3 Biggest Cue Mistakes (Easy To Fix!)
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2022
- Welcome to the channel's first in-depth Cue Tip!
These are some of the most common snooker cue mistakes that I see amateur players make, and in today's video, I'm going to show you the simple fixes for how you can rectify them. Follow these steps, and I guarantee you'll improve your cueing game substantially.
Let me know in the comments any part of your snooker game that you want to improve, and we can look at them in future Cue Tips videos.
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Just take this in for a second. Arguably the greatest player to have ever lived, giving you free coaching. Legend
Yeah I know. Getting snooker lesson of the second greatest player for free is mental. I don’t understand why he doesn’t create his own website and charge people for snooker coaching, I would.
That’s not Ronnie o Sullivan
Arguably , certainly.
@@stevehuebler3670
Of course he's not. Ronnie is so arrogant to talk to people like this.
My friend and I used to regularly go to a snooker club nearby that's run by the family of Raymond Ceulemans, the legendary Belgian three-cushion player. One time, Raymond was there and passed our table on the way to the bathroom while my friend was lining up for a pot. He stopped for a second, corrected my friend's stance and bridge hand, then went on his way. What a night. My friend still missed the pot, of course. 😂
Don't play snooker but I find these tips fascinating. It will allow me to watch the professional players on tv with more appreciation of what they are trying to do.
Love this guy. He's a gentleman's gentleman and without question one of the greatest of the greats to ever play the game. He's also a fabulous commentator now and I always enjoy the match more when he's providing the commentary. Can't say enough good things about this great man and champion.
Don't know snooker at all...clicked on this out of pure curiosity.
Then I researched Stephen Hendry and discovered he was an absolute legend within his sport, and the existence of this video made me happy.
I may not be able to appreciate this particular one, but I really do love it when "the best" of anything take the time to impart their wisdom.
Congrats and thanks for treating your fans so well with this channel! 👍
Once I realized I was making that first mistake, I spent literally like a dozen practice sessions just working on my cue action and making sure I started following through. I didn't even worry so much about potting anything, it was just working on striking cleanly. Helped my game immensely, and when I played a friend (who I often played against ) afterwards, he immediately noticed the change in the way I was striking the ball.
Absolutely the most important thing you can do to make your game better.
Great video, Stephen!!
100%! You'd be surprised how much better I got at pool just by practising hitting the cue ball in the centre as clean as possible, Even going for the tight angles, Keep it central! I was never a decent player to start with, But I became better than average after working on that, And getting better still :)
Bridge hand height for me Nick Llama 😄Stevo😘
Yeah it dose very hard to keep the concentration and discipline though and not fall back into old ways i find especially after a few frames
@@honeybadger9425 Absolutely. Even happens to the pros, that's why they miss the black off the spot. :)
Finally world's greatest snooker professional gives us a CZcams channel! Cheers Steve, you're one of the reasons I love Scotland and of course snooker.
Hendry is the
GOAT
@@flyinscotsman82 Ronnie is but he's second best by a country mile
@@davidhellewell4241 how's that then hendry revolutionised the sport, Ronnie has been on his coat tails since he came on the scene, no one will ever come close to the total domination of the sport he had ever again, on a side note Ronnie is such a knob 😂
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Prime Hendry tears prime Ronnie a new one all day long.
Can tell you’re all Scottish 🤣🤣
Lovely stuff.
A practical suggestion for the future tutorials, please consider getting a white ball with some dots or a stripe. It will emphasise the effect of playing with side, top and bottom spin more noticeable.
Good start to the channel team, looking forward to seeing lots more.
Beat me to it.
Spot on, you have earned your stripes!😅
Wonder where in this video would it be required to use a practice ball, ball be requires
The first section was about the importance of cueing
The second was about the importance of the bridge - primarily staying low and keeping that hand as parallels as possible
The third was about hitting the ball center
just curious as to where a training ball would be needed or require for any of these
@@FullSkipFlip I do agree with you that this set of tips in this video regarding bridging etc don't necessarily require that type of cueball to show how it reacts.
