Snooker Cue Action - Snooker Coaching - Snooker Lesson
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Having a good cue action in snooker is very important to improve your potting consistency.
In this snooker lesson, I try to break down into some simple steps, some of the key things for you to work on to improve your own cue action.
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I’m a Snooker Coach myself. Your videos are very well done. You have a very clear and concise way of presenting in front of camera. Super job, you should be proud of your channel and I hope it grows quickly.
Thanks very much, Mike. That really is much appreciated coming from another coach.
I like the simplicity and each part explained in a simple and concise manner . I will be watching more of your videos . Living here in BC Canada I guess would be difficult to have you coach me personally lol
Yup second that - very good content and I like the presentation style.
after watching your videos I successfully made a break of 83 for the first time. thumbs up for your kind efforts.
Bilal Ahmed after watching this video I successfully made a break of 147......oh wait I am talking shite just like you.....83 my arse
How did you practice it ?
@@bountyhuntermk2520 lol
@@bountyhuntermk2520 takes me 3 frames to make 83 points.
the best explanation of cueing action that I have ever seen on youtube.
Great video! I have always been told by others that I use too much shoulder and had no idea what they meant. Now I do. Perfectly explained. Can’t wait to get back on the practice table now. Thanks, from Australia
detail description, and clear explanation of reason why we need it.
Awesome job!!! will keep track of this channel
One of the best videos I have seen on cue action.
This video is very clear, well done.
Brilliant video, love the "hit from the elbow pointer". I think that is where I have been going wrong!
Great video, thank you for the upload!
Awesome video!! It's helped me a lot!! Thank you sir!!
Any movement in the shoulder, can manipulate the cue off the "shot line", because the shoulder joint is a multi function joint. You do have the slightest Shoulder Movement, as you pull the cue back to the Pause. I do enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Just What i Wanted sir! u explain very well ............... our levels of understanding
I watched all of your video ,this channel is the best snooker coaching on youtube . Good explanation ,easy to understand , improve my skill thx a lot
From Thailand
By the way can you explain about screw shot
Wow, such details in cue action, Lot of thank you sir!
First time ever any coach provided real needy genuine important
Big thank you for the pause advise, I paused with cue near to white rather than at the back swing and it has improved my accuracy immensely.Find all your tutorial videos a great help and well presented.
I loved every second of this rich instructional video. Funny @7:33 he blinks right when the shot was cut LOL. Look at it!
Another great video Steve 😉👍
Thanks for your advice.
Very much appreciate it.
Really see my weakness, will work on them. ❤
Fantastic advice.
Best instructor on you tube maybe the world..no shitt..❤
Excellent videos with lots of good content.
Fantastic advice very clear and easy to follow cheers.
Very clear explain , number 1 coach
Wow! This is so helpful. Exactly what I need to know and practice. New to snooker from the states. Thnx!
Best
Thanks for making this video
This steps really helps me to improve me
God bless you
I really appreciate your videos. Every now and then I rewatch them when I feel I haven’t been doing the right thing and oh boy it clears the doubt instantly. Thank you very much Sir.
Thank you. Happy to help ☺️
Thanks it's like a master class for me I will work with this
Thank you so much
Very useful video. Stay happy
Great teaching man!👌🏆
Excellent Thank you.
Nice tutorial ...very helpful...thank you
Thanks a lot you helps me a lot with fun in snooker games :)
Master thanks for that eye alignment video is good I use it and I don't really focus on what my eyes are doing is a habit now😂💯
Beautifully presented sir
Thank you, this was very helpful. You have earned a new subscriber :)
Great job very good expiation
love the coaching videos just what the dr ordered😎🙄😊
U r very good man and a best snooker coach , i am from pakistan ,i watch ur videos and i do daily practise
Thanks you taught me something
Brilliant, i shall now subscribe. keep up good work
Nice video again! Works great in the american game of pool as well.
Very well explained
Excellent very useful
Great breakdown love your presentation.
Thank you!
