Snooker Straight Cueing - Improve Your Snooker Cueing
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In this snooker lesson, I look at a few helpful routines you can do to improve your cue control.
Getting the cue to deliver in a nice straight line requires practice. So in this video I explain how to improve your own cue action.
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That bottle trick is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
This video is one of my favorites, aside from helping me develop my backswing in a slow and controlled manner it is also helping me with my timing and accuracy. You are a great coach thank you.
Practicing the full cue action slowly really helps. It's like it trains your subconscious to recognise the muscles that are being used. Great tip there. Love your channel pal 👌
Best snooker coach on CZcams thanks mate always great to watch your videos 🙂
I’m a 75 year old American pool player who just got onto your videos. I’ve played off and on since I was 17, and by the time I was 25 I thought I was good. Then life intervened and I got married, went to the University, had kids, and just generally got responsible. I wish there had been videos like these when I was learning, because when I was living in a pool hall I would have drilled every day as well as played. I did look into Joe Tucker a few years ago as I bought my own table, but life intervened again. One of Joe Tucker’s drills is similar to yours in striking a ball into the pocket. Instead of learning to pocket the ball first with stop, though, Joe has you start with the ball on the spot and then draw (screw) the ball back into the side pocket. This means you get two for the price of one: 1) making a straight shot into the pocket, and 2) ensuring your dominant eye is not causing your cue tip to move on you at the end (you compensate by moving the tip slightly imparting spin - you may make the object ball, but the cue ball misses the side pocket). Great video - I’ll be practicing every day here in the Philippines. I’ll need the practice, because the people here are really into pool.
Thanks Anthony. It's great these days for being able to get information out there. Thanks a lot for watching and all the best with your game 🙂
Probably the best ever video on straight cueing practice! Thank you so much!
I think I'll book a coaching session with you next time i visit UK
After watching most of your vid, I figured i had to practice a lot.. wow, its mind blowing to noticed the mistake that i made in my game, tq, im gonna subscribe and like ur vid, very useful channel 👍🏻👍🏻
Very good teacher
Luv this video Steve, great start for beginners or even veterans who still wants to improve their cueing !!! Keep it up matey!
i am learning with your videos very helpful thank you sir ... Appreciate :)
Love the bottle idea mate! Always room to improve straight cueing!
You are an amazing coach steve love the way you explain ✌🏼
Another fantastic video Steve. Your cue action is perfect, by watching all your videos multiple times has improved my game. Thanks a million, cheers.
Thanks Scott 🙂
Great advice on slow cueing along the baulk line. Never heard that before even though I also do that exercise. Can't wait to get back and try this as it makes perfect sense. Thanks
Another extremely helpful video Steve, all very worthwhile information, many thanks 😊
Hi Steve its Kai, just thought I’d let you know I carried on with your method and I got a 27 break and missed a pink on a 35 clearance exercise I tried
Wow! That's brilliant Kai! Keep it up. Hopefully you've got some nice fundamentals now for you to keep improving. Good luck!
BartonSnooker yeah the fundamentals have worked a treat, I feel so much more comfortable and confident of potting balls and being in good positions. Putting it to the test in a match situation on saturday
@@kada8238 good luck, Kai.
I’m having one on ones. With Steve great teacher
Great video, i don't own a table at home so the bottle tip was amazing.
Steve....another nice video and explained beautifully. I will be utilizing these drills as a pre game warm up just to keep it fresh in my mind always. Never a wrong thing going back to the basics.....just like golf. Thanks
Another helpful video Steve.
In terms of cue delivery, i find i cue perfectly straight when object and cue ball are close to mid distance from each other.
On longer range straight shots/pots, im finding i strike across slightly, resulting in the object ball pulling marginally to the left of the pocket and missing.
Being doing the baulk line straight cueing as a warm up for several years, but doing it SLOWLY is a genius little tweak!
Great video , thanks
Specially you mentioned that slowly cueing is most important👍👍👍
Best video ever about couching thanks alot
Your tutorials are really clear and your English is perfectly understanding for me (I'm French), I subcribe, thanks a lot, you should have many more suscribers! ;) Happy New year to you
Good stuff. Most of these I've tried down the years. One thing I never worked out is why I tend to twist the cue on delivery. I've made hundreds of century breaks but know there is a lot of room for improvement still. My grip is relaxed but I've always had the habit of shortening ( gripping a few inches from the butt ) and maybe that's causing the problem..