There are sections here regarding unwanted side and using topspin for example, as well as with other tutorial videos that Stephen has done, the "training white" may of helped some novices out.
My initial comment was my own tip as a potential option to give novice/intermediate players a visual guide on how a cueball reacts when hit away from centre. Not just for this video, but for others going forward. Thanks again for the comment.
Thanks so much, Stephen. You are a great teacher! I can't imagine an evening that would be better spent than with a pint here in your snooker room soaking up your wealth of snooker knowledge. I appreciate you sharing.
Can't imagine a better night????
Bloody hell mate that's a sad indictment
@@davidgould5708 lmaoo, leave him be
@@davidgould5708 tbf he said evening. Can go and have a mad one when night comes.
He’s a knob I had to practically rugby tackle him to even get him to acknowledge my existence at a legends event a few years ago
@@DaveLFC1974 lol!
Absolutely brilliant, thank you Stephen. I learned a lot and can’t wait to implement your advice into my game
I‘m a amateur three-cushion billiards player, but I started to love watching snooker when I saw Steven Hendry on Eurosports. My eyes are not good enough for snooker and snooker tables are rare in Vienna, but it‘s really a great sport to watch. I’m still a big fan of Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Jimmy White and above all Steven Hendry.
Thanks Champ. Great advice. I've been stabbing balls with the cue. Always ends badly. Will try.
What a treat. There are loads of channels giving snooker advice but only one from one of the GOATs of the sport.
Yes steven, thanks very much for making this vid. Out of all the club potters you went over, i think looking over the top of the ball and digging is most comparable. Love the content love to see more.
Mr Hendry I remember watching you on TV 30+ years ago when I was just a teenager and I loved watching you playing snooker. It's amazing that you're now sharing your experience with everyone. Thank you so much!
What makes Stephen the greatest is his honesty and loyalty to his fans and audience.
Glad to live in a time to have such a great person
Steven is a real inspiration , the best player and the best teacher
Thank you Stephen. I never take any of the core basics for granted and always welcoming of hints and tips.
ok, can i just say - as a business owner i'm always open to learn. i'm very good at what i do but will always go back to basics. I watched this video twice yesterday, really watched it. it's basics 101. I play 8 ball, no longer play snooker but last night at league, applying these BASIC principles to my game i didn't drop a match all night. It's bumped me up to 83% win rate for season. every shot i played, i slowed down and made sure my stroke was smooth - got down over my cue properly and essentially had a lot of fun including a couple of master breaks. Thank you for reminding us that practicing the basics is so vital. Cheers from down under mate, videos are great.
I just found this channel. Big fan of yours, so I’m definitely subscribing. You are still #1 in my books.
Love the POV cam - that really helps and it would be even more helpful if we can show the red dots on the cue ball where where the cue can strike to produce the different shots in a later video. Really enjoying this channel. Thank you Stephen!
Love it Stephen. Just getting back into the game after a nearly 20 year hiatus and this makes so much sense. Fantastic channel!
Mr Hendry I'm from Chennai India, you started my interest in snooker. Can't believe it was like yesterday watching you play in the 90s, I'm going to be 40 soon! You're a legend. Honour to learn from you Sir.
Absolutely loving this channel. My absolute favourite sporting hero of all time giving us all tips and advice! Genuinely gid banter in every interview too.
Thank you Stephen! These are the most basic aspects of snooker, but often on the table we club players tend to forget them! Appreciate all your videos! *take a bow legend* :)
Time Stamps -
0:21 Going Through the Cue Ball Smoothly
2:31 Bridge Hand Technique
5:34 Unwanted Side On Cue Ball
I appreciate the simple instruction here that helps make the fundamentals more easily absorbed by the student, as
opposed to other pedagogical approaches that tend toward too much emphasis on the details.
