Hello from New Zealand. Thank you so much for these videos, great explanations on shot selections and where to hit the cue ball. I've been seeing improvements on my game after watching your videos too. All the best.
great instructional video, i always wondered why the pro games don't show the area the ball is being struck? i think this is the most helpful to understand the english being applied tyvm
Nice to hear in your commentary the shots you were planning but then went slightly wrong. I mean that in a positive way because we all get things wring and learn from those mistakes. Great clearance 👍
You r the best coach I have ever found in youtube . Could you please make the video on daily practice routine. I am bit confused on what to practice on daily basic please please please it’s my humble request to you . Lots of love from Nepal ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am following you from the begening of your channel
Great instructional video. You seem to play much better than a lot of the pros on the circuit. Has you ever thought, or tried to move into the pro level?
Great to hear your thought process as you break build. Also I thought you clicked your fingers to remind yourself to practice that shot. Turns out it was just good old fashioned frustration 😅🤣... excellent video as usual 👍♥️
Great video yet again. Nice one. Great insight into the mind of a player, leaving lots of options and bringing other reds into play early. Nice break. 👌🏻
Hi Barton id like to ask as i saw when u grip the cue u seems like middle 2 finger grip ur index finger doesnt grip or when u shooting u leave loose .. Its a detail but ıd like to know all details of this coz i hold with pressure sometimes .. Could u explain me this if u dont mind .. Best regards ..
That's right! I use my middle two fingers for my grip mostly, then when I deliver the cue, I try to not increase the tension on the grip hand. Whatever the pressure on my grip before I start (about 4/10), I try to finish the shot with that same amount of pressure. That's one of the most important parts of how the grip works.
Hi Steve. As we all know, you are clearly very good, so please could you share any thoughts about why you are not a pro on the Tour? Do you not fancy the lifestyle? Or are the top 200 players simply way too good?! In other words, how good do you have to be to turn pro? I'd love some insight on this question. Cheers Mate, and Happy New Year.
They are lot better at every aspects of snooker, potting, safety shots, cue controlling. There are around 128 Pro players each year, and another 200 players are competing against each other to fight for about 20 places in Pro through Q school events, and continental events.
Excellent break including some nice shots to develop the reds. Brown to blue can often scupper a clearance can't it! Great pink though to land perfect on the black. Enjoying the channel. Keep the videos coming 👍 Out of interest, what cameras and video editing software do you use? Very good quality so must be good ones!
Hello! Thanks a lot. Really appreciate you watching! I use phones believe it or not. My old Samsung Galaxy S8, and then I also have my new Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. The S20 Ultra has amazing cameras so fantastic for filming. I use 'Adobe Premiere Pro' for video editing and that takes a lot of time. But I like my videos to be as helpful as possible, so I spend a lot of time getting the videos looking good.
@@BartonSnooker thanks for the info. Surprising that the footage is from two phones. Great quality, just goes to show how much phone cameras have improved in recent years!
Really nice break Steve! How do you like the new superfine cloth? I just bought some a few months back. Trying to find a table fitter in the US has been a challenge
Really good cloth, yeah. Very happy with it. Lots of grip and nice and speedy! Hope you find a fitter and get yours sorted. Let me know what you think when you get it done.
Hi Barton great video again. I wanted to ask you a question that is it necessary to keep the cue touching the chest while playing shot. I mean can't I cue a bit away from my chest?
Most professional players have the cue lightly touching the chest as they play. It just helps the cue to stay online. Not all do though, so it depends whether you think it's helping ot hindering your cueing.
Don't worry about it too much, there's no right or wrong way when it comes to technique in general. Do whatever you feel gives you the straightest cueing, sometimes it's not what feels the most comfortable but the eventual target is to feel comfortable with your technique. But as a general advice I'd say have the cur rest on your chest because that makes it much easier to keep the cue on line. When the cue is fixed on two seperate points (the "v" of your bridge and the chest) there really is no way the cue would go off line if those contact points remain during the shot.
@@ernoeskeli1139 thank you for your reply.. I'll invest more of my time to improve my technique and I don't know if this is relevant or not but today I played while having a proper breathing and the results were outrageous I hardly was missing any shots. Ngl earlier I used to hold my breath while playing shots. Well I'll try to make it my habit breathing properly while playing the game.
