Snooker Straight Cueing Exercises to Improve

How to cue straight in Snooker, improve Snooker cue action technique. Tips for Snooker improve your game and potting shots with drills for straight cueing. Break from Life begins its Straight Cueing Technique series with this video about what you can practice to check you are on line with the shot. Stop playing shots with unwanted side. Find a way to deliver the cue straight. Start generating more spin on the cue ball. All will cause you to slowly improve at the game. Too many players find that practice can only take there game so far but by using these techniques you can continue to improve. It’s all about gaining from practice and this video will help you to do it.
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[@johnloughrey1636]

I wish here in the USA they had more snooker tables around. I don't believe there is any within driving distance of me. what a great game.

[@Breakfromlife]

Apparently it depends where you are. I’m told that in the right places every pool hall has at leat 1

[@johnloughrey1636]

@@Breakfromlife Seen some Carom billiard tables in pool halls. 5 x 10 no pocket tables, but here in upper New York state I have not seen a single one.Syracuse is the closet big city and I have not seen a snooker table there. Maybe New York City but thats a long way from me. Besides you could not pay me to go there.

[@MikeyD22]

Iowa, USA here and a snooker wannabe. Really wish there was a table in my town. Using these great tips to enhance my pool game on a miniature 9' table, lol. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@WealthyPositively]

I learned so many things from you.. i like the ways you teach. Thank You Fahad from Pakistan

[@handelmotors]

New subscriber - I really love the end section on screw technique, where one should slow the shot down till the cue just gets to the rail. Learning to generate maximum contact with minimal force is a BIG portion of the game I’ve been lacking in. Thank you!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@zdebel]

Once again, thank you for your tips @ FB and this video :)

[@douglaswilson5273]

You no your stuff ladd ,keep up the good teachings, my game is getting better every time I play .canada Ontario..cheers

[@unused0011]

Thankyou, I started playing every friday 6 weeks ago and I am going to bare all of this in mind from here on in :)

[@harrygillespie8565]

thankyou all this makes practise much more enjoyable from colne lancashire england.

[@douglasjohnmason55]

Another excellent video, lots of good tips as always (with the usual humour thrown in).

[@nathantodd1992]

Nathan Todd from Northern Ireland this helps alot great video your a good snooker coach

[@brianb.2894]

Always good lessons and advice. Thank you sir.👍

[@billymaan9815]

Just getting back into Snooker, so these videos are so helpful! Thank you.

[@bricebaret8796]

Brice from France (Metz) I'm watching your channel for 2 years now and there are always good videos which are easy to understand and intertesting! Keep the good work ;)

[@PhondanaiKhanti]

From Bangkok, Thailand. This help a lot! Great video by the way.

[@lesliemartz7486]

Brilliant videos , nicely made . Advise and practice drills really help. Keep up the good work .

[@user-qk7nf1kx3y]

Thank you for your frankness!

[@andrewr3102]

Really interesting stuff. Love snooker, and hapy I found this channel

[@asdrubalpoker7069]

Thank you from Brazil!

[@nizartundai2314]

Nizar from Kenya. Thank you for the information , will try those routines.

[@rockfilm]

Great packed video, very helpful. Thx.

[@alihasanvirk7390]

Thanks for this stuff it can lead to good player.

[@markmulholland]

Hiya Mate. We just moved to Florianopolis, Brazil, but are originally from Cape Town, South Africa. I recently discovered your KZbin channel, and after watching only a few of the highly informative videos, I'm already seeing an improvement in my game!! Thanks for the straightforward and easy-to-use advice and tips. Regards, Mark Mulholland

[@saqib.fit9438]

Love ur videos watching from Houston tx support u 100% ❤️❤️

[@the_alchemy_method]

Very well handled video that controversy one you did mate. Your a talented lad on and off the table...

[@TylerVegasFX]

Enjoy your videos - thanks! Craig from Whitley Bay

[@CS-bh4ur]

Amazing video mate!!! Absolutely brilliant

[@mynechan]

From Pakistan, Thanks for all the advices. I will take care of all the things from now on

[@latinca0]

This is great stuff, subscribed. Thank you from Hungary!

[@haziqkhan147]

That tip about improving backspin was actually genius.

[@philwright2732]

Really helpful, practical stuff

[@benlodrick-osborne3548]

Hi just subscribed great content and very simplified I'm Ben from Croydon South London

[@joeltaylor789]

Amazing videos. I have learnt a lot and really improved my scoring. Becoming a lot more consistent. Joel from South Yorkshire, England

[@marlonsolomon1]

These vids are wondeful, unique, original and funny. Keep 'em coming.