You're so good I've got a lot of help from you. Keep up the good content. Please make your videos in order And tell us which practice to do for how many days You must replay me
i will learn daily your videos improve my game alot thank you sir
Thank you for that ..
Please i asked you to explain the vision center and the dominant eye and what the difference between them and how I know the vision center when i playing .. thanks a lot sir
Ghaith Al-Rubai'ay get a piece of paper, cut a hole in the middle of the paper, but the paper in between your eyes and then pull your hand , and the paper straight away from your face. Now close one eye and look through the hole, then the other eye, and so on,,, you’ll be able to determine which is your dominant eye
I got a 34 break clearance yesterday and the pink was on the cushion and I had a tough red next to the cushion. Made a few 30+ breaks in open table practice with some really excellent almost professional shots to develop the reds whilst still keeping nicely on the black. Plus long potting and general feel and position is improving RAPIDLY. Hopefully within 2-3 months I can make 50-60+ breaks in open table practice. 1 year 100+ breaks it has to be this way because my positive desire and hard work and honest feedback, conscious based focus will get me there
Thanks fantastic! Well done. Keep practicing and I'm sure you will achieve your goals 🙂
another great video from one of the greatest snooker channel in youtube . " #BartonSnooker "
I'm still working on my cue action , specially step 5 . that video ( cue action video ) was such a absolute high class and very informative tutorial .
thank you again ,
cheers .
I have been watching snooker tutorials on CZcams since the beginning of time in this and you are generating one of the finest tutorials on internet. I do appreciate your honest work. Here I have 2 questions, first is how to do a perfect break of shot and secondly how to play a long shot scroll back? in know the basics but it just doesn't happen. thank you.
Hi. Thank you so much for your kind comments. I will try to cover both of these topics in a videos in the near future. Once again, thanks so much for watching 🙂
Thanks . Coach 👍
Amazing video sir❤
Wow! Great methods! Thank you!
great coach
great content, Steve, thank you.
Attempting to pot the object ball on the blue spot with the cue ball straight on the diagonal crossing the corner pockets is the best exercise, in my opinion, to practice straight cueing. Nowadays, I use it to warm-up: put the cue ball a bit in front of the corner pocket and when all 21 balls are potted consecutively from the blue spot, I am confident that my cueing is perfect. It is however one of the most difficult shots in the game, just ask the pros: blue ball challenge (can be found on CZcams)
Amazing Tutorial Video...
Thank you!!!!
I live in London Essex. Are you ever down these sides to give lessons or could you recommend anyone in my area?
Again I'd like to say thank you, your tutorial videos are great!!!!
Can I ask if a person who has learning difficulties like me, who has Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and Tinnitus, still learn how to play?
Thank you
Awesome video just what I'm looking for
Best channel on Snooker and on CZcams overall.
Thanks, David. Much appreciated 🙂
Superb ....... it helps a lot ......
Could u plz make a video on ....how to know sighting to object ball ......one of our eyes is dominating eye.
EXTREMELY HELPFUL THANKS :')
Thanks sir you are awsome.
Stay Blessed.
Best ever tutorial.. god bless...
I am still loving the cue on the screen, gotta say thats awesome as now you have a reference point to look at as opposed to guessing whats been put on the cue ball. I like the exercises as well very informative and something i never thought of before (bulk line and using spots) i'd like to see more exercises on practice lessons going forward as i get the best out of the lesson/tip/tutorial your putting out. Thanks for that steve and keep up the great work, just one question? whats your take on eye dominant/dominance in relation to straight cueing? is there such a thing? can one eye really enhance or screw up your cueing aim/arm/stroke?? i've seen many snooker players that have their chin central on the cue and others slightly to the left or right of it so i am assuming that is to do with eye dominance but i could be wrong.
great video again :)
With sighting in snooker, your brain will naturally work out where the cue needs to go under the chin so that you perceive the line as 'straight'. I am right eye dominant, so my cue tends to favour going towards the right eye slightly. That's not a deliberate choice, it's just where it naturally ended up so that what my eyes are looking at, looks as though it's a straight line to me.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is left eye dominant and he has his cue mostly under the left eye. Again, that won't be a conscious choice. He will have just started playing as a kid, and that's where the cue ended up in order for him to see a straight shot.
Far too many people overcomplicate this and analyse it too much (I'm not saying that about you btw).
If you forget snooker for a minute, and imagine standing up looking at a straight line drawn on the floor in front of you, you will just automatically get in the right position in order for you to see that line as straight. So there's nothing magic about it. Your head will just go in a certain position where that line looks straight.
