4 Things You MUST do to IMPROVE!
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This guy is a brilliant coach! Explains things so simple and doesn’t over complicate things! 👍
Very much appreciated, Stuart 🙂
great understanding!!!. I hope that thanks to your advice I will make progres ;]
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1 Straight cueing 0:19
2 Didn't want to make changes 1:35
3 Learn potting angles 3:32
4 Track progress 5:07
Brilliant advice, couldn't agree more 💡👍🏅✅🕯 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cheers Steve... After taking inspiration from your video, I had one of the best experiences in 40 years snooker tonight, (have never solo practiced in my life apart from my 4th weekly 1 hour session recently encouraged by you and the Break From Life guy)... Straight potting off blue spot from baulk line distance. Have you ever had someone have an epiphany moment from finding that putting your hand on the cloth sooner and gliding your bridge-hand into position gives massively more accuracy? I found myself doing it one shot and it was like the time a Golfing Pro put his hands on mine, lined me up and told me to swing... Same feeling... *By the power of gray-skull!! Quickly deconstructing and repeating seemed to be I was flicking my eyes up and down from pocket to object ball, cueball and shaft a few times more. Felt like I was recalibrating and correcting all the time .. you're right, potting is *so* important. A 147 break guy at 16yrs (bout 30 now), said he thought potting straight balls off the spot would be his *go to* routine if he was to get back to practicing. I ended up using both baulk pockets, alternate pots as a kind of penalty shoot-out 7 reds to each one!! Never known an hour go so fast, so much fun!!! Thank you 🙏✔✅⭐👍♥ (btw yellow beat green 6-5😂)
A quick story...I’ve been playing for around 18 months now after returning to snooker after a 15 year absence . My cueing has improved in that time but I kept missing...it got to a point when I was very disappointed with my game and felt like giving up as it was miss after miss. I watched this tutorial and decided to take a different approach at the club today.... I slowed my game down by at least 50% thought more about my pre shot routine, concentrated on lining the shot up more ...and went on to make my first 50 (52) break. Before I was playing at a speed that I thought was right but it wasn’t it was too quick....slowing my game has made a huge difference, and it was all down to this tutorial...many thanks indeed Steve! I’m now back enjoying the game and can’t wait for next practice on Friday.
Such important information, so many of us take the basics for granted. Well done Steve- wishing you a happy and prosperous 2020👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I would thoroughly recommend a one to one with Steve - he has a really great style, exactly like you see in the videos, no pressure whatsoever, 100% encouragement - I cant want for my next one in a week or two
Many thanks Andy. See you soon 👍
I feel like you're the first youtube snooker coach to actually help me improve my game! Love the vids. I would love to have a personal session but I live so far away!
Thanks very much! You could always consider one of my half-day sessions. I do these every week with people travelling. Something to consider 🙂
i have never seen such a nice and honest person on tv as well as physically,who delivers knowledge with heart......
great tips! Luckily I have been writing my results down mentally for some time lol. but I should keep a physical copy somewhere too
Very true your last statement about players being more concerned about watching what anyone else is doing on the tables.I started playing January this year, teaching myself.Got two 38's and getting 20's on the small pocket table but I also miss a fair chunk too....some sessions I get days where nothing goes well but my point is,is that the whole days I am in the club I don't pay any attention whatsoever to what anyone else is doing.Your learning process runs similar to mine, trying different techniques etc,etc.Thanks Mr.Barton.
Only recently discovered your videos, such great content.
Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Great tips !!! Really enjoy and learn from all of them. Watch them over and over. Your voice I can hear instructing and warning me while playing.
What I liked about this particular video is your acting of the wrong shots {that's exactly how I play most of the times:-)}.You nailed it along with the expressions so well that I was forced to improve.
Thank you for so much help !!!
Really Improving my game.
Nice sir,
You have explained the basic rules to play well in a great way!
Could you tell me how to stand while making aim at the cue ball?
Should we move our bridge while apply spin on the cue ball?
