ESCAPING Snookers & Angles Masterclass w/ Alan McManus 

Could listen to Alan all day, his knowledge of the game is insane 👍

Genuinely one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever watched on snooker! It’s unbelievable seeing a pros mind work out loud (if that makes sense) shows the hours a man can put into a game to have so much knowledge! Calling I’ll cut the pink in the middle” then the only reason he didn’t was pace! Unbelievable video!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

outrageous that he's got the line to cut it in the middle off 3 cushions after 2 attempts 😂

That cut to the middle was actually so impressive

Wow! I have played snooker for many many years and Alan is showing me and telling me stuff I had no idea about!! AMAZING!

Another absolute gem of a video , Keep em coming Stephen !

Could listen to these two talk snooker all day. Superb!

This is the kind of insight that this channel provides in abundance. It's absolutely fantastic, and I wish that this kind of thing existed when I was 30-ish years younger! I hope that lots of aspiring young players are watching, enjoying and subscribing to this channel... I'm hooked.

brilliant.. would love to see Alan do his own channel of tips too.. what a legend

it's amazing cause its like a ghost ball you use for potting but instead it's getting out of snookers. very interesting stuff Alan

I love Alan, he's been and remains, like yourself, a great ambassador of the game.

I know Alan didn’t win 94 titles like most greats have but the amount of snooker knowledge in this man’s head shits on everyone’s out there. His snooker knowledge is better than all the pro players out there put together. The man is a legend and I love watching him teach or commentating.

That was some century break against Cahill.. Including 2 doubles 😮 was really rooting for Stephen to get to the Crucible again.. Maybe a road to the Crucible series on the channel next year 🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶👍☘️

This is how they should be filling the mid session intervals on televised snooker. Could watch all day. Always new McManus was great with getting around the table, but here the process and thinking is explained. Love it

Alan is great to listen to, he knows his stuff for sure, great commentator as well, top man..

Fascinating to see how the thought process behind a shot works for professionals! Very useful!

Bloody Fascinating! Love angles, he should start his own little tips and tricks channel, could listen to him for hours. Excellent on commentary as well.

"I want to meet it at the end of the banana" - things I did not expect to hear today haha

Best instructional snooker video I have ever seen. Thanks guys!

There was something about Alan McManus that I always wanted him to win, unless he was playing a Welshman of course. Another great episode Stephen, and thanks for the absorbing content Alan, Top bloke..👍👍👍

Another great video from the old pro's!!! Both still got it!!

Brilliant ,im glad im Scottish watching that one

🔴 Stephen Hendry must be one of the most humblest sportsman ever!! The guy is a former 7 time World Snooker Champion and a LEGEND of the game and anybody unfamiliar with this fact would think Stephen is probably just some guy with a Snooker channel that’s trying to learn off the Pros!! 🔴

Added bonus with that last tip. Love that idea!

That thing he said about escaping snookers, and deliberately aiming off, then adjusting as you guage it in your mind... i used to do that too and it really is the best way to do it. Escaping snookers is all about feel more than anything else. You already have a natural sense of the line, the rest is all in your head. Listen, I'm no pro, and couldnt hold a candle to these guys, but did play in a league in Basildon years ago and regulary made 40s and 50s. And being able to escape snookers was definitely the strongest aspect of my game.

Obviously Steven's fav subject, getting out of snookers and grinding it out!....

Alan's the man.

That was awesome Stephen loved it thankyou! I've loved your tips soonmuch. Be great if you could keep picking brains of other pros, on their practice routines...technique mental approach any and all of it!! Amazing snooker channel you've invented...your total pro n natural at it. No way a big channel with producers etc would have created such a great channel! Thankyou! You already added another 8k to the 100,000 you only just reached! Love it keep up good work. Also we'll done on Ur century break in cruicle qualifier. You can still produce it beautifulky

Another fantastic insight into a horrendously difficult sport, 38 highest brake for me 👴🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿…love to all 😘

Just watched your 102 break from today , fantastic mate 👏👏👏

This is hi tech stuff. Im not going to lie and say I understood it all but very interesting. Alan the man, the myth the legend!

such a great method of making shots more simple

This is pure GOLD

Really enjoyed this - Brilliant how he works things out! - The best of the pundits to my mind and how he thinks about the game 👏👏

this is fascinating. unreal, these videos are unbelievable, the first hand knowledge

Alan McManus - top banana! 🍌

Utterly incomprehensible but delicious. Thanks!

It’s just a whole a different way of thinking about snookers 🤯 I don’t play any more but when I did it was always about how few cushions you could use to get out of a snooker - clearly one of the many reasons I was terrible at it!!!

That's crazy accuracy! Wow!

