I have ever seen in over 40 years of both watching and playing the game. Not only was the shot inch perfect and, to my knowledge, unique, it was under the utmost pressure of a World Championship Semi Final, at 13-11, at the start of the 25th frame (i.e. not an exhibition match or crowd pleasing shot when the frame was already won). This shot should be at number 1 in all greatest shots list.

[@paulroberts7400]

Dear Gareth, I think, imho too, your national bias may be miscuing your judgement. I like Mark Williams a lot and that shot by him was very nice, but it was not really much more than a "double" whilst leaving the white in a fairly safe (ish) position and I, as a very below average player, know if I had a few hundred goes I would make that shot, whereas some of the amazing spin shots from the likes of Alex, Jimmy and nowadays Judd, I could practice and train for a month of Sundays and never get anywhere like the incredible action on the balls that they do. What do you think?. Hope you feel the light-hearted sentiment this was sent with.

[@garethrichards9572]

@@paulroberts7400 if we all had the same opinions it would be a boring world. Yes I take your comments with good humour. Judd, Jimmy, Ronnie, and Alex are all fantastic players and Judd for me is the most astonishing Potter I've ever seen, however, I have played snooker at County level, and can recreate almost any shot (including Williams's) as I too have the cue power (might take me an hour with some of Judd's!). I just thought that in the context of the match, whilst the frame was live, at a crucial point, that shot by Williams was both inventive, and played to perfection (and the reaction of Dennis Taylor in commentary tells me he agrees 🤣).

[@mkevilempire]

If you're looking for rare shots, Mark is the one to (still) deliver. I'm frequently entertained by his no-look, one-handed, backhanded or eyes-closed escape flukes. And his creativity, like the cushion first plant, is second to none. Of course you gotta equally appreciate the hurricane, trump and many others, but for me Mark is just something else. Always great to watch

[@godzillas6301]

@@garethrichards9572 Sorry not feeling it either . Ive pulled off marks shot without kudos a few times and im hopeless with a cue . The pace and weight behind davis snooker behind the brown was subline but it will always be jimmys voodoo shot that is beyond another league to everyone . Jud came close to a copycat once but ive yet to see it again in the last 45 years of watching . Mark is by the way my second fave player .

[@garethrichards9572]

@@trollchong8017 I get that, but Ronnie is soooo good with his left hand, that's why I wouldn't place it so high, but it was a stupendous shot nevertheless.

[@nickycotton6137]

Fair Do's Williams. That Red to another into the Pocket was class, but ain't half some scorchers & crafty Shots/PotS in this combo' eh. (Noice1✌)

[@RoddyRIASgamechannel]

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[@hasjava]

No one has the caliber to recreate the shots of the hurricane.. unbelievable, unnatural, out of the box shots.. it seems like he has the power to play shot on one table and pot the ball on another table

[@Agiyi]

Eeeehh... I'm not denying that he was a great player at that time, but to say that no one can recreate them is a bit of a stretch... Apart from the 2 thin cuts and the safety on the pink, the others are questionable. Shoot the black hard, goes onto the rail and ends up in the middle pocket? Fluke. Shoot the brown arround the table for no reason? By the way he jumped up it looks to me that he actually went for the top left pocket and totally misshited it. Shoot the black 3 rails? Also fluke, it was obvious he was going for the 1 rail to the top right, you can see it by his body language as well. And again, the safety on the pink was great, but to say that no one can recreate it is a bit much. I remember o'sullivan playing basically the same shot, so it has been done. The long red and straight into the reds? Yeah, great shot, no doubt about it, "can't be recreated" great? Definitely no, other players play into the pack as well. Again, I'm not taking anything away from him, great player no question, but to call them unnatural?... In a video that contains the famous Jimmy white extreme top spin shot on the pink and the white just stops dead in the middle of the table? Now that's an amazing shot that hasn't been recreated to the same level. Other players have played that shot, no one has played it so perfect that it looks like a video glitch.

[@ronaldramirez2747]

2:34 insane

[@vedanandramiad9661]

A part 2 can easily be made. There are several other rare shots

[@Muesli711]

@4:53 Nice reaction by Kirk Stevens

[@Volvoman90]

What's the name of the background music? It's a quality tune!

[@spacewhona1121]

Aphex twin - windowlicker

[@keithroberts4087]

Which version of Windowlicker is this?

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

Jimmy played those deep screw shots from the knees. Higgins had 10,000 volts run through him as he hit it.

[@squirrelpatrick3670]

yes, I noticed that too with Jimmy's banana shot. Pretty advanced mechanics and definitely not in any coaching manual

[@francollins4036]

No surprise the greatest Alex Higgins has a good few shots in there.

[@beatart6319]

Alex higgins ✨

[@exsappermadman25055]

Here you can see why Alex Higgins made this sport so popular, some of those shots wouldn't even be thought of by the players of the time and he did them in big matches. Its one thing to try a shot, the other thing is you have to be creative enough to see it.....

