Stephen Hendry's Coach REVEALS His Methods To Make World Champions
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2023
- We hope you all had a brilliant Christmas yesterday! In between the leftovers, why don't you sit down and enjoy this week's video?
Stephen Hendry is joined by his coach, Stephen Feeney for a practice session and a chat. They go through some of the routines that they do in training, whilst also discussing Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams. Try out some of these routines yourself and let us know what you think of them in the comments.
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Stephen H is so humble...to allow us all to watch him relearning how to 'walk the green'...with nothing hidden or editorially glorified; with his world class history and snooker pedigree: this is what makes Stephen and this channel of his, so epic!
Stephen F sounds like a great coach; I bet he could tell a tale or two!
“walk the green”
😂
Yeah, it’s an amazing treat. Ruthlessly honest. But then again, Stephen Hendry truly has nothing to prove! Yet, this is what he chooses to do. I am blown away. Talk about being a man.
i cant help feeling like he isn't teaching you anything you dont already know and so it comes off like when you miss you didn't quite do as he instructed but when you make a perfect shot he takes credit for the tuition when you probably would have played the perfect shot second time round even had he said nothing. Maybe that says more about me knowing sod all though haha. If the best guys in the world get value from a coach then who are we to say :) great content as always.
the top 100 golfers would have thrashed David Leadbetter on the course, even if he was playing his best. Good coaching has nothing to do with being a good player (well, very little).
Would be amazing to see you back at the crucible Stephen. Get that faith back in yourself, you can do it!!
It really would, but I think this attitude he seems to have of always dismissing the idea of getting back to the crucible and just saying, "Ah, it's only for fun." etc is psychologically blocking him from playing his best. He may not be able to get into the final stages of a world championship, but he could cut his way into the quarters maybe. But to do so, especially now he's struggling with age, would require total belief, confidence and serious focus and hard work in his practice and preparation. He just isn't doing that properly and he knows it, because subconsciously he seems scared of putting the full effort in and still not getting far in a major tournament.
He needs to drop that fear and ego about it all and just do it properly and see what happens. So what if he still doesn't get far? At least he'll know he tried properly and if age and stuff is just hampering his game too much then that's not his fault and shouldn't make him feel so bad. I think when he really does get old and literally can't even bend down to play shots or see clearly anymore he might really regret not having tried his hardest while he still could. For all us fans of his, it would only be a bonus and a total thrill to see him get anywhere into the world champs or any other major tournament again.
It's great to see someone of Stephen's ability still doing hits and decells, and almost going back to the basics. It gives the rest of us mortals hope.
Great video. Thank you.
I would 1000% LOVE to see Stephen back and being competitive at the crucible.
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty too
It will never happen, he is sadly too old and way past his prime. Also, he hasn't been the same ever since his cue broke.
Congratulations on your Snooker 900 win Stephen! You’re certainly playing fantastic with that new cue!
I'm no snooker player, I'm a teacher, but even I can see (a) the technical improvement, and (b) how engaged Stephen is in the lesson. For me, (b) means Stephen is likely to achieve something good, and soon. On a teaching note, the eye contact is great from the instructor, always watching carefully to see that the advice is being listened to. He's a very very good coach, he's really on it, has the student's full attention, and knows how to engage him. He picks up on errors immediately, and gives good feedback, even allowing Stephen to work out for himself what went wrong.
Now I see.
ax2 + bx - c = fuck off...
Hendry has cued the ball millions of times. He's not going to make any instant adjustment that is going to pay immediate dividends. A change to his cueing action would take at a minimum weeks to incorporate into his game. Immediate results only happen with novices.
Sightright has been working for hendry for years and has done nothing to improve his game. SH isn't winning anything and will probably hang up the cue when his current wild card has expired.
