Snooker Aiming Spin Side Cue Ball Straight

Snooker Centre Ball Striking and Snooker Cue Ball Spin Explained. Cue Ball Control Guide with Cue Ball Physics and Snooker Side Spin Aiming Tutorial. 2021 Break From Life shows you every way you might be inadvertently putting unwanted side spin on the cue ball. Then shows you how to fix all those problems so you can play shots straighter.
00:00 Snooker Side Spin
1:16 Snooker Sighting
3:09 Snooker Aiming
5:08 Snooker Straight Cueing
7:08 Snooker Cue Delivery
8:50 Snooker Test
9:53 Snooker Spin
Tom Van Eck iCue CueBall used in this video icueclinic.com/
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[@spudhead169]

These are freakin' GREAT tips. No banter, straight to the point, explain the problem, the cause and a fix succinctly. A little bit of humour thrown in to break it up a little. Perfect recipe.

[@TheTelblackwell]

I keep telling all my pals about your channel, its basically free snooker coaching, I played up the legion the other day and made my m8 conceed with 2 reds left, I was 42 points in front and I'm proper 💩 but getting better watching your channel.

[@d880f3]

This might be the most practically applicable, so actually useful, snooker video I’ve seen. Thank you, from sunny Los Angeles.

[@hassanamjad1217]

The best love story in history, this guy and his snooker 🙌

[@stevemoppett2759]

Give it a rest.

[@thomasscott2947]

Keep it up big man, helps my game so much! Would love a pin on the map for Scotty and Matt in Perth Australia!!

[@Joshua-De-L]

Excellent tips here. Thank you for making such quality content, fren.

[@shershahrex7950]

My god I'm early for once man I'm a huge fan from Longford Ireland and I love your content

[@steelbean]

Great vid again and helps me with my cueing getting better! 👍😃 Thanks from Assendelft, The Netherlands.

[@misterfab91]

Thanks for your great videos. Paris, France

[@aminechopin]

Your videos are very helpful man, I hope you continue sharing content like this.. All the good luck man, Greetings from CASABLANCA,MOROCCO.

[@bradj1526]

Always enjoy the video. Brad from Winnipeg Canada.

[@ciderpress6656]

This is a very well made video. Congratulations on a top piece of work!

[@Creativesnooker]

Great video as always , very useful info thank you 😊

[@alisayed5502]

Really appreciate the effort you put into your videos. It has improved my game incredibly. I’m from Kuwait :)

[@shahzadboota61]

Your videos are really helpful thanks for all your hard work. Love you from Gujranwala Pakistan.🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@scambodia147]

Nice to see you back,Steve ,kampot, cambodia

[@benjamin_dippenaar3729]

Great video, helped quite a bit Ben from hamilton, New Zealand

[@dewansharma658]

Awesome video mate. Love from India

[@siuming124]

Osaka Japan taking advice for practice. Helps so much thank you.

[@robday2007]

I made one of these with mouldable plastic. Clips on nicely and works perfectly 👍🏼

[@LoMarxFPV]

Great! Watching from Brazil, São Paulo!

[@guidoalbergs]

Well this video really helped me cue more straight. Love all your content. Please add me to the map from Thon Hong, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

[@Fowkey9000]

Great video thanks for adding me to the map 😀

[@victorcombarrogrijalba4126]

Gracias por tus vídeos, son muy buenos :)

[@thepagan5432]

Nice Mark Williams no looking shot. Great video, again thanks.

[@ronioncrack3582]

I started playing snooker a few weeks ago and I am now able to defeat my friends who are playing for almost 2 years just because of you. Yeah Btw I'm from Lahore, Pakistan.

[@8balljunkie]

Shabass roni on crack keep it up 🤣 snooker patience ki game hai bhai jitni technique important hai utna hi patience. Jitni zada practice karega patience se utna hi technique badiya hoti jaeegi apne aap. Kum se kum 5 to 6 years ki practice chaiye daily

[@tipumalik694]

Good teacher ❤️👑

[@rhodrifrost586]

Great Video! Love to see the channel growing! Sending my best from Stockport, England.

