Full Day Snooker Lesson Experience
Overview
The Star Snooker Academy in Sheffield is home to a number of resident professional snooker players. With this full-day experience at the Academy you will learn about the history and theory of the game of snooker and be trained by a professional World Snooker Grade-A Coach. Enjoy hands on experience as your coach takes you through everything you need to know. This experience will enable you to improve your techniques in one fun-filled day of snooker strategy and training.
Suitable for all levels and abilities; if you’re an avid snooker player looking to improve your skills then this is the experience for you. The academy has over 20 years experience looking after junior and overseas snooker players, and world champions regularly use the venue with its state-of-the-art practice facilities. At the end of the day you will be presented with a certificate of achievement.
- SKU
- PSALP1
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 1
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.9 (26)
What's Included
- Day of snooker coaching with a World Snooker Grade A Coach
- Briefing on history and theory of the game
- Use of all necessary equipment
- Debrief and certificate presentation
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
Upon arrival at the Academy you will be met by your World Snooker Coach who will be your instructor for the day. You will be given a briefing on the history and theory of the game, before being issued with all of the equipment needed. You will then head to one of the ten full size professional tournament tables, used by world class players, for the first haflf of your day of snooker coaching before breaking for lunch.
After lunch you will head back to the table for more practice and training. At the end of your experience you can review your day's activity with a short debriefing session with certificate presentation. There may also be a photo opportunity with a resident player, so don't forget to bring your camera.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 10 (Under 16s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)
- A maximum of four spectators are welcome to attend
- Please note: Lunch will not be included and cannot be purchased on site so you will need to take it with you
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
This experience is available Monday to Friday. Date exclusions such as major events may apply.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow approximately 7 hours for the whole experience.
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
Customer Reviews
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Brian Conroy
31/08/2021
Good day
Enjoyed my day even though Im realy a pool player. It has helped my game immensely
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Karl
28/08/2021
Best day ever
What I learnt in 1 day was amazing fantastic experience at the star academy
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Brian Harrold
06/10/2020
Snooker day
I had a very good day at Sheffield snooker academy. Our tutor was Nigel Bond who was very informative and patient catering for all abilities within the group. All in all a great experience.
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Lindamur
03/10/2020
Snooker Academy, Sheffield
Fabulous event, very informative, well run, superb coaches, one on one tuition. Can't wait to put my newly learned skills into practice
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Geoffrey A Berwick
18/08/2020
Academic Snooker
A wonderful day with a wonderful teacher. I didn’t realise that I could learn so much . I did realise that my snooker was in need of an overall.
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Brian Harrold
22/03/2020
Snooker day
We had a great day out at the star snooker academy Sheffield. Nigel Bond and Gary gave us really good advice and I am sure their help will improve our game.
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Steve
24/08/2019
Great snooker day
Spent all day playing and learning about snooker. The instructor was a professional player and very good at explaining the different ways of playing shots. The sports club had about 15 tables and a private room for one to one tuition. Very enjoyable day. It’s a shame they don’t have these experience days in the south of the country.
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Jamie
31/05/2019
First class!
Although I have been playing snooker for many years, and reached a good standard (having made a few centuries), this expereince still taught me quite a bit. The coaching was excellent and pitched to suit the ability levels in the class. The focus was mainly on the fundamentals - stance, holding the cue (which the coach changed for me), sighting, practice routines, swerve, escaping snookers etc. Venue was brilliant and seeing the standard of the resident players was an experience. Recommended!
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Ian
08/05/2019
A very enjoyable day
We started at 10.00. Nigel Bond was our coach and he was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, of course. After an initial intro to the basics, the 5 of us in our group (all strangers) played in pairs with Nigel taking each one in turn for a 1 to 1 session. This was great. To be able to learn and discuss your problems and difficulties is exactly why you go. The whole day was fun and was worth making the journey for.
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Rob watkins
27/04/2019
Learned so much
Nigel Bond took the session. Taught me simple things which have had a big impact on my game. Would love to go again
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steve
26/03/2019
snooker experience with nigel bond
wonderfull day
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Gary
22/03/2019
Snooker Loopy
What an excellent snooker experience. Nigel Bond was my coach for the day. Gave me good tips to help improve my game. Thanks to the staff at the Steelers sports bar for the lovely lunch and for the hospitality. Really enjoyed the day and would recommend it to anyone.