Now, back to snooker. It's exactly the same thing. Your head will naturally find the position over the top of the cue, where your brain sees the line of aim as 'straight'.
We then have both eyes open on the shot so we have some depth perception, and that's it!
Hope that helps a bit when thinking about sighting.
Thanks for watching!
@@BartonSnooker I read this article a few days ago and I must say that its content is highly interesting: blog.betway.com/snooker/thanks-to-this-snooker-coach-players-can-finally-see-straight/
@@UbzUnclemaxI can see how telling almost every coach in the land that standing with your leg on the line often makes no sense whatsoever would have been ridiculed. I'd love to know what Steve recommends as Shaun's issue of long thin shots being hit way too thick is the same challenge I have.
...one of my warmups is the table length shot off the brown spot which I shoot left and right handed...a friend asked what I was aiming at? Nothing- not the other spots or a marker on the rail...the return path of the cue ball best indicates the accuracy of my cuing mechanism...happy when it rolls right back to the tip...just saying,
Very good thank you teacher 😃👏👍
Really great tutorial Steve I practiced nothing but these routines today and it helped immensely and my cueing has come on really well. Would you suggest repeating the routine three or four more times before moving on to something else...and when ready to move on, which tutorial is would you suggest as a next step. Thanks in advance.
Hi Pete,
It's a good idea to practice these things regularly to check that we don't slip into bad habits.
I have more routines and exercises coming up on the channel so keep following for more content. Have a look at my "yellow, green and brown" routine and also "two reds and pink" routine.
BartonSnooker brilliant thanks very much :)
Thanks Sir.. Great video🎥 I have always have a difficulty in aming straight. Thanks and please keep posting such videos 🎥 👍
Warm regards
The UnknownManCub👍😎
Hi Sir, this channel is very useful for beginners like me. Cold you make a video on how cute correctly and have a firm bridge when your cue ball is stuck behind a ball
Yes I will try and do something about this in the future. Thanks for watching!
You are just amazing 💥
Nice videos. I want to become a gr8 snooker player 1 day.
Keep practicing. Good luck 🙂
Hi Great video. Has helped my cuing tremendously. Especially liked how the slow motion delivery gives me a better feel where my cuing hand is throughout the shot.
I would like to see a video on timing the stroke for different shots. Also, when practicing corner to corner potting, I notice that using center cue ball to follow or stun
gives me a higher percentage of pots, As soon as I try to screw these shots (especially when the red and the cue ball are separated by a good distance), my
potting percentage drops considerably . Any help to improve in this area would be greatly appreciated
Hi there. Really glad the video has helped you.
When you are applying screw to the ball, this normally involves much faster cue delivery. So when you are trying to screw the ball when there is a big distance between cue ball and object ball, this shot requires a faster cue delivery than a stun shot.
So basically any time you are adding extra cue speed, in then becomes a bit harder to still deliver the cue in a straight line.
I think the advice here is similar to the exercise in this video. Work your way up to more distance. So first of all, just practice screw shots when there is not much distance, and then slowly increase the distance between cue ball and object ball.
In a lot of cases, players also tend to hit screw shots too hard. So just have in mind that it's not all about power, but also accelerating through the white and being nice and smooth and relaxed.
Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
Does the cue need to be anchored on the chest at all times to prevent the cue moving sidewards? Also when my hand hits my chest on the follow through it can throw off the cue
Hi Barton. Thanks for nice video.
A quick question on up-and-down the spots routine.
My cue ball always goes a bit to one side. How do I know which of 3 is the reason?
1) aiming across the line of aim to start with
2) delivering the cue across the line
3) starting with some unwanted side
Hello!
If you do the baulk line check, you can see if you are successfully getting your cue on the line of aim. If you then practice your delivery on the baulk line, you will see if you can do your cue action, and whether the cue is remaining on the line of aim.
So if you are doing those two things successfully, then it means you are probably just accidentally getting just a touch of unwanted side on the white. But as long as it is not too much, it is nothing to worry about. As you see in the video, the cue ball came very slightly to my left when I played this shot. If it is just a fraction like this, then don't over analyse it - it's not a problem.
Thanks for watching!
What are the best ways for finding the centre of the cue ball ?
Have done the break-off ? The times that I have gone in-off or hit the blue is unbelievable. Would like to see how it's done effectively and consistently. Thanks.
I have not done this yet, but I will do it in a future video. Thanks for watching!
