Frame, or Fortune?™
Spin to start
The wheel picks one of the 18 drills. Here you see how far to keep going, the set with a target as the other option, and a drawing of the setup. This example shows Colours on the Clock, one of the challenges for 2 players.
This session ·
Nothing spun yet. Every spin lands here, with a box for your score.
Match ·
Nothing spun yet. Spin for the player whose turn it is.
Rules
- You spin for your mate and your mate goes first. Then you play the same challenge, or you play it out together as a duel.You spin, your mate starts, then you.
- Timed? Break off first, then tap Start at your first shot. Towards the end the beeps get deeper, right up to the buzzer at zero.Timed? Tap Start at your first shot.
- 3 attempts each, or 4 when you use two pockets (2 per pocket). Each successful attempt scores 1 point.3 or 4 attempts each, 1 point per success.
- Points: 1 per ball, with the colours worth their own value. A duel earns the winner 1 point. What counts exactly is shown with every challenge.1 per ball, colours their value, winner 1.
- After every challenge, enter the points for both of you. Whoever has the most points at the end wins the match.Enter the points, highest total wins.
- Names are optional. Every match is saved with the final score in the Archive.Names optional, all saved in Archive.
- Training alone? Choose 1 player at the top for the 18 drills.Training alone? Choose 1 player at the top.
- Spin 4 to 6 times per session and allow about 10 to 15 minutes per slot.Spin 4 to 6 times, 10 to 15 minutes per slot.
- By default you keep going until you reach the count and enter how many attempts you needed. Prefer a fixed set? Choose "Set with target" on the drill.Count attempts, or pick Set with target.
- The wheel rarely picks the same slot twice. If it does, play it with a higher target or in fewer attempts.Same slot? Higher target, fewer attempts.
- Prefer to choose for yourself? Open a drill under Drills and tap "Add to this session".Choose your own under Drills.
- Each day is automatically its own session. Enter how many minutes you trained; past days are in the Archive.Log your minutes, past days in Archive.
- Afterwards, tap Copy for training log and paste the list into your own training log.Afterwards: copy for your training log.
- Playing with a mate? Choose 2 players at the top for 18 challenges against each other. Everything is explained under How does it work?With a mate? Pick 2 players at the top.
How Frame, or Fortune? works
- Spin the wheel. Tap Spin the wheel, or tap the centre of the wheel. The slot where the red pointer stops at the top is your next drill. The sound is on; tap Turn sound off to play in silence.
- Look at your drill. You see how far to keep going, the set with the target, a drawing of the setup and the numbered steps. Tap the name of the drill to read the full explanation.
- Play and enter your score. The drill appears under This session, set to Play until by default: type how many attempts you needed. With Set with target, type your score within the set.
- Spin 4 to 6 times per session. Allow about 10 to 15 minutes per slot and you have a full session. If a slot comes up twice, replay it with a higher target or in fewer attempts.
- You can also choose for yourself. Go to Drills and browse all 18 drills, each with a drawing and an explanation. On a drill, tap Add to this session to put it straight into your list.
- Remove something? Tap the little cross next to a drill and then tap Delete?, and it is gone. Want to start the whole day over? Then tap Clear today twice, below your session.
- Look back in the Archive. Every day has its own entry, with your drills, scores and minutes trained. You can copy days, export them as text or Excel, select and delete them.
- Afterwards. Enter how long you trained under Minutes trained and tap Copy for training log. Then paste the list into the notebook or app where you keep track of your training.
With two players
- Choose "2 players". The button is at the very top, below the title, next to 1 player. The wheel then gets 18 challenges for two players, each with a drawing and explanation.
- Enter your names. That is optional; without names you play as Player 1 and Player 2. With your own names, the score and later the archive show straight away who is who.
- Spin for your mate. Your mate starts with the challenge the wheel lands on, then you play it too. In a duel, you play it out together, and then it is your mate's turn to spin for you.
- Timed? Break off first, then tap Start at your first shot and put the phone down. It beeps every second, deeper and deeper towards the end, finishing with a double alarm beep.
- Enter the points. For each challenge, enter the points for both of you: 1 per ball, with the colours worth their own value. Whoever has the most points at the end wins the match.
- Everything is in the Archive. Every day is listed there separately, with your names, challenges and the final score. You can copy a day, export it as text or Excel, or delete it.
What's coming
Every month brings updates, big and small. This is what's planned.
Already here: the wheel with 18 drills, 18 challenges for 2 players, drawings, scores per day and export.
Subject to change. Some of this has been researched already and work has started on several items, but nothing is guaranteed. What comes, when and in which order can still change, depending on what turns out to be feasible.
How to read a drawing
The numbers on the table match the numbered steps below the drawing. On a phone the table stands upright, with the baulk line at the bottom.
Bas van Kaam
I started playing snooker when I was thirteen, at my uncle and aunt's snooker centre in IJmuiden, home to legendary Monday-night house tournaments that the strongest players in the Netherlands always came to. After about six weeks I made my first fifty break, a few weeks later my first clearance of seventy-plus, and after a little less than a year my first century. What followed were many years of fun and frustration at the same time, with many highs but also many lows, something every snooker player will probably recognise ;)
In those years I played hundreds of tournaments, until around the age of twenty a girlfriend and other interests came along, later a wife and two little kids too, and the cue stayed in the cupboard for a long time.
Around 2021 I took up snooker again, for about a year, and after another pause of three and a half years I have been training a bit more seriously again since May 2026 (after a very stubborn bursitis in my right shoulder that lasted more than a year and a half). I was looking for a way to make my practice sessions more varied, so I would not keep starting with the same drills, and that is how Frame, or Fortune? came about. The wheel picks and I play, and that helps me more than I had expected.
My mate Ed Geels and I have a snooker table in a warehouse in IJmuiden, a space we were allowed to fit out ourselves and where Ray Selhorst later joined us, like Ed a well-known name in Dutch snooker. With the wheel set to 2 players we play the occasional light-hearted duel there. Ed has been playing a bit longer than I have this time round (Dutch seniors 50+ champion in 2026), is high up the Dutch rankings and does well in tournaments, and that gives me someone good to measure myself against. We share the same love for the game, and thanks to the wheel no two duels are the same.
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