Shaun Murphy's SECRET Tip For Using The Rest 

Absolute masterclass of Shaun Murphy ❤️👌

Murphy is so good at explaining this it was a pleasure to listen to him.

Love him or hate him, there’s absolutely no doubting how good a coach Shaun Murphy will go on to be. An absolute natural and clearly has so much passion for the game.

Honestly, one of the highlights of your videos is that you draw out other players' natural personalities, something we don't normally see in play or in formal interviews, very refreshing to get a more intimate view.

Masterclass indeed. He’s spot on with the aiming being easier with the rest as I seem to pot a lot of difficult balls with it as you are sighting the potting angle straight down the cue.

Incredible lesson, absolute master of the craft Shaun!!

Sorry guys, but I think we all know what is needed here. A Shaun vs Kyren rest-off competition! Shaun has thrown down the gauntlet there, you can't possibly let him not prove himself in a video face-off against Kyren.

This is the best snooker channel on RU-vid. Thank you Stephen! Shaun, hats off for the tutorial, it's helped my game immensely! Cheers!

I found Stephen’s RU-vid videos only very recently. His content is top class. In-depth analysis of various scenarios that arise during a games and how to deal with them. I love the head camera view. I have learned a lot from the camera🙏 👏🇮🇪🇮🇪

unreal insights on this channel. Plus who knew Stephen could be so good at this?

Saw shaun murphy's latest 147 and then this video. It was just like cherry on the top ❤

One of my favourite players, Shaun Murphy, and very knowledgeable of the game and it's history. Also passionate, am really enjoying this channel. Thank you Stephen.

I watched a rest video on Shaun’s channel a year or 2 ago and he said pin the rest to the bed of the table and keep the elbow up, I’ve done it ever since and never been nervous about using the rest and have improved massively

As a complete beginner, it's insane how much backspin Shaun generates with such a short cue action. I'm off to practice now. 😃

Absolutely superb this - I actually think these videos encourage people to play more often to try out what’s been learnt from the videos 👏

That is the most engaged I’ve seen hendry on any episode so far

Love Shaun's reaction to Stephen's compliment about being the best in the world with the rest. Little nod of the head as if that's the greatest thing anyone's ever said to him.

Wow. This is one of my favorite videos I've seen on snooker. Well done. Thank you Stephen for having Shaun on and thank you Shaun for excellent tips.

I always love the filler content in the intervals of a snooker match on tv, So I'm in heaven with this channel...Brilliant stuff.👍👍👍

Another GREAT video Stephen, best educational snooker channel out there.

Great advice by Shaun. Bizarrely, I took up fly fishing last year and through learning to cast, I have found my use of the rest has improved immensely, particularly in how I use my elbow to cast in a straight line. Very similar technique.

Who knew after all those years looking miserable. Stephen Hendry is funny and has a great sense of humour. Keep up the videos love them all. Happy snookering. Have a 🍪

Sean, what a rest master. Hendry- massive wining beast 🌺🌺🌺

I love Shaun Murphy. Congrats on winning today!!

That cue action was smooth af

Absolutely TOP audio-visual clip on how to use the rest! Much appreciated even though I love playing with it & very rarely mess up playing with it. 😊

Hey stephen thanks for all the tips you keep releasing. Much appreciated. Can you demonstrate a good professional posture whilst cueing from postioning your feet etc and keeping as still as possible. Thanks

Yep, keeping your elbow high up (to at least the same height above the Table as your cueing hand when the shot is played) is The Best Single Piece of Advice for Rest Play contained in this excellent video. Also select the best side of the rest head to use depending on the shot requirements, your objective should always be to minimize the severity of the angle because you will almost always be striking down through the cueball to a degree on rest play shots . . . also there is a trade off to be considered when using the rest, if you bridge too far away from the cueball then any errors on your final delivery stroke playing the shot and following on through the cueball will be amplified (meaning it becomes more critical to cue through on a straight line) whereas if you position the rest bridge too near to the cueball when playing your shot then you will inevitably play your shot striking down too steeply upon the cueball and this in turn will amplify any unintentional sidespin applied and also curtail the desired natural follow through. It's a bit more complicated than Shaun conveys here in this clip but he's done a very good job of Keeping It Simple here which is crucially important and for those learning how to use the rest his advice will probably yield them positive results quickly without too much additional information to worry about.