@@mrtopbreak333 his wildcard won't expire. Hearn has promised he can have it as long as he wants
Really really enjoyed this. I've had snooker coach in the past as a amateur, always heard of Steve Finney so was amazing to hear his wisdom. You always make THE best snooker content. Thankyou ❤
This was an amazing video @stephen Thank-you for sharing your wisdom and talent with us all to become better 🙏🏽
Would love to see this guy on Michael Holts channel lol "Feel the finish" "Bully the cueball" "keeping the cueball on the bed of the table"😂
Holt will get him out of circle of death haha
😂
Lol would love to see that too. I'm sure this guy is an amazing coach but he doesn't half sound like Swiss Tony: you know, Stephen, stroking a cue is very much like making love to a beautiful woman 😂
It's fascinating to see the teacher and the student in action and when you miss you instantly know as with your coach what you did wrong great video Stephen happy new year with new cue.
Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho....great managers/coaches aren't necessarily great players.
Thank you for this video. Your conversations about technique are so informative. I played pool in my early 20s, had a long break and am back playing snooker as a 50 year old and have noticed how much my physical changes have affected my stance, not to mention my deteriorating eyesight. Having access to your channel helps so much.
I don’t play snooker but watching Hendry from 198xxx till now, he is pure legend and absolutely brilliant player.. wish him luck and find fun in his next adventure… we are same age but I play pool game and give second chance now.. it is hard but feel incredibly good… just keep hitting those balls!!!
Superb stuff. I’d love to see more of these sessions between Stephen and Steve. It’s a great insight into the elite in the game. I really hope Stephen can find the motivation and confidence to really apply himself to practice, to grin it out in the qualifiers and to get back to a level where he can beat anyone on his day.
Thanks for all the videos this year mate, theyve been great. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes...you're under
I've told you. You're not going to the crucible again.
3,2,1 you're back in the room.
This is 100% the best snooker channel I have ever seen. The content is amazing.
I'll second that. Brilliant channel
I always check Stephen’s channel when I need a break from life.
Expect nothing less from the GOAT and snookers greatest ambassador for snooker, Also check out the podcast on WST, everything he touches turns to gold 🐐
Yep!
It's great apart from one guy from Ireland in the comments running fake profiles. He hates Stephen Hendry. The guy is a nightmare! Has at least 10 accounts running daily to harass people on CZcams!
I'm a romantacist and I wan`t to see Stephen back for the sheer *feels* of it. But, more than anything else, the man deserves it. He's the original godfather of modern snooker, an ice-cold scoring juggernaut - I absolutely believe that's bubbling just under the surface!
This is absolutely fascinating. Watching a true great of the game and eternal legend of the sport be so intensely responsive and receptive to a coach like this as if he were a novice, truly sums up the fact that you can never stop learning and improving no matter how experienced you are - quality content.
A fantastic insight into the mind of the coach and how he develops confidence.
It’s like learning how to play again, even the best have to relearn the basic requirements again, great post both of you
Loved this episode, would like to see you do another of these stephen
The parallels with golf’s mental approach with coaching are clearly evident here. Terrific to see.
The sound of those purely cued pots Steve….!!!
There’s something special still there I think!!!!
So many experts in the comments who couldn’t make a 20 break.
Great coach and great video
good teaching isn't about being "mug and jug", it's about interpersonal skills. So many experts on experts who couldn't teach anyone anything.
I didn't think id enjoy this anywhere near as much as u did. Wish i could subscribe twice!
I've watched almost every CueTips video and I would say this is the best demonstration of how someone, who is so talented and humble, shows how he is working with an amazing teacher to try and get back to something near his best. Thank you so much for sharing this. As a lover of golf, snooker and other sports I do like your description of being a professional.
In recent times I've gone back to square one and recreated my stance and walk-in.
It didn't make sense to me to start off standing off to the side as you can't see the line of the shot properly so deliberately started standing in the middle where my centre of vision and the line of the shot match.
I'd heard of the sight right method but wasn't aware that was what I was doing until a fellow pool player from the UK mentioned it.
Thanks @stephenhendryscuetips for a great video, it confirms everything that I've been working on in my game.