Super helpful as usual, keep up the good work! Love your vids
Im just starting out and finding your lessons very helpful...thanks
Good advice! Tracking progress is a must.
Wish I had seen this when I started in 80....sadly I copied the Irishman...playing quick and the white flying around the table and slashing it pots...but it seemed for fun then tbf!!!
The trouble is Higgins could play like that cause he had natural talent,quick eyes and a hunger like no other....
You wont see another like him but lots of Steve Duggans,Longworth etc
Amazing work, the best advice in the game and even applicable outside of snooker. Thanks again.
very good i like it👍. i play on 9ft table and i try practice on a stright shot and your video help me .thanks
No drama. No shouting. No swear words. Great quality positive growth mindset based advice! 😅😊
Hi There, Great videos!
I have recently discovered something about my technique which has only come to light through watching your videos and implementing some of your advice and has improved my game by a lot however I have not seen anything on your videos about the actual flaw that I had in my technique.
I actually took a video of myself feathering the cue ball and potting the black, I could not get good cue ball control and I noticed in my own video that my cue was elevated too far at the back and this caused me to inadvertently put stun on the white ball and consequently prevented any good cue ball control, I then brought my cue down almost parallel with the Table and found I was able to get much more cue ball control, I was wondering if you had any in depth videos regarding this?
Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hi Totally agree with every point. I am 63 and with advice like this and from others and since we are confined to house due to the virus restrictions my game particularly my stroke, eye alignment, angels, we'll everything u said and I can notice I am playing better then I ever have just after a few weeks. Going to get a Simonis 860 cloth for my Olehousen that I am noticing plays terribly SLOW. I think that will make practice much more enjoyable. Also glad to watch the video on the inexpensive cue. 9 years ago set out to buy a good cue and the billiard store let me practice with the most expensive cue but I noticed I played best with a decent 1 piece 19 ounce cue. Bought 2 of them and had two good tips put on them and they work great. I did notice I had another 1 piece Champion 20 ounce cue I never used until a few days ago. I think I like the extra 1 ounce of weight... Just need a better tip on it. Thank you M8. New subscriber.
Many thanks 🙂 Great that you have a table. Enjoy your game. Thanks a lot for subscribing!
Well done pal a lot of good information that I'll certainly be taking on board with my game. Thanks for taking the time to help others.
Your videos are superb Steve. Some fantastic tips, explained very well
self discipline, and full concentration.
great video
Thanks
quester
I am a pool player but I see you can teach very clearly and adapted your lessons in my routine playing,good results so far,thank you sir.keep up the good work.
I've had to make many changes to my stance, cue action in order to get it smooth, 'effortless' and very clean and and it was uncomfortable to get used to but I knew that as you say it's the only way you improve or else leave stagnating.
Made a really good 60+ break in open table today and some of the shots were really under control and recovery shots almost decent standard had to put a long distance red cue ball at the green area at an angle from the blue spot roll through with top spin gently and finish on the black plum without using a cushion to continue the break... That feeling you get where everything is under control and your aware of every movement your making and learning from them etc.
It's the only way to improve..
Soon to be a century break!! And then match play for anyone in the club
czcams.com/video/-UodWDltv6s/video.html
I sir, I'm from Brazil and I have been watching your videos, they are very good.. congrats and thanks for that..do you have some video about angle balls? How to improve in angle balls? Thank you
Beautiful. So so effective convo u discuss today.
Good video. I fall into all these bad habits. Ive always struggled with the cue to chest thing? Ive never been able to do this? It never lands on my chest...if it did it would feel like I was pushing through too far.
Great video, very useful information every time. Always well presented. The only channel I need to watch to improve my game.
Many thanks. I really appreciate the support 🙂
Thanks Steve. I have a local annual fundraising event this weekend to play in. I have to give up a lot of points but, Im going to use this weekend as practice time and work on the things you have mentioned. Again, great video.
thankyou so much for teaching so great
Started doing the tracking thing a few years ago. I would add together the top ten breaks i had each day and then divide by ten, which would give me an average break score. In the space of about a year I went from an average of around 50 to making centuries, almost daily. and an average of mid 80's. This method really does work and best of all. Its visual.
