{"id":5014,"date":"2024-04-27T05:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2024-04-27T05:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:30:49","slug":"jack-lisowski-lifts-lid-on-crazy-gap-year-from-snooker-ive-had-a-good-craic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=5014","title":{"rendered":"Jack Lisowski lifts lid on &#8216;crazy gap year&#8217; from snooker: &#8216;I&#8217;ve had a good craic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img decoding=\"sync\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2105319672.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C429\" alt=\"2024 Hong Kong Snooker All-Star Challenge\" class=\"wp-image-20727412\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Jack Lisowski has rediscovered his love for snooker (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jack Lisowski took a three-month break from snooker in the middle of this season and feels like he is back to his best after his \u2018crazy\u2019 time away from his sport.<\/p>\n<p>Jackpot has had a pretty forgettable campaign so far, with one run to a semi-final his best result, but he appears to have regained some fine form at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old came through World Championship qualifying impressively and then beat Ding Junhui 10-9 in his opening game at the Crucible.<\/p>\n<p>Results this season had not suggested Lisowski was ready to launch a World Championship challenge this year, but he says his break has reinvigorated his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve been on holiday for the last few months,\u2019 he said. \u2018I feel really fresh and just enjoying snooker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had two three months off. I didn\u2019t really practise at any tournaments I played in. I have been in Dubai for months. My results fell off. But you know, so what? I have probably got another 20-odd years of this. So I figured I can\u2019t keep playing non-stop snooker all of the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel really good, fresh. I never had a break last season. It has been nice to have some time off and be back and feel fresh and happier. It did make me miss it. I was watching the snooker [and thought] God, I have got to get back practising now. I hadn\u2019t felt like that for ages. It felt like a chore for months. I feel good.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"share-item-20727413-885\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2149986798.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C360\" alt=\"2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship - Day 5\" class=\"wp-image-20727413\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Lisowski begins his clash with Bingham on Saturday night (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I just thought, I still have a really good life. Snooker is the thing that was getting me down. I figured, what can I do? I feel like I haven\u2019t even been a snooker player for six months. It\u2019s nice to be back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he got up to on his three-month jaunt to Dubai he revealed he enjoyed a skydive but left much of the rest up to the imagination. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018What would you do if you were 32 years old? What do you think I do?\u2019 Lisowski asked with a smile. \u2018I jumped out of a plane last month. Yeah, that was crazy. My life is crazy. I have had a good six months. What can I say?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"post-strip trending-post-strip\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-vars-type=\"trending-post-strip\" data-track-module=\"trending-post-strip_article\">\n<h3 class=\"zopo-more\">More <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/trending\/?ico=trending-post-strip_more\">Trending<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Read More Stories<\/aside>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m 32. I\u2019m single. I might have three or four summers in me throughout the whole of my life where I don\u2019t have a wife or kids. So, I was like, damn, I have got to start enjoy myself a bit. I have been sacrificing the snooker but so what? I\u2019ve had a good craic. I have had a gap year. I\u2019m like a student. I\u2019m back now. Got to study again. Get a job.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Lisowski admits that he could scarcely have been less interested in snooker at times this season, but feels entirely different now, rejuvenated thanks to his lengthy holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t really care for the last few months. I didn\u2019t care at all. I haven\u2019t done any work. I didn\u2019t want to speak to anyone about snooker. I didn\u2019t really care,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s just how it has been. It\u2019s life. It\u2019s ups and downs. Something just clicked in the last few weeks. Damn, I have got to qualify, I have got to go back and work and I have really enjoyed practising. I feel as sharp as I have done for a few years. It has been really good fun for me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After downing Ding for the first time ever, Lisowski faces Stuart Bingham in the second round in Sheffield and he is eyeing up a deep run at the Crucible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve never beat him [DIng] in a game,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s good, my game\u2019s in a really good place, I thought it was a really good game, proved to a lot of people I\u2019ve got bottle, I can take a lot from that match.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve got a good chance of going further. But the standard of players left in the tournament\u2026I\u2019ve got a former world champion in the next game. Then possibly Ronnie, then possibly Judd. It\u2019s just so hard to win tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m playing well, playing really good stuff, probably the best I\u2019ve played so I feel really good.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\"><br \/>\n\tMORE : Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy still disagree over infamous chalk incident<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\"><br \/>\n\tMORE : Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan speaks out on breakaway tour and Saudi Arabia deal<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Article below content widget area --><\/p>\n<p class=\"follow-promo\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-align-center aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/210902_LikeSport_Snooker-a2d9.png?w=540&amp;strip=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Snooker\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n              window.fbApi = (function () {\n                var fbApiInit = false;\n                var awaitingReady = [];\n                var notifyQ = function () {\n                  var i = 0,\n                    l = awaitingReady.length;\n                  for (i = 0; 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