''Watch the ball into the pocket and get your feedback'...nice...maybe I can get my stupid subconscious to chew on that a while and stay down consistantly. OK, I'm impressed, hell of a gorgeous break there, and those two very long shots and the one off the cushion were beautiful. You are so right that you HAVE to believe you are going to make it when you get down on the shot...I'm of the opinion that at least halves the chances of your not making it. Do all coaches at your level play that well? And do you ever compete professionally? I was surprised how few times you got out of position there, VERY nice cue ball control. How many attempts did it take to get a full clearance? Sorry if my terminology is wrong for snooker.
Hi John, Thanks a lot for watching. Great that the things I mentioned have hit home there, that's exactly what I try to do in these videos. Not all qualified coaches at my level will play to this standard. It's something that I really pride myself on: the fact that my advice is based on real life improvement and knowledge of the game. I teach people, and I also play to a very high level myself. I've never played professionally. I took the game up late (aged 27.. now 37). So it never seemed like the right path for me. Plus I really enjoy the teaching side of things and helping people achieve their goals and get more enjoyment from the game. I did play Jack Lisowski in a Pro-Am tournament in 2017, and I lost 4-2. But made a good account of myself against a top 16 player. Thanks a lot for the support and thanks for watching 🙂
@@BartonSnooker "I did play Jack Lisowski in a Pro-Am tournament in 2017, and I lost 4-2. But made a good account of myself against a top 16 player." I would most heartily agree. :-)
I guess Maybe you're chosen are not to be as a professional in the WST..you decided to be a teacher and teaching everybody dream to be a professional snooker player isn't?
@@BartonSnooker yes i saw those and they are very professional and much higher standards. Also, i like your tutorials everything explained by you in details. Doing great job for beginners and also for pro players.
One of the hugest fan from Afghanistan the only problem i had was with position making kindly make more videos.
I will do! Thank you for watching 🙂
Hello from New Zealand. Thank you so much for these videos, great explanations on shot selections and where to hit the cue ball. I've been seeing improvements on my game after watching your videos too. All the best.
Great video as always Steve. Jealous that you have such a beautiful club to play in during this lockdown.
great instructional video, i always wondered why the pro games don't show the area the ball is being struck? i think this is the most helpful to understand the english being applied tyvm
Missing playing so much but hoping when I get back in the club my potting will look as effortless as yours. Keep up the great videos. 👍
Nicely done sir. I like the way you explain what you are doing. I also like the cue ball showing where you are hitting it. Brilliant. 👍👍👍👍
Nice to hear in your commentary the shots you were planning but then went slightly wrong. I mean that in a positive way because we all get things wring and learn from those mistakes. Great clearance 👍
Thanks! Yeah, the plan is always changing as a player builds a break. Things might go slightly wrong or not as planned, and then a new plan is formed.
You r the best coach I have ever found in youtube . Could you please make the video on daily practice routine. I am bit confused on what to practice on daily basic please please please it’s my humble request to you . Lots of love from Nepal ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am following you from the begening of your channel
Well done Steve. Another awesome break!
Probably the best TH-cam snooker coach out there! Good job 👍
Appreciate your kind words so much. Thank you for your support 🙂
Thanks very much for the details of shots much respect from Pakistan
I subscribed to this channel when it had 37 subscribers .it amazing how it has grown from that ❤️❤️❤️always support ing u❤️👍
Thank you so much!!! 👍♥️
Great instructional video. You seem to play much better than a lot of the pros on the circuit. Has you ever thought, or tried to move into the pro level?
Great new camera angle, I really like it. I hope you get other angles in too! Awesome vid
From Morocco, best coach ever. Keep going 👍
Thank you!
Nice work. Thanks for this. Great learning experience.
Great to hear your thought process as you break build. Also I thought you clicked your fingers to remind yourself to practice that shot. Turns out it was just good old fashioned frustration 😅🤣... excellent video as usual 👍♥️
Can’t wait to get back in the clubs
Honestly mate it’s killing me haha. Being on the tv was easing the pain a little but now with the break I am missing it haha
@@rjw93 glad im not the only one
Get this guy in the tour 👏👏👏 happy new year to the Barton family 😁
Thank you! Happy New Year 👍🙂
Great video yet again. Nice one. Great insight into the mind of a player, leaving lots of options and bringing other reds into play early. Nice break. 👌🏻
Thanks!