Great advice Steve. I still have tape on the butt of my cue to force myself to hold it in the right place! Thanks and Merry Christmas
Thanks Lloyd. The tape is very useful. I know Selby still has it! Merry Christmas and have a great New Year!
very good coaching tkz easy to understand
This video has helped me no end, this has also improved my game no end. Would recommend this to my friends. Keep up the work. Many Thanks Steve from Wales.
This video has helped me so much that if I don't admit it I would be a bad guy.
The contents of this video turned my gameplay by 180 degree and I am really thankful of you.
Hi steve....plz make a video on aiming...for example...when you are on backswing where you see and when deliver the cue or play shot then where you see..plz
Great video. A lot of those things I was doing myself. Highly recommend Steve's one to one coaching!.
Cheers Martin 👍🙂
Merry Christmas Steve, great video as usual.👍
Thanks Jim. Merry Christmas and have a great New Year 🙂
I don't play snooker, but I do play a lot of nine ball and eight ball - and these tips are dead on accurate. Especially about learning to cue straight and learning the angles. I spent many years messing around and it was not until I learned to truly cue straight ( or close to it, I am getting better) that my game really started to change.
The tip about the angles is ohhhhhhhhh so true! Some people just see the angles better naturally (Efren Reyes is a very good example) but most of us need to really set up angles and learn to pot balls from all sorts of angles and also see how the cue ball comes off the target ball at certain angles and how the cue ball then comes off the rails.
Really good video here and if everyone follows what is taught here - really follows these tips - they will improve and probably fairly quickly.
Superb as usual. Best snooker coach on the internet! Keep it up, thanks!
Many thanks 🙂
Hello Baton, I want to ask you a question?Is it important to look at the pocket while playing the shot after seeing the potting point?
When aiming do you imagine a ghost ball or focus on a point on the object ball or something else i keep changing and I'm not sure how i should be doing it. Thanks.
Will start make notices. I was not even counting when i am practicing alone. thx
Sir pleace make a video about cue selection what type of cue is use able in moderen snooker mainay super crystal ball set
Hope you had a brilliant Christmas steve dont stop the awsome content
Thank you Henry. Hope you have a great New Year. I really appreciate the support 🙂👍
@@BartonSnooker least we could do for you. Your content is top notch and a great help
Excellent easy to understand what you're doing wrong and see what, often, simple changes you have to make to correct it. Best by far !!
Thanks Jerry!
Great video Steve. I too switched to a one straight leg stance from a two bent leg stance, but found it gave me terrible back ache to the point I couldn’t play the game. Reverted back to my old stance so I can continue to play pain free. Have you come across this before when coaching? Ideally I would love a more conventional stance, but I know Kyren plays with bent legs too and he does alright - so trying not to worry about it too much.
All the time, yes. Not all of us can keep both legs straight. There are lots of things that are unique to certain players. As I say in the video, copy the bits you can, and work with what you can do personally.
As you say Kyren, Mark King, Ricky Walden, Ebdon... They all have both legs bent.
Great stuff again, mate.
Happy new year enter a new 20's decade for snooker
Thanks for making this video
Your videos are just amazing❤
Hmm no santa suit.
Just kidding mate, your right on target here, during the coaching sessions i have learned that i do want to improve and i welcome any change needed for that, but i seem to revert to 'old habits', today i really tried to work on the 'follow through' part, we'll have more sessions soon to work on my game further.
