Shaun Murphy Snooker Cue Action How It Works

Shaun Murphy Snooker Cue Action Technique for Snooker Cue Action Snooker Grip Snooker Techniques and Straight Cueing Shaun Murphy Teaches Snooker Tips. Break From Life try’s to understand how Shaun Murphy’s Snooker Technique works and how he is able to stay so still on the shot and deliver the cue so straight.
00:00 Intro
0:28 Straight Cueing
4:58 Cue Power
5:50 Rest Play
7:30 Cushion Shots
8:45 What I Learned
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[@Jackster__]

This weekend I went to a resort on an island in Scotland... and as we were walking around the local town I seen John Higgins sitting with his family on a bench!!! To make thinks Better he parked next to our car on the boat back and we stood next to each other and I helped him pick something up and wished him luck for this season. Totally star struck.

[@mactastico1818]

I appreciate your channel massively. Played snooker for nearly 30 years now and your tutorials have been helping me fine tune my game the last year or so.thank you

[@freddy7171]

This is honestly the best snooker channel on youtube. Your advice is so useful bro thankyou

[@adamhickey396]

It is genuinely fascinating how much you can learn about a game like snooker. Once I've got a decent sized house, I'm gonna get myself a snooker table.

[@Breakfromlife]

You need a pretty big room though

[@miff227]

Underground bunker 😉

[@Mozartkugel]

@Break from life: Big room and even bigger wallet…. Good luck!

[@R-Tap]

Shaun's smoothness is beautiful, no jerkiness or pause, fluid. I watched his post on KZbin to help with the the rest.

[@nieachung]

Hi there from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 keep your good work! Big fan of snooker and big fan of your channel.

[@TheSnookerShed]

The snooker shed Fife Scotland thanks for the upload

[@austinseah6565]

Hi there from Singapore, your videos really helped to improve my technique over the past year, thank you for making them!!

[@jasonbigg8341]

Shaun Murphy is class. His golf looks tidy as and his media game is slick. Thanks for the content as always Break from life.

[@timtranslates]

Keep the great videos coming. Tim, from Oranjemund, Namibia.

[@Martin-gq4qi]

One of the nicest actions to watch in the game 👌great vid

[@TheLukricky]

thanks break from life 's video form my previous suggestion

[@jb894]

I can't wait for the season to start.

[@LaneyStudios5]

Shaun is still one of the more decorated players in Snooker history when you consider there are so many pros who don't even have a ranking title under their belt, but imagine what he could have achieved had he had a consistent game with the tools he has at his disposal, he plays Snooker better than anyone when he's in the zone

[@mariamalik4810]

I don't think he really believed what you did and hence why he fell short at times he was in pressure matches.

[@LaneyStudios5]

@@mariamalik4810 no there's a lot of doubt there with Shaun, which is weird because with such a pinpoint cue action he can do things many other players can't

[@lewisgreenhalgh7546]

He's on it now!

[@LaneyStudios5]

@@lewisgreenhalgh7546 he's been pretty solid the last two yeats, he seems to be doing okay this season, we'll see how he gets on in champ of champs

[@enteradj]

Check ronnie’s interview where he talks about cue action

[@Dickson3434]

Thank you for your sharing from Hong Kong!

[@buckrogers5331]

An excellent video this one. Thanks mate, it helped a lot.

[@jscott8100]

i think this video is my number 1 for this year. cant wait to test this. would you be able to do a video on timing and execution? subscriber from new zealand.

[@johnnym7351]

Thanks love the vids , going down the club to try using the rest that way, Johnny Geelong Australia

[@robbbluett9600]

Just getting back to the local club now and this info is something else to work on post lockdown. Always great info, the channel has improved my game greatly. Bude, North Cornwall, UK (lets get on the map!?) Many thanks an keep up the great content. Fellow mountain biker too. Excellent work buddy!....