Hi Barton id like to ask as i saw when u grip the cue u seems like middle 2 finger grip ur index finger doesnt grip or when u shooting u leave loose .. Its a detail but ıd like to know all details of this coz i hold with pressure sometimes .. Could u explain me this if u dont mind .. Best regards ..
That's right! I use my middle two fingers for my grip mostly, then when I deliver the cue, I try to not increase the tension on the grip hand.
Whatever the pressure on my grip before I start (about 4/10), I try to finish the shot with that same amount of pressure. That's one of the most important parts of how the grip works.
@@BartonSnooker tx a lot 👍
Good observation pal 👌🤪
Superb dood !
As always thanks sir❤️❤️❤️
Hi Steve. As we all know, you are clearly very good, so please could you share any thoughts about why you are not a pro on the Tour? Do you not fancy the lifestyle? Or are the top 200 players simply way too good?! In other words, how good do you have to be to turn pro? I'd love some insight on this question. Cheers Mate, and Happy New Year.
They are lot better at every aspects of snooker, potting, safety shots, cue controlling.
There are around 128 Pro players each year, and another 200 players are competing against each other to fight for about 20 places in Pro through Q school events, and continental events.
Great video dude, keep up the great work 👍
Just awesome as always.
Thanks for the amazing videos.
Thanks Franky!
Hi Barton,
What do you think about steve feeney's sightright, have you ever tried it? What are your takes on it?
Great video
Great stuff.
Absolutely brilliant video, thank you Steve. Hope you're very well mate. Happy new year to you also. All the best. ;-)
Thanks a lot Alex. I'm doing good thanks and I hope you are too, as well as the family. Happy New Year, hope it's a great one 👍
@@BartonSnooker Cheers mate same to you, hope we can catch up again soon.
👍😎
You've made the Midlands accent cool. ;-)
😄 Is that even possible? 😁
Hello dear,
May i know which cue and tip you use please? Thanks
Lots of love and respect from Nepal sir I have a problem in my posture and cue control please do make a video help me sir 🙏🙏
Thank you do much nice one
How is Barton not a professional ?!
Also be good to know how many shots you are thinking ahead
Thanks for doing these :)
No problem. Thanks a lot for watching 🙂
Thank you 💕
Love the videos ❤🇮🇪
Those pockets are huge no wonder you did not miss lol
Hey.
How much is a week of practice?
Can't believe a young fella like you makes old man noises like me when on the stretch😂 saying that I make them on every shot☹️ Happy new year Steve.
Haha! Happy New Year Jim. Thanks for watching 🙂
Wish I have a table for myself so I could play everyday
Please make ur board pocket measurement
Excellent break including some nice shots to develop the reds. Brown to blue can often scupper a clearance can't it! Great pink though to land perfect on the black.
Enjoying the channel. Keep the videos coming 👍
Out of interest, what cameras and video editing software do you use? Very good quality so must be good ones!
Hello! Thanks a lot. Really appreciate you watching!
I use phones believe it or not. My old Samsung Galaxy S8, and then I also have my new Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. The S20 Ultra has amazing cameras so fantastic for filming.
I use 'Adobe Premiere Pro' for video editing and that takes a lot of time. But I like my videos to be as helpful as possible, so I spend a lot of time getting the videos looking good.
@@BartonSnooker thanks for the info. Surprising that the footage is from two phones. Great quality, just goes to show how much phone cameras have improved in recent years!
Happy New Year
Happy New Year 🙂
Great video sir, could you tell if we have to change our aim with side spin when the cue ball is near to the object ball. For example 00:41 and 02:11
If you check out the rest of Steve's
channel then you will see videos on this 👍
Dermot Shaw I’ve seen most of steve’s videos, do you have link of his video about this issue?
@@asmatullahniazi5986 of course. Here you go and good luck pal 👍
th-cam.com/video/mT1QQxcPjcM/w-d-xo.html
@@asmatullahniazi5986
Other than this just practice loads of different shots where you find this can be an issue for you
Dermot Shaw
Thanks mate! I’ll makes sure to do more practice.
