Ronnie O'Sullivan CUE ACTION | HOW IT WORKS!

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[@end-game2030]

Superb content. Has to be the No1 breakdown of Ronnie's cue action online anywhere by far. Well Done Mr Barton.

[@mez7736]

So pleased to hear you're feeling better, Steve. And I'm also _really_ interested to see the exhibition frame you played against him! Come on The Coach!

[@keyoguitar]

A great breakdown of Ronnie's cue action. What a privilege to play him. I hope you had fun. I'm looking forward to seeing that.

[@Delphiwizard]

Great to see you had a chance to play Ronnie, can't wait to see that full video!

[@renewagner7104]

Hey Steve, I hope you're feeling better and you got through Corona well! Nice to see another video from you. good as always. Looking forward to the video with Ronny! Stay healthy and greetings 😉👍

[@carlabrahams4403]

Brilliant Sir,always a pleasure Steve your videos.Ronnie is excellent,and your the same,both master class.Its decipline,on every show.You see with your brain,than eyes,owing too,see those shots a million times Steve,and you execute the shot immaculately.

[@Domingos1878]

Great to see you back and well again. Looking forward to the exhibition frame.

[@Sandysand701]

Thank you for that, I don't think there is a pause at the end of the backswing, it's very subtle, but it reminds me of a tennis serve, when the tennis racket swings over your head on it's way the bottom of the backdrop, the racket is not meant to stop then go before it heads back up to hit the ball, It's meant to be a continuous motion, (not stoppin) so instead, the racket does a small loop at the bottom of the backswing (like an elliptical orbit) that way no energy is wasted on the backdrop also making smoother delivery, going back to the cue action, it looks to me like Ronnie is lifting the but at the very end of the backswing making it loop upwards before going forward, the small loop looks like it has paused. That's my opinion for what it's worth.

[@cuzzo142]

Thanks for all your content Steve. You have really helped me and I have learnt to play some shots that I have been playing the wrong way for years and I wondered why I have been 'butchering' these shots. Particularly, playing shots with check side... I always used to aim thin. I never considered aiming thick...then swerving the ball out to hit the contact point. You have revitalised my game and I am a lot more confident of these shots. Many thanks again 👍 I cringe that I never experimented with playing shots a different way when I was younger and I realise that many good players that I have mixed with were never going to tell me that I was playing some shots a wrong way as they don't want to reveal their secrets as we are potential opponents and they want to keep the upper hand.

[@sidosullivan2519]

Great stuff steve as always looking forward for our one to one in march

[@jasonparker6138]

These analysis videos are fantastic. Looking forward to your exhibition match 👍

[@apexpredatorbilliardstraining]

I dont play snooker but I find these principles useful to playing pool first time here..... Thanks alot

[@SnookerNepal]

Good to see you back sir

[@valentenicoletti3622]

Nice analysis ! Thanks mr .Barton

[@kiranrathod7469]

Can't wait to see you playing Ronnie!!!

[@shanmahi8569]

What a way to start videos again with the all time great Ronnie O'Sullivan , happy to see you back on the channel Steve. Hoping you must be alright now ❤️🇵🇰

[@vickeynegi413]

Finally my request has been accepted ❤️❤️❤️ ..lots of love from India sir .. ❤️ thank you so much

[@ianwatkins6202]

Hope you are feeling better Steve!😊😊another great video and very interesting! Best wishes to you ! Ian

[@andrewhickman4412]

Good video. I watched you play at landywood afew weeks back and like your technique.

[@thetowndrunk988]

Dang man, hate you had the Rona. I had it last summer, and it really sucked. Glad you’re back to making videos

[@MrMalbaghdady]

Smart choice video , well done explation 👏👏🙏🙏👍👍

[@markmahon626]

Glad your feeling better mate! Mark Perth Australia

[@johnetherington6801]

Very interesting mate👍I like your knowledge😉

[@MattLloydTube]

Omg cant wait to see your frame against Ronnie!!!!

[@LetsBeTechy]

Oh wow, so happy for you, I hope I can ever see ronnie live but I think its not possible

[@Jerry-zy9kt]

Ronnie took nearly 6-7 mins to pot that black. Wkwkwkw. Great video afterall . So very precise . Your vidoes helped me so much to improve. Thanks mate.

[@keinKlarname]

Still way faster than Selby a while ago...

[@RT-qv5hm]

Hi Baron! I've been watching your videos for a year. And, I'm confused about Ronnie's grip. As is mentioned in this video, Ronnie's grip has nearly no tension and it's quite relaxed. But once I try to apply his grip, I will always get more tension on my cue compared with the moderately relaxed grip of mine. Is it because of the thickness of the cue or the neutral position? Thank you very much.