[@ranger2383]

Nice analysis, watching from Macau🇲🇴

[@jamesmillar8047]

I know stephen lee is a touchy subject for snooker but in my book he has the best cue a action by far. Would love to see a break down of his cue action. Thanks james Millar from ballymena northern ireland .

[@yhtolS]

Awesome vid! I’m watching from Lancaster England :)

[@ianhuber3085]

Great video, very engaging.

[@ciarancooling3014]

Is shaun going to come on the show for a KZbin crossover?😃

[@Breakfromlife]

Hopefully but I doubt it

[@amp2375]

Murphy shot! Something me & my pal always say when we cue a long straight screw-back in the club.... MURPHY SHOT!

[@mohammedhusein4671]

Hello I am from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Although i play pool right now, your videos still help me a lot and are entertaining. Keep up the good work👌👌

[@mohammedhusein4671]

Pls add on the map

[@bradj1526]

Thanks for another great video!! Brad from Winnipeg Canada.

[@SimonAyers]

On the point of keeping down on the cue, I’ve heard Shaun specifically say he does the thing where he stays down a little bit extra on his shot to try and evaluate his delivery. So after years of doing that he is probably well trained at staying down over the cue for every shot, including power shots. Also, his technique is all about a long, smooth delivery with a snap at the end (much like Ronnie and Stephen Lee), rather than players like Judd, Ding, Robertson, etc who tend to hit at the white ball a bit more. So Ronnie+Murphy’s white tends to move slower but with more spin which is good in and amongst the reds+black for control, but the spin tends to wear off more over long shots than the way Neil+Judd’s shots do.

[@haltaylor]

Hi from Bangkok! Adding to the map would be super!

[@HealthyHustlePk]

Learning alot from you brother.... From Pakistan

[@MBprosoundservis]

Finaly interesting chanel, greetings from Zuberec Slovakia 🙂.

[@Samichlaus01]

Hi from Bordeaux , France! I never had a chance playing Snooker, only blackball down here.. but this game fascinating me ! Always fun to watch

[@lewisgreenhalgh7546]

Hope you get to play soon. Its an awesome game!

[@mohammadowais9314]

nice good video mate... really helped me 😉😉

[@itsmegunzy9974]

nice vid. ty

[@Saad__jamil]

Please make a same type of video on ali Carter's technique. I am very confused on his cue action, he also gets massive amount of spin effortlessly

[@xxzaroxxgaming2659]

Hi . Im Ali from iraq i love u video so much keep going brother learning from u every shot in snooker 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Enpassantful]

Shaun has spent thousands of hours and years practicing since he was a little lad. If you look at all snooker players cue actions, no two are alike.

[@slashii]

Nice interesting video. Greetings from Finland.

[@RobbieBeswick]

best cue action in game in my opinion

[@FSCubing24]

Grat video from newnham Gloucestershire England 🇬🇧

[@daveyjones7391]

Automatic thumbs up from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada! Great analysis and insight. I hope to apply some of your catalogue of great advice after July 11th when everything opens again here! Love your channel.

[@Breakfromlife]

Hope it goes well

[@daveyjones7391]

@Break from life I hope it goes well too. I'm a bit rusty at the minute, but I'm sure after a good week of holidays spent getting back to form and trying new practice routines and techniques, I'll be doing better in no time!

[@miff227]

We're pretty much same latitude in the UK as Saskatoon (knew a Regina girl back in the day)

[@butler-macdonald8351]

Moose Jaw, Broadview, Moosomin, too...

[@daveyjones7391]

@@miff227 Ha ha, small world! I knew a Regina girl myself back in the day...

[@ehsanpouramir9715]

From Tabriz,Iran👋🏻👋🏻

[@reda6943]

Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦, keep up the good content ✨✨

[@franks2910]

Love your channel. It's lonely here in Redford, (Detroit Mi.), where there's only one snooker table within like 50 miles. Just one question, who's your interior decorator?

[@hamadhimam6428]

Great content dude. Yemen, Sana'a

[@taylorwood2431]

hi from birmingham england 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Fatmanonhedge]

Would love to see you analyse Stephen Lee's cue action.