I had no idea you had a CZcams channel Stephen. Glad I found it tonight. I am one of the maybe 20 people from the U.S. that loves snooker. Haha. It's sad but it's true. Most pool players either don't like snooker at all, eventhough they've never played it or they just have never even heard of it. I was one of those up until three years ago. Never really heard of it. But once I started watching matches on CZcams I was hooked. And have been ever since. The terrible part is there is not a snooker table within six hours of where I live. So I'm saving up to get one. I absolutely love the game. I think Americans are impatient for the most part. That's why they play 8 ball and 9 ball. You can finish a game I nteo minutes and on to the next game. Where as in snooker the games can be quite long and so much more strategy, and using your brain to think. I just laugh at Americans who say pool is harder than snooker. Lol. They've obviously never played snooker. The game is so so so hard but I love it. I got to play for six months last year every single day. I spent six months in California and the pool hall there had two snooker tables. So I really got a lot of good practice in. I really miss it. But hopefully here in the next couple years I will have enough to buy one. Thank you and sorry about the lengthy comment.
The funny thing is, if snooker ever took off over there you'd be amazing at it. We all live in shoeboxes but you guys could probably fit full size tables in your garages.
Can't wait to see an episode with Ronnie like the one you did with Williams
Great stuff Stephen H, really helping everyone with their own game, obviously we’ll never be as good as the professionals, but for our own standard and when we play people our level, it’s fun to use these tips that you’ve kindly shared with the club players.
Thank you sir 🙏🏼
Loving this channel. Stephen explains everything so clearly and he is so interesting to listen to and learn from.
Very interesting to see a true master giving lessons.
Not boring to listen to either.
Look forward to seeing some more tips, although I think this is a game that requires a natural talent and ability to see angles instantly.
To me that's something you are born with, like the ability to write music.
I’ve adopted your bridge tips and found they have improved my cueing particularly with stun shots. Thanks for the tips and interviews and humour - a great snooker channel.
Brilliant! Liked, subscribed and saved! Loved watching you and of course Ronnie, play! The dedication and talent required to play at that level! Unimaginable! Wish you all the very best, Stephen! Thank you for taking the time to post and educate us! Much appreciated!
Big thanks on these tips. I play daily and getting on to 3 years now so got a reasonable game by now but you have improved my queuing immediately with your advise on smoothness , follow through and getting the que parallel to the table. MANY THANKS.
This is brilliant! There’s nothing like this on CZcams
My all time idol. Always brings me a smile seeing him play.
Thanks Stephen! These three tips are so fundamental, yet easily overlooked. There are so many things to think about when taking a shot - bridge hand, cue parallel, feet position, aiming, sighting, grip, potting, cue ball placement, etc.. Can you recommend a strategy on how to approach & consider all these things and execute successfully on a shot? (assuming the muscle memory has not been fully developed yet). E.g. is there a thinking sequence/routine you can share? Greetings from Australia!
Great Job. I have been looking for such tips from professionals and here The Legend is teaching us. It is an honor. Hope you will get far more than you are contributing. Kindly carry on. My prayers and best wishes for you.
Thank you Stephen for taking the time to make these videos and sharing your knowledge. Very insightful.
Although these hints are familiar to me I want to thank you very, very much, Mr. Hendry! It is so nice to hear you speak so calm and friendly with real concern for less experienced and less skillful snooker players. In my snooker room (yes, I have my own snooker table!) there's a big poster of you on the wall that's next to the black spot. You wear a sweater from "the sweater shop", you hold the World Championship trophy in your hands and you show a lovely, wonderful smile. So you guard every shot I do. Thank you! and greetings from Hungary!
The fact that Stephen still wants people to improve at snooker at this stage of his career is just respectable!
What stage is that then? :)
@@skynetintex5878 The senior but still very high level.
Brilliant! Learned a ton. Your production is world class. Give my appreciation to the crew!
Thanks Stephen! Been a fan for a long time and it's amazing to see you sharing tips here! Keep em coming!
What an awesome channel to create, hopefully it takes off and becomes 1 of the more successful channels on CZcams.
Fantastic Stephen. It's about time to start a channel. We were waiting for it for a long time. Nice camera capture and nice room. Your content is marvelous and brilliantly explained. Please keep these videos coming. Thanks a million
Excellent stuff. I can tell this is going to be a great channel to be subscribed to!