[@softarno]

Thank you so much man you really putting up the content very nicely, keep it up. big fan from kenya here :)

[@deanotaggo9788]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TIPS. POOL PLAYER SOMETIMES SNOOKER . USED TO BE NOT BAD, BEEN YEARS AND JUST JOINED A SNOOKER TEAM AFTER A LUCKY GAME. SO THANK YOU

[@lakmeister]

You explain all the aspects very well,unlike most

[@SasuTheGolfer]

Hello from Helsinki Finland 💪🏼

[@doetlangngdoet]

You just earned a new subscriber

[@whatyouwantisavailable.3365]

Thank u soo much i daily watch your videos its really helpfull from karachi pakistan

[@donovanhaas7315]

USA here, and hope by the grace of all the old gods and all the not yet new gods, that snooker gets a foothold in The States.

[@wombra8314]

Donovan Haas 👋🏻🎱👄🎱🤚🏻 one is plenty and i'm so with ya!

[@AnishRamaswamy]

@@wombra8314 If you ever end up in the Bay Area there are some Snooker clubs here!

[@daverogers4195]

I have put it in the comments before, i think your great , keep it up pal!

[@richloftus4224]

Watching from Dudley, UK! Keep the videos coming! Smashing the practise sessions!

[@Breakfromlife]

Hope it continues to go well

[@KingSonner]

Great! Thanks!

[@joeribelgium]

learn't alot thank you so much greatings from belgium

[@beefonweckeastside3323]

This is Tim from Sunrise Florida enjoyed the video thank you for all your hard work

[@dave101t]

hi, David from Tianjin, China here! map me if there isnt a tianjiner already! I have figured out my cueing action is crap (elbow juts out at an obscene angle) so your videos are great at helping me correct this major flaw (i usually aim straight, but the cueing is wonky). i usually win my games tho!

[@ubidulhasan5637]

Great stuff buddy 👏

[@sulemanzafar_]

Love your videos man. I imapatiently wait for your uploads. Your guidance has helped me a lot in improving my game. Why don't you play Snooker as a profession ???.. you're such a great player .. 👏 Give some advice to gain consistency in angled pots ..

[@Breakfromlife]

I am trying not quite good enough yet but still improving. Will do something about angles eventually

[@Knightlore10]

I think its more than finding the centre of the cue ball on the strike. Unless the cue is passing through the centre of the white as you push the cue through, you will still apply side and the white wont return to the tip of your cue. It took me a while to correct the unwanted right hand side I was applying but my game improved massively when I made this correction. Its usually the first thing I check at the start of a practice session because the feeling needed tends to changes day by day.

[@SWildMF]

Great video

[@brynwright8654]

Joining you from Church Stretton, Shropshire, England

[@mkevilempire]

Been subscribed a while already, but only now am watching some older videos :) Good stuff though, thanks!

[@marcoweiss2307]

Great Tutorials Greetings From Germany 😊

[@AdnanKhalilz]

The couch themselves rotates while playing the shot. Best video

[@ahmedmali-wu4bz]

hello, cant tell how much difference your videos made to my practice Truly your content is one of a kind on youtube. thank you a lot for your effort. would be nice if am the first one to be pinned from Cairo, Egypt

[@varuntaskar9625]

Love your videos .Im Varun Taskar from Mumbai. Support for u is 100%

[@khalidusman5950]

Thanks for the video I appreciate all the work you put in these shots it really helps me I am from Qatar my name is khalid I learned a lot from this I am waiting on more keep up the good work I subscribed Btw.

[@beeray07]

I’ve been playing for 6 years, I finally figured myself out that I’ve been cueing wrong and now i also finally figured out how to cue straight by the help of this video. Thank you so much 😊

[@DaveInBridport]

I'm a novice but your vids are very helpful.

[@divyanshumishra6239]

Hi I'm from India, Uttar Pradesh ... Love your videos and a Big Thanks for them

[@abidhussain5678]

I'm from pak well done sir

[@mickwilson5558]

Brilliant player m8

[@quadparents]

The spoons... the most brilliant analogy showing the need for consistent cue action, that I have seen.