Great video and it all makes perfect sense ;)
Great advice. Also don't be afraid to play players that are better than yourself. That's the best way to improve. And play for the time of the table cost. If you consistently loose and pay for the time it will force you to reexamine your game and why you are loosing
Best Coach ever
There are many who are as good at instructing but imo no one is better. For me the most important part of my game is my stroke and I spend a lot of time shooting "long" shots on a 9 ft table. I also spend time working on draw shot, follow shots, and spin shots from the short ones to the long ones. I think there are top players out there that know slightly more than the rest of us when it comes to this area of the game. From the various grips and what to concentrate on during the stroke to the sometimes raising and lowering of the elbow during the stroke. Also, I have noticed that a good percentage of professionals make a point of shooting the cue ball at a slightly downward angle in many instances so that the cue ball never hits the cloth on the table before making contact with the object ball. And yes, it is possible to follow the cue ball and still use this technique even though it doesn't seem possible. These are just three things. The way to line up shots and the stance is another area they are stronger
another great video Steve! the biggest oversight for most players is the not recording of progress... think you're the first coach on here to have mentioned that!
Thanks Karl. Have a great New Year 🙂
I'm a pool player and every single one of your points is equally true for pool. My experience trying to improve is exactly the same as what you just described. Great videos and channel! Thanks.
Thanks a lot for watching. Great to help 👍👍
Thanks Sir guess this will take my game to another level... 🙏
thank you sir
Have you ever played on the prefessional scene?
For me, this is your best video. Cheers Steve 👍
Thx a lot from Russia. Very interesting and informative!
Excellent tuition
Best advice practice!
What que you are using?
Hi Steve...great vid as always. Had a very bad week as it seems nothing was working for me when it comes to snooker. What do you suggest when all of a sudden one loose the line of aim, not feathering correctly and so on? Seems like even the pre-shot routine was not working at all. I felt like packing up my cue and call it a day...for a whole bloody week!!!...I was thinking...am I in the right sport? Please help!!
Hi Shawn. Some days it just doesn't seem to work, does it!?
We all have off days, even the top professionals. Never move away from doing the basic things right. The more you mess around and look for a problem that isn't there, the more you can set yourself back sometimes.
Accept a bad for what it is. It doesn't mean you will play badly tomorrow or the day after.
Hello all the way from Wolverhampton. Played in the west mids league for years. Thanks for your videos man
Thanks for watching 🙂
Any idea what may be the cause of the cue consistently moving across from right to left on delivery (am right handed)? I've tried all the following (one at a time and only changing one thing at a time) but none seemed to help:
-Making sure hips & body are not in the way of the cue
-different feet positions, stances and body "rotations"
- different elbow and shoulder positions (both comfortable and uncomfortable)
- Different grips & wrist positions
-sighting/ cueing under different parts of chin
-moving cue closer to or further from body laterally
I made sure that: my bridge was ok and not causing the movement and my elbow and shoulder were not dropping on the shot.
All have same result. The effect seems more pronounced the harder the shot, but exists also on slow shots. Only thing I can see it being is forearm tension. If I have a very short backswing and don't follow through properly then that is the only time it doesn't seem to happen but as far as I can tell my bsckswing itself is controlled and going straight back. It's the delivery where it moves off.. but if I for example cue up on the baulk line everything looks straight (and with a cue ball I put left hand side on almost always.. so I guess it isn't)
I have a similar problem only I have a tendency to strike with right hand side ( I'm left handed). I've noticed that different grip pressures can change how centrally I strike the cue ball but it's something I'm still working on, plus trying to keep my chin on cue until the shot is completed and that isn't as easy as it sounds. You could try using a headcam to see if you are actually addressing the cue ball centre. I was surprised when I tried it that I was right of centre quite a few times when I didn't need to be.
like it a lot, will travel north soon and book a session.;)
'just' 133 miles but would really love to give it a go. maybe 2-3 sessions over 2 days
4 behind the BLACK might be a better way to play the line up, tougher just a touch of the rail to run out'
Thess videos help me out a ton! I haven't got much to show for it on the table yet but my cueing already has started to feel better. I never realised how much difference it makes to book a table and spend a few hours running through the practise routines you showed!
Great advice. The worst thing I ever did was assume that because I played regular 8 ball, that I can just continue transferring my habits over to snooker. WRONG!! You seriously need to get your cueing straight, first and foremost!!!! The strength of shot should also be practiced.
