How To Win On A Re-Spotted Black

On that rare but important occasion when your frame goes down to a re-spotted black, what should you do? Luckily Stephen is here to show you the best way to approach this situation and demonstrate tactically what you should do to keep that black ball safe and ultimately, win the frame.
What is your favourite way to approach a black ball game?
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[@louisgibson8641]

Love the consistency mate

[@sheldonchristie8677]

So happy he's stuck with it and it's definitely paying off 🙌

[@AndrewJamesDaniel]

The double kiss is a genius play - will try that next time!

[@ErikTheCueist]

Ive never played Snooker but your tips have helped my with my pool game tremendously

[@gregorious123]

Gareth Potts channel is worth following if you don't already 👍 lots of great content on KZbin now from the best snooker and pool players

[@AD-kv9kj]

Yeah, they may be very different games in some respects but pool players can always learn some really good tips from aspects of snooker. Even just having a go at long difficult potting on a snooker table can help hone your general potting accuracy like nothing else.

[@sheffcitys2forgedinsteel255]

Wow just look how much this channel has grown so fast, Well done Hendy and the team 👏, Just shows how good your content is and how popular you still are 👍

[@samadbaksh]

Who f is hendy, this is hendry

[@sheffcitys2forgedinsteel255]

@samyb786 oops, That's what I get for disregarding Grammarly. But it takes a childish person to pull someone on their spelling when people know it's a simple mistake, Because you never misspelt anything before Yeah right, Is that better for you ( HENDRY ) fool

[@Eat-MyGoal]

@@samadbaksh It was a typo...

[@joehiggins4419]

Amazing how we get consistent content with such legendary players of the sport

[@samirantala7556]

i like you stephen..you do this so very rightly, so there is not so hurry to do this all at once, we are all happy and so are you i hope..

[@nimamousavi3352]

Greatest champion of all times teaching us every aspects of the game, for free!! How lucky we are! Thank you champ.

[@robert8133]

This could be the best titel ever for a snooker video!

[@thomaswong1012]

Keep it up, my favourite channel for so long! Just information with no Pretentiousness.

[@HashimMohammed_8BP]

The consistency in stephen’s snooker matches the consistency of his uploads on KZbin 😂

[@TidusfromZanarkand]

Pretty interesting video, I'm glad you went over the double-kiss as a viable option if you are completely straight on the black on the cushion, not many people even consider it. It's risky to do but a great shot on some situations imo. Also great job, you are almost at the Silver Play Button!!

[@PJtheincel]

I love that chair in the background. Might not be everyone's cup of tea but I love it.

[@Erayzor76]

Love that double kiss shot, can’t wait to give that a try. Great upload packed with good tips 👍🏽

[@L1ghtOn3]

Always good stuff to watch! 👌🏽

[@RobJNathanSings]

Stephen's face when that last shot came off. You could see the pride 🤣! Brilliant vid

[@keithstamp4629]

Excellent advice

[@Darkshadow2002]

Nice to see one of the best players to ever play the game still have passion. Keep it up stephen hendry i subscribed already just for you man.

[@mrgeorgejetson]

Interesting that this would strike a guy like Hendry in the snooker world as revolutionary. Back in 1998, I managed a pool hall in Montreal while going to university. Every night after closing, the janitor/maintenance guy would challenge me a race-to-seven session of 9 ball. I would say he beat me at least 55 or 60 percent of the time--not because he was a particularly good pool player (or because I was a bad one), but because he was a master of this move and would deploy it every chance he got, leaving the object ball and cue ball both flush with opposite rails nearly every time, and nearly every time it threw me completely off. When done correctly, it's a very difficult shot to replicate in order to ruin your opponent's day in turn. You're much more likely to give him either a workable shot or a good opportunity for yet another annoying safety. [Edited for the sake of honesty: Manuelo definitely won more games than he lost against me. But not that many more, and he was always furious when he lost.]

[@XJokermanX]

Cool story

[@Benheath13]

im in montreal now as an exchange student. What was the pool hall called and where was it?

[@KYRJAMESEY]

Was in this scenario at my local club on Saturday, my tactic - HIT AND HOPE , surprisingly didn't work out :D

[@markhanson9655]

Love your show mate. I think the interviews with pro sportsmen/women are the most entertaining, give's an insight into their own sports. Also, I bet some of the snooker referees would have some interesting stories to tell? What's your view on a player's stance when they address the ball, should it just come naturally or is there more to it than that?

[@JayChambers83]

Really enjoy these videos. Plenty of advice from a legend of the game, and very witty a lot of the time too which makes it even better!

[@dethspud]

Love me a respotted black ⚫️ Good advice here. Enjoying your content. 😀

[@jazzthief81]

This should have been an episode with Mark Williams as a guest for comical effect. 😂

[@olliealessandro]

Hi Stephen, what chalk do you use? Maybe you could do a video discussing the most popular / different types of chalk!