[@MAXIMUS-df3sj]

Really interesting analysis...ive watched ronnie play since the late 90s and I've based my cueing on him as much as possible...watching him feather, pause and strike does look like how I feel I do it...I think..🤣

[@johntogher7356]

Excellent content

[@lakmeister]

Great insight Steve,Ronnie's touch is superb,which no ones mentioned ? You have to be comfortable when you cue,many club players ain't

[@antza555]

Can you please tell about the pressure grip, do you make the pressure with two middle fingers or middle finger only? And does your thumb still touch the index finger like Barry Stark teaches or does the thumb should touch the middle finger with the pressure grip? Thanks! By the way, nice channel just subbed.

[@bjbjup]

Sure there is some pressure to the finger(s) while banding the cue. Also on the bridge, you can see sometimes his thumb of the bridge hand is pressed downward at the last backswing, and raise up again after.

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

A lot of respect for the pro players but let us also be honnest the tables they play on are just perfect, playing on fast tables makes the game so much easier, if you make 40,50 breaks on club tables you gonna make 60,70 breaks on the heated star tables when you get used to them,in the club where i play we have now a heated star table and it so different to the other tables,all shots are much easier especially the ones closer to the cushion it is so easy to screw the cueball to get perfect position

[@ernoeskeli1139]

Yeah I've also played on a Star table a couple times and even when the heating didn't work the cloth was still ridiculously fast. I've never struggled with cue power so getting action on the cue ball was very easy compared to the club cloth I've previously played on. You have to soften your ball striking a lot to adjust to those slick conditions. But it's a treat to play on a table like that, so enjoyable.

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

@@ernoeskeli1139 yes exactly its total a different game when you play on those tables you dont want to play on the other ones anymore😄the challenge is more to controll your cueball instead of what can you get from the cueball,its like driving with a Ferrari or lamborghini😄

[@ernoeskeli1139]

@@malikmalik-ny7tv Yeah, exactly. It's like controlling the throttle precisely instead of driving your slow every day car which lacks the power 😁

[@J_T03]

You’d say that but the pro tables are indeed harder to play on in terms of potting, the pockets are noticeably smaller compared to the average club table

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

@@J_T03 the pockets dont really make the difference if you controll your speed and time your shots well,every good player would chose a fast table with smaller pockets over a slow playing table with bigger pockets

[@viswanathgummaraju3572]

Happy you beat the bug. The cue remained on the same line from start to delivery! Any pointer on how to ensure that?

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

The way you explain nice 🙌👏 How to play tight cushion shot & how to snook someone and i always play foul like potting red ball with white how to stop this mistake

[@majidkhoso9487]

Very nicely discrib sir

[@shq007]

Looking forward for Ronnie on this channel ..

[@michaelbarnes5719]

Great video thank you he uses the pressure grip doesnt he? Have you done any videos on the pressure grip?

[@alecspyrou2134]

I'm very 8nterested in grip. What do you mean by the "pressure grip" please?

[@benharris8644]

Glad to hear you’re better, Steve! Had Ronnie seen your channel?

[@BartonSnooker]

Didn't speak to him Ben. Just a fist bump and a frame!

[@tarcisiolopescoach8994]

Very good.

[@jeffwarren4444]

Hi Steve, when I play a shot using top follow through my cue skids off the top of the cue ball. Is there any practice I can do to prevent this, I think I am scooping at the cue ball because when I approach the ball I am not aiming too high on the cue ball.

[@LIVERNIL723]

What I do perceive in distinction is 'Style' rather than this so-called Cue Action. Personally I think it's a bit of a myth. It's more about a person's style and something distinctively attributed to them at a point of their Trademark. E.g. Ronnie is called Rocket because he can put away 3 shots in a blink. Jimmy White: Whirlwind because of his tendency to play virtually every shot with a screw back with minimum feathering. Alex Higgins' cue would finish with the cue high up like a Swing on a Seesaw.

[@siuts1n]

great video man keep it up. please do a video on john higgins cue action!!

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks! I will do 👍

[@LIVERNIL723]

I have noticed in particular Ronnie's striking slightly changing with it being more soft and measure on some shots and is more about ensuring the success rate of the pot and not taking even the simplest of shots for granted.

[@allgood6760]

Nice one mate👍🎱🇳🇿

[@ericsalles3393]

Wow it works

[@ironman2307]

Ya. Is been a while that didn't get your new video. Pls take care and all the best.

[@billfrater1948]

That frame of Ronnie keeping going backwards and forwards is not annoying at all.

[@BartonSnooker]

Sorry Bill!

[@sj460162]

Yeah good vidro..ive noticed this..he lifts his body on the drive forward just before the strike. Is this helpful because it helps keep eveeything going forward..and maybe helps him press into the table for more stability on the shot. Or is this kind of analysis unhelpful as it may disrupt the natural flow of a player who tries to copy someone else. Im deffo going to try this motion and see what happens....

