Why You Don't Improve At Snooker | Common Mistakes

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00:00 Intro
00:26 Feathers | Common Mistakes
02:22 Bridge Length
04:15 Technique doesn't matter
05:38 You hope you'll get better
07:36 Doing things for the sake
09:23 Book a lesson

[@apennina]

Excellent again Steve, a 'mantra' to follow from Graeme Fowler"s book, if you train Sloppy then you play Sloppy. As you say, you ain't learning if you ain't focused & playing with purpose.

[@Musky147]

Headcam a must for new players thanks

[@samal8622]

Hey Steve great video as always! Would love to see you make a video regarding power. For some reasons we amateurs can’t find the sweet spot of smooth strike and a powered shot, we either hit too soft that doesn’t generate enough spin or too hard that makes us miss the pot altogether or if we do pot, we barely generate spin. Thanks in advance ❤️

[@MrMalbaghdady]

The best advice ever heard, play with plan and perpuse to improve in yr game 🙏🙏 thnx S. Barton

[@frankwest4619]

nice video Steve... it's good to understand the reasoning behind why we should or shouldn't do things... I think I noticed a comment stemming from one of our discussions in there lol. Great video my friend.

[@shekharmishra9418]

Your videos have proved very helpful for me. As I have told you before, upload new videos as soon as possible. Today was my final of my tournament and I won it. The full credit for which goes to you and your videos, thank you very much ❤

[@BartonSnooker]

Awesome. Well done on your win 😀😀

[@jezscott8698]

@@BartonSnooker hi i used to play 35 years ago when in my teens. I got up to a high break of 30 regular. Now ive started playing again at 55 yrs old and wearing glasses. Im struggling to get 16 breaks. Im practicing every day for 2-3 hours but im absolutely hopeless. All the videos are fantastic and i try follow them to the letter but no change. Please help. I play as though ive never picked up a cue. It’s embarrassing 😢😢😢

[@sheikebrahimsheikismail]

A master class as usual. It's really helpful & appreciated. Thanks coach.

[@flaviochiota714]

Great coach... I am trying to correct that.... I have to practice more

[@ashtrekker4742]

Useful, as always, thank you 🙏🏻

[@MySquash1]

Thankyou Mr Barton. Nice stuff.

[@MrXeberdee]

I'm not sure if misses are caused mostly by cue action, or from bad sighting. My coach tells me it's mostly cue action, but I can take a simple shot and miss it anyway because of bad sighting. When I concentrate too much I start to miss because I see shadows and lighting on the balls that confuse me. If I play faster, my intuition for potting angles is better and I don't get problems with lighting and shadows, but I make more mistakes in the cue action which also results in misses. The best days are the ones where I can play at a tempo that allows me to cue OK and not concentrate too much on the balls.

[@asadhussain5267]

Great video as always ❤

[@user-pv7hi5wu7p]

Hey mate thanks for sharing amazing learning snooker skills. Wondering if you could also teach how to play an arc shoot, I mean lets say how to pot brown ball in the center pocket on the screw back shoot hitting the cushion behind the yellow/green/brown making an arc and taking the cue ball towards the blue/pink. Thanks

[@Delphiwizard]

Awesome video, really amazing 👍

[@YangjayNorbu-xe9wx]

Hello 😊Thanks for the update 😌😌

[@WarriorHabits]

Superb teaching

[@DrPool147]

Great video Steve. I've just come across your channel and I like the way you debunk some common myths. Your one on the aiming method and how stuff like the ghost ball is a load of nonsense was excellent

[@BartonSnooker]

Thank you! 🙂

[@tarcisiocoach9667]

Steve,you is the best.Thanks!

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks! 🙂

[@eddiewong1638]

Thanks!

[@ianwatkins6202]

Another top class video Steve! Best wishes to you Steve😊😊

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Ian 🙂

[@weejim48]

Great video as usual Steve. 👍

[@VLAD-ko4pl]

Thnx guru

[@sonamsherpa164]

Pls make a video on " Using different sticks on different tables" N also difference between premium balls and 1g balls and it's impact

[@MrBradleykeith]

Get rid of bad habits first before you doing long sessions, otherwise you will just ingrain the bad ones and make it harder to undo them. Practice makes perfect yes, but it's a double edged sword..

[@mehranaslam375]

As always sir ❤

[@johnkay7354]

Hendry was at the John Parris cue factory last week, and the tip they put on the cue ended up with a great dome and looked great, of course my tip looks nothing like that, would you get more action on the cue ball with the bigger dome, also the point on the fine cloth they also have heated tables now, don't they?