It is also extremely difficult to go back and relearn the techniques that you've always done in the past so you have my upmost respect for doing that. 👍
so generous to share this with all the players out there. Thanks and will keep watching.
Absolutely fascinating video. Brilliant channel
As an extremely average player who's always trying to make myself just that little bit less awful at the game, this was a fascinating watch, thanks!
Never really comment but for this I had to. Fascinating stuff! Could of watched/listened to the 2 Stephens for hours!
So happy stephan won the world seniors deserved it 👏 ❤
Really enjoyed that video, real behind the scenes look at practice to remove the flaws that have crept into your cue action. Next stop, the crucible!
There was a bit in it early on that was unintentionally hilarious.
Hendry- (down on the shot) ‘Am I hitting the middle of the cueball?’
Feeney - ‘Your beautiful’
(Hendry then goes for the long red, misses by a mile)
And “we can edit that out” that’s quite telling.
Merry Christmas to the GOAT Stephen Hendry 🎄
I sincerely hope you do qualify again Stephen... you obviously can... because you have!! The mind.. it's always the mind, get that truly believing and anything is possible especially for someone regarded as one of the best players the game has seen.. You are almost there already.
Absolutely brilliant...👏👍
Brilliant video, thanks Stephen!
Great video as always. Thank You SH
Merry Christmas!! Interesting video, especially on the sweet spot side.
It's great to see what a coach can teach one of the most technically gifted players there's ever been
Brilliant, such a Great coach. Great video
Love this channel so much
This young man is beginning to flow 1992 world final. 2 centuries and then you needed one to win 18-14. You always had so much confidence and you were an adrenaline player. The combination was deadly. I don't think a coach can teach that. He can only teach you confidence in your technique.
Brilliant episode.
Can we have another 4 hours of this please amazing video
Absolute delight
Great insight to some of the training, although some of the terminology I didn't understand.
I think it is quite clear to see though, the only person stopping Stephen Hendry from going deep into any tournament, is Stephen Hendry.
It is all a mental block that he has. He is used to winning and can't handle defeat and playing poor. Rather than going in with an open mindset he is always using negative thoughts. It has come out in other videos. He often speaks about being beaten by someone that he could beat in his sleep - back in the day!!
All retrospective when he talks about getting pumped out of tournaments. "When I was a lad...." Adopt a new attitude and he will start to win again very easily. If you can smash it out in practice, then you can smash it out anywhere.
Hopefully he gets back and has a decent run. Would love to see him come out and play freely, show the youngsters of today just what kind of machine he used to be...
he seems to want it more, now he has the new cue. He's been in the gym, too, unless I'm mistaken: that gut is shrinking.
@@juchetony1910 True that, the top doesn't look half as tight as the one he was wearing against Joe Perry!! I would dearly love to see the bag man back playing well against the rest.
Love this channel
I absolutely believe Stephen can make a comeback to the crucible. Defy your doubts and do it for the incredible entertainment it will provide us fans!
Imagine if he bet Ronnie to 8, I wanna see that🙏
Not gonna happen
What a coach! Congrats
That man speak with passion for the game
Interesting video given how many times Stephen has made comments about coaching sometimes hurting him, during his other videos
To be fair, he's focused on making content and I reckon his eyes rolled better than the cue ball for half of this session 🤣🤣
@@Eat-MyGoalthis guy was talking utter sh1t
@@Brandon-rs3yr Literally acts like a religious cult leader. Pure horse shit to flatter people so they give him money for his shit training techniques
@@Brandon-rs3yr yeah I guess you know better than Hendry, Williams and O'Sullivan.
He has been talking mainly about technical coaching stuff trying to teach a certain "cue action" and eventually not knowing which cue action to use. Sight right doesn't seem to focus (too much) on the type of cue action you use, just getting you in the line correctly.