Loving the content so far, I'm very excited to see and learn from more lessons, insights and interviews
To start with, I've learned a lot from you 30 years ago - watching your play. Amazing you started this channel and help us improve
I wouldn't mind all my body moving on the shot if I played half as good as Alex Higgins.
Bit of a myth that . If you watch Alex in slow motion there is no movement at all until after he has impacted the white .
@@darengardner6219 disagree with that. He move while stroking
Alex's style was 1 in a million... And he was just too good with that!
Also, Higgins was MASSIVELY inconsistent. People now just seem to remember the few amazing shots he pulled off because that's all anyone ever rewatches on youtube clips and clips shown on tv. Most of the time he was missing easy pots and not achieving anywhere near what he could have if he'd worked harder on his game and stopped being an alcoholic and smoking crack... Yeah, he was immensely talented, but he actually wasted a lot of it and even dragged poor Jimmy down with him into the all night drinking, gambling and crack smoking BS. I bet anything if Jimmy White had never met Alex Higgins, he might never have developed testicular cancer for one and he would have been world champion (probably more than once).
@@jameswoods7413 No, just the crack and over-partying. Jimmy was pushed into the crack cocaine by Higgins, it's well documented.
That alex Higgins reference had me laughing so bad......I am fairly new to snooker, 4-5 months since I started playing and today I found this channel, stephen is a tremendous teacher tbh
The greatest player in the history of snooker IMO, what a treat this is.
Great videos Stephen, much appreciated.
You explain things so clearly, so concisely, that they seem obvious even when they are far from it. Loving this channel it's great work from a great of the game.
This is a wonderful video! I've never seen anything like this, it's genuinely quite inspiring. I'm looking forward to watching the others, then confidently heading down to my local club and embarrassing myself :) Thanks to all involved
Check out Steve Barton's channel - loads of great content on there for improving your game.
I was working at Lillywhites in 1998 when you dropped by our outdoor/indoor games departments and we were able to play a few shots with you. I raced across the street to get a disposable camera to get a photo with you. Great memory. Thank you.
Spurs?
Wow, this is so brilliant. I went from admiring your skills over the years, but rather seeing you as a "le Chiffre" kinda guy (by his composure, not criminal record) , over seeing you on "Would I lie to you?" and realising how wrong my perseption was to witnessing you strap a go-pro to your head in order to teach people on CZcams. This is a dream come true!
his impression of a club player over hitting it was hilarious 🤣
I am excited to see this channel grow. I am playing Nationals soon, top 32 in my country, and this reminds me to never throw away your foundation, very important stuff!
good luck mate!
Tip two was a little nugget of gold there for me. Thank you Stephen.
Another gem from a master. Thanks!
Hi Stephen, could you please demonstrate what a good timing should be like and how to generate and control the cue power as much as possible? Really appreciate it.
and some advanced tips that club players may not ever noticed about would probably be helpful for intermediate amateur players😋
In my 20s I was making about 6 century breaks a year in matches. I stopped playing completely for 20-25 years when other interests took over. Now in my 50s I’ve been playing for 4 years and back to occasional century break form. It’s been hard work getting to a point where I can find the centre of the white most of the time when I need to and also making sense of potting angles. People don’t realise how hard this is. I’m still working on it every time I play.
❤Eleven years ago,I spent just two weeks practicing every day,lunchtime and again ìn every evening.Soon afterwards,I achieved a seventy four point break.Since then have become a four session a week man, and find a forty break impossible.I am mid seventies.
What a great video to show up randomly. Awesome down to Earth lesson from one of snookers greats!
Love this stuff,between cooking snooker and cocktails you're a natural Stefano.
Stephen i play right handed, my daughter plays left handed. She has just started to play but struggles to get her feet and body in the correct position when getting down on the table. Can you show a video of how to set up for each shot, stance, bridge etc? I'm sure even some of us that have been playing for years on and off would still learn something from a back to basic tutorial. Thank you
Besides head or body movement in the shot, I think a lot of unwanted side is caused by tension in the grip, either fingers or thumbs pushing the cue offline on it's path. At least this has improved my game a lot, practising the cue action with a slow motion and trying to find out what's pushing it offline. Keep a nice consistent medium grip pressure throughout the shot. Observing the position of the cue tip after the shot, and the pressure in the grip is really important to see if you are indeed squeezing or cueing across the ball.