Really nice break Steve! How do you like the new superfine cloth? I just bought some a few months back. Trying to find a table fitter in the US has been a challenge
Really good cloth, yeah. Very happy with it. Lots of grip and nice and speedy! Hope you find a fitter and get yours sorted. Let me know what you think when you get it done.
I wish this were popular in America, I’ve always wanted to play snooker
There aren't many tables about in America unfortunately Ryan. I'm sure you could find somewhere though.
@@BartonSnooker thank you, I might need to do a little more investigating!
Hi Barton great video again. I wanted to ask you a question that is it necessary to keep the cue touching the chest while playing shot. I mean can't I cue a bit away from my chest?
Most professional players have the cue lightly touching the chest as they play. It just helps the cue to stay online. Not all do though, so it depends whether you think it's helping ot hindering your cueing.
Don't worry about it too much, there's no right or wrong way when it comes to technique in general. Do whatever you feel gives you the straightest cueing, sometimes it's not what feels the most comfortable but the eventual target is to feel comfortable with your technique.
But as a general advice I'd say have the cur rest on your chest because that makes it much easier to keep the cue on line. When the cue is fixed on two seperate points (the "v" of your bridge and the chest) there really is no way the cue would go off line if those contact points remain during the shot.
@@BartonSnooker thank you for your attention much appreciated :)
@@ernoeskeli1139 thank you for your reply.. I'll invest more of my time to improve my technique and I don't know if this is relevant or not but today I played while having a proper breathing and the results were outrageous I hardly was missing any shots. Ngl earlier I used to hold my breath while playing shots. Well I'll try to make it my habit breathing properly while playing the game.
Sir i m the big big big fan of Your game I love from INDIA 🇮🇳 sir plz make more videos about sides and snookes
''Watch the ball into the pocket and get your feedback'...nice...maybe I can get my stupid subconscious to chew on that a while and stay down consistantly.
OK, I'm impressed, hell of a gorgeous break there, and those two very long shots and the one off the cushion were beautiful. You are so right that you HAVE to believe you are going to make it when you get down on the shot...I'm of the opinion that at least halves the chances of your not making it. Do all coaches at your level play that well? And do you ever compete professionally? I was surprised how few times you got out of position there, VERY nice cue ball control. How many attempts did it take to get a full clearance? Sorry if my terminology is wrong for snooker.
Hi John,
Thanks a lot for watching. Great that the things I mentioned have hit home there, that's exactly what I try to do in these videos.
Not all qualified coaches at my level will play to this standard. It's something that I really pride myself on: the fact that my advice is based on real life improvement and knowledge of the game. I teach people, and I also play to a very high level myself.
I've never played professionally. I took the game up late (aged 27.. now 37). So it never seemed like the right path for me. Plus I really enjoy the teaching side of things and helping people achieve their goals and get more enjoyment from the game.
I did play Jack Lisowski in a Pro-Am tournament in 2017, and I lost 4-2. But made a good account of myself against a top 16 player.
Thanks a lot for the support and thanks for watching 🙂
@@BartonSnooker "I did play Jack Lisowski in a Pro-Am tournament in 2017, and I lost 4-2. But made a good account of myself against a top 16 player."
I would most heartily agree. :-)
@@MrJdsenior cheers John!
every shot on this break seems like recovery shot to me
More recoveries than the AA 😂..strong potting though.
Why don't you play on tournaments?
9:35 look at the right leg, I too do this sometime
what a ploy
2:08 oi! you're not old enough for that level of groanage :P
😂
sadly i cant practice your coaching bcs i dont have a table :(
Where are you from?
Morocco bro
Have you played on a full size snooker table?
@@othmaneifri9323 how old are you?
Yes i did before, but clubs are expensive u know, my highest break is 52
And I subscribe it when it's nearly 200
We need FPP plz
3rd one
Fuckin mad lad
I guess Maybe you're chosen are not to be as a professional in the WST..you decided to be a teacher and teaching everybody dream to be a professional snooker player isn't?
Not good positioning
Yeah, wasn't great. I have lots of others in my break building playlist 👍
@@BartonSnooker yes i saw those and they are very professional and much higher standards.
Also, i like your tutorials everything explained by you in details. Doing great job for beginners and also for pro players.
@@anuragverma5318 thank you very much. I really appreciate your support 👍👍
Great video