05. Fixed Body Points - Straight Cueing in Snooker 

if i had watched this video 4 years ago i would not let anyone play with me in the club lol. Thanks for the amazing video Barry. Love from pakistan

Brilliant video, myself and my 11 year old son have just started playing snooker this has really helped us 👍👍

Tyvm young man. Great simple tips

Love your snooker coaching videos, Barry! I'm an old guy (50's) trying to understand this wonderful green baize game with varying success! Just love the detail you give in trying to make this very difficult game seem easier... with the practice you put in of course. HAPPY NEW YEAR & hope you can still find skills you haven't posted yet in 2019 lol

Steve Davis has the best form I've seen, very "Pro" cue action.

Barry I wish I could see the cue ball and were exactly the tip is contacting the white ball in a corner so I can understand how much side,screw,top spin and stun.im just beginning and your videos are excellent the only thing I would like to see is the white ball with were it’s been hit...thanks for the videos also they are helping loads

Barry You helped me score my 1st century in yrs = THANK You Sir' but now AT 65 I FIND IT REALLY DIFFICULT to Focus and I believe You helped me again 2night I defend in early Feb. and listening and watching Your show's I Hope will Inspire me to play well and retain My Title I owe You Barry You Ever decide to visit Canada look me up I LIVE on Cape BreTon Island in theGreaT country of Canada and Everything is on MaximuMan147 If You ever visit..

Very important!!!

Dear all, I find out that here is a very very very important item around 0:40. Take the chest to the cue. Especially to the player who are not strong, because they do not have strong muscles on the chest, so it will leave much space between the cue and the chest, which is very easily cause the cue goes across the line of aim after shot. As of example of Judd and Un-noon, they all thin player, when get down to the table, you can see their body is very close to cue.

Thank you much sir my big problem today solved thanks again 😊😊😊😊

"Body to the cue": In 50 years of playing I never heard of that before, I'll give it a try. But I also observe that a number of the pros now bring their chin down onto the cue, which performs that and another function (tells them when they are dropping the butt end) - I'd try that but I wear glasses and can't get that low without looking over the frames. I learned out of Joe Davis' book many years ago, and I have the same problem as he did, a very poor right eye, therefore I stand with my chin across the cue. Recently I have adopted a bent rather than straight left arm and I re-oriented my body and feet to a more straight-on stance, as I see the pros now do. Altogether that gets me closer to the cue ball and eases my age related neck stiffness, and allows a longer reach and follow through when I need it. But normally I move my grip up the cue a few inches and hold the cue more delicately (even for deep screw, which is completely opposite to the Joe Davis advice). The result is much better striking and I can now easily screw back full table length. However, I started missing shots! I tracked that down to my left (good) eye not being in the same relative position as it was before, so now I have to remember to turn my chin to the right a fraction before settling my aim, and my shot average has improved again, more like when I was a young hooligan! Everything is connected.

Hi Coach! This question was asked before but someone else claimed to answer when, in fact, they did not.When bringing the body to the cue, are we talking about actual contact, and if so, how much? Would a light contact be preferable, or doesn't it make much difference if it's a bit heavier? I've been playing for years, but as I'm a bit older now I'm also a bit bigger, so I'm feeling the contact with my chest a bit more (or perhaps, I'm just more conscious of it).

i was cueing offline and i was hitting my chest after the delivery however the tip was way to the left and never straight delivery. now i am online by making some changes .but now i hit the bottom of my rib although the cue tip is dead straight. i used to drop my shoulder but now i cannot drop as much as i used to, and i also cannot follow through as much as i used to but the cueing is very straight now. the only concern is where the grip should hit? is it ok to keep practicing and get used to this? and where exactly the grip should hit the chest, under the chest, rib, under the rib? thank you

My niece and her friend's were watching their dad play snooker, one of the children who is only 11 had a go and knocked in a 16 break and she has never played before.

I think if you are right-handed and left-eye dominant, then it's very natural to rest your chin on the cue. If you are right-handed and right-eye dominant, then you are twist your head direction a little to rest your chin on the cue. If you don't twist your head direction a little bit, then you weak eye (left eye) will be in the front, then your eyesight is not in its best.

Thanks for lovely videos. I have a little problem with my game. I live in Pakistan so summers here are really heated. Due to this, i get moisture on my hand which makes my cue stick to bridge and creates a lot of friction which in result leads to miscue. I often use simple powder for overcoming this problem. But i have read somewhere that using powder etc. is not good for my cue. What do you recommend? How should i overcome this issue?

Hi Barry, thank you for this video. Im struggling to be inline with a line of the shot. Im right handed, right eye is also my dominant eye. For some reason when I put my cue down to the shot, my right hand goes offline like 1 inch towards my body even before I put body to the cue. So from the very begining of placing the cue Im already offline. I watched your videos before and I focus on putting my body to the cue, not cue to the body but looks like my cue placement is off from the start. Do you have an idea how to remedy it? I tried cueing along D line and up down on the table and cue ball always bounce to the right like I was using right hand side. I was not using any side and I checked it multiple times like you said in different video (look down on cue ball). I would be very glad for any help. Thank you for your videos and for help you providing to us. :)

Cue on line, body to the cue n ur little preparation.........Ok, got it.

Superb

So the cue touches the chest in order to maintain a straight line? So right hand, chest, chin and left hand all touching the cue to keep it straight?

Hi barry...tnxx to answer my question plzz...how much the contact of the cue with the chest is important? and did i have to add a contact with the chin also?

Hi Barry, when I set up a red beside the cue ball and hold my stroke after the shot how many inches should my cue have gone through the front of the ball? Thanks!

Hi Barry.. i was playing at my local club and my opponent noticed my elbow was pointing slightly outward around 95 degree's (+-), however i felt i was cueing straight. dose the elbow have to be 90 degrees to cue straight? or does it come down to how it's delivered?. I'm struggling to get over the mental battle I'm now facing. thanks.

Should I leave some space between my chest and the cue?I sometimes hit my chest when I make the plot with strong back swing if I let the cue stick to the chest.

My question is, how exactly do you "bring your body to the cue?". Are you Leaning into it? Lowering into it? I have been trying this and still feel like it is throwing my cue line off.

Found it. Allow me to ask this. I tend to pot better when the chest is firmly on the cue not tightly. But recently i heard the cue is only "supposed" to brushing on me chest and im struggling to pot simple balls help pls barry

Sir i need ur help plz help me

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