Neil Robertson believes home crowd has no pressure on him like Chinese potters – Snooker News
Usually players, when they are playing in front of their home crowd, take the pressure and tumble down quite easily in front of their opponents. This is how most of the major upsets occur because the leading potter, who is one of the big guns of the game,
is taken over by the home pressure and his opponent takes advantage of the situation to push him down in the game and claim the victory.
However, at the same time, there are some players who do not care where they are playing. They just play the same good game everywhere in the world without the pressure of the home crowd. For them the spectators are there to appreciate them, not pressurise
them.
Former World Snooker Championship winner from Australia, Neil Robertson believes that he has never felt the pressure of playing at home. For him, he is just there at the arena to play his game. Meanwhile, he also believes that the Chinese potters are the
ones to take pressure in front of their home crowd and this is why they lose their matches which are held in their own territory.
While speaking to World Snooker, Robertson said, “I think that it probably sends out a message that I'm not afraid to play in my home territory, in front of my home crowd. I don't get extra nervous as some of the other Chinese players do. They feel the extra
added pressure, whereas I don't.”
The Thunder from Down Under added, “I look at it as an opportunity to play in front of people that I used to play in the juniors with and people that have really helped me along the way with my career.”
In the game of snooker, mind works more that the body because it is all about handling the pressure during the game especially when a player is caught in a tussling situation in front of the home crowd and his own territory. No matter how the conditions
are favouring a cueman, one little glitch due to the pressure of the home table can cost him a game and sometimes even the tournament.
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