We need this. Please. More. More. More.
Brilliant content.
Thanks
Fantastic. Learnt so much in10 mins. All errors I have made ever since I first picked up a cue.
Great tips. When cueing for me, I tend to really struggle with seeing the object ball, especially if it's at a distance, I feel like I'm having to take my chin off the cue, no matter how parallel the cue is to the table.
maybe try tilting your head to the side just a lil bit so one of your eyes "lifts up"
@@matthewbaker2573 thank you! I'll definitely try this!
@@danielstevens7 let us know if that helps 😊
You know a man's done well in life when he's got a thick Scottish accent and a thick, golden tan....
Brilliant videos. Love this channel.
Thanks for these videos Stephen!! ive admired snooker and watched it all my life, finally wanting to make time to play and you've already made me better! 🙏🙏🙏
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Some great tips there. I've just started playing snooker and this channel is a goldmine of useful information.
Really practical and very clearly explained. Thanks Stephen for taking the time to help us bunnies! Cheers from NZ.
How have I only just found this channel! I definitely need all the help I can get, so to get tips from the greatest of all time (or second greatest for the ROS fans 😊) is pure gold.
Finally some proper tips that can help me out. ive been trying to find some help online and they all say the most basic and obvious stuff but these were really applicable to my game. always had wondered why my cue action was off and im excited to implement this into my practice. thank you
Great practical advice from a great teacher. Thanks so much.
Great vid!
I'm not a huge snooker fan, but there's something very very satisfying about the shine on the balls, the sound of the cue and balls striking and the colours....very nice to watch!
Taken snooker back up after a few years away and this coaching is unreal.
Excellent instruction and keeping it simple for the average player. Thank you.
Thank you! I have always enjoyed and given great weight to your commentary in the matches. I do look forward to more input of the utmost value.👍
Thanks Stephen for these very helpful and informative videos. :)
I'm happy that ytb pushed this channel to me, You were my most love snooker player when I was a child, 'The King of snooker', people called. and when I grown up, I saw you faded away from big matches, that made me sad. Now I founded that you are having new passion in teaching us by video, I'm been moved very much. Although I'm not young, not good at snooker at all event today, but I'm still love this, and admire you, that's my childhood. best wishes to you! Thanks for all you done.
It’s great to have advice like this , before you tube and the internet I used to watch the older players to learn their techniques, good or bad as it seemed , now ,what a difference with online tips and from one of the best players ever
Finally a master giving us tips..maybe i start snookerin again 😊
Fantastic video. Again. To have the knowledge shared by this legend is phenomenal. Thanks Stephen.
Perfect lessons. Thanks for sharing such valuable points👍
I'm really enjoying these tutorials. Stephen puts the techniques over well 👍
Top quality player & quality advice/tips
Most helpful video I've seen for cueing accuracy
Great video, thanks Stephen. I like how you gave us just a few things to focus on so we don't have too many thoughts in our head when playing.
Thank you for many entertaining hours on tv and now continuing on YT. You are a legend!
Thanks Stephen, great video.I love your commentary and analysis as well (in the general game).
So appreciative of these tips Stephen,thank you
Who saw Ronnie cue action at the Champion of Champions 2022, absolutely phenomenal stuff. Thanks for this CZcams channel Stephen.
These are very useful for me. Thanks a lot Stephan 👍
Yeah to have a 7 times World Champion showing us his art and skills is just amazing....some great tips here and next time I play will certainly try out Stephens advice.....the go pro really gives you another useful perspective too.
Loved the reference to not trying be like Alex Higgins knocking ten bells out of the cue ball lol.
Pls more videos! I love it and I’m practicing the straight cueing. Sometimes it works really good and sometimes not.
Excellent videos Stephen! Off to play tomorrow with some direction of how to improve my game! Keep'em coming :) Cheers!