[@pyloolex]

Very useful content, thanks! Aleksey (stress on the last syllable) from Saratov, Russia.

[@pyloolex]

By the way, I'd like to be a blue pin on the map, if possible :-)

[@anuragahuja8147]

Hey im anurag from india... Your work is great. ❤️

[@akeelameerdeen7408]

Bruh your Videos really help me sometimes to visualise what I have to do on my wrongs , thanks for your immense support and dedication for the sport . Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ♥️

[@user-uv6tj8zt6e]

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[@Tashibt123]

I am fan of you and thanks for giving us your nice coaching 😌😌... Rinchen Tshering Yoezer from Bhutan

[@robertgrant7127]

I am going home to do this as i have trouble with straight shots. This might be the best help i need as my double and cuts are my best shots

[@rally_racer9719]

Love your videos very good lessons I'm from Maniitsoq Greenland

[@shinobi567]

this is where i learned theory about snooker and practised on the table based on what i've learned here..makes me good cueing n play better

[@suvarnachauhan951]

I wish to see Mark Selby’s greatest shots recreated by you. Great video as always.

[@Breakfromlife]

Will definitely do it eventually

[@Dharmatma77]

You are awesome bro from Maharashtra India

[@kafayatshakir6893]

Big Fan , from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️🙏

[@pilzfreak9662]

Love your videos! Back in time a pool coach told me his technique for straight cueing, He calls it the "bottle-f**k". Lay an empty bottle on the table and get in your stance, cue into the drinking-hole. If you don't touch the bottle, the cueing is pretty straight. Don't know if this works with snooker, because the tip of the cue is smaller, but just wanted to share :) It helped me alot for my cueing in Pool for sure!

[@Breakfromlife]

Did this about 2 years ago the thumbnail has a coke bottle in it

[@jajaid6]

What type and brand of felt do you use?also what type and brand of rubber for the rails?thank you for your videos!watching from grant Michigan US.

[@sashinbowla2628]

Hope this video helps me am gonna try

[@danielmurzellotheunknownma7481]

Yes Very true.. This always happens Thanks for sharing this information. I need a cue ball with marking on it. 😃.. I need to learn a lot. Do keep posting Warm regards and best👍💯 wishes The UnknownManCub 👍😎👨‍🏭

[@mkevilempire]

those are some high tech ideas ;)

[@barrybentley8066]

Fantastic tuition barry from church gresley Swadlincote

[@lakmeister]

Crikey your tip,ferrule and 3 inches below need attention boss!!!! ⛔ Unwanted side us the main reason most people miss shots,fabulous subject and analysis chief 👍 Can you do how stop bottling it on important shots,how not to ? Be a great aspect to re-create Greetings from Corn Exchange,Derby

[@ritikgarg1398]

Hey mate, lovely videos! Find me, Indore, India. Cheers!

[@alexpointworldwide5245]

Genial🎉

[@SticksSton]

Nice

[@user-pc]

Бьютифул !!!!! Очень полезный и наг лядный урок !!!!!

[@bobleeswagger3039]

this is very helpful on the white Ball 0:33

[@Ahmad-ky5wx]

Intelligent, from Lahore, pakistan

[@IFlyinBaconI]

I had a coach and he was teaching me about putting intentional side on most shots and it help me improve my game massively, I always play with slight helping side on now unless I need a straight shot

[@jhkk1269]

apparently thats ronnies tactic

[@colincolenso]

Helping side is called gearing english in the US games. It is using an amount of outside english that eliminates friction, hence kicks. It varies according to speed, from 1/2 tip offset on slow half ball shots to 1/16th tip on faster 7/8th ball shots. These are approximates to enable an understanding of the variables. Reducing the potential for kicks or frictional aiming effects comes at the cost of having to estimate tip CB deflection or squirt. That's why understanding pivot point mechanisms is very handy, to reduce the error in tip CB deflection / squirt. A pivot point (particular bridge length) is where aligning at CB centre, then pivoting for side, results in the same cue ball path. e.g. If bridge length is very long, the CB will travel opposite the side the CB is hit, if too short, it travels in the direction of the side imparted.