I love the way he says "foive". Excellent channel!
Thank you! 🙂
You're very inspirational. Looking forward to hopefully taking some 1 2 1 sessions with you soon. Plus I'm only a few miles from you. Great stuff pal keep it up 👍
Thanks a lot Dermot. Be great to see you 🙂
Hi Steve.
Interesting video. And I agree with 90% of it but where I think you could have improved or where you may have slightly tripped up is using the term ‘copy’.
For me, you may have been better to have used the word ‘observe’ the professionals because no one should ‘copy’ what a professional does because what Ronnie does, may not suit what Johnny does.
I see what you were trying to imply but I think you used the wrong turn of phrase.
But as I say, the rest of it is spot on!
I think the most important part is straight cueing for sure! Even just practicing cueing for ten minutes a day away from a snooker table can have positive effects. I’ve noticed it myself!
Cheers.
Please show and explain bad timing in screw shots thanks
Best snooker vids I’ve seen
Thanks Jake 🙂
Good coach
This guy is excellent.
Superb 👍
Steve, may I ask you about your accent? Where are you from? I like your videos and find them helpful - I just have to giggle about your Os and Uhhhs sometimes. Happy new year and keep on videoing. Greetings from Germany
Ha! Thanks a lot for watching!
I am from 'The Midlands' in England. As the name implies, I am from the middle of England. I live in a small area called Willenhall. That is my local town.
My accent is considered a little bit different! And a lot different to how you would hear our Queen speak 😁.
Have a great New Year and thanks for watching the videos 👍
Great job sir before watching your videos my best break was 23. Now with your help i manage to break 30+ frequently. But still i have some problems like when ever my break is increasing i start feel extra pressure dont know why but it happens regularly. Please advice sir #respect
Everyone feels pressure as the break increases. Just remember it is totally normal to feel pressure. Instead of trying to fight it, accept that you will feel nervous and continue to do the right things and you will be fine.
Thank you sir. You are a great teacher.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Points 2 and 4 can be used for other sports and your career as well, to be honest.
Hi I hold my cue plaque facing down
does this not affect the game?
balance, straight cueing.?
Yes you can. It has no affect on your game at all 🙂
@@BartonSnooker thx ;)
Definitely deserve an Oscar award for acting and imitating us, the amateurs.Really that's how stupid the way we play... Thanks for being there for us.
thx for boss
Btw, this is video #60, well done, another milestone
Thank you Franky! 🙂👍
Dear Mr. Barton, I hv a improved a lot, following
.... but one simple question, I always under cut slower shots, so how to counter that please
His colours clearance sounds as golden clearance 😁😁
How tall are you? Stance looks great
I'm 5' 8" 😀
Hey Steve, great video.
Can you please give me some advise regarding a bizzare problem that I am facing?
*I am having trouble recognising the potting angles for short range shots only. I am very good with mid range and long range pots. But as soon as I have a simple short range shot in front me. I tend to miss it more often then a long pot. And its not that I am taking the simple shots for granted. Can't understand what's going on.*
What cue is that?
Dean Jones, see czcams.com/video/k9Yz40nVK70/video.html
💜~ 👋🏻🎱👄🎱🤚🏻 happy new year 2019-20... best luck and thank you!
Thank you. Happy new year 😀👍
I always struggle with my angles.. any advise
Look at my previous two videos! 😀
@@BartonSnooker can you provide a link plzz.. thanks
@@shq007 yes!
Part 1:
czcams.com/video/WMD4fNWUsOA/video.html
Part 2:
czcams.com/video/27JbZlXpXdQ/video.html
Hey steve,
Can we talk privately plzz
I will waiting your answer
Sounds like you’re just describing me 😂 😆 😝
I have to bend me legs... I feel lopsided else.. 😂
Do you practice cannons?
Yes. I practice everything!
@@BartonSnooker mind making a video on it?