[@Breakfromlife]

Or possibly a sign that I’m losing my mind. Not sure yet but time will tell

[@quadparents]

@@Breakfromlife if I could pot like you and it comes at a price of lack of sanity, sign me up 😳

[@yameenbhatti6691]

you are legend

[@pkrbrad]

I am now retired and living in Bacolod Philippines. When young I played a lot of pool and played well, but not a champion. About 5 years ago I decided to start playing again. I lost a lot of my vision in my dominant right eye which made me give up pool until about a year ago. I decided to see if I could make the necessary adjustments to change over to the left eye. After a lot of trial and error and searching on-line for help I came across your videos. Your videos on alignment have been the key for me to start playing maybe even better than when I was Young. Thank you very much for your videos

[@germainmanuel9501]

Bradford Daugherty boss ang alignment pang centerball Lang, sten sa 9 ball bibihira ang centerball pra umubos

[@rithvikvishwanath8973]

Rithvik vishwanath from Bangalore, India . Love ur videos and they are very helpful

[@chetanmagdani2325]

Thank you for your comments...it really helped...chetan kenya

[@ttguitar1]

Long time watcher new Sub. I don't play snooker(American) so 8 and 9 ball 14:1, but the idea is the same. great vireos. Thanks

[@hossamalgewely1]

Thanks for the useful videos. Will you please make a video about how to select the proper cue? what are the correct measurements in relation to body proportions, style, power, side,...etc? Oh, by the way, what is the cue you are using? specially how long it is? Cheers from the land of pharoes >>> Cairo, Egypt

[@Breakfromlife]

I have a Frank Callen 100 Series that’s about 5ft long. I have made a video about cues I think I mentioned some of this stuff in it

[@the_alchemy_method]

come on guys - make the commitment!

[@025umarfarooq5]

Love you

[@Gouravkumar-jz4qe]

Watching from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@rowlandburges4310]

Hello sir this is Rowland Burges from Trichy, Tamilnadu, India. Even though I'm trying to do all the mentioned routines my cue ball tends to deviate a little. Does that have to do with my bridge or cue action? Your videos help me develop my game further. Thanks a lot for that and keep doing the good work my friend. :)

[@samhodge7460]

Thank you for the straightforward and insightful tips. I'm an avid pool player but only because I don't know of a single snooker table in a 50 mile radius. Cheers from Tampa, FL

[@suasleat]

Hey it has been a few years but CM's place in Seminole (Pinellas Co) had a 10' table set up for snooker...better than nothing.10754 70th Ave, Ste. D Seminole, FL 33772. Let me know if it's still there

[@suasleat]

Sam Hodge

[@suasleat]

I just messaged them from their FB page and was told they DO still have a 10x snooker table set up

[@samhodge7460]

@@suasleat Oh wow, thanks for the info! Truth be told, I actually live in St. Pete, so Seminole isn't even far from me. I'll check it out.

[@MrADVANCEDTEK]

From Md USA I will say that having played many years and studying my own stroke and aiming techniques that it requires some changes for some shot situations. Your shot fundamentals has to be dissected to it's finest amount. I've changed my belief that your forearm should be at 90 degrees because that only singles out one part of the body. It gives the forearm a location but what about your shoulder, head and upper arm? It's your complete body that needs a correct position from beginning to end. Even the tendons in your grip hand to the locking point where your stroke can not move forward. All these I've recently had to rediscover as I return from years off the table. Working on my eye sight is next mainly dominant eye theory and positive contact aim. My game has come up greatly so I'm moving into a more confident mindset game after game.

[@EubulusKane3259]

Great content! Now realised that I've pretty much never been hitting the cue ball straight whenever I've played (which is rarely) Would be very interested if you could do a video about more unconventional Cue actions EG. Judd Trump, who I noticed always aims off the centre then readjusts AND Alex Higgins. Was there anything about their cue actions that was deliberate and gave them a technical advantage or was it just the most comfortable way for them to play?

[@Breakfromlife]

Was probably Judd played for a long time before anyone noticed. By that point it’s likely that he couldn’t play any other way

[@EubulusKane3259]

@@Breakfromlife Thanks a lot. I did hear that Judd's cue action helped him get more spin and action on the ball?Can't remember where I heard this from, could be a bad source

[@bishalpaudyal5903]

Hello from Nepal ❤️

[@eddy2561]

When shooting do you aim at the cue ball or the object ball when shooting?

[@lauweiqi342]

Hi im from malaysia thanks for the video. It did help alot , and 1 more question sir how to pot the ball more accurately with the cue ball near the cushion

[@Breakfromlife]

I made a video about this a little while ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX21qZqQq8atnrM

[@TheSnookerShed]

Great video funny and very informative,when I'm playing well I know I'm cueing straight whiteout even thinking about it

[@zdebel]

Lucky you, I'm working hard on eliminating righthand side spin which I almost always produce ;(

[@TheSnookerShed]

zdebel what have you tried ?

[@TheSnookerShed]

Is it applied on slow shots to more powerful ones ?

