The making of a genius: Ronnie O’Sullivan by those who know him best

Ronnie O'Sullivan & Steve FeeneySource: Daily Mail
By Joe Downes For The Daily Mail and Peter Carline for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:31, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 00:56, 12 March 2019

STEPHEN FEENEY
(Inventor of SightRight coaching)

We started working together this season. He wasn’t enjoying playing and I did a test that showed him he wasn’t sighting a straight line.

In practice we do around 12 long shots with his eyes shut. When I link him in on the correct line all he has to do is pull the trigger.

He’s incredibly focused, a perfectionist. He beats himself up but he’s learning to accept that he can’t do everything.

If we can help him become even greater and his long game becomes the best in the world, there’s a big problem for other players.

It’s a work in progress but if you saw him in practice you would go: ‘Wow!’ We’re so close, it’s exciting. Can he go for another five years? Without doubt — and that’s what he wants.

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