be good at the snake in a month? how many hours do you have to practice each day to be ok at it in that short period?
It depends. The most important thing is to do *valuable* practice--get a good shooter to show you how to practice. Practicing usefully for an hour is much more valuable than flailing about doing not-so-useful stuff for weeks.
And you're not going to have a pro-level shot in a month, but it's _much_ easier (and faster) on Tornado to learn an effective snake than an effective front-pin.
i'd say the biggest advantage that the euro shot has over the snake is the walking. It's so much easier. Walking the snake with your wrist on the rod is so hard.
Yes, walking the ball is easier with the front-pin. Scoring points is easier with the snake (again, on Tornado). Pick which one you want.
Almost no top-level snake shooters walk the ball around. Billy Pappas and Tony Spredeman are the only 2 I can think of; Terry Moore, Rob Mares, Tommy Adkisson, Steve Mohs, Louis Cartwright, Trevor Park, Bob Diaz, and other top masters all shoot a normal stationary/rocking snake.
I wouldn't be surprised if Billy and Tony are the only pro-masters (out of over 100) who walk the snake around. You don't have to walk it to score effectively, and it can get a lot harder to read the defense if you're walking the ball around.