From Bangalore in India. I love how clearly you explain how there are so many small bits that go into hitting the cue ball straight on and how just a little variation can change the dynamics completely. Thanks a lot, Steve!
Best snooker coach in the world right now. Great work steve ❤️ can u plz teach us that how professional players pot a long red in the start of a frame and get back to the bolk colors using different things on the cue ball. I will be very thankful for that
@@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO well we can figure out everything on our own than why we need the coaches to teach us? We should learn from the best in the business thats why i asked
Thanks for your help i now play better and got my highest break so far 34 bearing in mind im 69. I have addressed things in a different way and it has improved my game...thank you ....excellent videos
Hi Steve,, Some months back all I did was practice the Blue from the Bulk line.. I did it 5 times on the trot. Few days later I couldn't pot one out of 6/7.?. I went back to basic Centre blue to get my aiming and Confidence back..
Can u please make a tutorial about which exact point of pocket should we aim for black , green, pink and all color and reds I mean which point of pocket is actually middle/ at heart for different ball position.
I am new to snooker and I am having a problem keeping the cue ball going in the right angle, also I am having difficulty to find the right spot to hit the target ball, even though I am doing every thing you say in you grate videos.
can you please tell me which hip do you sit on when you are about go to down ? i think i over turn my hip or i might be sitting on wrong hip, my cue butt is always to the left of line of aim, offline. and i am sure the hip is causing it, do you sit on your right hip or left hip ? my right leg (leading leg) from behind looks like this \ and lots of gap between grip hand and the trouser pocket. please help me thank you
Hi, Hope you are fine! If you don't mind I wanna ask you a question about the grip in the delivery time and the final hit time the last three fingers keep little bit tight or just close please 🙏 give me the answer Regards Shah faisal From pakistan
I always found shots at an angle to be easier. In pool if I have ball in hand I'll frequently place the ball off centre so I don't have a straight shot, even when there's no advantage to altering the path of the cue ball after contact.
Inspired me to get back down the club after a 10 year sabbatical. Slow progress so far but enjoying the process. Simple joy of potting a ball without it touching the sides!
Just a word of thanks for some great coaching, I took up snooker again at the age of 77 after a break of about 15 years, when I started again I was missing just about everything but after listening to your advice am gradually getting more consistent and starting to put together a few balls. I do find it harder at my age as I cannot get right down on the shot with the cue touching my chin like I used to.
How do we make sure we deliver it straight? I find it challenging with each shot. I do the pre-shot routine and other checks, but when I get down and aim, everything looks apt, just as I deliver a minor shake or twist results in a miss. How can I control this? Thanks for another great upload btw, cheers!
I have the same sort of issue. I think my back hand doesn't deliver in a straight line, I'm trying out different grips, head, and bridge position to try and tweak it
Question on visualisation of ghost ball. During a practice session yesterday knocking in long straight blues into top left, my misses were always to side cushion. A slight correction where I visualised the white right edge in line with the right edge of the blue and left edge overlapping more of the blue, I made 9 out of 10. Would I correct this by moving my cue to one side or other of my chin or is it my mind playing tricks?
Good guidance Steve. I get frustrated because I know it is my cue action letting me down. My stance, aim, grip and general understanding is good, but delivering the cue smoothly and slowly is the problem. I think it’s partly psychological. I know this is the pressure point where everything has to come together and I’ve already told myself it’s not going to be good before I’ve delivered the cue. Make sense?
Hi syeve excellent video as always. When practicing these shots. I would play about 50 straight shots, I do usually only compare to my last practice session and if I have improved, however, what would you say would be a good percentage from that figure?
Hi, Steve, I would love to Have 1 to 1 coaching with you but I live in south wales which is a bit too far to travel I'm in my sixties now and I wish I had coaching when I was in my 20s but now I have time on my hands. can you Reckomed anyone in my Area
Because when you hit the cue ball at the same time you drop your right shoulder down that's why you hit the table. We should not drop down our grip hand shoulder. Thank you
Great video steve,i have a question a good player in my club says that i don't hit the ball in the middle correctly and he is actualy right i hit the ball a liitle bit with left hand side,problem is always played like that and my breaks are not bad,i score regulary 40+ breaks,do i have to change that completely? Or is it better just to play like that? Because when i try to change it i miss lot of balls that i normal don't miss
Without seeing you play, my advise would be to leave it how it is. Players can readjust to hitting centre ball, but I need to see the person play, do some checks and make sure I want to make that change. Are you sure you actually hit with left-hand side? Or do you aim there... BUT THEN... Hit centre? It's an important thing to know.
