Steve Davis was the most iconic snooker player of the 1980s and a six-time world champion, but in recent days he has made a surprising statement that he will not go out of position - this basic snooker skill.
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Davis has been a Tekno music DJ since retiring in 2016, playing experimental music and working with pop artists such as Suggs, the lead singer of Ska band Madness. A few days ago, he was asked by a netizen whether he had thought about changing his playing style.
He was asked during a live social media connection with Stephen Hendry, and in a conversation with the seven-time World Championship winner, Davis said: "I actually don't really go out of place, in my time, the mentality of the players was very different from today, today's players know that they have the ability to win a set in one shot. ”
"In my day, the ball pile didn't spread so fast, and winning a round often didn't go the way you envisioned. Maybe it wasn't easy for the table at that time to let the ball pile spread out, of course, the positioning technology of that year was not as good as today. ”
Davis and Hendry
"After years of development, the average player has improved and the skills of the position have been refined."
Davis won his third Masters title in 1997, when competitive form was already on the decline at the old Wembley Convention Centre, where he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-8 in the final.
His last title at the World Championships came in 1989, the worst one in Crucible's history, when he beat John Parlot 18-3 to win the title.
Although Davis from Romford reached the final four of Crucible three times between 1990 and 1994, he never reached the final of the World Championships again after the 1980s.
At the 1989 World Championships, Davis won six World Championships
His last of 28 ranking titles came at the Welsh Open in 1995, when he beat John Higgins 9-3. Davis did reach the final at the 2005 British Championship, but lost 6-10 to the young and promising Ding Junhui, and has long since lost his glory days.
Davis' last appearance in Crucible was in 2010, after eliminating John Higgins 13-11 in the round of 16, and was crushed by eventual champion Neil Robertson 11-5 to stop in the quarterfinals.
"I felt like I was drifting in the '80s, not realizing that I should be like you (Hendry) and be a player who can walk in place and have a different mentality." Davis said to Hendry, "I'm not saying I want to point out where I want to play, I want the ball to stop wherever I want, not in this regard, but in terms of line selection, more about the line of possession." ”
"If I had spent more time in training in my walking positions instead of worrying about my lack of skill, I might have performed better in the '90s."
'Even so, I played well, but I could have been a better player.
He was still modest, and in his 38-year career, Davis shot a 355-shot 100 and remains a top 20 player in history to break the 100-up list.
Speaking about the new career of DJ, Davis said: "It's not a thrill at all with snooker, I've been performing with the band on stage, four years ago, if anyone said I would do this in the future, I would definitely make them embarrassed to leave." ”
"If you play billiards and drink beer, your limbs will be uncoordinated. And now you put a record and click to play it, you can have a drink, which is a beautiful thing. ”