[@zdebel]

@@TheSnookerShed I have recorded myself from a few different angles and the lovely Break from life (no idea what's your name mate) analysed it on facebook and gave me a few tips. Basically I am correcting my stance, at times I stand in a way I am 100% definitely sure I will pot, no matter if I follow through or stun or screw back. But it's a new stance for me so I'm adjusting myself. Also I have to bend my bridge hand a bit more. Also I noticed my bridge placement wasn't inline with the center of the cue ball. As you can see that's quite a few modifications so I have to groove them in. I'm the 'zdebel' mentioned in the video (first pin), I think that's a hint to my person as I've been asking quite a few questions about this issue.

[@zdebel]

I also forgot to mention, that the tip about pausing just before executing the shot is not a myth. It helps me pot a lot, LOT more. I find it especially useful when I'm screwing back.

[@RR-di6ws]

Hi, Ricky from Malaysia. may i know more the way to grab the cue? especially how to check myself with the correct wrist angle. appreciated.

[@marksmith1916]

I've learned everything I know from watching Ronnie O'Sullivan....the best.

[@SoSo-li6dn]

Nice one, I would like to see an overview of preshot rituals.. Ive noticed many players tap their ring fingers before, during and sometimes after a shot... what is this about?

[@Breakfromlife]

Someone once told me it’s because they want to be playing a piano. I think it’s explained it one of the following videos in this series

[@normanmaskery4127]

@@Breakfromlife can u show it plz!

[@simonpoole3053]

Here’s my issue with straight cuing - if I pull back to the V like many of the pros my cue arcs because I’m holding the cue to tight. But if it’s loose I don’t get the control. Finding it hard to get balance. Any tips for loosening your hand on back swing? I’m More accurate if I don’t bring cue back but then I can’t get the power shots

[@christopherjessngo629]

Nice content and the humor just right though the background is a little disturbing at times but the lesson is great. We dont play snooker here but love to be in your little. Batangas philippines

[@francislea4700]

I love this chanel. I have had a couple of 50 breaks and would like to improve. It must piss you off to be so good and not make pro ? Do you make any money from pro-am events or hustling ?

[@mouadajerd9029]

Watching your videos from Morocco , those tips are very helpful . Thank you a lot.

[@the_alchemy_method]

Assuming this room is a converted garage but what are the dimensions mate?

[@Breakfromlife]

24 by 20 feet

[@Panazproduction]

hi and thanks. i am a right hand and i always have cue under my right eye. lately i got makula ( which is relate to get old but in my case they don,t know why i got it so early age) with my R.eye and have to play with L eye. it makes aiming and line of shut difficult. if you have any tips or help! i bee grateful. Thanks again Sweden / stockholm

[@Breakfromlife]

It can be difficult to work out how you should sight the ball like this. Chris Henry has been trying to develop a way round it. This video show what he has created kzbin.info/www/bejne/opmYeGdoitt8Ztk It might be able to help in some way

[@sonicplayroompiano4302]

Nice vid, but do you believe in full stops?

[@ThaL3s3]

Hello guys, I wanted to ask you for advice. I have been playin in my youth for 3 years and took a 8 years break, starting to play again in March 2019. I’m really struggling cause of inconsistency. There are days, where I can make low breaks ( 20 - 40 ) consistently and on others I can’t even produce 4 balls in a row. My Problem is that I can’t make out the difference that’s causing the problem. Is it just a mental thing or a lack of training? FYI I’m training on my own in the local club 4 to 6 days a week and I’m practicing 1 -2 hours before starting to play against others. I would be glad getting some advice. Greetings from Germany

[@kewalbagwe7801]

"Hello!" From Nagpur, India. Can you please help on potting center ball with forward and backward spin and how to control on cue ball, not potting in long.

[@Breakfromlife]

I have got some older videos on those things

[@shredder9536]

I can't get my chin low down on the cue like that just feels weird, any tips

[@shahsquads7322]

Huzaifa Ali sheikhupura Pakistan . Good Advice

[@MrAWdrummer]

Stockholm , Sweden here😋

[@adeelrehman4834]

Table on which u r practicing has easy packets that's ur break is good.

[@jamespostance8239]

If you wouldn't mind giving me some advice. I feel like I have to have a short cue action because me back hand catches my chest when I try to play through the cue ball. Is the answer simply a longer cue?

[@Breakfromlife]

Shouldn’t really make a difference you cue coming into your chest. Most players have a cue action that does this. A longer cue definitely won’t change this

[@Kaelon28]

You can bend your bridgehand arm a little (keep the distance to the cueball). Your body will them move a bit forward and gives your back hand more space

[@SergioProdi]

Hi, maybe nobody noticed but just asking. Why do you twist your cue in your hand. You can see clearly in the shots at 9.22 that the vains from the cue are on top and when playing the shot they twist to the right. This must shurely also effect the cuebal motion?

[@zunelimedia4605]

from Nepal

[@devvibes125]

Dev arora love from New delhi, India