@@BartonSnooker thanks,i always thought i hit exactly in the middle😂but watching pro players i realised it wasn't,among the balls i actualy have over 90% pot succes so i don't miss easy balls at all but i do miss long pots sometime that are not difficult
@@Rubbafingaz1 thank you so much. I have just sent you a thank you email, but I will thank you again here. I really do appreciate the support. It's great to know people enjoy the content and find it so helpful. Thanks very much 🙂
This has been my problem for awhile I can stop the ball, draw or screw as your used to and follow but I can’t consistently make full contact so my stop, screw etc. is compromised
You're awesome. Focus on gross root level. Practice cueing is a key to success in this game. I am working on it (straight cueing) for the last 2 years but little improvement. After some days, I feel back doing the mistakes. What to do? 😔
@@shadialmasri1022 sorry I meant to say "NOT MASSIVELY". Most professionals use 9.5mm to 10mm and it doesn't really effect play with any noticeable amount.
Another great video. I like the way you can slowly make it more difficult. Spent one hour on green getting stance and cueing consistent. When I missed always same side due to not following through straight, was dropping elbow. Focussed on keeping elbow up and out and always potted. Then tried long blue and got it for first time. Great feeling when you work out why you are missing and fix it.
Hi Steve, Had a horrendous hour down the club. It appears I am hitting the cue ball in the middle,,once potted 4 blues and one very near miss, so nearly 5 on the trot..But yesterday evening practice,,I had to put,,in my mind a slight left of centre to cue straight..obviously cueing across the ball.. How the heck do I rectify this.. As 2 wrongs don't make it right..is my stance at fault.??.
So difficult to say what the problem could be without seeing you play. - sighting the shot standing up - sighting when down - walking in on the right line - straight cueing - hitting centre ball Could be any of those, or maybe a combination of a few. So it's very hard for me to say without working with someone on the table.
Really good explanation. This can also be applied to American pool. I think is important the pause at back stroke before delivery. To separate the muscles.
I can see you have unwanted right-sping ., I saw many people have unwanted side spine so do I , its very difficult to get Straight line ( always ) Because - Sometime is our Eyes sign make us Doubt , betray us 😅 .... Etc I know unwanted-side spine is a common problems in Snooker . I know - you and others RU-vidr snooker coach , tutorial , mostly Mentioned about unwanted-Spine ., Thanks Steve Barton , Have a good Day 😃
It's very to..explanation..can u plz bro..teach me..sides on cue ball.. If we take a side on cue ball..where should i hit on red ball too..plz plz..help me with this
Steve - this is my biggest problem. What is the main reason we don’t cue straight? If I pull back like some of the pros my cue arcs. If I do less back swing I don’t get a smooth delivery. I know stance, cue grip, sight are key but in your experience which of those is usually the biggest culprit. Cheers
Great stuff. As an American pool player I have no idea how to play snooker, but I study your videos religiously. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals.
Thats great Steve! Btw am from the country of Mauritius (island situated in the Indian Ocean next to Reunion island).. N btw am encouraging to make a little visit here for holidays,nice place to relax..N we've got good pool n snooker players here.. So,Thanks a lot Steve for all of ur excellent stuff..Keep it on! 🙂
My issue is, I can find the potting line but as soon as I take my shot I am miles off and always miss the pot by a great distance, is this down to me not straight cueing? I never feel 100 percent comfortable when down on a shot what tips have you got?
Coach thank you for this last 2 videos on cueing straight as well as your dominant eye video for setting up. I struggle with understanding what the ideal bridging length should be on my setting up. Do you have a video on that ? Thank you from cleveland oh
Hi Steve. Excellent video. I`m beginning to think when possible its good to cue the ball quite high or quite low if possible. With less surface area on the cue ball to work with the shooter is forced to be more accurate and not throw the cue ball left or right. Watching the pros, they seem to do that or maybe its just my imagination?? Thanks for the video. Cheers😊🍺👍
Hi Brian. The higher or lower you go actually makes deflection and swerve of the cue ball more exaggerated. So if a pro can just hit in the middle, that's best. Or slightly below middle. Top spin is the hardest because a tiny amount of unwanted side will throw the cue ball off-line very quickly. So any good player would avoid that whenever possible (obviously some shots we have to play like that). So we're always playing in a way that gives us the biggest margin for error.