Another fantastic video 🎉
Fascinating stuff 👍
Fantastic insight into what Sight Right actually do with players. You hear a lot of the top players bigging them up in interviews, but a really good educational insight into what goes on behind the scenes. 👍
When you watch interviews with veteran snooker players who aren't as active as they used to be, they all tend to say that they don't practice as often now. They say they used to practice 8 hours a day but now maybe an hour a day and get bored. I think this is what makes the difference in their current form. Surely, a proven champion of the game doesn't need coaching into changing how they play. Either way, I love the videos and love watching Stephen play, as well as chat about the game. Legend! 🙂
Great video this, 🙌🏼
I wouldn’t put my cue rack above the heater. Just asking for warped cues
Thanks
I used to play in the same Norfolk snooker league as Stephen Feeney over 20 years ago, he was always very knowledgeable , methodical,and percentage player, but without being disrespectful he was only a average club player at best , interesting video!
If he applied his own coaching techniques to his own play, would he be a much better player ? Just wondering how can a mediocre player teach a former world champion how to play ?!
@quietman18 many coaches in many sports were average at best. But are successful in coaching.
The best players in most sports seldom make the best coaches
Brilliant
great stuff
I wish it would all click for Stephen, even if only for one year. It'd be amazing to see him go on a run and not only qualify, but get through the rounds at the Crucible. I still believe it'll happen.
Fascinating. My Granddad would have loved this. Thanks
Goldmine of knowledge
Great video
"You're already advanced in these so we can have good fun..." said to the 7 times World Champ 😂
CLASS 💯👌
Fascinating to watch a world champ having a coaching session
Now this is nothing more than my humble opinion but I believe i do make a valid point. I believe the fundamental element to Stephens success and consistently was his commitment to practice! It was his military like dedication to his 7 or 8 hours spent on the practice table that set him apart from the rest! He has often recalled times where he practiced so efficiently that he wouldn't miss a pot for hours at a time!! He knows in himself what he must do to achieve anything remotely close to his past ability!! There's no way round this, no short cuts or quick fixes!!! He openly admits he won't commit any time to practice so nothing will change!! I'd love nothing more than to see him play at the crucible again!! If he was to properly commit to it and practice consistently for 6 months or however long necessary then it would happen!!
In my youth, I rooted for Hendry early days when he came on the seen, then just wanted to see him beat by the English ;) ... Now I've come full circle ... Live out the dream Mr Hendry, put up number 8 :)
Said this a few times love how he leaves the missed pots in the video
brilliant
If you listen really closely, you can figure out that he's moving the player from the passenger seat to behind the steering wheel
This is fascinating. Thanks Stephen. It gives us a glimpse of the sheer technical ability and hard work required to reach the top.
Need a bank loan mate at £100 an hour and don't work anyway, Done nothing for Stephen Hendry game, it's a gimmick 🎄
@@Wah-jy5fy Yeah, there's the whiff of the snake oil salesman about this chap. 'Bully the cue ball'...
@@Wah-jy5fywhat a daft comment. It could be the greatest system in the world, it doesn’t matter if you’re not putting in the work practicing as well as having the mental side of the game right.
If it was nonsense the top players wouldn’t work with him. But of course some random person on YT knows better 🙄
@@userjim83The irony. All the top players don't pay £100 an hour. It's free. Only reason Mark Williams won the Worlds was hard work. Nothing to do with this method. He can barely win a match these days and still uses the method. It's a gimmick 👍
@@WayneAnthonyHolmes-ez9mh he worked hard and won and now he doesn’t win? I wonder what’s changed… great comment 👏🏻👏🏻😂
It would be the greatest sports story of 2024 if Hendry can make something happen. My new years resolution will be to pray often for Hendry success.
Really really good 👍
Would love to see Hendry at the crucible again, go for it mate!
استیفن
مشتی بازم که گل کاشتی...❤
دوست داریم از سالها پیش تا الان❤
Thank you,Stephen. Snooker man through n through
A superb lesson that we can all take to the local club and practice on. Many thanks to Stephen… and of course, Stephen!
