Snooker | Do You Track The Object Ball? 

And the oscar goes to...Barton snooker! Great stuff mate.

Another useful video. I've never thought of playing the shot that way. It certainly gets you concentrating on the vital pot more than the position of the cue ball. At least if the pot is successful but the position isn't, you've still got the next shot. 👍

Once again something too important yet least talked about. Well done coach ! Thanks

Very nice suggestion, that of putting up a mental "wall" to keep your eyes focused on the object ball's line of travel rather than that of the cue ball during and after the strike. I usually wind up watching the cue ball to see if it's going to jump off and fly through a window.

Incredible, Steve... it is the kind of a "detail" that most of people never invest thoughts on it... thank you

great to see a little of the psychology side of things, breaking the game down into manageable thoughts during game.

Thank you so much! I just tried this on a snooker table today and it impoved my potting on some shots A LOT! Never knew about this.

I heard so much players (including myself) "I missed because I played for the pose" and now your video just show why thats happen ;-) Thanks a lot for this tip, now I will make sure to pot my ball before lifting my head to look where the cueball is going.

Great video! Just like always - your channel is a big help and I've finally started to see improvement in my game for which I'm greatly indebted to you. 🙏

Hope you doing well Steve. We all appreciate your efforts. Thanks

Another great video with excellent on screen graphics. When you played the shot from the black to move the pink, with just a little bit of power and stun, those shots always surprise me. Would you be willing to create a lesson showing us the possible angles and reach of the stun shots? I'm never sure just how far I can squeeze the white. Maybe this comes from experience though...and paying for a good private teacher of course! :)

This is fantastic the potting the black and splitting into the reds and the precise stun up to cannon the pink is exactly what I have been struggling with and this will really help Thank you Steve for another great coaching video

something that "should be" obvious but a mistake I certainly make - thanks for the excellent presentation of this critical technique/approach.

Fabulous video once again!

Another great video Steve, thank you. Really helpful aim line and white ball graphics for me. Keep up the good work!

Another winner Steve. Thank you. Cheers

Another great vid mate. Like the barrier thought.

great stuff yet again Steve!

Good information and just it happened during the the first shot which I predicted the cue ball almost scratched. Yipe ! That break out shot is very dangerous.

Amazing video mate , please keep posting videos like that .

Thanks for the video. Good insight

thanks Steve, its very useful

Love your videos Steve thanks for taking your time to make them. I joined a snooker team last month and had my first real competetive win last night, won 1 lost 1, a lot of your videos have really helped me. Thank you :-)

Great informative video x

Your all videos, is very helpful, thanks for up loading 👍🙄

Good job !!!!

Great video

Thanks mate

Genius... genius... genius!!!

Great

Great video mate. you are the best.. could you make a video for playing with side and how the aiming point changes with that, the adjustment that needs to be made.

Well done. As usual u keep things simple n straight. Correct me if i am wrong: During the last back swing i do a pause and focus hard on object ball n the n i m finishing the shot to my chest and staying at the same position for a while. Is this the correct way of delivery??

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hi steve, can you please make a vedio on how to aim/shoot/cue action using the rest in snooker

Hi Steve. Can you explain/do a video about the difference between aiming for the point of contact and aiming for the centre of the ghost ball? If you aim for the centre of contact (the back of the object ball/furthest point from the pocket), then you'll hit the ball too thick. Do you aim for the centre of the ghost ball which is incredibly difficult to visualise? Or do you focus on the point of contact and just adjust your aim subconsciously? If the centre of the cue ball hits the contact point of the object ball, the shot will always be too thick unless its a straight shot. Thank you so much for all your videos and help.

I’ve found it useful to concentrate on only the the cueball “ striking “the object ball to the extent that I see neither the object ball going into the pocket nor where the whitey is going. Usually if I hit my determined contact point with the object ball, the ball is pocketed and then I enjoy the fruits of my labor. No need to be following , better to hear the ball falling into the pocket.

Love your videos I'm new to watching all of them. Could you please demonstrate how to position your hand when the cue ball is against the cushion. I find it difficult to execute a shot when I usually play a game of billiards. Many thanks!

I had formulated an erroneous theory a longtime ago, that just precisely after collission of the cue ball with the object ball it is the right thing to follow the cue ball for two reasons (my logic then). If cue was delivered on the line of aim properly, the object ball must invariably drop into the pot (provided that the alignment was right) and the objective is to follow the cue ball whether on track to the designated area or spot. I had also surmised that this method would also indicate confidence as also reduce tension in matchplay. I think over passage of time, my method degenerated into taking my eye off the object ball altogether before the moment of impact. Converse; when I play billiards, whenever I am playing a shot other than pot, I would apply the theory to track the object ball whether it be a canon or in off shot, applying the same logic I had formulated in converse. Many a time I would wonder why I miss shots that some one who has been playing the game for decades should never ever miss. Now when I put your lesson into practice, some of my earlier level of accuracy has returned. I do not know for how long this phase will last, before degenrating into taking my off the object ball to shift to the cueball on its way before impact. Dear Mr. Steve Barton, what if we continue to look through the line of aim after impact, neither tracking the cue ball nor object ball? Does this sound weird? Kindly opine. In any case, I am presently enjoying this phase of a partial return to my past glory. I am sorry about the long content, but I really hope you check out and reply please. I am still crazy about the game and flailing about trying to work things out. with regards, VishG