[@colincolenso]

For those wondering about the bridge length for a pivot point in snooker, for a cue like Ronnie O with a 9.4mm thin brass ferule, it's around 12-13 inches, for an off the shelf 10mm tip with a thicker brass ferule it's around 8-9 inches. On longer shots and slower shots and shots on grippy nap, the Effective pivot point becomes longer due to swerve effects. Once this is mastered, there are some aspects of throw to consider (that is, the way the Object Ball changes direction according to CB speed, spin and angle of hit). Users of BHE are very accustomed at using Inside English, which is the opposite of helping speed, as the high spin (outside english) between CB and OB surfaces reduces friction at firm speeds, making the shots almost as easy as firm follow shots. That is, if you know your pivot point.

[@IFlyinBaconI]

@@colincolenso took me a while to read that but I thibk I know what you mean 😆

[@colincolenso]

@@IFlyinBaconI I have some videos about it but I understand it's hard to undertand without deep study. Look up Back Hand English and my name, it explains it, albeit in 2007 phone camera 144p mode.

[@blueskye2912]

I use two golf tees and place them upside down close to each other with the white ball on the opposite side, and play with the que in between them to check my que action to make sure its straight. If the left or the right falls, I know my que action was off. If I do not make the shot, I know my aim was off. Much love, from South Africa, Mpumalanga - Witbank.

[@tomsutube2011]

Brilliant videos. Why is this dude not playing on the pro circuit? He is excellent. Greetings from waterford, Ireland 🇮🇪

[@francel8605]

He maybe good on a practice table in his basement but can he do it under pressure. Has he enough time to pratice and not be bogged down with family commitments. You also need sponsors to fund you because traveling on the road to tournaments takes a lot of money, hotels, food, transport the list is endless. You’d need a high level of natural talent, and then the dedication to put in years of practice and high level play to refine those skills. Sponsors also won't sponsor if they don't see a possible return on their investment. Alot of good pro-snooker players that are ranked between 64-128 have part time jobs.

[@covertnarcissistawareness2766]

I’m curious how many training balls do you have because i watch a lot of your videos and it seems you have practically collected them all are u able to do a side by side comparison of each training balls etc showing sizes and pros and cons of them ?

[@Breakfromlife]

It’s an idea

[@tshangagodfrey3527]

In South-Africa we put a bigger tip on the ferrel, and we call that mushroom style! makes players cue straighter, try it!

[@davidgoddard4012]

Great video thanks for the tips. This is going to help me alot. How's about a map add David from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@alexanderhall4281]

The cardboard thing you thought of is a really good idea. I would of thought about it

[@esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636]

Show Gostei 🏴‍☠️⚡🏴‍☠️ .

[@iranibrbosabraga7972]

Obrigado pelo seu vídeo, gostaria de sugerir uma tradução simultânea.

[@thebreadman1346]

Just waiting for 'How Kyren Wilson's cue action works'. I've tried copying it to best I could see. But maybe you'd pick up something I've missed

[@Ziingy]

Great content. My game is definitely improving. Could you add me to the map? Uba from Nigeria.

[@Krushard]

For precise position marking you can get a pack of reinforcement ring stickers, 500 for 4 bucks on Amazon. Works wonders.

[@EVil-ob8in]

Would love to see an explanation why it’s easier to play with screw and right hand side than screw and left hand side. A pro told me this is the case for most people. Not sure if it applies to right handed players and opposite for lefties?

[@wendywhales2310]

Probably as you right eye and right handed,, Left hand side is Cueing across the ball,??.

[@EVil-ob8in]

@@wendywhales2310 It has to be something along those lines. It was Nigel Bond that pointed out that I play most shots with a little right hand side so screw and right hand side comes naturally. For centre white I set up to strike slightly left of centre.

[@wendywhales2310]

@@EVil-ob8in yes I am right handed and tend to set feathers at slightly left side on longer shots,Blue to black pocket from balk line straight.🙃.

[@haziqkhan147]

Hello everyone. I hope everyone is doing good in these times. I have small issue that I need help with. Yesterday I received my new cue that I had tailored to my liking. Its a 60.25 inch cue. With a 29mm butt diameter on the dot but the butt still seems very thick to the feel although it's a 29mm thickness. Why is this? Any help will be appreciated.

