CUE-BALL Control Is The KEY To BIGGER BREAKS 

What's your top break now and what was it before u learnt more from steve

@@MampsUK 63 is my best.....It was mid 20’s for years and years before that. I’m too old to improve much more but I never thought I’d see the day I’d make a half century.

​@29memyselfandi well done. Mine is abt 30 odd my ambition is still to make a break 40-60. So how old are u then I'm 47

@@MampsUK I’m 52 mate. Barton Snooker, Break From Life and Barry Stark Snooker are my go to channels. It’s just brilliant to see how you should be lining up the shot, where to hit the cue ball etc etc. Wish the internet had been around when I was young! Repetition is the key. A couple of times I spent my entire session just potting blacks off the spot. The more you do it the easier it gets. I still don’t know an awful lot but I’m better than I thought I’d ever be. I made 63 two years ago but haven’t passed 50 since ( though I’ve probably made a lot of forty odds). Maybe 63 was pinnacle for me! Anyway I’ll keep trying 🙂

@29memyselfandi well done I'm sure you can still reach the 100 mark before u stop playing. Just takes more practice and learning more harder positional shots. What area u from

Hurry up L1!

@@arama0010 absolutely mate.

Hi Leah, Great to help! Also thanks for the video idea. I'm talking to players a lot about that in my session, but it would be a good thing to get on a RU-vid vid! Thanks for watching 🙂

I'm the same leah I have issues with positional play

Thank you Franky. Always appreciate your support 😊

Thank you so much Gary! Really great to help. You're doing incredibly well with your progress - it's great to see. Thanks a lot for the support 🙂

Thanks Mike. Happy to help 👍👍

Thank you Ashish. Great to help and I thank you for the support 🙂🙏

Absolutely. Cueing consistently straight through a ball is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Even Ronnie O'Sullivan sometimes gets frustrated with his cue action and not delivering the cue straight through the ball.

@@MrShamed69 Yea, there are times when he looks like a normal human being, struggling on a snooker table 😁 What he very rarely has problems with is his break building, it's the long game or safety that sometimes gives away

Haha! I do have odd little habits 🙂. Thanks so much for watching 👍👍

He could pot all the balls but not necessarily in the right order.

Yes, exactly right. I made an editing error and forgot to change to cue speed. Sorry about that. But you are right, the cue speed will be different giving the two different results 👍

Here you go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TR-T_ESXui0.html Thanks a lot for watching 😀

Ha! Nice one. What table were you playing on?

@@BartonSnooker table 3, not the best

Ah well spotted. Just an error in the editing. Sorry about that. The 05:56 shot is just about 4 on the power scale. It's a bit softer 👍

@@BartonSnooker thanks for explanation, i have learnt a lot from your video..

Thanks for the comment. What was it I said that you don't agree with? I said the reason people with inferior technique are sometimes better than players with a better technique, is because they control the cue ball better. They have a better understanding and execution when it comes to positioning the white where they want. I think you're agreeing with that aren't you? Cheers, Steve 🙂

@@BartonSnooker Thank you for replying to my post. I suppose that deep down, I have an issue with the general idea that by analyzing and understanding the game (positioning, technique, tactical elements etc.) you reach a point where it sort of 'clicks' and you start being significantly better, i.e. better than naturally gifted players with bad technique that don't know half as much (they simply execute). Do you know what I mean? I do agree that the more talented players execute better, but it's not because they know what they are doing. They have an intuitive grasp of the game that you cannot really teach. And that intuitive grasp is, really, the holy grail.

@@UrielJanoach I not really a believer in "talent" or "naturally gifted". We're just poking a little sphere into another one with a wooden stick. I'd say some people naturally have a tendency to do things right, or have more of a feel for it when they start off, but with the right training and understanding, the other players can just catch them up. So yeah, someone like Jimmy white couldn't really put into words what he's doing, he just "feels" it, and he executes. If you work hard at something, and want to improve, you can. In my opinion the idea that you couldn't get good is very restrictive and limiting in all areas of life. I'm not 'naturally' good at maths, so I won't even bother trying. That's very defeatist. Just gives someone a way of saying "I'm not as talented so there's no point in trying". I must admit, I'm not a fan of that mindset at all. At the very, very top level of things - so between the top players in the world, certain mindset, execution and character traits will come into it. BUT for the average player that wants to improve, you can reach a very high standard before any of that comes into it. It's an interesting topic. But I generally think the idea of 'talent' is a myth. Although people will disagree with me 😁

@@BartonSnooker Wow, that's quite the statement. While - same as you - I am totally opposed to the idea of "not even trying", I very much believe that there is 'talent', which I'd define as A. our level of success when we first attempt 'X' and B. the amount of improvement we get out of 'Y' hours of practicing 'X'. And I'd further argue that the physical and mental factors/operations that determine 'A' and 'B' are so complex that we usually fail to see what they are or how they influence one another. Still, one pretty obvious physical factor that partially determines 'B' in basketball would be 'height'. I'm 6 foot 3 and have been playing for decades :D If talent didn't exist, everyone could be as good as Ronnie if they'd started playing at 8, practiced hard enough and got sufficient support. Boy, there'd be many Ronnies! While I love your attitude, the reality of what I see on the table contradicts it. And I don't think poking a ball with a stick is any different from martial arts. Heck, think about how straightforward the task of a ski jumper SEEMS. Man, I really wish you were right. Thank you for taking the time to exchange opinions.

@@UrielJanoach it's an interesting topic isn't is. And as I say, not everyone can be Ronnie as I do believe some factors come into it at that elite level (mindset, reaction to stress, work ethic etc). But it's always a difficult conversation to have because we have no data on it. Maybe absolutely everyone could be as good as Ronnie, but we'll never know because that's the whole point, people don't start at 8, they don't play 10 hours a day, so how would we ever know? What I'm saying is that if we all start at 8, and we play 10 hours a day, we can all get very, very good at snooker. But nobody does that. If there's any natural talent it's the propensity to play snooker 10 hours a day, with proper focussed practice. Almost everyone that picks up a cue won't do anywhere near that. They play for a bit, get bored, start knocking balls about. The reality of what I see on the table is exactly what I'm talking about. There are lots of good players, plenty of lower ranked pros, but they just don't put the work in. They get to a really high level, and then play for 3-4 hours a day and think that's enough. It isn't. You've got to do it so much it becomes as easy as walking. And very few people do that. I fully agree with you that things come into it, like your example with the basket ball. I'm never gonna be any good because I'm 5' 9". That's the same reason I'll never beat Usain Bolt in a race 😁 I think my main point is just that we can all become so good, that it's only worth worrying about 'talent' when it comes to the top 0.0001% of people that are doing any given discipline. Great to discuss though. Always a fun topic for me 👍👍

Because the pot isn't that tough if the white is so close to the next ball. As I say in the video, it's the potting angle that stops most people. They want to be straight on every ball. But if you force yourself to judge potting angles, once you're comfortable with that, the cueing part of it isn't that difficult, it's the angle recognition. So they are happy with a bit of angle, and then control the white well for the next shot. Players get stuck trying to leave the white as straight as possible on every shot, and that is not how you play good snooker.

Thanks,,Steve as usual it makes a lot of sense,great vids,please keep making them,Tony.

Just the way he learnt to do it when he was younger. Mark Allen does the same thing.

@@BartonSnooker thanks is really amazing