[@AbdulRahman-zf2zo]

Please make a video about John Higgins technique, also could you please clarify that what is attacking on cue ball? As Ronnie always says, attack on cue ball like hendry, Higgins

[@aaronanson4585]

My Favourite KZbin Channel Woth Shaun Murphy My Favourite Player in the world A Big Hello From Aaron In Solihull Birmingham 👍

[@omaralrifaai1690]

Hi from Damascus, Syria

[@aloysiussnailchaser272]

Brilliant content as ever. Riveting stuff. However your levels are all over the place. I think you need to use a Lavalier mike at the table. It would make a huge difference. As it is I’m continually having to increase & decrease the volume. It’s a tribute to your excellent content that I bother! It really is great stuff and much appreciated. Best wishes from Catalunya.

[@sj460162]

Nice vid again. Especially the rest and wrist thing...although im not completely sure ive got it. So its just dipping the cue on pull back and resting it back on chin..and relaxing last finger?

[@Breakfromlife]

That seems to be what he’s doing

[@atchg3388]

Dear Sir, I would like to know what is your strong eye? Left or right? How to align your strong eye with the cue? Thanks.

[@chrislowe954]

notice you hold the cue a good 6 inch from the end.. Is that the way it should be for all players or does it depend on arm length? I have long arms and hold the cue right at the end? am I doing wrong?

[@Hudanasheeds]

Shaun has his own KZbin channel. Shaun on his KZbin channel:hi I'm shaun

[@palzorlenolepcha2794]

Can you pls share video about pause before cue is deliver that professional does every time. From India. Sikkim with love and respect💝

[@taff6987]

Hello friend, new subscriber here. I was wondering what cue you have there? Is that a Peradon? Thankyou.

[@aleksejstruk9015]

Would be great if you could do the same cue action analysis for Steven Lee.

[@hamzaharshad5367]

hello there mate, thank you for making such quality content I learn a lot from your videos but I wanna ask can you plz explain a bit more about that part of the video where you explain how far you should stand from the table so that u can not lift your bridge hand can you plz elaborate a bit more ill be very grateful to you any kinda help will be appriciated

[@haulin]

You need to shift your center of gravity so far towards the table, that if the table wasn't there, you would fall forwards. You have essentially 3 legs you're standing on then forming a triangle. More stable than just 2 legs and arm moving wherever it wants.

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

That technique of a rest is a magic technique works on most even normal difficult shorts …is a push stroke basically avoiding back swinging coz it make it difficult to deliver cue straight if you back swing a lot ….but ofcoz this shouldn’t be a habit used on every shot

[@kennethtalbott2233]

quality.

[@shawncubitt7703]

Excellent... I have a snooker cue because I was living next to a place that had a snooker table. I have moved and now only shoot 8 or 9 ball. Am I at a disadvantage using my snooker cue? Sending from Bad Axe Michigan

[@dfkdiek518]

Your at a large disadvantage

[@akkornemtudom9571]

maybe once please make a video about Stephen Lee's cue action

[@hesamgrg1151]

Can u tell me the actual size of pocket??? Cause some of snooker house have big pocket and some the have tge tight pocket

[@waseemsultan7076]

Please make a video on Stephen Lee

[@snookerjulian]

Hi, new subscriber here. Brilliant content! How about an analysis on the controversial slower more tactical players, Mark Selby and Peter Edbon spring to mind, and weather it's entirely fair they're accused of cheating by some or they are actually, as I believe, considering many and the best outcomes of upcoming shots.

[@hoangtuannguyenkhac77]

I notice you throw the cue forward on some shots, I have not seen many players who play like that, definitely not in snooker. I have seen Jeffery Ignacio does so in pool. Any explaination on this?

[@loveshseenauthseenauth7276]

Hi i am from Mauritius...my country being added to the map would be agreat deal for me

[@Kabulstani]

Heyy Hakimi from Kabul, Afghanistan 🇦🇫 here to make into your great map oneday hopefully 🙏🏻🔥

[@Zainanjum100]

Hi from Pakistan! Adding to the map would be super!

