How to hit the ball like a dream

[@lucybarney1]

I started following these vids a few months ago and the consistent shots advice has has really helped , nearly made 80 , two nights ago only thing that stopped me getting more was my eyesight at 62 years old is not good 😂😢

[@rajaadeel1529]

Excellent stuff. You explained the pace and backswing very well. ❤

[@ta-w5538]

Great advice I do this now and it works for me, up until about a year ago I would hit the ball hard on most shots making 16-30 breaks. Once I slowed my action down now I consistently make 40-60 breaks. It took me a lot of time to slow my action but what helped me slow it down was literally playing in slow motion in practice 😂

[@Ytnzy250]

Practise or practice? One's a verb & one's a noun. Ah who cares uh 😁 👍

[@OshanFernando]

Hi Michael, just came to say, thank you so much for this video! I re worked my cue action this year and the last and final part of the puzzle which I was struggling with was consistently timing the shot. Your point about feeling the cue ball as you hit it and the pace of the cue translating to the speed of the cue ball really helped! I'm finally getting consistent with the timing! Love the videos, great job and thank you!

[@123mailashish]

Background music is ruining things. U r the 1st coach who talks abt Touch and feel and i m glad u r saying this becz this sport is mainly touch and feel.

[@Steve147-v8f]

Agreed. Bit hard to hear him, and it’s distracting.

[@alanroll4272]

Great advice Michael Holt. Another simple idea that will help players to clear their minds and strike the cue ball better. Too many players are thinking about technique when they should be thinking about playing the game. 😊

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Absolutely correct. 👍 Thank you.

[@billfrater1948]

Looking forward to seeing you back on the Tele.

[@chrisbyrne1421]

Brilliant video. Went straight down the club and tried this. Worked wonders. Thank you.

[@PatColdrick]

Another great and very helpful video Michael👏 The idea and thought of the cue ball leaving the tip on strike at the same pace of the cue i find a great help

[@danielrose668]

I twist my wrist after I’ve delivered the cue and it sometimes takes my cue off line, would you be able to do a video on this please? Thanks.

[@McSrtroke]

This and the one where Michael does a different stance for each shot were literally game changing for me. Thank f**k I found your videos and you've yanked me out of the circle of death!

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Thank you. Really appreciate it. Keep potting! 👍

[@dhirajpallin2572]

Although his upper body is exactly the same for every stance. Whereas I feel like a new player is not going to be able to hold their upper body in such a consistent position while moving their lower body around like that. I feel like a good player knows subconsciously the things that can change and that must stay the same, and even when they try to cue badly or hold their body in a bad way, their instincts simply won't allow them to change things that are essential. I saw a video from 'Break from life' where he was like 'even when I try to cue it as badly as I can, I only miss the pocket by like a cm' Well he should get a lesson on bad cueing from me, because I can have the object ball shooting off by like 3 feet just by bending my wrist in a particular direction.

[@joe2grand]

yes Michael !!! Your channel is so good ...as you highlight different things that dont feature in other videos

[@shuchami]

Love your vids. No bullshit, all down to earth. One ask though, it's easy to say don't pay attention to the technique when you have such good technique. But don't forget most of us amateurs do not have a good, repeatable technique and many of the times we are struggling to deliver the queue consistently straight. So although you are against it, I would like to ask you to give a few tips on how you developed your technique and what are your guidelines. Thank you!!

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Hello. Thank you. I’m not against working on finding a technique you can repeat. My point is it doesn’t matter what it is as long as it repeats. Most channels on here are telling people to do this and that which is wrong. For every bit of advice on here there will be a professional that doesn’t do it. Also, this advice that’s being given isn’t working for the people preaching it because very few of them play to even decent amateur level! It’s a trap, don’t fall for it. 👍

