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Watching Ronnie playing snooker is a beauty and playing against him is a dream come true, great to see Michela and John virgo to refresh old memories of snooker ❤️
This video is an absolute treat for studying Ronnie’s cue action! I’ve been to several tournaments and saw him last year at an exhibition similar to this, but this video probably even tops that for really seeing what’s really going on, especially at slow playback speed. Wish tv coverage wasn’t always so focussed on the object ball but had more angles like this…
Congrats Steve for all your effort during your journey that brought you to that day...to be able to play against the rocket. Cheers from Cyprus. Keep up the good work pal!
I wondered why it took so long to upload ;-) Just joking Steve, clearly no shame in losing to 'The Rocket'. At least he gave you a DOUBLE double tap on the table for recognition of a safety shot you played early doors... Watching him clear up was poetry in motion but I'm sure had it been a best of three you would have come out victorious! 🏆
lol Me too. A mate played him in an exhibition like this and got spanked, too. :) I'd be a bag of nerves and wouldn't be able to hit a pig's a$$ with a shovel. Shame you didn't get to get your hand on the table proper, Steve. Happens all the time even with the pros.
Shame you didn't get the chance to showcase what you can do, Steve. Love watching your videos and I can't wait for end of May for my lesson with you! Keep up the good work mate!
Isn't the shame just yet tho.. 1st..Ronnie missed the pot on a first red at top right corner,he got little bit of luck.the que ball stuck up with the ball on a side,steve can't get the shot and he play sort of a weak safety,probably he underestimated on one red ball near top left corner pocket so,Ronnie pot that ball and win the match
What an honour to play such a legend Steve!! You should be proud of yourself...a moment to cherish for all your life. I guess the butterflies in your stomach kicked in on the break off...but there wasn't much that you could've done differently really!! He's such a genius, a perfectionist and makes this difficult game look so easy. When he's in the zone...it's just Magic!! Well done mate and keep doing what you're doing as you are helping a lot of players!!
What an upload, we even had the great John Virgo asking where the white ball was going. A great lesson on how to play snooker with the greatest on earth. Respect to Mr Barton to get the occasion organised. For all the tutorial work Mr Barton puts in. Great upload👍✌️
He's so fast around the table but his cueing motion is pretty slow and precise on all his shots but the final yellow. Looking forward to a breakdown vid of his action as this gives clear footage of everything.
Lol loved the Stan Laurel-like expression staring into the camera at the end there. Been looking forward to this upload and disappointed that you didn't get a chance to get in among the balls yourself but what an honour to play the best snooker player of all time and one of the greatest sportsmen that the UK has ever produced.
Love your sense of humor at the end! Would have loved to see you with just one chance to clear up the table ;) thanks for all and congrats for this moment with Ronnie, Steve!
A Huge Thank you Steve for sharing this. I Love Ronnie. Just mesmeric to see him work round the table and an absolute professional. Glad you got to meet and play him 🙂
Good man going against The King and not pass out ;)))) Amazingly after 40 years in the game AND watching your coaching i've realized that one of the MOST IMPORTANT thing in the swing is the position of the SHOULDER of the bridge hand towards the CHIN.... i do realize i do it pretty "ok" myself ... just never realized how much that has to come into teaching this game for straighter backswing AND of course straight, longer and even smoother follow through.... somehow this video woke me up towards helping others in a small yet MASSIVE way to simplify the comfort of what a snooker cue action is. Thx buddy...
Just looking at Ronnie’s body language at the beginning. He obviously knows exactly who you are and has a lot of respect for you. He doesn’t show that to everyone. It wouldn’t surprise me if he watched all your videos to be honest - he is a big snooker fan after all and they are all great videos! So awesome to see this one!!
I really do feel your pain, but at the same time it's kind of a perfect clip, a text book clearance from Ronnie, as you'd hope for and expect, and I know personally I'd rather be on tape getting flogged by O'Sullivan than have footage of an evenly scored scrappy encounter where you couldn't be 100% sure he'd respected you enough to have given his best. I hope you get what I'm trying to convey, love the videos, they've definitely improved my game so please keep 'em coming! Cheers
Enjoyed watching the game Steve,makes you realize the skill,half a chance game over.You've done the same to players yourself ....Top class content pal...
Losing a frame to anybody is a no shame. Just a game, failure makes you perfect your technique.. Steve played few shots but all were very short of pace. Steve grip doesn’t allow him to go through as Ronnie or other pro players. In pressure match play these technique faults are magnified, and also the best time to analyse your game. Game technique gives you confidence and helps you play smoothly without fear against anybody. Not criticising anybody, just giving my opinion. Thanks.
Hi Steve- great to see the number of likes & views on this video, so good to raise your profile. He is the GOAT, you're the best coach... keep up the good work 👏
Awesome. I'd love to have the privilege to just watch Ronnie clear up in person like that. You were hitting a couple of safetys a little short is all. Was there a bit of tension in your arm or was the cloth running slower than you expected?
Ronnie is an absolute Genius so it must have been great to have had that match against him but can u do a vid telling us what it was like to face such an icon of our beloved sport and how nervouse you felt or not maybe and what u felt he was like to be around....Fantastic
I could only dream of playing Ronnie O'Sullivan. Unlucky to leave that half chance but Ronnie did what Ronnie does best. Still you gave it your best and even though he cleared the table it must have been an honour to play Ronnie. Great video and keep up the good work!
Steve you face back at your snooker room had me in tears,,,you cant really play against that can you,,,still at least you have now got bragging rights,,well done my mate,,Tony Rentokil.
Steve you are a great comedian, that few seconds of cricket sounds after the game with Ronnie, CLASSIC. No shame losing to him, I hear he's quite good 😁 Not many people can say they played the Great Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan
Great upload Steve ,but it doesn’t matter who you are and how good you are ,playing Ronnie in a one off frame you have the pressure on every shot knowing it’s probably your last one .Ronnie does that every night against some of the best club players in the country reeling in centuries on any table ,a legend of the game for sure .Where was that exhibition played Steve ?
Ronnie did what Ronnie does. It is an exhibition and, with respect, the people come to watch him. An honour to share the table with him. And Michaela - how good to see her again, the best referee going around. A great loss to snooker.
You didn’t really make a mistake Steve, maybe slightly short on the white with the safety. Nothing you can do about break building like that, just watch and admire.
There is no shame in getting your ass handed to you by the greatest snooker player of all time. What I do admire, Steve, is that you got there - you got to play the greatest of all time. You got to sit and watch him in action. I absolutely respect that and I am not going to hide it - I envy you 😂 Keep up the amazing work on this channel!
I'll be honest Steve. That red was over the pocket ish and the safety was about 7 inches too short, it was sayonara after that. The best player that ever picked up a cue cleared the pattern lovely. Thanks for sharing your great experience with us, quality content as usual.
Great to see a legend play a frame… against Ronnie O’Sullivan 😉 Absolute poetry in motion from Ronnie tho, makes it look effortless 😅 Thought that red might go in the middle when he split the pack and Steve would come back and clear up but it wasn’t to be 🤷🏼♂️
Hope you’re not too demoralised. Perfect timing as I was wondering if you could analyse Ronnie left handed. Does his cue remain under his “dominant” eye or is it different. And whichever what does this tell us about the dominant eye/cue alignment theory. Hope you can address this. Great channel
Not demoralising to be honest. You're just playing the best player that's ever played (in my opinion). Ronnie still cues under the same eye when he's playing left handed 👍 I'll look at that in the future. Good video idea 🙂
Hy barton sir how r u ?....plz guide me one thing iam playing a shot when i deliver a shot my body is also moving plz guide me a tip to still my body during shot ??
Watching master craftsmen of any stripe is a joy. I would love to be in a match with either Ronnie or Efren so I could watch them whup my butt. Kudos for getting there, Steve.
Mickaela Tabb was a bit rounder there lol !! Ronnie the legend doing what he does best and be proud you had the chance. And your face after !! Priceless !
Just one average safety, and the game is over. This is the reason every single shot matters. BTW, such a big honor. Not everyone is qualified to play vs. Ronnie.
"I don't think you're going to get a lot of Sympathy from Theresa, Steve" Theresa was a fan in the crowd and she really wanted Ronnie to win, so that's why John made that comment to me.
Well you did get to play him mate..Trouble is the pockets must look like Buckets from the match tables he normally plays on, you could tell the nap was very slow,Even Ronnie at the beginning twigged that.. Then they say it was all History. Lucky man Steve.
Tell me who did the sound on this, and I'll send the boys around. A shame you didn't get to do much in this frame but I guess it's a privilege to be beaten by such a legend.
Watching Ronnie playing snooker is a beauty and playing against him is a dream come true, great to see Michela and John virgo to refresh old memories of snooker ❤️
Wow!! No shame in losing a frame to the great man himself. Thanks for sharing!
This video is an absolute treat for studying Ronnie’s cue action! I’ve been to several tournaments and saw him last year at an exhibition similar to this, but this video probably even tops that for really seeing what’s really going on, especially at slow playback speed. Wish tv coverage wasn’t always so focussed on the object ball but had more angles like this…
Congrats Steve for all your effort during your journey that brought you to that day...to be able to play against the rocket. Cheers from Cyprus. Keep up the good work pal!
I wondered why it took so long to upload ;-) Just joking Steve, clearly no shame in losing to 'The Rocket'. At least he gave you a DOUBLE double tap on the table for recognition of a safety shot you played early doors... Watching him clear up was poetry in motion but I'm sure had it been a best of three you would have come out victorious! 🏆
That was awesome to watch, even with him just running the table out on you. Thanks for uploading this
That pause at the end killed me lol. What an honor to play Ronnie though, thanks for the great vids!
lol Me too. A mate played him in an exhibition like this and got spanked, too. :)
I'd be a bag of nerves and wouldn't be able to hit a pig's a$$ with a shovel. Shame you didn't get to get your hand on the table proper, Steve. Happens all the time even with the pros.
Not only played the Rocket, you've got Mr. John Virgo announcing & Mrs. Michaela Tabb refereeing. The whole setup is legendary yet majestic.
Shame you didn't get the chance to showcase what you can do, Steve. Love watching your videos and I can't wait for end of May for my lesson with you! Keep up the good work mate!
Thanks a lot Adam. Looking forward to helping 👍
Isn't the shame just yet tho..
1st..Ronnie missed the pot on a first red at top right corner,he got little bit of luck.the que ball stuck up with the ball on a side,steve can't get the shot and he play sort of a weak safety,probably he underestimated on one red ball near top left corner pocket so,Ronnie pot that ball and win the match
What an honor to play against this living legend 😍
The look afterward was funny. Man, he didn't even let you get started. He is amazing.
What an honour to play such a legend Steve!! You should be proud of yourself...a moment to cherish for all your life.
I guess the butterflies in your stomach kicked in on the break off...but there wasn't much that you could've done differently really!! He's such a genius, a perfectionist and makes this difficult game look so easy. When he's in the zone...it's just Magic!!
Well done mate and keep doing what you're doing as you are helping a lot of players!!
Love the 'oh well' pause from you at the end Steve. Great stuff.
What an upload, we even had the great John Virgo asking where the white ball was going. A great lesson on how to play snooker with the greatest on earth. Respect to Mr Barton to get the occasion organised. For all the tutorial work Mr Barton puts in. Great upload👍✌️
Thanks a lot 👍🙂
He's so fast around the table but his cueing motion is pretty slow and precise on all his shots but the final yellow. Looking forward to a breakdown vid of his action as this gives clear footage of everything.
Lol loved the Stan Laurel-like expression staring into the camera at the end there. Been looking forward to this upload and disappointed that you didn't get a chance to get in among the balls yourself but what an honour to play the best snooker player of all time and one of the greatest sportsmen that the UK has ever produced.
The joy on your face on the intro! watching now. congratulations on getting the match steve
Love your sense of humor at the end! Would have loved to see you with just one chance to clear up the table ;) thanks for all and congrats for this moment with Ronnie, Steve!
Cheers Jan!
Great to watch - lovely setting and audience 👍
This was awesome. Gutted you only got to have a couple of shots but what an opportunity 👏
Omg, gonna watch this on the tv when I get home! How great is this!!!
Very pleased Ronnie was willing to help you in making this video. I was watching it and observing how he compares with your training videos.
A Huge Thank you Steve for sharing this. I Love Ronnie. Just mesmeric to see him work round the table and an absolute professional. Glad you got to meet and play him 🙂
Good man going against The King and not pass out ;)))) Amazingly after 40 years in the game AND watching your coaching i've realized that one of the MOST IMPORTANT thing in the swing is the position of the SHOULDER of the bridge hand towards the CHIN.... i do realize i do it pretty "ok" myself ... just never realized how much that has to come into teaching this game for straighter backswing AND of course straight, longer and even smoother follow through.... somehow this video woke me up towards helping others in a small yet MASSIVE way to simplify the comfort of what a snooker cue action is. Thx buddy...
5:15 John Virgo: "Where is the red ball going?!" 😁
😂
Even getting mauled in a game by big Ron is an experience. In his flow he's just such a joy to watch
Parabéns Steve, Eu quero te agradecer por compartilhar com nós esse momento único parabéns obrigado!
O Brasil é Steve !
Just looking at Ronnie’s body language at the beginning. He obviously knows exactly who you are and has a lot of respect for you. He doesn’t show that to everyone. It wouldn’t surprise me if he watched all your videos to be honest - he is a big snooker fan after all and they are all great videos! So awesome to see this one!!
I was eagerly waiting for this video ever since you’d announced..thanks for sharing
Your reaction afterwards, comedy gold 😂😂 maybe you missed your calling
That was a great video. Thank you Barton!😀🙏
Ronnie is a god. He just makes you sit there and pray. 😂😂😂
What an amazing and elegant frame to watch!
I really do feel your pain, but at the same time it's kind of a perfect clip, a text book clearance from Ronnie, as you'd hope for and expect, and I know personally I'd rather be on tape getting flogged by O'Sullivan than have footage of an evenly scored scrappy encounter where you couldn't be 100% sure he'd respected you enough to have given his best. I hope you get what I'm trying to convey, love the videos, they've definitely improved my game so please keep 'em coming! Cheers
Has someome actually ever beat Ronnie in these kinda matches where they play just for fun ?
Yes. There was a guy that made 126 against Ronnie. It's on TH-cam.
@@BartonSnooker really ? Do u happen to have a link to that video ?
@@torrable-brawlstars7833 here you go:
th-cam.com/video/WBi8tkH0dyA/w-d-xo.html
Your face at 8:57 after the game...
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻😆😆😆
Love your sense of humour.
Keep it up.
😁😁
So nice of you to let Ronnie in 😁
Great video!
8:58 unlucky Steve mate!
Watching this from Malaysia, keep up with more content and great job back there sir 🫂
Enjoyed watching the game Steve,makes you realize the skill,half a chance game over.You've done the same to players yourself ....Top class content pal...
I'm crying at the outro 🤣
nice to see virgo still doing the rounds, i played him many years ago, a good fun guy, must have been just after he won the uk title
it’s 2 am, i don’t know how snooker works and i have no clue who these people are but i’m extremely invested
so much fun watching your videos - and what an opportunity to play RoS!
The single camera angle gave the opportunity to look at many aspects of Ronnie's cue action that you never get when watching him in tournaments on TV.
Losing a frame to anybody is a no shame. Just a game, failure makes you perfect your technique..
Steve played few shots but all were very short of pace. Steve grip doesn’t allow him to go through as Ronnie or other pro players.
In pressure match play these technique faults are magnified, and also the best time to analyse your game. Game technique gives you confidence and helps you play smoothly without fear against anybody.
Not criticising anybody, just giving my opinion. Thanks.
Hi Steve- great to see the number of likes & views on this video, so good to raise your profile. He is the GOAT, you're the best coach... keep up the good work 👏
Thanks so much. Hope you're good 👍👍
Well played Steve. Lol. Keep up the great coaching videos. They are the best out there.
Awesome. I'd love to have the privilege to just watch Ronnie clear up in person like that. You were hitting a couple of safetys a little short is all. Was there a bit of tension in your arm or was the cloth running slower than you expected?
Probably the tension if I'm honest. I wouldn't say the table was slow. You're just under that bit of added pressure 😃
@@BartonSnooker Indeed. Ah well, great experience anyway. Maybe you can get another opportunity someday too.
Great channel Steve, just wondering did Ronnie have that aura about him they mention Which affect peoples cueing or confidence ?
Ronnie is an absolute Genius so it must have been great to have had that match against him but can u do a vid telling us what it was like to face such an icon of our beloved sport and how nervouse you felt or not maybe and what u felt he was like to be around....Fantastic
Great idea thanks 🙂
Nice watching it from that angle.
8:58 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice!😁one cue finish....one Frame is little short for you both😅
I could only dream of playing Ronnie O'Sullivan. Unlucky to leave that half chance but Ronnie did what Ronnie does best. Still you gave it your best and even though he cleared the table it must have been an honour to play Ronnie. Great video and keep up the good work!
On your 2nd shot, you chose to hit the one on the right cushion not the one Ronnie potted later. That one seemed a bit more open from the camera angle
Steve you face back at your snooker room had me in tears,,,you cant really play against that can you,,,still at least you have now got bragging rights,,well done my mate,,Tony Rentokil.
Hehe! Thanks Tony 👍
Steve you are a great comedian, that few seconds of cricket sounds after the game with Ronnie, CLASSIC.
No shame losing to him, I hear he's quite good 😁
Not many people can say they played the Great Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan
Haha! Thanks Alec. Much appreciated 🙂
Great upload Steve ,but it doesn’t matter who you are and how good you are ,playing Ronnie in a one off frame you have the pressure on every shot knowing it’s probably your last one .Ronnie does that every night against some of the best club players in the country reeling in centuries on any table ,a legend of the game for sure .Where was that exhibition played Steve ?
Does anyone know the context of this frame? Such a strange setting?
I do! Ronnie was playing an exhibition evening. 8 players (one of which was me) got to play Ronnie over the course of the evening.
@@BartonSnooker ahhh I see. Thanks!
Wow! Where was this? Must have been amazing to play ronnie
Fair play Steve - one semi error, game over - The GOAT is very special.
Ronnie did what Ronnie does. It is an exhibition and, with respect, the people come to watch him. An honour to share the table with him. And Michaela - how good to see her again, the best referee going around. A great loss to snooker.
She is far from the "best referee going around" and would probably even admit that herself.
@@seanscanlon9067 Sean, you are entitled to your opinion in the same way I am entitled to mine. Doesn’t make either of us right or wrong.
Very nice play from you too, good job mate!
You didn’t really make a mistake Steve, maybe slightly short on the white with the safety. Nothing you can do about break building like that, just watch and admire.
Hi Tony! Yeah, bit short on the safety and that was that. Incredible how consistent he was all night.
@Dr Phillip Montgomery I played 1. But he was there for an exhibition evening. He played 7 other opponents 👍
Absolute quality. Big hand for the crowd, gave Ronnie best of order.
Great safety at the start. Fun frame to watch, you'll get him next time!
Lol. Loved your reaction. Keep up the good work. Would have been a treat to watch Ronnie in action. Thanks.
thank you for sharing.you are a gem
There is no shame in getting your ass handed to you by the greatest snooker player of all time. What I do admire, Steve, is that you got there - you got to play the greatest of all time. You got to sit and watch him in action. I absolutely respect that and I am not going to hide it - I envy you 😂 Keep up the amazing work on this channel!
Thanks a lot Martin for you positive and uplifting comments 👍👍
Ronnie talks about Robinson's cue action, but his own looks pretty amazing and much more natural than most others.
I'll be honest Steve. That red was over the pocket ish and the safety was about 7 inches too short, it was sayonara after that. The best player that ever picked up a cue cleared the pattern lovely.
Thanks for sharing your great experience with us, quality content as usual.
Yeah, little bit short on the safety and that was that! Too good 😁
@@BartonSnooker Too good 👍🏼.
Steve left that on purpose. How often do you get an opportunity to watch Michela Tabb up close?
Great to see a legend play a frame… against Ronnie O’Sullivan 😉
Absolute poetry in motion from Ronnie tho, makes it look effortless 😅
Thought that red might go in the middle when he split the pack and Steve would come back and clear up but it wasn’t to be 🤷🏼♂️
Well Steve u played against the genius, never mind for loosing the frame, good to see u both together ❤
A knuckle touch from ronnie before the frame thats a first 😅 well done man you can show the grandkids this 🥰
Hey Ronnie missed the last black. What happen if you go out and clear the last black? Would you get teased? I'm curious caused nobody did that before.
Hope you’re not too demoralised. Perfect timing as I was wondering if you could analyse Ronnie left handed. Does his cue remain under his “dominant” eye or is it different. And whichever what does this tell us about the dominant eye/cue alignment theory.
Hope you can address this.
Great channel
Not demoralising to be honest. You're just playing the best player that's ever played (in my opinion).
Ronnie still cues under the same eye when he's playing left handed 👍
I'll look at that in the future. Good video idea 🙂
Hy barton sir how r u ?....plz guide me one thing iam playing a shot when i deliver a shot my body is also moving plz guide me a tip to still my body during shot ??
Watching master craftsmen of any stripe is a joy. I would love to be in a match with either Ronnie or Efren so I could watch them whup my butt. Kudos for getting there, Steve.
Ronnie is Ronnie! But you still are awesome! Keep up the great work! You are a great motivation to of us.
Mickaela Tabb was a bit rounder there lol !! Ronnie the legend doing what he does best and be proud you had the chance. And your face after !! Priceless !
What was the point? That was always gonna be a one-sided beatdown!
I know the feeling Stephen Maguire did the same to me 132 break
Much awaited video.
Very new in this game and I start to love it.
Unlucky mate; great safety you played, would have liked to have seen you win that one. :)
Thanks. Slightly short on the safety and that's the end against Ronnie 🙂
How many people can say they got to break for Ronnie O'sullivan and play a couple of safety shots to setup him up for a clearance?
Haha! I can 😁
Just one average safety, and the game is over. This is the reason every single shot matters.
BTW, such a big honor. Not everyone is qualified to play vs. Ronnie.
Wow how lucky for you Steve! No shame in that performance, just another day in the office for The Rocket
Cheers 👍
7* time world champion ☺️🔥
Playing against the rocket is already a dream comes true 🙌 Keep it up barton sir 💯
Thanks for the great video, what he said at 7:48 ?
"I don't think you're going to get a lot of Sympathy from Theresa, Steve"
Theresa was a fan in the crowd and she really wanted Ronnie to win, so that's why John made that comment to me.
That was a close frame lol. Unlucky, must have been great to meet the 🐐
Haha! He's too good!
Whose living room are they playing in? ;-) Pure artistry with a cue stick.
Don't leave spoilers! That could have gone either way 🤣
Hahaha 😄
Steve, you had him worried. Very jealous , especially having Michaela there ❤
Well you did get to play him mate..Trouble is the pockets must look like Buckets from the match tables he normally plays on, you could tell the nap was very slow,Even Ronnie at the beginning twigged that.. Then they say it was all History. Lucky man Steve.
Damn, when was this
Great video Steve! Didn't really get a looking there😊
Nope 🙂
Tell me who did the sound on this, and I'll send the boys around. A shame you didn't get to do much in this frame but I guess it's a privilege to be beaten by such a legend.
Think it was just an error with the camera on the night unfortunately. Thanks so much for watching 🙂