Wow that's great guidance!!! Has always been tricky for me to actually work out the best way to use it and the reasons why!! This makes so much sense and like Sean says it's not rocket science, just keep it as simple as possible

Love Your videos Stephen and thank You Shaun too . Excellent information and super helpful advice

We need one of these a day! I so look forward to a new episode everytime it comes out

Hello @shaun this is dio from India and I’m zero in rest after watching your video I tried as u said and really now it’s look lot easier 🙌🏻 even my favorite @ronnie coaching can’t help me with rest problem 😂 and thanks to u Murphy 🥳💥😇

Absolutely AWESOME lesson on using the rest. This, as with many other snooker techniques have improved my pool game immensely. Thank You

Shaun is an amzing teacher!

I have always felt Hendry’s rest play was really underrated.

ANOTHER brilliant video! As per the comments, a true masterclass. I genuinely cannot wait until the World Championships! I hoping Steven is going to film AT LEAST 50 videos with awesome content!!!

Brilliant. Thank you, Shaun, for making it so simple.

Will defo try this on Friday nite great tips. Thank you love this channel

More from Shaun pleasssssssse!

It makes me very happy to see this channel doing so well.

This real master class, insights, hope more is coming soon.

Another informative and enjoyable vid, cheers Shaun, cheers Stephen.

Top man is Shaun. Was always about here in Sale when he had his table in the Con Club. Never spoken to him but my Dad has picked some balls out for him in the past. I'm sure he's a brilliant coach.

Good video. The only thing that would have deserved a mention is that Jimmy White over decades was the king of the rest and that he still belongs to the top level rest players.

Shaun's explanation and demonstration, top class coaching.

That was brilliant Shaun, fair play.👌 Loving this channel Stephen. 👏👏👏👌👌👌

the best cue action with or with out the rest in the game, a joy to watch

That makes total sense, brilliant stuff Shaun.

Great tips Thanks Shaun! Any tips for playing the cue ball from tight on the cushion so that you don't put unwanted side on it. Cheers.

Great vid guys .. love this one

Great tips and a great video as always

That's interesting that most people change their cue action to use the rest - I tend to have a more Andy Hicks style normally, but switch to one that's closer to yours with the rest, three or four long flowing waggles and one last little one, pause, then go. I mean I still miss most of the time, but at least it looks good beforehand...

Can confirm tried some of those tips last nite and they really helped!

Thanks for opening the world of snooker to all of us 😊

I don't think I've missed with the rest since watching this. Thanks Stephen and Shaun.

Great lesson. Thank you.

Perfect on the yellow as well

Gracious and generous. Thanks Shaun 🇮🇪

Thank you both very much very helpful video👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I am terrible with the rest, hate it, so will be trying these tips, loving the channel

Stephen Hendry - GOAT in making the best snooker channel

Loved it. 👍🏻

Well explained, great tips, from the master himself.

Jimmy White was and probably still is the best rest player in snooker, i've watched his career since he started and he very seldom misses using a rest, there's a lot of talk about Murphy and Wilson being the best and i agree they are very good with it, but i've seen them both miss countless times using it, so in my opinion it's Jimmy for me, i'm sure there's some videos out there somewhere showing his rest play, have a look, you'll be seriously impressed by what you see.

Looks like good advice, I'll give it a try. Cheers.

That’s brilliant! I’ll be giving all that a good try the next time I’m down at the local snooker club.

This man has a talent for instruction

That’s awesome, cheers Shaun (and Stephen)

love the ending! 😂

1. Murphy has a great voice. Casual but crisp, resonant but not soporific, personal. 2. He seems to see things very clearly.

Absolutely Fantastic.

this channel is amazing

I don’t play snooker - but loving this channel.

Fantastic gents 👏👏👏

shaun murphys recent shot against pang in the welsh open recently installs him as an all time great if he wasnt one already brilliant player with one of the best shots ever at a professional snooker match.

Probably best rest tips I've seen.

Much appreciated. 👍

Masterful !!!!

Excellent advice. I learned a few suggestions I need to correct! Thank you so much for your videos!!!

This channel is a gift from God.

Exellent done.

Amazing!

Love it 🙂

Do a video with ronnie o'sullivan how does he play with both hands so easy

Jimmy White & Kyren Wilson are also top class rest players!😊

I tried his method and it works really well .

Definitely going to give that a go .

Done this for years and have always been very good with the rest, now I know why

Murphy is super smart and brilliant at explaining things to people.

Good man Shaun!

Loved this video as I will avoid the rest at all costs. I'll end up stretching and fouling just to avoid it. Thanks

This is excellent

Thanks Shaun, thanks Stephen!

Shaun is great at explaining

Thank you 💗

Lovely 🙌

Excellent

4:35 The most underrated essential sighting point tip from Shaun Murphy

6:45 glad I’ve got the sound up!

Awesome 👌