[@robhendrikx2198]

I remember a respotted black between Darren Morgan and Ronnie O'Sullivan. They both played a shot up and down the table, trying to get closest to the baulk cushion. O'Sullivan won that, so he put his opponent in. Morgan put the cue ball in the D, hit the black and doubled it into one of the baulk pockets. Brilliant!

[@iansimpson27]

Yes, I think that was their 1997 world championship match which Darren eventually won on a deciding frame.

[@markheitz7963]

As always enjoyed it Cheers

[@dsmash447]

Could you please do a video on "How" to snooker? Techniques on how to hide the target ball from the cue ball and give the opponent a really hard time!

[@ntgamingesports1480]

Always helpful stephen

[@wilf5068]

peter ebdon was a lover of the double kiss shot i always refer to it " as playing an ebdon"

[@thomascooper1144]

100,000 subs soon Stephen! 👀👌

[@imthedaddy3477]

Just do what Cliff Wilson used to do. Cut the black in straight away.

[@Jokester1338]

I thought it was fairly obvious why the winner of the coin toss gave it to their opponent. More times than not the double is on. So, if you give up the break off, you have the first attacking chance.

[@ricsaunders]

Love this channel, I've been to the club a few times but often use the other one in Newbury as its closer to Oxford. I'd love to test that rasson table though 🙏

[@judedavies2177]

Future guest idea; Jimmy Bullard. Heard he can really play. Stephen could also go on the golf channel he's part of as he likes his golf.

[@TangibleBelly]

If you ever do a Cue Tips episode with John Higgins (which would be totally epic) I'd really like to see a doubles masterclass

[@vasylivanchukdoesntdeserveus]

Yeah Mr John could tell us all about his knack of fixing snooker matches!

[@TangibleBelly]

​@@vasylivanchukdoesntdeserveus Not to forget Stephen Lee and all those chinese fraudsters

[@Host4l]

Nice lad Stephen

[@leesmith9299]

well done on winning all the frames against yourself

[@AtulyaJockeyAtISM]

Please cover more scenarios. Ex: How would you play if Black was tight on opposite cushion but not straight?

[@iknownothing495]

He did mention that. You should pay attention when the master speaks! 😉 6:22

[@alexanderhall4281]

I usually play top spin on the double kiss the black Ball. Didn't know you could play it that way.

[@s77922]

Very good and useful tips , thank you

[@medichampion328]

Wouldn't it be better to play the opening shot black on side cushion above the middle pocket and cue ball opposite side cushion below the middle pocket? Less chance of leaving a double there and if they do, I feel doubles into corners are tougher than doubles into the middles.

[@kennethtalbott2233]

love these vids steve. loved how your opponent would have won the games too. all good fun though.

[@JamieAtSLC]

(taylor and davis wasn't a respotted black.)

[@a88senna]

I had always thought it was until I watched a documentary about it recently, and it blew my mind that I had gotten it wrong for so long, but I'm glad to see I was in good company in misrembering it.

[@egoistvinod42]

Do a video specifically on how to aim exactly please

[@richardcranium3403]

Gr8 stuff.

[@vikkilouise609]

I think I’d like to see a Jimmy White interview/ frame on your channel

[@pyrrhicvictory6978]

Hendry is probably not the best one to give tips on this Mark Williams vs Stephen Hendry Masters Final..... Only kidding you're a legend mate keep up the great content.

[@da_great_mogul]

And Bond vs. Hendry in first round at Crucible in what, 2006?

[@pyrrhicvictory6978]

@@da_great_mogul Yeah I forgot about that Bond also went in off on the final black aswell to force the re spot crazy.

[@markebuoy]

Brilliant

[@areeb8297]

Great content, Keep it up

[@Delphiwizard]

Had a respot black a week ago, and i was put in first, i just put white on the yellow spot and cut the black in from it's spot.

[@postingful]

Can you pot the black on the first shot?

[@abdulrehman8359]

couple of days a go i was playing with me friend and i got the re spotted black, so i put the white ball at the green spot and focused the black ball like never before, so i potted the black with that shot and my friend was going crazy with my shot, but i hit it too hard and so after potting the black ball, the white ball rolled back to the bulk side pocket i dont remember the player's name who i saw in the championship match doing the exact same shot, but what a shot was that

[@chrisLRL]

So potentially either shot could leave a shot on and looking at either shot after the respot it's the same level of risk. I still say personal preference rather than gaining an advantage.

[@wendywhales2310]

Had a Chap put me in First on Re spotted Black. I did warn him I practiced that shot,, Cue Ball on the Green Spot.. I potted it lovely.. The look on his face was well,Gobsmacked 😂. I have tried it again several times but left it hanging in the Pocket.😅😅

[@koenhughes9267]

Double it into the corner, nuff said.