Wish this was on when I was playing amateur (poorly) many years ago it’s really opened my mind and eyes as to how the pros approach the game, top notch Alan and Stephen

Best channel on RU-vid by far! Keep it up :)

Incredible…very interesting, thanks Alan!

Alans got real passion for the game

That was Great! what a lovely human as well Alan!

Very interesting approach...will try that myself

Absolutely brilliant Angles!!!! thank you Stephen 'my hero' and hope there is a longer cut of this video with more advices from unselfish pro like Alan.

So off two cushions we jag it sooner than a banana will bend at the end of arc of regular banana but don’t use too much pace or it will out jag itself and miss by just a banana peel or two. Got it.

Way too complicated for a beginner like me to understand. All I know is that a plain ball will come off the cushion at the same angle it hit it. But cannot fail to be impressed with the skill of Angles Alan.

What the fack are they talking about 😂 Bananas , hit the end of the Banana 😂 Hendrys nodding and saying yea yeah yeah , I bet he hasn't even a clue himself 😂

I couldn't make a lot of sense of it, except that he clearly pays a lot of attention to where the cue ball contacts the cushions on every shot. So when he's doing these multi-cushion shots, he likes to think about cushion aim points, rather than ones in the middle of the table. Then the next thing is he has multiple levels of precision that he stacks up. So the first might be an aim point on the cushion that's as thick as the width of a ball. But then he refines that to the left or right edge of that ball. Then if he needs to he starts making tiny tiny adjustments to that point. That's my interpretation anyway. What's interesting is that he focuses more on the end point rather than the first cushion he has to hit.

another brilliant vid! Many thanks

Super video as always. 11:25 alan tells crucible king hendry pl don't worry 😂

Alan seems such a sound guy.. would love a frame with him!

Yes have always liked Alan. A great commentator and a far better player than his record suggests. Top man👍

Alan McManus is one of my fav Welsh players ever. No doubt

What a gent , two great players

Great tips, very very useful!

hard to understand words but actions helps thank you mr.macmanus

Superb 👍👍

No idea what he was talking about the entire video but still enjoyed it

Wow, THAT is impressive!

Might not be a world champion in potting / break building but is one of best ever at multi cushion shots.

"I want to meet the red at the end of the banana" is a sentence that was produced in this video

hang in there Stephen! from germany

Great insight to angles Mc, but i think you have to be a certain standard to know when cushions are sliding. Great vlog as always though.

Great lads Alan & Stephen

Sorry about missing out on the World Championship was hoping you would do it 1 more time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

Good to see how to escape; could you please also do how to CREATE snookers?

Stephen, when are you going to appear on Ultimate Pool? Would love to see you compete in there

very interesting tips

When watching Snooker the commentators talk about how much practice Professionals do day to day but listening to someone like Alan it still boils down to a high chunk of natural ability 😊

With so much experience and practice I believe he can actually see the imaginary lines clear as day

Love it!

So how do you know where to aim Alan? Oh ya just feel it... K thanks very helpful.

Impressive. Imagining a red further along the line is something I reckon will help. Don't think this was one for the beginners though! Especially with two Scots leading the dialect 😅

Awesome 👌 video

Basically you tell yourself where you want to go and the your brain will work out the path, speed etc. Like walking, you dont think about how you walk but rather where you want to go

The last tip is really helpful. In all, mindset and imagining the shot should help

Great video. No more guests like John Terry please Stephen.

after watching twice, still understood zilch

Video idea! If you don’t get a tour card for next season you should try go to a cue school tournament and use a go pro on ur table to record your reactions would be cool to see!

Makes trigonometry look easy

Try get lisowski on before the worlds 💪🏼🎱

"eye ut plai i' dare" he says...coot ye get tha' scots any thicha sirrah :)

This could have done with being about three hours longer! the bloke is a genius.

Clear as mud Alan....😅

Awesome

Pretty sure Alan's been smoking something....lmao

The ‘Skaughtisch’ accent is strong in this one. 😂😂😂

Amazing feel

Angles

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It’s super interesting (and honestly a bit disheartening lol) that Alan says it’s not a measure he angles thing but more of a feel thing. So ie, if you dont have the feel… you don’t have the feel, good luck!

Anyone know what Alan said?

Hit it at the end of the banana? Makes perfect sense😂😂😂

"it's not complicated"....lol But the bit at the end about tricking your mind is pretty neat.

I just can't unhear Zoltan's voice from TW3 😅

Really need Ronnie on this, I know it's slim chance.

I can trick my mind into thinking I'm gonna miss the next shot.

Would love to see a video of Alan working with Stephen on his safety game. You'd win a lot more matches!