Yep, pausing at the cue ball makes sense👍
I've just started playing league snooker and am looking to improve my consistency. Found this very useful, thanks! Hoping I can achieve that 83 break like the comment below (my current highest is 62 from from quite a few years back now!)
Hi, I want to thank you for explaining the pauses so clearly which helped me understand a mistake I was doing for years. I have been trying to imitate cue action of Lee(My Fav), and Murphy for years with pause at back which ruin my cue action and makes me couldn’t cue straight. I tried your cue action today and can follow through better and understand what I was doing wrong. I was forcing myself in doing what was not suitable for me. Thx and will practise more
That's great news! Thank you 🙂
Great Show very professionally explained, keep the good work my friend and greetings from Australia
Thanks very much! Lots more videos coming 🙂
Wat a snooker player and such a good coach
Thank you. Well explained! I think I now know what im doing wrong.
Just found your channel. It's very helpful. Thanks 👍
Thanks, Colin. Glad you're enjoying it 🙂
Aah!!! What I wouldn't give to play just one shot as perfectly as you do!!!
That frustration just reminds me of that railway station ghost from the movie 'Ghost', who feels similarly for just one smoke.
hello mate just wanna sat ur videos are awsome I had no clue how to control the white until I started watching ur videos thanks alot dude keep up the good work ... I even cancelled my coaching session only cuz of you thanks 4 saving my money too
Cool 😎
Great!!
excellent work #Sir❤
I enjoy your videos and have learned so much from you.
If I ever make it to the UK to watch a live snooker event, I will plan to book a few sessions with you (should you offer a day crash course and be taking on any new clients that is).
Thank you! Would always love to help if you are ever in the UK 🙂
Hello,Your videos helps me alot brother please keep going and make more videos.I am 15 years old and I like this game very much,I want to make a career with Snooker please keep helping me..♥️
Very Nice once.
Very Nice Keep it Up Bro...
Thanks
Nice explainations
In Steve we have a world class snooker coach for free!!! I hope you make a quid out of this Steve, you thoroughly deserve to! Even I get clarity when I watch your videos and that's saying something 😋
Thanks Simon. Really appreciate you watching the videos 👍🙂
Hi Steve - some grest points in there ! If you watch Anthony McGill's vid on cue action he talks about having three pauses in the action - i used to have no pause at the end of the backswing and i introduced one and ita been a gamechanger for me - i guess its about what feels right for individual - i used to have no pause at the end of the feathers and introduced one! Its been a real change! Keep up the great work mate!
Hi Chris. Thanks again for the positive comments.
Yes, I have seen Anthony's McGill's video on the pauses. Really good video.
As I say in this video, it's about finding out what best works for a player. You're getting on great with a pause at the end of your backswing, so don't stop doing that.
Thanks so much Steve, your videos are really helping me out a lot! I am one of the only girls who plays at my local club and sometimes it's hard to find someone who is willing to practice with me or coach me, so these videos are a great help. I hope you will gain more subscribers in the future! :-)
Hi Matilda. Thank you so much! Really glad the videos are helping you. Lots more to come.
cool. what are your main goals in the game?
@@the_alchemy_method Participating in the Dutch Women's Championship last year was a dream come true for me!
Thanx
Super teach
Sir in this video which tips you tell us its very beneficial... And i know these tips will improve my game ❤❤
Really u know better than others what is actually need to do
One question regarding the neck/head position. If you were to stand up from a stance position without moving anything from the waist up, would your neck and head be pointing upwards at almost a 45 degree angle?
I’ve only just discovered your channel and videos. Thanks for the great tips! Can I ask a quick question regarding step 4? Is the power of the each shot determined by how far you pull the cue back when feathering the cue? Does speed of delivery come into play or do you always deliver the cue at the same speed and just pull the cue back less for a gentle shot and further back for a heavier shot? Hope that makes sense. I think this might be where I’m going wrong as I don’t always hit my chest when cuing. I’m a div 2, club league player and trying to make more consistent 20-30 breaks (my max is only 37) but I’m so inconsistent, I can’t even get to 16 a lot of the time as I miss ones I should be getting right after potting a few really good ones with fairly good position! I always address the table the same way and my stance is always the same with a straight back leg in line with the shot so I think I’m ok there. I don’t always hold my cue in the same place so that’s my main inconsistency. Can that make a big difference to cuing straight? Can you please explain how far back to hold the cue with the right hand? Thanks, Chris.