[@markcook1392]

great channel, please get ronnie on

[@LiveBhangra]

Dennis calls that double kiss a “DDK”

[@Mcqlfc]

Another great video Stephen. I have Cue Club 2 on my PC (Great game) but the computer always manages to pot the black on a re-spot. Is that not an option or is the risk of leaving it on to much?

[@anthonydenn4345]

It's an option, but a very difficult one. Like you said, the chance of missing the pot and leaving it on is higher. Or you give your opponent a chance to make an easier safety shot than he would have had, if you didn't play the pot. Pro's play the percentage safety, like Stephen demonstrated, all of the time.

[@lukejulian9889]

Can you do a video on how you re-tip your cue plz not 100% sure

[@marcogiannicchi6917]

What is the cue you are using mate

[@richardjones2189]

That plant looks like it could do with a watering 😄

[@roadofsnookerfinals2810]

Hendry was good but Ronnie O Sullivan is the greatest player ever to pick up a cue! The standard and level of Ronnie’s achievement should be really understood in terms of his longevity and the growth and depth of opponents he has beaten. And he has done it consistently against the greatest players of the game. Not just his fellow members of the ‘Class of 92’ in John Higgins and Mark Williams - but Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Ebdon, Dott, Ding, Allen, all winners of the triple crown events.The thing with Ronnie is, his time has gone on a lot longer than anyone else, which makes his record even more incredible.” But his electric style of play also makes him the most watched and admired by his fellow pro. They all call him the greatest player.And they are just underlying the obvious to us snooker fans!.ROS records say it all!

[@da_great_mogul]

There's a lot of hanger ons in the background there.

[@macpac22]

I think the up and down is better

[@shahmeerzaffar6697]

zakirmeer Big fan from Pakistan

[@samwh.9611]

Had to do this in a match recently. Not fun.

[@paulainsworth9229]

Why not just pot the black from yellow spot into the corner pocket?

[@aravindthippeswamy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3Tco4COqLqtfZo that will only work if the black is absolutely stuck to the cushion. The farther black is from the cushion, i'm talking 1/4 inch distances here, forget it. As to putting black on the side cushion with the break-off, on dodgy tables, you are asking for trouble because that shot is played at a slow pace and with spin as against to the classical break-off where there is more pace and much more center striking. I would really appreciate if you went S&M on your technique and did a series on just that.

[@AtulyaJockeyAtISM]

Instead of standard shots, as in this video, please keep playing safe a bit longer on Black and tell us the thought process and angles.

[@RetroTekGuyAU]

During interclub/comp play I always elect to put my opponent in simply because I know no one knows how to do this shot properly lol and always leaves me up

[@artg9418]

Don't know why no Pro's ever attempt to pot the black off the spot? If my eye is in I'll have a crack.. left corner with a touch of right hand side or right with left, and because of the acute angle you almost always get it safe if you miss.

[@Jeggasyn]

I've noticed at the end of some videos he mentions, "playing a shot like this will impress your friends." No idea what they are tbh

[@Daax147]

Impress your friend,think they gonna say at my local club. What a fluke mate 😅

[@mitchedwards8052]

The last man alive to talk about a safety exchange, he could pot it from anywhere at his prime, and he did it very well. I just don't think a re spotted black is his area of expertise

[@johnkay7354]

Not seen the video yet, 50 years of snooker only had one re spotted black, just done a double into the yellow pocket, of course there was nothing on that frame

[@bobsnooker.3950]

We call it the trampoline shot.

[@ianwatkins6202]

I think Mark Williams was the first but don't hold me to that😃

[@151bar151]

these days, some players even try to pot the black straightaway

[@MegaAndreyy]

How to win on a re-spotted black? Well, ask Mark Williams😆

[@uzaironf1704]

Win the toss to go first and then double the black into either one of the baulk pockets.

[@darrenofdrivers]

The chair and tables making unnecessary pinch points is stressing me out. 🤢

[@timcrook2231]

🖖💯😉😎

[@pedrom1619]

Actually the double is pretty straightforward! Just needs more speed to narrow the angle

[@flobbingdonkey]

You dont really see that many players play the double kiss shot. But its a pretty good one if you ask me on a black ball

[@shaymayo6]

the good news: you won the bad news: you lost

[@raffe65]

🫡👍🇸🇪

[@johndonaghy5674]

Two hundred thousand people 😀 an unbelievable sportsman. Give us some tips 🤷‍♂️ I’ll play you for a fiver £5

[@yoowan3437]

Great channel

[@Train_Sounds]

You played the double far too softly, no other player would play it like that in order to at least hope that the black will run safe and stay in front of the pocket 😜

[@a_wise_man7701]

sad to see multiple world champion who has a lot to offer, has no place in mainstream media and has to make KZbin videos..

[@simbasimba2029]

Not sad at all. Mainstream media is dying. On KZbin, Stephen gets to choose the content and can be himself with the guests. Imagine how bland a BBC version of this show would be!

[@johnkay7354]

think you will find that youtube is mainstream media, some have had over a billion views