[@kedarsanzgiri]

I have been following you for 3 years now! But I still don't know your name! What is your name?? Love your videos! This is Kedar from Mumbai!

[@Breakfromlife]

I’ll tell everyone one day

[@lalapro5092]

I am big fan of your videos I am playing pretty good now my name is I am from ethiopia

[@aslamzahid692]

dilvery speed how iimprove please tell me

[@tucenly9121]

👍👍👍

[@nassernx2222]

Nasser from Egypt

[@agangchannel]

👍👍

[@abhadisoofizadeh9786]

How to know am I right or left eye? Herat, Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@JuanMunoz-ql6nj]

Me gustaria entender las esplicaciones

[@amamiikram9611]

im from kedah, malaysia

[@DrReplaySC2]

Great tips man. I noticed you line the cue up under your left eye. I'm also cross eye dominant and its been a real challenge to line up shots like this. Any chance you could make a video on how you find the shot line and get down on the shot as a cross eye dominant player?

[@garymceneny6114]

Thats exactly what im after as well, did you find a video?

[@dhirajpallin2572]

How come there's something that people almost never talk about, which is that you can have your cue dead in the center of the cue ball, but this doesn't tell you whether you're shooting across the ball? I.e. your back hand and cue tip can be out of alignment, which will put side on the cue ball even when the tip is clearly positioned in the center of the cue ball. Even if you have a perfect back and forward cue action. If the back hand/front hand alignment is out to start with, it will put side on.

[@muaazabdullah5440]

Hellow I am big fan of your videos I am playing pretty good now my name is MUAAZ ABDULLAH KHAN I am from Pakistan city khushab please mark it😘

[@sumamaahmed104]

love your chanel from lahore pakistan i am a better player now

[@iranibrbosabraga7972]

Para o Brasil.

[@garymceneny6114]

So many tips here that these coaching companies are trying to charge hundreds of pounds for so thanks, im off to buy some Duracell 😄

[@khuramshahzad9212]

💯💚👍

[@R-Tap]

Watch this aiming device appear in 2022 WSC.

[@markthomas4039]

This video helped me the most yet! And not in the way I expected as I always believed my issues stemmed from unwanted side. After playing repeated shots with the Aim For Chalk method and being unable to miss at any pace, I discovered I simply had to aim my cue at a more distant point after choosing the line. My confidence has stepped up a notch. Greetings from Walnut Creek, California!

[@Daniyal-xl8vk]

Sometimes my game is undefeatable and sometimes it's like some noob that doesn't know what he is doing, how to fix this

[@athengaming]

9:46 u need to play the drum a little longer brother😂

[@athumataru9803]

Hi

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[@teyaphon2794]

ภาคไทยได้บ่

[@BillyF2LJeffs]

3:34 okay okay come on how many takes was that? 😅

[@SSigma79]

Dude if I go to the pool hall with a piece of cardboard, Ill be laughed out of there. Just get a cue ball with markers...

[@monkeyclui]

FIRST

[@anuragahuja8147]

First view

[@Vivo-ep4rk]

ไม่รู้ฟัง แปลให้ที

[@JanDoggen]

That piece of cardboard has to be 100% symmetrical though...

[@extreme8176]

Can you also add me in a map I’m from india 🇮🇳 Punjab🙂🙂

[@aymen_2057]

Your tip😭😭

[@anasmouti2006]

Please I leave in morocco "casablanca"

[@anasmouti2006]

Please I leave in morocco

[@michaelmcknight3639]

Forget aiming systems. Put the hours in and learn by instinct the same way this guy and all strong players learned. There are no short cuts.

[@Rp-dc1rg]

If you pretend so good at snooker,why not join as a pro think you can handle that 🤭🤭

[@mikerichardson60]

If you pretend to speak English why don't you become an English teacher? Your comment is both insulting and idiotic. He loves snooker and he helps people learn to play. He's never claimed to be a professional.

[@mewdedalb5568]

great content i can play now because of you thanks and please add me on the map Africa,ethiopia