[@user-fe4ki7th3m]

Amazing

[@lilchris26]

Nice video Steve I have started to improve every week now with your tips, I seem to be getting more consistent. Only problem, at the moment I am recovering from a major operation on my abdomen which will stop me bending over for a while. Maybe I will go in and just practice using the rest for a while, being only 5' tall I am usually not too bad but any tips you can provide may come useful. Chris

[@BettyNewbag]

Another great video Steve! One question if you don't mind?... I've been trying to stay consistent with the thought process, walk in, straight cueing and keeping my head still etc, and it's really helped so thank you. One thing I have noticed though is that I sometimes have a dip in my cueing. It's a slight dip on my back swing and then strike the cue ball as normal. For some reason it feels like I'm able to get a bit more action on the cue ball and also feels a bit less rigid if that makes any sense? Is this a bad habit and should I steer away from doing it?

[@jonanthony6078]

The approach is the one for me, seems every coach has a different technique

[@lukesaunders388]

I’ve become a better player since switching my sight from object ball to cue ball in shots. Is this a bad habit? Or is it okay?

[@djelalhassan7631]

Great cue tips

[@jeffreystricko7656]

Hi Steve,great video as always. Ps. Why don’t I see any snooker players using carbon fiber cue shafts?

[@mikebest634]

These carbon ,metal ,composite cues have been around for decades,they might be perfectly straight but they have no feel .These sort of cues may be ok for easier games like 9 ball but for snooker they are lifeless I can almost guarantee Anthony MCGill will ditch his carbon cue and and black glove soon and realise he’s playing snooker .

[@JOHN-tk6vl]

Wood is best.

[@KTmagiccopper]

Is it possible to book online and remote lessons?

[@BartonSnooker]

Yes it is. Details can be found in the video description. Get it touch and I would love to help 👍

[@mj-lp5eb]

Sorry if this has been asked a hundred times before, what camera is that you use on the table?

[@BartonSnooker]

I use a GoPro Hero 8 (4k) placed on the actual table. Samsung Galaxy S8 for the overhead table view (filming in 1080p). Then for the other shots I use a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra filming in 4K. So 3 cameras in total made this video.

[@mj-lp5eb]

@@BartonSnooker Thank you! your videos are so professional and high quality, I never fail to be impressed thanks again

[@grahamdingwall9821]

Unless the cue ball is struck at your chosen point every time then you will always introduce an error in how the white behaves. you will always have an uncontrolled variable in that the white does not travel where you expect which is primary reason for no improvement. This is key and Joes Davis book stated this clearly, the hardest thing in snooker is striking cue ball where intended. Only then can you clearly blame hitting object ball to thick or thin when you miss so down to only one variable . Unless you can get to one variable then zero improvement. The game is that hard and so precise whit striking the white. No secrets or magic about this just sound control of the cue

[@Anderst1328]

I noticed that there were 2 occasions, forgot the first one, the second one happened at 8.40 minutes in which you basically aimed just slight below centre to do the screw back shot but in real action you actually hit way below the point you aimed. Is there a particular reason for it ? More spin ? Thank you.

[@BartonSnooker]

Just some players do it. I am slightly higher than I'm actually going to strike. No benefit or need for it. It's just something some players do. Ronnie is the same.

[@andersonho6699]

@@BartonSnooker Thank you very much for the reply 🙏

[@ash6415]

I can’t understand how I can smash in 2 or 3 long blues then miss the exact same shot 2 or 3 times despite doing everything the same. It’s maddening. 😢

[@JOHN-tk6vl]

Because Snooker is a crazy game. That's why we love it.😊

[@mianworks]

Love the British accent

[@snookerbyemj_ehsanmozafar5539]

🙏👍

[@simbasimba2029]

I need to get to a state where I don't care who's watching. It's kinda embarrassing going to the club and practising a lineup or other drills when you are just an average player. I imagine the other people are thinking "look at this dude with his John Parris cue, who does he think he is...Ronnie?!". When nobody is around I play so much better! I'm in Cape Town and you never see people just practising alone. They only play matches against other people. Plus, I'm always the only white dude in the club so I think they are wondering what I'm doing there. Right...tomorrow I'm gonna go to the club and blank everybody else out and just do some quality solo practice.

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Hello Barton i always miss the long balls 😢 and I can't play screw back as well play a lot of foul how can I improve

[@garylever8603]

Is feathering 100% necessary? Marco Fu for example doesn't feather. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGnbaKKEatukbpo

[@_Athiest]

Pls translate your language in hindi