Hi , i have a gaget , which helps me to improve the que straight .... i am worried on finding the center of the que ball .... can you guide me on this
I am really thankful to you sir i request you please give me our used Cue please sir
Do you recommend brushing the cue against the chest slightly or is this a big mistake? Great videos BTW
Hello! Yes the cue will brush against the chest very slightly while you are down on the shot. Get down on the shot, make sure the cue is on the line you want, then you can just bring the chest very slightly to the cue. It is just very lightly against the chest.
is there any way through which one can guarantee that the shot will be potted. Or how can we assure that our each shot goes straight to the pocket.
Hi coach Ive watched all of your videos. I hope you will continue posting important informations about snooker . Well I am wondering whats average time do people take to cue in a straight line ? Ive been working on it 4 days ago, when I play comfortably I put right hand side on the cue in many shots like half of them. I tried to get my elbow slightly in it worked at first but it wasn’t comfortable as I can always feel the tension on my arm. So id really like to cue straightly but with my normal technique because it worked with me when I was on my top level , I could always pot any shot easily and confidently with my straight cueing, but now I dont think im on my top i can hardly make a 30 break. So my question again is how much time do I need to cue straight using your drills and trying pot the blue 100 time a day?
Hello!
Cueing straight is something that requires work and you will improve on a lot the more you practice.
At first I would set yourself some goals like:
1) make a 30+ break
2) make a 40+ break
3) make sure you keep track of your progress.
It's something that constantly gets better the more you play. So write down the results you get and try to improve month by month.
I do this but just cannot stop sending the cueball off to the left? My cue is on the line tho? Any ideas. Ps im left eye dominant and right handed
Please make a video about different types of cues.. And why does most pro players use one piece cue..
I will note this video down to make! Thanks for watching!
Stronger and more solid hit
IN a two piece cue the power ends at the joint, and gives a faulty hit
@@BartonSnooker i think you should make a video about different types of cues and tip sizes too... That would be very informative video for every budding snooker player.. Also is it important to have a personal cue.. You can answer these questions for all of us...
how can I aim in a straight ball, my eye aim is a little bit right or left,never in the center between object ball and cue ball, but finally, the object ball also pot in the pocket.
Mr. What if I thought I'm in the middle but I'm not I'm have a bit of parallelax error
I was always taught to practice cueing fully through an empty matchbox case without touching each side.
you are talking to take the cue all the way down to your maximum follow through without using the chest n use the chest while delivering the cue on the other hand your mate barry stark say's use your chest in cueing he tallk about two fix points one is the cue on bridge and the other is cue on the chest while cueing or doing feathers as u said so which method is perfect?
Hello.
In the address position you have generally have 4 fixed points:
1) your grip hand
2) your bridge hand
3) the chest
4) your chin
These are the 4 points that the cue is touching when you are in the address position.
So get down to the shot and get the cue online. Then you can check to see that your cue is online and have the cue lightly resting against the chest to help keep the cue online during and after the shot.
DO NOT get down and then move the cue to the chest, because you will pull the cue offline.
DO - bring your chest slightly to the cue, so that it's lightly touching and helping with straight cueing.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for watching!
Hi Steve just a question did cueing on your ironing table helped when you were learning? Also when you started making 50+ breaks were you still using the ironing table to practice your cueing? Or did you stop after reaching a certain break standard? Thanks Steve
Hi!
Yes it certainly helps when you are learning. What really helps is just getting the feeling of how you control the cue all the way through your cue action. When you're just at home without any pressure of trying to pot balls, you can mess around with your action and figure out what works to keep the cue straight.
Even when I had made lots and lots of 80+ breaks I was still messing about with my cueing at home.
I must admit, I don't tend to do it these days, I just like to hit balls on the table and get my timing going. But when I was learning, ABSOLUTELY! It is really useful. You haven't got to do it for an hour or anything silly. Just even 10 minutes of playing about with moving the cue straight and in control.
Good luck 🙂
@@BartonSnooker thank you very much for your reply! I will be working very hard. On Saturday I was practicing for 7 hours straight it was fun, new improvement 30+, 40+ breaks but today a huge decline and shock the same same groove technique was nothing like how it was on Saturday, but I've happily found out my hidden error totally away at home not even at the snooker table. Also it was funny on Saturday I heard two guys on another table mention 'steve Barton's CZcams snooker videos' just smiled and carried on.
