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