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Brian Miller
11/11/2018
Much better than ever expected
Would highly recommend this, for people of all standards, training tailor suited to your own needs Venue and facilities excellent
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DM
07/10/2018
Learn to play snooker
Great day learning to play snooker with a long standing tour professional and world finalist - Nigel Bond. Mix of one to one and group tuition in a fun atmosphere ...highly recommend to others .
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Sam wilcox
22/06/2018
Great experience
Had Nigel Bond as our instructor who was brilliant. Really helped me to improve my playing. The day was relaxed and Nigel made everyone feel good about the way they played.
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Keith
19/05/2018
Snooker Brilliance
What an absolutely Brilliant day ,still Buzzing a day after, learnt so much even though I have played snooker leisurely for years, I might win some games now instead of loosing some lol. Barry Stark great coach. Fine fella.
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Denis
23/03/2018
Very enjoyable day
Couldn't have been bettered! Great coaching from Nigel Bond.
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Jim
27/11/2017
Unbelievable day
Wow what a unbelievable day, got to play snooker all day with a absolute legend Nigel Bond, what a amazing chap, even got to play a few games on Dings table. If you even remotely like snooker I couldn't recommend this enough one of the best things I have ever done.
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Micheal
27/03/2017
Great fun
very friendly , i still learnt a lot and the day flew by full of fun
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DAVID BARNETT
11/01/2017
FULL DAY LEARN TO PLAY SNOOKER EXPERIENCE
ONE OF THE BEST SNOOKER DAYS IV'E HAD, THE VENUE AND THE STAFF WERE 1ST CLASS. BARRY STARK WAS EXCELLENT. WOULD GO BACK TOMORROW AND DO IT ALL AGAIN. I PLAY OTHER SPORTS BUT SNOOKER HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY 1ST LOVE HAVING PLAYED FOR 38 YEARS. [WHERE WERE YOU BARRY 38 YEARS AGO , I COULD HAVE BEEN A PRO , HA HA
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Andy
25/10/2016
Great day I will always remember
Being coached by a top snooker coaching was not only fun and enjoyable but also gave me tips to try and practice to improve my game. Everyone was friendly and the day flew by as I enjoyed every second. Only disappointment was that I didn't receive a signed photo of Ding that was mentioned in the gift Highly recommended day.
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Chris
09/08/2016
Great day great coach
Excellent value for money, we really enjoyed the day. Barry Stark clearly is a great coach, good sense of humour and very encouraging. Would love to go back again after some time of practice and working on what we were taught. Barry even has some coaching tips on YouTube don't you know ;-) Thanks Barry !
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Steven Hughes
18/02/2020
Great day, great tables and great coach
Brilliant day and all the tables emaculate, all the tables have proper arameth sets of balls and you get coached by world snooker coaches. I got nigel bond. Plenty to work on now and feel it was worth it. If I was to recommend would could be better is instead of letting everyone do what they want in between is to have some set practices with purpose in between.
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Paul
09/12/2019
Good day out for snooker fanatics !
I really enjoyed the day, although I would say that it is more suitable for beginners. I am an average club player and I thought that the coaching was excellent, the venue was excellent and the food although very simple was too of a very good standard. Not enough 1 to 1 time for me, too much practice time alone(which I can do at my own club)....But overall a very enjoyable day !
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John
25/01/2018
Good experience, but room for improvement
The experience was very good, although not really one on one as advertised (there were 5 of us with one instructor, and we took turns for one on one). The big let down was the food. Three course meal (sounds good) but course 1 was soup (no alternative) and third course was yoghurt (again no alternative). The choices for main course were limited so all in all not a good meal experience, which took the edge off the overall day. Fix the food and it'll be a top rated experience
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Toni
21/07/2017
Great day learning to play snooker
I had a great day overall. The only negative thing I can say is that it said it was a 1 to 1 coaching session and it wasnt as there were 5 of us to 1 coach
Locations
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Yorkshire and Humber
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire