Gone and rewatched several WC finals from the 90s. This man is a greatest winner the game have ever seen, also the one who defined how modern snooker is played. Legend
100% agree!! Yes Ronnie is the greatest in terms of natural talent and skill ( also now with overall records etc ) however nobody will ever dominate the sport like Hendry. Like you say he changed the way the game is played when he ended Davis’s reign. Hendry won 7 world championships in 9 years! Reached 9 finals in a 12 year period!! Youngest ever World Champion at 21, won 5 consecutive world titles and 5 consecutive Masters titles aged 20-24!!! Longest unbeaten run in crucible history of 29 straight wins! Longest unbeaten run in snooker history of 36 consecutive matches won in a single season where he won 5 consecutive ranking titles! He achieved these records in his early 20’s too. He achieved all this in the era of Davis, Ronnie, Jimmy white, Higgins etc!!
@@graemejack9040 Hendry was in a weaker era. The 00’s standard was allot higher that’s why you had a mixed range of winners in that era. Even if you had 90’s Hendry playing today you wouldn’t see him dominate the game like he did in the 90’s. Not taking it away from him but you have to admit the era was much weaker.
@ I totally get your point and I do think you’re right to an extent. I just don’t buy into the claim that the 00’s era was that much tougher than the 90’s? Hendry and the class of 92 Ronnie, Higgins and Williams are all from that era and the 4 of them are responsible for winning 21 out of the 34 world titles since 1990! The 90’s also seen the best years of Jimmy Whites career too.
Being able to learn the characteristics of the cue only after a few shots and being so precise is just amazing. Most people can't make 50 no matter what cue they used.
The Ken Doherty story is quite misleading. He paid two quid for the queue but we don't know what the original owner paid. I thought he walked into a store and paid two quid initially, rather than buying a forgotten queue in a snooker hall.
One thing I'd really like to see is a series of videos where Stephen tries the other cue sports, like the different types of pool, carom billard, and pyramid pool (the russian one). Give this comment a like if you agree, maybe he'll notice and do it!
@@robertl426 I love watching snooker players play straight pool. I bet Stephen would score over 100 on a proper pool table with buckets, not that garbage one he played Andy on. One pocket, I don't think he'd have the patience for it.
@@Haroonbaig-d7l Because the era was stronger in the 00’s, that’s why you had a mixed range of winners and Hendry could no longer dominate like he did in the 90’s. If 90’s Hendry played today he still wouldn’t dominate like he did in the 90’s.
You've done the line up so many times in your life that I reckon you could genuinely glue a cheap tip onto a broom handle and atleast make a 50 within 10 tries
Noooo!! Should have gone for the pink on 94! 😅 Nice video Stephen. I think I remember Ken Doherty saying he won the world's with a rack cue! It's just a stick with a bit of leather on the end, and if it's straight , feels good, and you get used to it, then it's all you need !
There was a guy visiting our snooker club 30 years ago and he was regularly making centuries with random cheap club cues. Once I gave him my cue and he managed a century with it. That was the only time a century was made with that cue as I never managed to make one myself despite 20 years of attempts. I still have that cue, which I bought in the late 80s.
Hendry has perhaps the most balanced cue action between 'natural' and 'textbook'. So I'd have imagined he'd do best in a challenge like this. Would love to see how others do, like Shaun with his big big swings.
If I were in commentary I'd say: your cue action looked much better here (especially when you were trying to concentrate hard) than many shots in your recent pro-tour matches. I always thought you rushed some deep screw shots and some other power shots, which you'd never do in your golden years (although your addressing/feathering was more inconsistent in your early years). But today it was just beautiful. I strongly feel that if you dedicated yourself to practice and took away the possibility of making any excuses, you would become a top player again. Yes, even in your late 50s and with the insane standard of competition these days. You still have it. You just need to WANT to polish it. Cheers!
The disappointment in your face when you miss is just wonderful to see! It’s really shows how much the game means to you and how much you love to play perfect snooker and beat your own challenges! This is why you were the greatest for so many years! ❤
Liked this video. I reckon this could be another challenge for your pros. The cheap cue challenge. They have 5 min warm up with the cue then see who can get the highest break. Always using the same cheap cue a bit like Top Gears "Star in a reasonably priced car".
Ken Doherty played with an old cue from the rack which he bought for 2 quid or something. The thing was warped and it was probably a broom stick in its previous life. Still made him win the World Championship 😁
I'm still baffled by that. Objectively, he had to be hampered by a warped club cue. He held on to it like a sportsman who won his first title in white Y-fronts, so now he wears them every competition.
@@BOZ_11 The thing to take from that (and this video) is that the cue doesn't matter that much as long as you're comfortable with it. IIRC, Doherty also knew from the natural markings on the cue where to hold it! 😆
@@sjake8308 but the question remains whether the compensations he was making (and he had to be making them), took away even 1% from his ball control. If it did, then he really was hampered, if only slightly.
Ken had a Rack cue from the Snooker club. He practiced with it and liked it, so asked if he could buy it. It was an ash snooker cue, not a pub pool stick!
Just goes to show what skill and taken can do even with a rack cue. Inspirational stuff right there. Didn’t crafty Ken win his world title with a £2 racker?
Gives you an idea of how ridiculously good the pros are. Retired broken down old Henry putting in near centuries on the lineup, I'd be lucky to put in a 20 with my own cue on my own table.
We have a serious problem in our country because we don't like winners, and Stephen was one definitely but now he's more chilled out and is actually likeable too.. Love his interviews with top players
You did`nt "Make a Century",BUT!,what a brilliant effort Stephen!.👏😎 I took part in a Tournament a few weeks ago.I`ve only played about 10 times in the last 2 years.I actualy initialy went to watch,but the Tournament Director asked me if i would like to take part,as someone cancelled.I knocked 25 break,or in other words, a 1/4 of a Century 😆 with also a random rack cue!,how bout that!. 💪😁 🎉🎈
Exactly, he had great concentration with his cheap cue, that he won so much with. When that broke, he was never as good. I thought he might try and find one that was almost identical, as they were mass produced?
Abdelali From Morocco, fan of you Stephen you so kind, I ask you if you can make episode about stance grip bridge elbow drop cue delivery. Thank you so so much I learned a lors from you. ☺️☺️😊
Ok, This is the first time in YEARS you played like your old self. You look great, use that bloody cue. TAKE IT HOME !! You looked happy, fitter, & interested. Playing the red under the pink was the convincing shot. PLAY STEPHEN !! 👏💪👏
If you’ve ever seen videos like ‘10 hours of ocean waves’, I bet if you uploaded a video of a 6 hour practice session, no commentary just room noise, it’d do some numbers
Great shooting! Nice to spend that time with you. The straight line is it's own thing, possibly a little easier than a game, but having to spot your own colours isn't. I like using cues off the wall, as it's a bit disconcerting to the expensive two piece playing against me, although to be fair, I'm not really good enough to really notice the difference.
"You'll probably think I've cheated and had a practice.." said the former 7 time world champion! No Stephen... we think you're really quite good! (I wrote this before I saw him address it!)
The title of this video legit made me laugh. Um Steven you won 7 World Championships with a crappy 50$ cue… of course you can make a century with a different crappy cue lol
I still have a Stephen Hendry replica rex Williams power glide at home in the rack ,even down to the silver plate on the butt and the un spliced extension on the end ,had it done years ago by a cue maker ,mainly as bit of a show peace .cue is terrible to play with compared to a decent ash stiff solid cue ,if Stephen wants it he can have it ,not sure how much it will play like his original cue ,probably won’t be too far off .
@@Bob-jk3il yes it’s maple ,used to be my dads back up cue round about 1980 ish .i might see if i can contact him somehow ,although he’s probably moved on from that type of cue now .
RONNIE IS the greatest player of all time GOAT 41 Ranking & 23 Major Titles. Most centuries , 147s and fastest. Most UK & Masters titles. Stats never lie (The Greatest) 🐐 SUCK IT UP IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT! HAHAHAHAHA
What a great guy Kyren Wilson . Dedicates the NI open win to his mother after DESTROYING Judd 9-2 If the big mouth Judd had won , he would be saying how great he is with one world title to his name, and bragging that he will dominate the game for the next 10 years Hahahaha. He'll be 45 by then and Judd thinks he is LIKE THE GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan to play until 45 winning events, something the 4th greatest Hendry could not do! The guy never stops boasting and why JUDD TRUMP is an embarrassment!
@@DanielReynolds-sh4zs The King of Snooker👑 . The 👑King of The Crucible , 👑King of UKC & King of The Masters. The Rocket 🚀. I'm 60 years a old and get goosebumps watching him play incredibly talented. The years he missed because of family and drugs for what he accomplished is sensational. I wanna see #8 I have his picture on my wall #7 world title. Good luck Ronnie I look forward to seeing you playing anytime. I wish I could see him in person, and bend for him, the same way my husband Wayne bent for him that would be my final wish that would complete my life. 😊 GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan 🐐🏆👌
@Guv-q9t Well done Kyren. You destroyed him 9-3. Second final in a row and now you lead the bottler Judd Trump 4-1 in finals HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Happy days Blackpool 💋💋💋💋💋💋🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
@Guv-q9twayneanthonyholmes Ronnie is better than Hendry in literally every way: has won more, has more records, more centuries, better century per frame average, a more complete player, better safety player, more longevity, faster player, etc etc Ronnie O'Sullivan is the GOAT 🚀🐐
Who else has one they're actually still using? A lot start them a channel and then seem to forget about them. I'd be interested to watch some more (they don't need to be current or previous top 16 or anything).
When you were in your glory days Stephen you could have made a century with a broom stick but it’s ok. We still love you and you still make the best snooker content and we love to see you perform it’s all that matters. Thank you for uploading
Could you possibly ask your editor to add an overlay to the video that shows what "English" you're playing on the cue ball? It's hard to see on the wide shots where exactly you're hitting the cue ball.
Hendry blamed the yips on his cue getting broke. Won all the world titles with an old battered cheap cue. He should probably stick with the cheap cues he used one in the golden years of his career lol
Stephen still got it in him!!! Get that positivity back in your head, practice a bit more, and get through those qualifying rounds for the world championship! Almost a century with a rack cue proves you can do it!!
We have seen in Italy Michael Holt make a century break with a "made in Pakistan" cue that was paid the equivalent of 3€. Made in match play, took just three frames (in one of the other two he had a 50+). So, cue is important but if you are a good (or excellent) player, you can quite easily do the job anyway.
I always used to play with the flat facing upwards. There was no reason for this, it was just a form of mental illness. It's odd with cues. When the tip came off my own cue, a mate lent me a cheapo, very light and warped maple one, which I made a 90 something break with, first poke in the British Legion, playing against said mate, not a lineup. I actually preferred it to the cue John Parris had made for me. Sadly, someone stole it but I've often wondered if Stephen would have found it very similar to his old faithful. Everyone seemed to be able to play pretty well with that cue. Twenty + years passed by since and I can barely bend to tie my shoelaces now.
It's not mental illness. The flat is made to align with the grain of the wood such that when you play power shots, the whole cue vibrates in the correct manner so you can get a consistent feel for the reaction of the balls, as well as maximum reaction with minimum effort. If you turn the position of the flat, it misuses the timber and messes with your timing. Also, even a bedded-in tip is much more predictable when you always hold the cue in the same position. Cheers!
@@neocs193p Yes, I know what you mean about the tip wear, when the cue is held the same way up. I only had one spell using an ash cue though. It was a pretty decent cue but I changed back to maple when moving up to a wider tip. Easier for long potting but not so for control ! I noticed that Trump and Wilson both use fairly girthy cues but that Shaun Murphy's is knitting needle-like by comparison. I believe he recently said it's a mere 8.75mm. Very demanding with regard to hitting the cue ball dead centre from distance. The skinniest I ever used was 9mm, which seemed to be all the rage in the early 1980's.
What I feel as a huge fan of these videos and this channel, (but also a person who absolutely hated Henry growing up because he won everything), is that Stephen should focus less on what cue he uses and what he done previously to put himself in this position and just play snooker one shot at a time. There's an art to break building absolutely but Stephen Hendry was most dangerous when there was 57 on the table and you were 56 ahead versus when there was 120+ on the table and you were only 15-20 a head
I knew u were missing that pink. Bridging off the cushion with your hand a mile away from the white. Can’t believe I’m giving Steven Henry snooker tips 😂😂 Only joking mate love the channel and seeing all the players personalitys. ❤
tbf, a one-piece, hand-spliced, Riley Tombstone ash cue (which is what that one appears to be, probably from the 1980s or 1990s) is not a bad "rack cue" at all. The make-or-break factor with rack cues is if they have a working/functioning tip.
When you go into a club you always get the Saying ‘it’s not the cue it’s the player’ but people don’t realise how big of a difference your own cue makes
I dont know if people would want to see this or if it would even be possible but i would really like to see Stephen Lee on the show. Hey, it might get 5 million views. Haha. I just would really like to see him play and see if hes still practicing orcnot and hear anything he has to say.
I just don't think he's a nice person or deserves the attention. You heard about him scamming someone, possibly a fan, who paid a lot of money for a cue that SL then never sent out? There's a few things he's done apart from the obvious.
@YesOkayButWhy I didn't know that. Now I really want to see him in a video. I want to see someone ask him and hear him answer the hard questions. And evidently there's a lot of them.
Ash cues will soon be a collectors item as majority of the ash trees round the world are dying from a fungus. So I guess the manufacturers have been buying out as much ash and possible pushing the prices up even more
@@toziassmitt so you're saying that 5% is a lot, looks like to me that is the vast majority of ash trees that will die out, and then only 5% of the seed they produce will be viable
@@HootMaRoot yup. 5% of the worlds ash trees is millions of trees. That’s more than enough to keep making cues. So, your assertion that ash cues will be collectors items is wrong. They will still produce ash cues
The King of Snooker👑 . The 👑King of The Crucible , 👑King of UKC & King of The Masters. The Rocket 🚀. I'm 60 years a old and get goosebumps watching him play incredibly talented. The years he missed because of family and drugs for what he accomplished is sensational. I wanna see #8 I have his picture on my wall #7 world title. Good luck Ronnie I look forward to seeing you playing anytime. I wish I could see him in person, and bend for him, the same way my husband Wayne bent for him that would be my final wish that would complete my life. 😊 GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan 🐐🏆👌
Wasn't Mr Hendry's cue, the one he won World Championships and all the rest with actually warped and a cheap one at that? Whilst at the top end of the game, fine margins can make a difference- tip size/softness etc , it's the quality of the player that makes the most difference. I can remember I think in the 80s Ray Reardon had a cue malfuction during a televised match and the other player let him take shots with his cue and Ray actually started to play quite well with it . I can also remember Alex Higgins in his later years of being a professional frequently changing cues or getting alterations done trying to get the perfect cue. It can't of helped his game I suspect all that swapping and changing. His demons not helping either of course.
Love your vidoes, but as a pool player I have a question regarding the traditional side I guess of snooker. Why do we not see pros using newier tech on the snooker table such as carbon shafts and the TV cue ball to show the spin on the TV tables?
If hes already covered this i apologize but i was wondering if he still has the cue he used during his career? Or is it in a snooker museum or anything?
@@egroegartfart As @t1makan said. His original cue brok. He did try and get it repaired but it was no good. I wonder if he did keep it for sentimental reasons, or gave it to a museum as you said or even auditioned it for charity or whatever. Would be interesting to know what happened to it.
He strung more balls together than he does with his 'new cue'. He should probably keep this cue, and put his own in the rack, or give to jimmy bullard.
Try playing with a bashed up pool cue at a club house at a caravan park. It makes you look like an amateur player and you end up being beat by amateur players because with a decent cue you can do so much more with the cue ball and the chalk actually sticks to a glue on tip. The cue and table makes all the difference
If I got a pound every time stephen has said "if I was in commentary, I'd say that was clumsy" I'd be a millionaire
It cracked me up when he was mocking Goldstein for using terms from pool etc and he himself does this every 45sec
‘Hampered’
@@CertifiedSlamboy what pool terms did he say in this video?
And if I got a pound for the amount you have exaggerated how much he has said it, then I'd be very close to being a millionaire.
@@craighart9278he says it every video lol
Stephen "if I were in commentary I'd say that was 'clumsy'" Hendry. lol, I wait for that line every vid now
@@leep1667 you would have £8.
Gone and rewatched several WC finals from the 90s. This man is a greatest winner the game have ever seen, also the one who defined how modern snooker is played. Legend
100% agree!! Yes Ronnie is the greatest in terms of natural talent and skill ( also now with overall records etc ) however nobody will ever dominate the sport like Hendry. Like you say he changed the way the game is played when he ended Davis’s reign. Hendry won 7 world championships in 9 years! Reached 9 finals in a 12 year period!! Youngest ever World Champion at 21, won 5 consecutive world titles and 5 consecutive Masters titles aged 20-24!!! Longest unbeaten run in crucible history of 29 straight wins! Longest unbeaten run in snooker history of 36 consecutive matches won in a single season where he won 5 consecutive ranking titles! He achieved these records in his early 20’s too. He achieved all this in the era of Davis, Ronnie, Jimmy white, Higgins etc!!
@@graemejack9040 Hendry was in a weaker era. The 00’s standard was allot higher that’s why you had a mixed range of winners in that era. Even if you had 90’s Hendry playing today you wouldn’t see him dominate the game like he did in the 90’s. Not taking it away from him but you have to admit the era was much weaker.
@ I totally get your point and I do think you’re right to an extent. I just don’t buy into the claim that the 00’s era was that much tougher than the 90’s? Hendry and the class of 92 Ronnie, Higgins and Williams are all from that era and the 4 of them are responsible for winning 21 out of the 34 world titles since 1990! The 90’s also seen the best years of Jimmy Whites career too.
@@underneonloneliness2How come Ronnie didn't win the worlds in the 90s then? He turned professional in 92 🤔
Can't help but think of the saying 'a good workman never blames his tools'. Great effort.
Try breaking ground with a wooden mallet, buddy
Yeah he blames his apprentice
@@BOZ_11think you are missing my point completely here.
@@avfc1985 With the greatest of respect, I think you missed my point.
funny, I always heard a sort of opposite saying: "a good workman always got good tools"
Look at the absolute, utter devastation when he misses. Never lose the competitive spirit.
He should've gone for the pink!
@@jama211 I thought brown and two cushions, then red to the middle.
it's called acting, that's what you do in front of a camera
@@cx123456 Was that all acting in his 20 year snooker career in front of the camera's?
@@EdwardHinton-qs4ry if you can't tell the difference then I'm afraid I can't help you
Being able to learn the characteristics of the cue only after a few shots and being so precise is just amazing. Most people can't make 50 no matter what cue they used.
Pretty sure this man won world titles with a cue only Ken Doherty would call overpriced
The Ken Doherty story is quite misleading. He paid two quid for the queue but we don't know what the original owner paid. I thought he walked into a store and paid two quid initially, rather than buying a forgotten queue in a snooker hall.
@@formulaic78tbf everyone says Ken's cue is like drift wood.
One thing I'd really like to see is a series of videos where Stephen tries the other cue sports, like the different types of pool, carom billard, and pyramid pool (the russian one).
Give this comment a like if you agree, maybe he'll notice and do it!
I would love to see him try Carom and Pyramid
Carom/3 Cushion & English Billiards
Yep, 3 cushion billiards, straight pool, one pocket, etc
@@robertl426 I love watching snooker players play straight pool. I bet Stephen would score over 100 on a proper pool table with buckets, not that garbage one he played Andy on. One pocket, I don't think he'd have the patience for it.
Billiards, definitely. I'd like Stephen to invite Dave Causier on.
I've never seen anyone keep their head still as much as Stephen.. No 1
@@jamiecampbell4437 of course he's the goat 🐐
He was going for it 👍
@@elmondo3543 Clearly NOT! Ronnie is the goat 🐐
Davis and Higgins are two other pigeons, as I like to call them.
@@Haroonbaig-d7l Because the era was stronger in the 00’s, that’s why you had a mixed range of winners and Hendry could no longer dominate like he did in the 90’s. If 90’s Hendry played today he still wouldn’t dominate like he did in the 90’s.
You've done the line up so many times in your life that I reckon you could genuinely glue a cheap tip onto a broom handle and atleast make a 50 within 10 tries
Would love to see that. The Broom Handle Challenge!
Honestly, I think he can even do the same with a biro or fountain pen!!
and call the cue "Trigger".
Noooo!! Should have gone for the pink on 94! 😅 Nice video Stephen. I think I remember Ken Doherty saying he won the world's with a rack cue! It's just a stick with a bit of leather on the end, and if it's straight , feels good, and you get used to it, then it's all you need !
There was a guy visiting our snooker club 30 years ago and he was regularly making centuries with random cheap club cues.
Once I gave him my cue and he managed a century with it.
That was the only time a century was made with that cue as I never managed to make one myself despite 20 years of attempts. I still have that cue, which I bought in the late 80s.
Hendry has perhaps the most balanced cue action between 'natural' and 'textbook'. So I'd have imagined he'd do best in a challenge like this. Would love to see how others do, like Shaun with his big big swings.
True
Star with a Reasonably Priced Cue
If I were in commentary I'd say: your cue action looked much better here (especially when you were trying to concentrate hard) than many shots in your recent pro-tour matches. I always thought you rushed some deep screw shots and some other power shots, which you'd never do in your golden years (although your addressing/feathering was more inconsistent in your early years). But today it was just beautiful. I strongly feel that if you dedicated yourself to practice and took away the possibility of making any excuses, you would become a top player again. Yes, even in your late 50s and with the insane standard of competition these days. You still have it. You just need to WANT to polish it. Cheers!
Excellent, keep doing what you doing Stephen. You still have a lot of fans. John
Really enjoy this channel and thinks it's great how many professionals have supported a TH-camr. You've definitely improved with their help!
The disappointment in your face when you miss is just wonderful to see! It’s really shows how much the game means to you and how much you love to play perfect snooker and beat your own challenges! This is why you were the greatest for so many years! ❤
Liked this video. I reckon this could be another challenge for your pros. The cheap cue challenge. They have 5 min warm up with the cue then see who can get the highest break. Always using the same cheap cue a bit like Top Gears "Star in a reasonably priced car".
agree. It would be very funny.
Great effort Stephen. You still have it. So close to 100 with a cheap cue.
I was absolutely GLUED to my screen …. 😅 great video Stephen.
Love the mention of Mark Williams and his new cue, considering the latest snooker news to make it into the tabloids 😂
These are usually filmed a week or two before they're published, too.
I didn't think you cheated by having an off camera practice with that cue, I thought you cheated by being one of the greatest snooker players ever.
Thanks Steven. Just like the good old days.. As I was still sat here willing you to do it 👍
Ken Doherty played with an old cue from the rack which he bought for 2 quid or something. The thing was warped and it was probably a broom stick in its previous life. Still made him win the World Championship 😁
I'm still baffled by that. Objectively, he had to be hampered by a warped club cue. He held on to it like a sportsman who won his first title in white Y-fronts, so now he wears them every competition.
@@BOZ_11 The thing to take from that (and this video) is that the cue doesn't matter that much as long as you're comfortable with it. IIRC, Doherty also knew from the natural markings on the cue where to hold it! 😆
@@sjake8308 but the question remains whether the compensations he was making (and he had to be making them), took away even 1% from his ball control. If it did, then he really was hampered, if only slightly.
Ken had a Rack cue from the Snooker club. He practiced with it and liked it, so asked if he could buy it. It was an ash snooker cue, not a pub pool stick!
Imagine how many titles Ken Doherty would've won with a proper cue
I think the questsion is 'can Stehen make a cenutry with any cue?!' jokes... love you Wonder Bairn!
I think the question is, can you spell his name?
@@kylowhen2639 nah. Or cenutry. Hopeless!
Just goes to show what skill and taken can do even with a rack cue. Inspirational stuff right there. Didn’t crafty Ken win his world title with a £2 racker?
'Plus it's ash as well and I use maple' 😂 utter class
Gives you an idea of how ridiculously good the pros are.
Retired broken down old Henry putting in near centuries on the lineup, I'd be lucky to put in a 20 with my own cue on my own table.
Come on, pros are great for sure, but 20 you can do after 10 hours of training.
@@vykintasmorkvenas6839 After 10 hours you can occasionally get a 20 break, maybe, but not at all consistently.
Snooker is really really really hard.
I am utterly convinced that if this man practiced like the old days he’d be on the tour proper
We have a serious problem in our country because we don't like winners, and Stephen was one definitely but now he's more chilled out and is actually likeable too..
Love his interviews with top players
Stephen next time he's in commentary: "if i was on cuetips I'd say if I was in commentary I'd say that was clumbsy"
😄
stephen has such an impeccable stance and cue action his body is incredibly still on every shot
True. It's like everything but his right arm is a statue.
You did`nt "Make a Century",BUT!,what a brilliant effort Stephen!.👏😎
I took part in a Tournament a few weeks ago.I`ve only played about 10 times in the last 2 years.I actualy initialy went to watch,but the Tournament Director asked me if i would like to take part,as someone cancelled.I knocked 25 break,or in other words, a 1/4 of a Century 😆 with also a random rack cue!,how bout that!. 💪😁 🎉🎈
Can you try make a century with no chalk???
"I'm actually concentrating a lot more" hahahahaha maybe that's what's missing lol
Exactly, he had great concentration with his cheap cue, that he won so much with. When that broke, he was never as good. I thought he might try and find one that was almost identical, as they were mass produced?
Fantastic video Stephen ,keep making videos like these ,it makes Sundays with a few cans all that more better , greetings form limerick Ireland x
Greetings from Longford, Ireland. 💚
I would have chanced the pink at the end to get to the ton without that red tbh. Great effort though.
Abdelali From Morocco, fan of you Stephen you so kind, I ask you if you can make episode about stance grip bridge elbow drop cue delivery. Thank you so so much I learned a lors from you. ☺️☺️😊
Ok, This is the first time in YEARS you played like your old self. You look great, use that bloody cue. TAKE IT HOME !!
You looked happy, fitter, & interested. Playing the red under the pink was the convincing shot. PLAY STEPHEN !! 👏💪👏
If you’ve ever seen videos like ‘10 hours of ocean waves’, I bet if you uploaded a video of a 6 hour practice session, no commentary just room noise, it’d do some numbers
Great shooting! Nice to spend that time with you. The straight line is it's own thing, possibly a little easier than a game, but having to spot your own colours isn't. I like using cues off the wall, as it's a bit disconcerting to the expensive two piece playing against me, although to be fair, I'm not really good enough to really notice the difference.
"You'll probably think I've cheated and had a practice.." said the former 7 time world champion!
No Stephen... we think you're really quite good!
(I wrote this before I saw him address it!)
That line is like the end result of a DIYer who says they don't need a spirit level to put a shelf up
I actually feel like he's sort of reinvented himself because like back in the 1990's he was simply fantastic and showed no mercy.
Hendry does Comedy at the end :) Another class video!
Best comedy was when Marcus Campbell whitewashed Hendry 9-0 🤣🤣🤣👍
Beautiful, nice to watch. And the cue might go for a charity auction.
The title of this video legit made me laugh. Um Steven you won 7 World Championships with a crappy 50$ cue… of course you can make a century with a different crappy cue lol
Steven could've won 10 World titles with a proper cue
Just as well things failed before the century, as apparently John Parris has now called off the hit man!
I still have a Stephen Hendry replica rex Williams power glide at home in the rack ,even down to the silver plate on the butt and the un spliced extension on the end ,had it done years ago by a cue maker ,mainly as bit of a show peace .cue is terrible to play with compared to a decent ash stiff solid cue ,if Stephen wants it he can have it ,not sure how much it will play like his original cue ,probably won’t be too far off .
Is it Maple? Try and get in contact and tweet Hendry/Cue Tips. Might be an interesting video
@@Bob-jk3il yes it’s maple ,used to be my dads back up cue round about 1980 ish .i might see if i can contact him somehow ,although he’s probably moved on from that type of cue now .
Another intriguing and fascinating watch from the all time goat Stephen Hendry, brilliant!
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What a great guy Kyren Wilson . Dedicates the NI open win to his mother after DESTROYING Judd 9-2
If the big mouth Judd had won , he would be saying how great he is with one world title to his name, and bragging that he will dominate the game for the next 10 years Hahahaha.
He'll be 45 by then and Judd thinks he is LIKE THE GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan to play until 45 winning events, something the 4th greatest Hendry could not do! The guy never stops boasting and why JUDD TRUMP is an embarrassment!
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It's brilliant that Stephen Hendtry and other pros have their own TH-cam channels. Learning from the very best 😊
Who else has one they're actually still using? A lot start them a channel and then seem to forget about them. I'd be interested to watch some more (they don't need to be current or previous top 16 or anything).
@YesOkayButWhy Shaun Murphy used to. I don't think it's active now. Only Hendry, Barton, and Break from Life then..
Who would have thought Stephen missed a century on the final pot.
When you were in your glory days Stephen you could have made a century with a broom stick but it’s ok. We still love you and you still make the best snooker content and we love to see you perform it’s all that matters. Thank you for uploading
Could you possibly ask your editor to add an overlay to the video that shows what "English" you're playing on the cue ball? It's hard to see on the wide shots where exactly you're hitting the cue ball.
Having bought some expensive cues, it's definitely not the cue that makes a player
Hendry blamed the yips on his cue getting broke. Won all the world titles with an old battered cheap cue. He should probably stick with the cheap cues he used one in the golden years of his career lol
Love these challenge videos!
Stephen still got it in him!!! Get that positivity back in your head, practice a bit more, and get through those qualifying rounds for the world championship! Almost a century with a rack cue proves you can do it!!
Century is not so tough for you Steve 😂 💯. Either it is a 1$ or 1k que . It’s about who’s holding the que stick 🐐🔥
Cue*
If you're finding a cue like that in the local club you've hit the jackpot like 🤣
Halfway through, saying maybe I just play better with cheap cues.... £40... my current cue came out of a skip 😂 .... how the other half live... 😂
Another great video mate keep them up brilliant
We have seen in Italy Michael Holt make a century break with a "made in Pakistan" cue that was paid the equivalent of 3€. Made in match play, took just three frames (in one of the other two he had a 50+). So, cue is important but if you are a good (or excellent) player, you can quite easily do the job anyway.
I always used to play with the flat facing upwards. There was no reason for this, it was just a form of mental illness.
It's odd with cues. When the tip came off my own cue, a mate lent me a cheapo, very light and warped maple one, which I made a 90 something break with, first poke in the British Legion, playing against said mate, not a lineup. I actually preferred it to the cue John Parris had made for me. Sadly, someone stole it but I've often wondered if Stephen would have found it very similar to his old faithful. Everyone seemed to be able to play pretty well with that cue. Twenty + years passed by since and I can barely bend to tie my shoelaces now.
It's not mental illness. The flat is made to align with the grain of the wood such that when you play power shots, the whole cue vibrates in the correct manner so you can get a consistent feel for the reaction of the balls, as well as maximum reaction with minimum effort. If you turn the position of the flat, it misuses the timber and messes with your timing. Also, even a bedded-in tip is much more predictable when you always hold the cue in the same position. Cheers!
@@neocs193p Yes, I know what you mean about the tip wear, when the cue is held the same way up. I only had one spell using an ash cue though. It was a pretty decent cue but I changed back to maple when moving up to a wider tip. Easier for long potting but not so for control ! I noticed that Trump and Wilson both use fairly girthy cues but that Shaun Murphy's is knitting needle-like by comparison. I believe he recently said it's a mere 8.75mm. Very demanding with regard to hitting the cue ball dead centre from distance. The skinniest I ever used was 9mm, which seemed to be all the rage in the early 1980's.
make the next challenge changing cues everytime you missed while hitting a century to see just how hard it is to change equipment
Quite impressive that they make 2-part cues that can perform the same as a single piece of wood.
Stephen enter a competition with that rack cue and you will win. Your control of the white was way better than normal.
What I feel as a huge fan of these videos and this channel, (but also a person who absolutely hated Henry growing up because he won everything), is that Stephen should focus less on what cue he uses and what he done previously to put himself in this position and just play snooker one shot at a time. There's an art to break building absolutely but Stephen Hendry was most dangerous when there was 57 on the table and you were 56 ahead versus when there was 120+ on the table and you were only 15-20 a head
I knew u were missing that pink. Bridging off the cushion with your hand a mile away from the white. Can’t believe I’m giving Steven Henry snooker tips 😂😂
Only joking mate love the channel and seeing all the players personalitys. ❤
It was a real pleasure to see you so focused!
That £5 cue just became more expensive. You should get the century with it,sign it and donate it to a charity.
tbf, a one-piece, hand-spliced, Riley Tombstone ash cue (which is what that one appears to be, probably from the 1980s or 1990s) is not a bad "rack cue" at all. The make-or-break factor with rack cues is if they have a working/functioning tip.