Excellent no reason why I shouldn't be knocking tons in now.
Great stuff. I'm wondering if you have a theory why players lightly tap their bridge hand fingers on the cloth when feathering?
Vielen Dank
Is there a guide line for the length of follow through? I was just thinking should it be around 16.5 cm, the circumference of a ball? To maximise the contact with the ball? Thank you very much for sharing your meticulous observations and you explain things very well. Just need to get down to the club and practice them. All the best.
Just had a great session practising at my local club. I believe that now that I am hitting from the elbow and employing a second pause as you advocate that this will promote a better chance of hitting through the ball? Thanks again.
Hi Des! Yeah you're exactly right. Everything I talk about in my videos all adds up to an incremental improvement in lots of different areas, leading to higher consistency.
Your deliberation and training skill is outstanding. Can you tell us something on Cushion shot and how to break snooker for beginners.
Yes I will make these videos in the near future! Thanks for the kind comments.
Coach do you look at the cue ball or the object ball when you are delivering your shot ?
Sir, what is your opinion about slip strokes/skip shots (someone suggested transitioning optimally if can - as forces proper backswing & follow thru..as well as overcomes “tightening” under pressure
Wow cool
Great video Steve...When I cue I use the arrows to see if am cueing straight..How ever I do sometimes twist my wrist and the arrows are squint..Any ideas what I can be doing wrong?
Shame you didn’t live in Scotland pal,Would love some coaching on cueing 👌🏻
Hello..Mr.Barton..on softs shot i fully agree with nr 5 (elbow still) but what about power shots!? How do i generate enough power!?
I love your videos and have watched most of them. Great information, analysis and camera angles which help demonstrating what you are trying to explain. I'm very detail oriented and I like that. However, you contradicted yourself in a couple of videos. For example, in this video you are saying to hit from the elbow while In a lot of videos, you show how you drop your elbow in your delivery. I myself drop the elbow as I found it works best for my cue action. I used to throw my upper arm and elbow when I am hit from the elbow.
Hi! Thanks a lot for watching the videos. I really appreciate your support 🙂
I think whenever I talk about dropping the elbow, I'm very careful to talk about it happening AFTER the delivery.
For a lot of players, they don't use a very long backswing, and then hit by purely using elbow drop, and that's not what good players are going.
So hitting from the elbow.... AND THEN... dropping the elbow is acceptable and a technique used by a lot of players.
What I'm trying to get across in a generic video, is that you don't want to hit using elbow drop. You hit from the elbow, and then drop it AFTER the strike (if that's you're natural tendency).
@@BartonSnooker I agree...I had that problem as well. Of all the different elements of technique and cue action, in my humble opinion and due to the difficulties I have experienced, I find that the grip and how it works with cue delivery is the most important. Most professionals like Steve Davis (whom I followed his advice religiously) and Sean Murphy, who are benchmarks as far as technique and cue action, don't stress much emphasis on how it works I believe it just came natural to them and that's why they assume everyone will get it naturally. Thank you again for your great in detail analysis of these elements of technique and cue action.
Hi. Thank you for the video, however I'm still struggling to get the tips of my cue as close as my white as i can't judge the distance. Any tips how to do that to get that tips as closer to the white. I hope u understand the issue
Super
V..nice
Great channel! Loving your videos so far. Wondering what you think of Kyren Wilsons cue action?
I notice he pauses on the back swing, then starts to slowly stutter the cue forward and then plays the shot. Very unusual style!
I agree it is an unusual style Wilson has. It seems like a lot of effort to strike the ball but he's managed to get it to work. His new turned in stance is a bit odd too..
Thank you for the quality video.
I wonder if I should stick the cue to my rib cage while feathering. I'm currently doing it, the pivot point guides the cue and makes me feather straighter.