Obviously you need good technuque and obviously get thro ball but i find it helps to use the top of ob as aiming guide on these shots match it up with cb? what do you think>>?
Good to cover this as we get back to snooker. One key is sighting the shot and interested in image at 8:09 of you at start position. Hope this is understandable! The camera image is good as red/white/pocket in line, but you are standing slightly to left of line of aim with right foot already on line of shot but head is then slightly’offline’ compared to when you are actually down on the shot. I may have issue in understood to stand straight behind line i.e.with aim line extended between feet when standing placed together, and step into shot placing right foot on line of shot (so right foot moves slight across to chive this). I then can sometimes find it difficult to move hips enough to left to allow hip/cue gap. But If I stand like you slightly to left this is easier but it then feels I’m not looking on line! On straight shot this is easy to adjust but can lead to problem with angled shot. Any thoughts?
My video on 'The Line Of Aim' will explain most of this. It's my right eye I'm putting on the line of the shot before I walk in. That's because I'm right eye dominant (you might not be), and it also might not be where your brain sees a straight line. The head position down on the shot is then also a separate thing to consider than where the head and eyes are positioned BEFORE you walk into the shot. My guess would be that you're left eye dominant, and that's why you find it easier to sight the line standing with that line in the middle of your body. You then step slightly to the left as you walk in, that places the right foot on the line. During that process, the most important thing is keeping the HEAD on the line of the shot. Hope that helps!
Thank you taking time for your reply - will do as you suggest! I also think you address an important point in describing the elements required for straight cueing, and how difficult it is to do and and consistently. We get used to seeing the pros and think the difference between them and us mere mortals is they have a bit more consistency in cueing and especially better ball control. And that we can deliver the cue straight as well and just need the cue ball control; and that there is a quick fix to achieve straight cueing!
Excellent video. Always had this question in mind. Do the game's best miss due to aiming faults seldom or cueing errors mostly. For the non-pros,is it safe to assume both aiming and cueing errors creep in ;in a fairly even distribution and thus the century break ends ,before it even starts off 😂 ?
Great video Steve thank you for putting these videos together I love watching them and I have learnt so much in a short time You have an amazing Facebook group and I am so glad to be a member of this community Watching you miss (ok you did it purposely) still for just a second I was able to imagine you as human ;) Keep safe
Thanks a lot Gary! You're doing great now. Excellent to see your century the other day. Remember... don't be too hard on yourself!! Thanks for all the support on here, on Facebook and with our sessions together. I fully appreciate it 👍👍🙂
From Vancouver, Canada ~ Thank you for your work on the what its all about! Tight (not tense), compact cue action that we can reproduce day to day, week to week must be based on sound physical ideas that lend themselves to straight cueing. I've been playing so long I can't remember what my high break is but I plan on breaking it!
i posted your video in my training group , because they are the things that i allways explain just you do it much better ! thank you very much for your dedication
One thing ive always wondered is, what is a pro player thinking when taking a shot i.e thinking, push the cue through straight, keep still, hit the white central, etc etc etc or everyone is different, what would you say??
It will vary from player to player. It can change for me on any given day. Often it's 'keep still', 'don't move at all.' If I'm not hitting the ball that well, I might be thinking things like, 'get right through the ball', 'relax'. Lots of things going on I guess. Depends how you're playing on the day.
Another great video. I have just decided to go right back to the basics as up to now i have just basically been having fun knocking balls about and making a few small ( 15-20) breaks ( im 15 and been playing about 6 months). One guy on the next table told me i need to forget everything i have learned so far and start at the beginning properly. Eg stand center, line up the shot , walk in , 4 point contact, bridge, hand grip etc and delivery cue perfectly straight or I will never really take my game to the next level. He wasn’t being nasty he was telling me in a very kind way. Taking his advice i seem now to be doing most of the basic beginners steps right but more often than not the ball goes to the left. I struggle to push the cue through right as despite moving /turning my upper body I still hit my side (start of ribs not meeting the 3 point of contact, my upper chest ) as when i try to hold the cue further away from my body i find it so awkward, uncomfortable cuing. Is this normal at first (having had to change my technique)? Any chance you can do a video on the process (in extra slow motion lol) to demonstrate this technique please. Or perhaps direct me to a video you have already done on this particular subject? Sorry for the long comment. - Luke.
I might comment on every video, But I tell you now your Tips, Coaching and Guidance are making so much impact in my personal play. Of course I don't play Snooker yet, But I'm that Pool Billiards player who takes Snooker lessons 🤙