can you please tell me do you look at pocket during featuring or in the final backswing or before delivery ? or the pocket should be in the background or prepheral vision at all the time? i used to look at the cueball as when i was about to hit the cueball but a coach told me years ago to look at object ball , since then i have been having this problem that during features i go like , cueball, objectball, pocket and then cueball , then i look at the objectball as about to hit but i think i move my eyes to pocket while the tip is about to hit the cueball, and i miss alot of shots, should i go back to my old aiming method and look at the cueball when i about to hit the cueball or looking at pocket is normal ? tnx alot for your nice videos

Sir, Kindly make a video on the technique of aiming on the object ball. It will be helpful of beginner like me

Where do you look if you aim on the object ball? Low, Center or top ? Today i started to pay attention where my cue tip is pointing at. It worked , especially when the cue ball is on the cushion

Hiya coach, does which leg you place your weight on matter? I'm a right hander left eye dominant player and my stance is where I place most of my weight on my left leg, and my right leg away from my body. Also, is my pre-shot routine good/correct? This is what I usually do. I size up the shot, seeing where I need to hit the object ball, get down on the table with my eyes fixed on the white ball. Feather 3 times, eyes still on the white, pull back my cue, and just before I deliver the shot my eyes move to the object ball and I cue through. I've been able to cue rather well but I can't seem to make breaks. I knock in a stunning red every now and then with great cueing and miss sitters and I can figure out why.

Hi May I ask you a question. How to know the line of aim, when shooting at a certain angle. Thanking you in adv.

Hi Steve, Do you just rely on instinct to hit the cue ball in the correct place depending on what sort of spin you are trying to achieve? As if you are looking solely at object ball at time of strike could you possibly not hit the cue ball where you intend. Thanks lee

Hi Steve, not sure if you reply to messages i've tried a few times now to no avail, but if you could i would be most grateful thank you. When initially working out the next shot including for next position, is there a way toaccurately calculate/track where the cue ball will finish after it hits the object ball and especially after it comes off the cushions or is it a guesstimate type scenario Do you have a video about that please? Thx

Hey Bartonsnooker I like your Videos that much that I watch every one but more and more i Asked me where Stands your table in a Garage , a big room or a Kind of snooker centre or club or smthng. IT would be Glad if you would answer me .

Please make ,how to swerve the ball in different situations

Useful presentation on the importance of achieving the pot whilst manipulating the cue ball. The not overlong session focusses the mind effectively. One thought; a mention of how and when the judgement of shot strength is allowed for, also the fact that you still have options if you have potted the object ball, even if you miss your intention with the cue ball, but a miss of the pot is disastrous as you have probably set up you opponent on the next shot!!! Thanks again Steve.

How to controls backswing with smooth acceleration ??

Hi, I discovered your channel some weeks ago and watched a lot of your videos. You should mention somewhere that this is only for high skilled players and not for hobby-players like myself (high break 34). Since I watched your videos and tried some drills and techniques I lost my potting skills (which were not too bad) totally and most of my safety play (not too bad either) and lost to opponents regularly I did not loose for years. Maybe I can screw the ball better than before, but the game is broken totally. Your videos are good, the explanations excellent, but not practicable for weekend-players.

That replay at 5:38 isn't the same shot, but very good advice and helpful videos. Cheers.

Dear coach...i have a problem with my backswing. When i have long backswing my cue goes off line and i miss the pot which i could pot with shorter backswing. How can i avoid this problem. Plz help me

Hi Steve. Most top players tell me not to even look at the object ball trajectory until well after impact, but to keep your focus on the object ball contact point until well after impact. Is that what you are saying?

Hi Steve, a question about when you screw into the pack from the black. You often see the ball have momentum where the ball seems to hit the pack and then "zips" through the balls when the pros on TV play the shot. I believe it's because they put screw AND side on the ball. What side do they use (reverse or running)?

Hi steve.. i play in a local snooker hall but the cloths on the tables are not thin and tables play really slow sometimes.. its sometimes hard to follow ur tutorials because ur table plays faster than mine. Is there any advice how to adapt on a slower table?

why do snooker cues have a diffrent form at the end than pool cues ?

What make of cloth is on that table?

I miss so many blues, just because i think too much where i want the white, also i take the pot for granted.

New cloth?

I play 1-handed pool so I doubt you can coach me. Lol!

And to screw on that’s white ball is really driving me knuts!

Well yeah, but once the cue tip strikes the cue ball, physics takes over and it no longer matters where you eyes go.

You don't reply to email

First off.....you are,,,,speaking....entirely to fast.....for what you are what you wanted to explaining......you are just mumbling about what you are saying?? I have a clue what ya are supposed to do with a white ball into the blue ball?? Ects ect