[@shawnwong4076]

Can you do mark selby :)

[@Kadisanwar99]

Love u brO From Karachi Pakistan

[@f12mnb]

Great video! By the way, on several of your videos you note the grip and the importance of keeping the wrist supple. I know that by tradition one part of the snooker cue is flat (dating back to a time when a cue could a laid on the table) but doesn't that affect the grip - do players spin the cue so that the flat part is in a favored position? Would this affect cue tip wear? Curious because in other cue sports, the butt end is round.

[@dazmill697]

Regarding the dip and lift in his action I feel its actually every good way of keeping the cue online, how? Well just accept that unwanted movement is going to happen but at least up and down will mean your still online as opposed to side to side movement.

[@sanzaigaming7231]

Which tip is you using on your cue

[@rajawaleed1658]

Waleed watching from lahore Pakistan

[@RAElliott666]

@Break From Life another great video. I'm from Murray Bridge in South Australia. A pin on your map would be great..

[@jameszheng7699]

Watching from Australia

[@elhamfahim1925]

Watching from Chittagong, Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@theaish]

always like your videos. gonna try the short stub bridge technique for sure. from hong kong and originally from bhopal, india ;)

[@illusionarybox3191]

next time, do marco fu :)

[@NowLedgeOutpost]

Much love from Pakistan!

[@lanternman13]

As far as I know Shaun plays almost every shot with a bit of sidespin. So you can aim the objectball closer to the center.

[@tt5150oumasan306]

1st wacher!!

[@zimmarahmed1953]

Great Channel... keep up the good work bro... From Lahore, Pakistan

[@billubilli5247]

Nice

[@waleedahmad5828]

Hello brother. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰. Can you do a break down of Stephen Lee's cue action?

[@miff227]

And pie action

[@fransbotha5788]

Seen a video of him once, regarding cushion shots. "line the shot up with the cue OVER the bal for centre ball and then DIP the cue to play the shot". NO unwanted side on shot. It works.

[@user-wh9nf8un1f]

Love from Shanghai, China

[@ArturK1M]

8:38 , what the heck just happened? 😃

[@fullestpick6849]

I am kind a lost please find my home I live in Mumbai, India

[@tanzeelxmarty2636]

Helooo in from Pakistan a beginner and your advices are doing great on me please pin me 😅🖤

[@SHADOW.GGG-]

That's why chest thumpers come across the ball,ie s,maguir

[@himanshushukla-ku2ux]

Which cue do you use mate?

[@moizrajput9401]

Love from Lahore, pakistan.❤

[@Bobbynutty]

Pretty awkward getting a game of snooker these days some local leagues Will never start again

[@Breakfromlife]

It’s looking that way

[@Bobbynutty]

@@Breakfromlife it stinks bro

[@e1239]

If Judd Trump is a Ferrari, Shaun Murphy is a Rolls Royce... I don't know what that makes Ronnie... 🤔

[@paulmaddison6193]

Is it possible to.... I dunno... over-learn from different players actions?. By which I mean can you sometimes take on so many different techniques are quirks that it actually ends up making your game worse as your action becomes unnatural for you. If that makes sense.

[@Jimorian]

The key when listening to expert advice or emulating other peoples' techniques is being very conscious of whether or not it makes sense to *you*. If you feel exactly why it might help you, then give it a go in practice and see if it helps. But if it doesn't, then maybe it's a technique that would do more harm than good for your own game.

[@KeithJawahir]

"Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is essentially your own" - Bruce Lee

[@Framebyframeedits]

Namaste 🙏......Shubham Raghuwanshi from India's cleanest city indore !! ❤️ Can I get a pin from you !!!!! 🤩

[@Framebyframeedits]

Plzz !!

[@Framebyframeedits]

Can I get a pin from you !!!! ❤️ On your next video 😁

[@Framebyframeedits]

Plzzz sir !!