[@meeemalef5849]

can you please tell me do you look at pocket during featuring or in the final backswing or before delivery ? or the pocket should be in the background or prepheral vision at all the time? i used to look at the cueball as when i was about to hit the cueball but a coach told me years ago to look at object ball , since then i have been having this problem that during features i go like , cueball, objectball, pocket and then cueball , then i look at the objectball as about to hit but i think i move my eyes to pocket while the tip is about to hit the cueball, and i miss alot of shots, should i go back to my old aiming method and look at the cueball when i about to hit the cueball or looking at pocket is normal ? tnx alot for your nice videos

[@meeemalef5849]

as I pull the cue back I look at the object ball , in the backpause my eyes are already on object ball, as I deliver the cue my eyes are still on object ball, but as the cue tip is about to hit the cueball my eyes flicks from object ball to the pocket. I look at pocket while featuring, example during features: cueball+objectball+pocket I know I said when I first started playing snooker I was looking at cue ball on impact. But my problem is that my eyes flicks from object ball to pocket as the cue tip is about to hit the cueball.

[@alabbadi]

i enjoy your no nonsense explanations, i also noticed especially on the last slow motion shot on the Yeloow. your bridge arm moves before the hit, maybe this is where I'm going wrong trying to keep every part of my body still. i end up stiff and can't hit the balls as fluent

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

It’s just something I do at times, I don’t do it consciously. It doesn’t influence my shot as my body stays still so I don’t worry about it. It’s very unlikely you miss because of a stiff arm. Obviously impossible for me to suggest anything without seeing you. If you are too far from Nottingham I do online coaching. All the info is in my bio. 👍

[@paulc8821]

Another great video Michael, just waiting for the high black obvs merchandise now 👍

[@dhirajpallin2572]

Michael is that your 'break from life' world map on the wall there? I'm from Brisbane, Australia ;)

[@battlefieldclips7013]

I’m a simple man. I see Michael Holt’s video. I like it, comment on it and then proceeded on to watch the video….. as simple as that.

[@brettcattell]

‘If youve got a short one that works, crack on’ I for some reason relate to this 😅

[@varunrhj]

Bang on! Love it!

[@dannyuttam8693]

good explanation

[@Atilla8huno]

you always talk about stuff that matters.. keep it up!

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Thank you. 👍

[@wernerspreeuwenberg1456]

Michael. Definitely another great video and sound advice. Some advice from my side to get you more likes. 👍 Please stop cracking down on other coaches. They all are doing a great job and are also just trying to make a living whilst helping others enjoying the game they love so much. Rather refer to “the textbooks”. A bit more positivity and you might not lose me (and others) as subscribers.

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Thank you. The thing is…a lot of them aren’t doing a great job. They’re not helping at all. I have nothing against any of them personally but the truth is a lot of what people are being told is pointless. I’ve coached lots of people now who have had coaching previously and not only are they telling people to do things that are wrong or even bizarre, they are missing basic fundamentals. The snooker coaching world IMO is a bit of a mess. I believe that this information is being given in good faith but like I said it’s not helping. This game is hard enough but it’s harder when you’re focused on things that aren’t the reason people are missing. My channel is there to move people away from this stuff so they can enjoy the game. 👍

[@sj460162]

Mike im hearing a lot about throw impact? Coach Brando bangs on about it...

[@MrDennisPerry222]

i see you come in with your cue from side to center.. what is the different;s then coming straight down on a vertical plain. To center of que ball?,,,dennis houston,texas usa

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

I don’t really understand what you mean?

[@MrDennisPerry222]

i told you as good as i can,, read again @@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching

[@artg9418]

@@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching I think he means as you get down on the shot, you don't line the cue down the line of aim before you get down... but your bridge hand is left of the cue ball as you get down and you swing it across like a lot of us do. I think it is just allied to placing your left foot as you step in.

[@davidtabrett1715]

can i ask what is probably a stupid question? wheres your focus when getting down on the shot?

[@คงเข้มเหมือนเดิม]

Thank you very much. I have question for using wrist... Do you use wrist all the time hitting the white ball?