However, when I'm actually playing the shot, my wrist will pump into my rib cage when I'm trying to cue through the cue ball, throwing my follow-through slightly off-line, especially when I'm playing power shots.
Should I keep doing it?
That's a good question. I find I do the same thing on the follow though. I e my grip hits my rib cage and moves the cue off line slightly. Presumably, this can impart side on the ball especially with more power in the shot.
I've watched lots of coaches videos and no one has mentioned this issue. Like you, I like my cue close to my side for control. I've tried experimenting with my stance in such a way as to move my body further a way from the cue line but lose control on the cue action.
Hi, very useful tips, but I have problem on my stance, why after 1 or 2 hours playing I feel smoth ache in my both legs?
today i spent hours in club and figured out that i bent my arm too much and my weight goes to my right leg and thats why my face is angling different. do you have any video on body weight? dont know what happend to my game but years ago a coach told me to flattern the cue to bed of the table and since then my body weight changed , i dont see much gap between table and cue although i feel my body weight is balanced, but i heard that lots of weight should be on left leg, but when i do that the butt of the cue comes offline to the right. can you help me? tnx
Nice work mate give us some guide on potting angles and throw of cue ball i am a begginer with a break of 20 but i still didnot recognise the basic angles and miss simple shots
Hi there. Have a look at my video on 'Lining Up Shots'. I explain here what I am looking at, and how you will see these angles better over time.
Hi Barton, Great tips and thanks for the video. I had a question about your last tip. What are all the muscles I should lock when hitting from the elbow? Do I only keep my shoulder (deltoid) muscles from moving or do I also ensure that the inside of my arm (biceps/
triceps) is sticking with my lat muscles when I pay the follow through? Any other muscle/joint I should lock when I play the follow through? Thanks!
Hey - it might be 3 years since, but I had the same question. After I experimented, I found that lifting my shoulder slightly and keeping deltoid tensed, also tightens my biceps a little. If I also tuck the elbow in a bit (which works for my action, but maybe not yours) then the whole system is much more stable and solid, and on a full backstroke if the elbow keeps still and muscles tensed but not too tight, then you are kind of forced to relax the fingers more to keep the cue moving parallel without raising the cue butt on the full backstroke. I think before I was moving my elbow position slightly to help keep the cue level, and lifting the shoulder fixed it and makes the action straighter and more consistently reliable too - which results in more balls going into pockets :)
Hi Steve when your lining up at 4.28 you aim the tip at the center of the cue ball, is the tip also at the same time aimed at the contact point on the blue ball to pot it.
Hi! I don't think of it as aiming the tip to a specific contact point. You need to aim the white onto a position on the object ball, where you think it will pot the ball. On my video 'Lining Up Shots', I explain what I am thinking about when I line up a shot.
It is too difficult to pick an exact contact point on the object ball so that you pot it. All I am really judging is the overlap of the two balls so that I feel confident that the ball will go in.
Is it important that the cue touches my chest? do you have any video about this?
Thanks for the great content btw.
Thank you very much for your videos, Barton, to make the balance until I hand over my chest should I concentrate on the elbow? on the forearm? or in hand?
All three! The hand needs to stay relaxed, then you feel the hit of the shot coming from the elbow. The grip and the elbow are the most important points to focus on.
Hi BartonSnooker .
Kindly give positive response
I wanna ask that my cue action is like mark william bcoz i m 6 feet and i place my foot cross the aim line and my elbow see like mark selby and mark william to out from top... I mean u tell about elbow angle in or out which 1 is the best ...
Does it affect the game?
Sir as u said I m doing but d prblm is dat when i deliver my cue I feel like whole load of body have come on my hand shoulders and it feels so right
Hi, beginning player here. When I go down for the shot, I can hit from the elbow alright but my arm isnt vertical, the elbow always drifts to the outside. Any tips on how to remedy this? Change the stance?
help...
my head position is different while standing but when i am down my head is abit facing towards 1 o clock and line would look offline.
feels like i sight with right eye while standing but when down i use left eye
how do i fix this problem?
tnx