[@tomjohn8733]

It helps knowing the rules for snooker, about all I know is the tables are much larger than pool tables, but was interesting to watch..

[@the3xtr3mist]

it's amazing how "technically wrong" alex higgins seemed.. the stance the bridge the shot.. everything looks so different with that guy. yet still brilliant. what a legend..

[@afc358]

This is the music they play to the inmates at Guantanamo. Absolute fucking torture.

[@luc1d356]

🤣🤣

[@jeffreyjosephs230]

I remember a shot I did in the year 1882. I was with the posse at the town sport center. I was shooting at the eight ball which was in front of the 9 ball with

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@timeconstrained2400]

The look on Willie Thorne's face after the Alex shot at the end.."Alex, you can't be serious!"

[@kindatim]

Man do I love me some honoruable mentions XD

[@robertg9191]

There are only 2 players that even other pros can not replicate their shots , Jimmy White and Judd Trump

[@mengze6632]

Nobody call them people’s champion

[@ericfloyd9842]

Leave off the background music and you would have a great video

[@Ianbolton]

How the hell did JW smash that pink in at the end, spinning the ball to a standstill? Never seen anything like that before,

[@SahilC1912]

My Favourite Top 2 Alex higgins and Jimmy White

[@a.tanner8524]

Honoruable mentions!

[@hossamashraf1413]

last one is insane

[@JongleurJ10]

White, Trump and Alex Higgins do shots that nobody else does, including each other if you catch my drift.

[@onsmuzic037]

That shot by alex🔥

[@rosspharlanmiller5316]

There would be no whirlwind nor rocket without the Hurricane. Alex is my all time favourite.

[@madeovstarstuff]

This is an undeniable fact !!!

[@laytonmcdougall4327]

Number 8 wow what a shot

[@07SINGHSAAB]

Last one is booom😵😵🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@sebastiencharron7050]

For me, the no looking shoot Williams did and made the green ball remains on top of the list.

[@craigjamieson6572]

It was a fluke though

[@craigjamieson6572]

Gavin WJ mark williams literally said himself in an interview that it was a complete fluke

[@garethrichards9572]

@Gavin WJ Total fluke (I have played for 40 years so I know what I am talking about)

[@stoolpigeon4285]

Mark Williams's 'honoruable' mention was the best

[@Cowboymeisje]

I'm shite but even I've managed a few of those really tight cuts, simply because there's nothing else on and you may as well go for it.

[@tomahoks]

Balls were bloody blurry in the 80's.

[@goldflyknows]

And peoples faces very grainy

[@aryanyeoh2606]

That last shot..

[@mrloop1530]

I'm sorry, but I didn't see Alex Higgins do anything I couldn't do. Just a lot of cushions and pressission. Jimmy White's massé shot against Ronnie on the other hand was just so spot on. As was his top spin on cushion stop shot against Willie Thorne. And then there is Judd Trump making shots nobody else can. His cue power is in a league of its own.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Snooker is like the cricket of pool.

[@diosrelish6924]

Jimmy's last shot = world snooker championship .

[@aalpha1000]

How on earth Jimmy's last shot even possible?

[@wigg1yscott554]

I was about to ask the same!! Is it real??

[@mr.amazonsins8013]

@@wigg1yscott554 yes it is

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Loads and loads of topspin

[@billsmith8825]

Top spin. Just enough to catch coming off the rail. Spin is reverse of the path of the ball, stopping it dead.

[@Powerneck]

Jimmy White. what a Legend

[@azerbaydzhanets7219]

5:50 fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DragHo92]

I think nobody is allowed to NOT put the Jimmy White big massé in ANY snooker top 10 by the law. Beautiful n°1 shot though, I didn't remember that!!!

[@randommadness1021]

How the hell did Jimmy White make that cue ball stop like that?

[@bhughes1986]

Signature move of his. Loads of top. Theres a full video of it on here somewhere, look for the Children in Need Snooker video. Very funny.

[@CertifiedSlamboy]

Steve "Interesting" Davis? Seriously!? He's "The Nugget" ffs

[@lelyollo4926]

What a great shot from interesting

[@JalandharShere]

Spitting Image gave him that name

[@garethrichards9572]

Erm, he has many nicknames. Interesting Davis is one of the more famous ones.............

[@heinzgeorg2503]

I loved the music bro, but next time please turn it up a little more. Only my right ear stopped working, id like to lose my left aswell

[@carlhicks4704]

Williams Green pot when snookered and not looking. Against Jimmy Robinson

[@kirihara147]

that's a fluke tho so what's the point

[@joeking5310]

So the Higgins Brown wasn't?

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@joeking5310 No he played for it.

[@AlexanderVogl]

Yes Higgins' brown was deliberate, but since his black on the cushion in the middle pocket and Robertsons break-off were flukes, I think Mark looking the other way or playing with closed eyes belongs here. I miss Robertson/Bond WC 2007, Neils masse shot when cue-ball was wedged between blue ball and cushion.

[@ProfGlitch]

2:35 holy shit

[@Realtime1501]

No Shaun Murphy double reverse red?