[@JP-ks3py]

That up-down movement is almost like a breath, like the cue action breathes through his body. I'd even say it was an advantage because instead of trying to make the body as stiff as a wooden cue, he is making the cue action breathe with his body, and maybe that's how he brings that touch and feel you were talking about into the shot. Like if your action was rigid and robotic, at what point can the touch and feel transfer through the cue? If I'm making any sense at all...

[@IFranchisedI]

I liked this unique example. Would be interesting to look at his form and cue action from the recent players championship and compare it to his old early/mid 2000s cue action vs his 2014 and later form and cue action.

[@BartonSnooker]

Good shout. I'll note that down for a future video 👍

[@erikmosher3514]

Did you ever show the shot in real time?!

[@hisalman786]

Very well

[@nqqonnie]

The best thing about ronnie is when he shot the blue ball with left or right hand top spin looks like he’s shooting a sniper 😂

[@dermotshaw6775]

One of many cue actions he has lol. Cant wait to see what your like in a real frame. I think I'll take more from your cue action than Ronnie's, knowing that you was me 10 years ago. hope you got a shot though 🤣. What a privilege.. I hope you really enjoyed yourself 👌

[@alecspyrou2134]

As is sods law, he has just significantly changed his cue action🤣

[@dermotshaw6775]

I know aha

[@gunnarjinx]

What's missing in this video is his WRIST "hinged" forward constantly..... that's the magical control of keeping the cue farily flat AND the grip not tighten up.... so many use that wrist move and all things go offline and tension occurs..... good video though ... love ur content buddy ;)

[@andypartridge800]

Ronnie seems to have a slight 'piston' action, where his right hand works in a kind of circular motion, which makes him lift and drop on the shots...

[@SHADOW.GGG-]

you've missed the most important bit, ronnie is not a chest thumper, he gets through the ball

[@andysingletonefc]

Imagine for one moment if Ronnie was your coach,he’s the only player out there who tells it how it is,everyone of us should start by taking something from this man and incorparating it into their game,that’s how it works,don’t be to proud,learn from the very best 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@saqlainmushtaque697]

Why is it so we suddenly start playing bad after playing nicely for a time. we start missing simple shots , don't get position and just get lack of confidence from there on. any tip for this phase, was making 50s for a couple of weeks and now suddenly can't seem to got 30 even for this past week what to do

[@vincentvdw3990]

Accept that making regular 50s is your peak form, which nobody maintains for a long time. And 20-30's is your regular form. Its the same for the pros, Ronnie making 4 centuries with a 147 in a bo9 vs Carter is probably one of his peak performances. But its unrealistic to expect him to perform like that every match

[@saqlainmushtaque697]

Can it be a overused cue tip issue because as i play with a different cue which has the same tip i use but new i play for the 40-50 range again and get everything as i want to

[@saqlainmushtaque697]

It just happens when my tip becomes over used and very thin where players suggest that it has finally compressed and got set but that's the point where i can't manage because i have a liking to a little thick tip

[@djcpianist]

Did you beat him though? 🤔

[@healthiswealth7899]

over analysing can make you lose focus, just get the basics so they feel second nature then do what works and feels right for you

[@ronaldsnooker6597]

Title should say ‘how it doesn’t work’

[@rogerng6594]

Interested to know what's the cue length of Ronnie? Great to have you back coach Steve.

[@antza555]

Hi, I read online forum it's 58,125" or 58,25" and weight 18,25-18,3oz.

[@MrJdsenior]

COVID sucks, but I know well people that had it previous to the vaccine and afterward and it is two ENTIRELY different experiences, about as divergent as flu can get.

[@TheStlgg]

You can do a video of my cue action if you like to demonstrate how NOT to do it

[@alfedtron9043]

look like his chin is pushing down cousing pressure on bright hand

[@lancemason7911]

Even with this low frame rate you can clearly see that the follow through after contact is completely irrelevant to the outcome, the cue ball is long gone. Keep in mind the contact time is only approx. 1/1000th of a second, knowing this helps you to understand that what you do before contact is all that matters.

[@BartonSnooker]

The follow through is very important. Because we need the cue to be at it's optimum speed right as the tip catches the white, that means we have to follow through. If you were to stop 1mm after the tip contacts the white, it would be impossible for the cue to have been accelerating as it hits the white. A player would be slowing down before the contact, and that would mean you would not get the desired spin on the cue ball.

[@finlay2299]

clown mate

[@britishmade7434]

First

[@LIVERNIL723]

I stopped watching about 2 minutes in because of the way this was starting to break down into such fine detail which in my eyes doesn't really indicate anything distinctive and something one would do anyway and what you are taught as your 'bread and butter' Pre-Shot-Routine. Maybe it's me in not being able to grasp cue action.

[@BartonSnooker]

There's all kinds of things later in the video talking about the movement Ronnie has on the shot and the natural touch and feel he'll have. Obviously he's playing a snooker shot, so generally it's always going to look like.... "A snooker shot". But there's are some interesting points to learn about Ronnie being quite free and relaxed when he plays, which we can all learn from.