Here’s a closing thought for people of a certain age ‘it’ll be a good night from me and a good night from him… goodnight!’ lol
I liked the 'we will edit that one out' comment,
I play pool , i played snooker a couple of time ....Steven hendry is having a conversation while playng snooker....some of you understand how difficult is that ? Thank you both ! Really intresting Content!
thanks stephen happy christmas bud and glorious new year to you
It does all sound a bit del boy. There was this bloke in a shoe shop once that used to watch customers jog towards him and then claim he could tell how they ran and what training shoes they needed 😂😂
Still have it Stephen 👍
Strange seeing someone giving advices to the boss. Fair to steven
Great
Beautiful ❤
Good evening Steven. Obviously you will probably not see this. But. I ruddy loved watching you this evening. I really wanted Jimmy to win but!!!!! I also wanted you to win as you was playing like we all remember. Well done to you you deserve it.
Interesting stuff 🤔❤🎉
A big part of this is the mental game- because if a player isn’t right mentally before or down on the shot then they wont pot the ball or get position no matter how good the technique
This was great and gives us all inspiration
Parallax error sounds like an 1980s Michael Caine spy thriller
I can normally see the line of the shot pretty good while standing up but when I'm down it looks like I'm hitting off to the left. If I straighten up so It looks good while down then I hit the object ball on the right, if I just hit it all off to the left, that tends to get the ball in. On long straight shots it looks so wrong while I'm down but if I trust the decision I made while standing up and push through, even though it looks like I'm going to hit the left of the object ball, they often go in. I just can't seem to find a spot with my head while I'm down that looks straight and actually is straight. So hearing Mr Feeney talk about playing from the passenger seat really resonates with me, it's like every shot I play is all off to one side and I have no idea how to correct this or if it even can be corrected.
I think Hendry should work with Michael Holt! A coach and player who is actually competing.
I can see a marked improvement in your sighting of the balls and you seem to be feeling a little more self assured! there is no reason whatsoever that u cant be back at the crucible the coach is concise and methodical and thats what you need ...keep going
the biggest change seems to have been stepping into the shot a bit closer, which cures the decel (when Stephen doesn't forget to do it, it's a long time bad habit). A few months ago, Davis talked about having a bridge hand closer to the white, which does the same thing.
agreed. technic-wise Stephen has it all, and now with a beast of a new cue, his confidence will only step up. i think the problem here is getting used to fighting at the highest levels of snooker against top 16 players in tournaments that count. it will take him a few matches to get that old feeling of drawing blood and winning frames and learning not to break when you sit down while your opponents win 4 frames on a trot. it's a lot of the mental stuff, thats the hard part once you get your technical stuff shined up
Really would love to see Stephen back in the crucible and doing well. Just one more time.
that is never happening unfortunately
@@ryanyates6761 the safety play is too much for him now and all the players can break build and win frames in one visit. If he misses a chance then the majority of players on the tour are going to punish him. In his day he could afford to give his opponent a chance or 2 and know he is likely going to out score them anyway.
I disagree entirely. When Hendry was younger his safety play was really excellent. If he finds some semblance of his old game he will be more than capable of winning through to the main draw. If he gets his old level back he would actually have more than a fair chance of winning, but I think that will be a bridge too far.
If John Higgins and Williams can get into finals there is no reason a properly prepared Hendry couldn't if he can find his cueball control and striking once again.
@@michaellarkin2044 He's older than them... that already is a hinderance... and the young players now won't fear him, yeah he can score but so can all the other players now. There are far far more good players around now than there were in his day.
His style of player is one visit snooker, after so long out it is so mentally draining to grind out long frames with lots of safety play and rolling up behind balls etc... that's not what he wants to play
That's the thing. When he was young he was not afraid to grind it out if necessary. Can he actually be bothered to put in the hard yards and get his safety game back the way it was at his best? I doubt it. With O'Sullivan the thing that took him up a level was working on safety with Reardon. It takes a lot of work.
Like this set up… where is this room, might go there to learn better playing.. 😮😮