@@amarsbarr don't worry about about going up and down with your game, that happens to all of us. Just carry on trying to do the right things and your improvements will come. It's not always one smooth line where we just keep on improving constantly. Sometimes we hit a bad patch, but trust me, you will come out of it and you will improve!
Ah, that's good to know people are watching the channel. Good stuff!
@@BartonSnooker thanks Steve I've been here since 10am and already my error spotted yesterday at home not even at the snooker table and on the ironing table has improved my cue action considerably!
I always think it's just me who had bad days lol thank you for your well meaningful helpful words
What size tip are you using as smaller give unwanted side, Ive noticed a lot of the top pros are using between 9.75m-10m tips !
Hi there. My tip is 9.75mm. Anything from 9mm - 10mm is fine. Unwanted side will almost all the caused by a cueing error rather than the size of the tip. Shaun Murphy uses a 8.75mm tip.
Hi Steve, great videos btw! I’m 38 been playing since I was 6 with same poor technique, hand too close to white and cue gripped too tight. Tried changing it last year for 2 months but didn’t work and got worse so went back to usual technique and started making 20, 30, 40 and occasionally 50 breaks. Only play once a week, Can you suggest something to increase cue power as don’t feel comfortable and have tried textbook technique?
There really is no way to increase your cue power unless you have a more conventional technique. If your bridge hand is too close to the white ball, this means that you will not have much room to pull the cue all the way back to generate the power you need.
My advice would be to not try and change everything all at once. Increase the length of your bridge hand by 1 inch and try and get used to that. Then once you can do that, increase it a bit more.
Keep your Pinky and ring fingers taped together and practice using you F finger and index fingers on the Cue, You grip to hard because of your Pinky and ring fingers , I PROMISE you this will get you to loosen up
Making changes to your technique is going to feel odd because you are challenging your muscle memory. Make the address changes you feel you need and cue really slow taking in all those feelings of a good cue action as stated in this vid.
After you practice looking at your cuing action. Try Also turning your head away when feathering into the bottle. Your cuing should not change.
Hi, really good channel, do you move the cue at the same speed on every shot when delivering the cue ?
Hello. Glad you enjoy the channel.
The cue moves a different speeds on each shot. The main goal in mind on all shots is to deliver the cue at the lowest speed possible. This normally means hitting a bit lower on the white to get the same spin with less cue speed. But each shot will need a different cue speed, you can't just play the same speed on every shot.
I suppose most shots are similar, but it's about feeling the shot each time and timing the ball nicely with the minimum amount of cue speed.
Thanks for watching!
@@BartonSnooker thanks for the reply, I'm also over thinking where to put your hand on the cue, as when down on the shot, does the cue need to in a vertical v? Also when you step into the shot do you move your right foot to the right when stepping in?
@@Jimmy2001122 hi there. Have a look at the other videos on my channel. I have detailed videos on 'Pre Shot Routine', 'Walking Into The Shot' and 'The Cue Action'.
We all have snooker tables in our houses don't we?
I wish I did! Maybe one day 🙂
I tried and always went off by a fraction HELP
It's all in the elbow nothing more nothing less, swing like a pendulum while keeping the elbow locked when you strike,
To tell you the truth in my opinion you are doing well but instead of talking try to play move guide as like a player, don't talk a lot just show in action.
I am waiting for you next VIDEO and response to my Question and sentence.
BYE
Regards ( Waris Khan Rafiqi )
Once again, your heart is in the right place but the camera is not. It is impossible to bring the cue back all the way while holding it with all four fingers, as the cue has to raise in the back. Thus, I believe you need to show us your grip and what is happening to it while you are bringing the cue backwards. I practice on the baulk line, then hit several shots the length of the table and have the cue ball come back and hit my tip, so it appears as though I am cueing straight. Then when I attempt to do a screw shot I am launching the cue ball over the object ball! Thus I must be raising my shoulder, elbow, hand combination in an unusual manner. So my suggestion is to show much more side views than you do and give us some explanation as you do so. We do not need to see the cue ball going straight up and down the table from the front, we need to see what your mechanism, your arm, elbow, wrist, fingers are doing. Watching the cue ball travel up and down doesn't assist I'm afraid. Thanks for your interest.
Carl...your comments miss the whole point of Steve explaining his concept of correct stroking and alignment. If you have additional suggestions, perhaps you should post your own video which may be helpful or not and let us “novices” decide what is helpful to our game without your superior sounding negative and corrective suggestions. Haughty attitudes indicate a lack of respect. Just saying....an ugly American.
I one day will beat Ronnie in snooker. 18 - 0