I’ve got a mark williams Medium tip on my cue. It is hard but I like it.
When you go into a club you always get the Saying ‘it’s not the cue it’s the player’ but people don’t realise how big of a difference your own cue makes
Loved watching this challenge!
Is there any difference in the wood bar the grain? I'd assume weight would be a factor?
Great to see Hendry plays no better than me ,at least in first attempt 😂😂
Some of the sweetest-hitting cues I have used came off the wall. If it's a nice piece of wood and has no construction flaw, it might be great.
Is there anything you can do to that type of cue to make it better? Sanding and shaping? New tips? Adding or taking weight off? Etc.
"Can I win 7 world championships with a cheap cue? Been there done that!"
The torture of the game on 99, pretty good result though Steven, my highest break is late 20's. I always enjoy cue tips
Nearly there, Stephen 😮 love the content always watch it 👌
Keep practising Stephen you'll get there one day !!
Stephen Lee on cue tips would be amazing. ❤❤
I dont know if people would want to see this or if it would even be possible but i would really like to see Stephen Lee on the show. Hey, it might get 5 million views. Haha. I just would really like to see him play and see if hes still practicing orcnot and hear anything he has to say.
I just don't think he's a nice person or deserves the attention. You heard about him scamming someone, possibly a fan, who paid a lot of money for a cue that SL then never sent out? There's a few things he's done apart from the obvious.
@YesOkayButWhy I didn't know that. Now I really want to see him in a video. I want to see someone ask him and hear him answer the hard questions. And evidently there's a lot of them.
His definition of "cheap" cue is scary.
That'd be a top notch cue where I live. Leather tip? Ferrule? Nope... plastic screw-on tip.
Even with the power of Editing it still goes wrong ,lol's
Well done Stephen its possible to make a 99 break with a cheap Cue , lol's
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What did he say at 0:17? "It's pretty . . . .what?
No idea 😂
It’s pretty hard with my own cue now to be honest
@@Steve5277-e4o Yes, I hear now, he says: :"It's pretty difficult with my own cue actually too . . ."
@@dayanidhi9391 yeh, you’re right. It’s ‘difficult’, not ‘hard’
I think he said "it's pretty nobbly monkey now"
Ash cues will soon be a collectors item as majority of the ash trees round the world are dying from a fungus. So I guess the manufacturers have been buying out as much ash and possible pushing the prices up even more
Not true. Some will die, not all. Around 5% of ash trees have natural resistance
@@toziassmitt so you're saying that 5% is a lot, looks like to me that is the vast majority of ash trees that will die out, and then only 5% of the seed they produce will be viable
@@HootMaRoot yup. 5% of the worlds ash trees is millions of trees. That’s more than enough to keep making cues. So, your assertion that ash cues will be collectors items is wrong. They will still produce ash cues
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Hi. With a 2 peice cue do you ever worry that when it screws together if it's perfectly aligned?
Wasn't Mr Hendry's cue, the one he won World Championships and all the rest with actually warped and a cheap one at that? Whilst at the top end of the game, fine margins can make a difference- tip size/softness etc , it's the quality of the player that makes the most difference.
I can remember I think in the 80s Ray Reardon had a cue malfuction during a televised match and the other player let him take shots with his cue and Ray actually started to play quite well with it .
I can also remember Alex Higgins in his later years of being a professional frequently changing cues or getting alterations done trying to get the perfect cue. It can't of helped his game I suspect all that swapping and changing. His demons not helping either of course.
At my former club some of the cues were like hockey sticks they were so warped.So I invested in a decent cue-and I still played terribly.😂
Next try a club cue on a average club table! with 3 months old cloth, tiny chalk pieces and cushions that are unpredictable =)
Love your vidoes, but as a pool player I have a question regarding the traditional side I guess of snooker. Why do we not see pros using newier tech on the snooker table such as carbon shafts and the TV cue ball to show the spin on the TV tables?
Got a really good cue and was total crap with it. Gave it away and the boy started playing amazing 😂
Great video Stephen.
If hes already covered this i apologize but i was wondering if he still has the cue he used during his career? Or is it in a snooker museum or anything?
According to his book, that cue got broken during one of his flights. As a result, Stephen had to go to John Parris to get a new one
@@egroegartfart As @t1makan said. His original cue brok. He did try and get it repaired but it was no good. I wonder if he did keep it for sentimental reasons, or gave it to a museum as you said or even auditioned it for charity or whatever. Would be interesting to know what happened to it.
He strung more balls together than he does with his 'new cue'. He should probably keep this cue, and put his own in the rack, or give to jimmy bullard.
Try playing with a bashed up pool cue at a club house at a caravan park. It makes you look like an amateur player and you end up being beat by amateur players because with a decent cue you can do so much more with the cue ball and the chalk actually sticks to a glue on tip. The cue and table makes all the difference