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

I just hit the white. Although it looks like I am flicking my wrist slightly, I’m not trying to “use” the wrist. It’s just the way my I’ve always played. Some people cue like it, some don’t. There’s many examples of great players who do cue like that. It doesn’t matter how you cue if you can repeat it. Re focus on repeating however you feel comfortable and playing the game. I promise it’s the best way to improve. 👍

[@คงเข้มเหมือนเดิม]

Thanks so much krub...@@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching

[@dynmow7426]

please can you make us a video on concentration how to concentrate the fastest

[@HappyWanderer140]

Michael Holt is the Heston Blumenthal of Snooker coaching

[@zhangken9884]

Mark Selby is best example regards today’s talks

[@gordonhilditch701]

Hi I play pool and you talk a lot of sense thanks

[@alpha1st908]

Nice 1 michael

[@AndreasHeidt-uy6sc]

Hello Michael, You are talking about one of the most important topics of all, which most people (even professionals) do not understand. If it were otherwise, many professionals would have a dream shot, but this is not the case, because only a handful of over 120 professionals have a dream shot! Just compare the kicking technique of Jackson Page and Hossein Vafaei. Jackson plays really easy and doesn't use any force at all, moves his cue ball very easily and also hits the cue ball very well. Hossein, on the other hand, plays very tense in terms of technique, of course he plays very clean and so on, but he doesn't play anywhere near as relaxed, soft and with ease as Jackson, who can move the cue ball a long way even on a screw Ball and doesn't use any force. So what is the problem? Ball-feeling and the grip! And only in this combination! It's like having talent for a sport but using the wrong technique, you won't get far with that, just like you won't get far if you have correct technique but no talent. You can't learn to feel the ball, you have it or you don't have it! That's why many professionals have good technique but different levels of innate and developed feel for the ball. Consequently, the result has to do with biology, because it is always a coincidence with exactly which abilities one is born, if it were different and one could actually learn everything, then one-eyed world champions would also have become world champions.

[@PaulTerry-v7z]

Perf !

[@byromtaylor6482]

Got to respect a guy who learned all the pap telling us its all pap...do this instead ...he is the yogi of snooker coachin

[@stupidgus123]

❤

[@davidroe8441]

Short backswing = a fast delivery 😩.it’s not great .

[@alecwilliams1003]

Very good but I'm gonna stick 2 my cue action repeatedly because its working 4 me , took your advice when u were with hendry onwards and upwards 😊

[@philhiggs7985]

thank you michael, a great help. i was always over hitting. now i hit like you say.

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Thank you. ☺️

[@ronniecortex4936]

Finally, I got a 147...

[@amineouahbi]

Snooker is 70% about the cue. Cue sport

[@Wayne-k8l]

Micheal is a great guy unlike the bottler Judd Trump who lost 4 outta the last 5 finals he played in... Subbed

[@dnbmania]

Evening Wayne

[@thepunisher1951]

Morning Wayne

[@Wayne-k8l]

@@dnbmania ??????

[@Wayne-k8l]

@@thepunisher1951 ??????

[@richardgoegan3625]

Take out the background music!

[@martynroberts1974]

Love how that certain coach is copying you again he's just put a video up about feel ffs

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

I know. It’s embarrassing. I think the funniest part is 2 of the most recent posts contradicts most of his previous content. He’s either too clueless to realise or just shameless and posting just for the views. You’re not the first to see it, I’ve had loads of emails telling me to call him out. Absolute charlatan.

[@erinbumble6049]

At least give us the initials.. @@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching

[@erinbumble6049]

Is it Barton?

[@oneplus5562]

Break from Life is the biggest charlatan out there.. he asks people to change stuff every month. From aiming, stance,elbow,feet etc

[@DynastyHeroes]

He's talking about Barton a day after this video released he uploaded a video talking about feel

[@DarkMatter1919]

I learnt nothing from this video

[@MichaelHoltSnookerCoaching]

Watch it again…

[@jackybogues2495]

Think you are a snooker genius mate. Just my opinion

[@joebrown5853]

Repeatability is a revelation, simple and no nonsense, just repeatability