Snooker Angles

[@chamangurung585]

Been watching your videos over a year, have been able to improve my game drastically...subscribing again 😜

[@JVQ8Y]

Your videos not only have great content, they are incredibly well thought out and shot. Thanks. Faidon, watching you from Athens, Greece.

[@themayorofflair]

There is a beautiful solution to finding the correct potting angle. Hit the part of the object ball that is farthest from the pocket. Best answer is usually the simplest one. Keep up the great work, absolutely LOVE your channel !

[@lokyinphotography]

can you explain a bit more about what you mean by hitting the part of the ob farthest from the pocket?

[@themayorofflair]

Browning Lui If you draw a line from the centre of the intended pocket through the centre object ball you will get your aiming point on the side not facing the pocket. This point is always the furthest point from the pocket due to the spherical nature of the ball.

[@davegemignani1567]

My aiming method-I draw an imaginary line from the center of the pocket through the center of the object ball. Where it terminates on the back of the object ball is point A. I look at the sphere of the cue ball and determine the closest point on the sphere to point A. That closest point is point B. Then shoot the cue ball to connect point A and B. With English, there are nuances.

[@robd1381]

This is genius, i'm going to give it a go!

[@RvPGaming29]

where is the point b? i dont understand

[@RvPGaming29]

sphere of the cue ball, u mean edge of the cb?

[@dhananjayringe]

For visual context and understanding, 5:27 - 5:42 is the best representation. Thanks for the videos. I'm from Ghaziabad, India.

[@stormteam3004]

Thats soo true! The 1/8 is something i need to concentrate on

[@vlogsmatter8195]

Wow man I want this type of pool tips. I’m from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 for the map

[@SimbyDimby]

This video has improved my potting by 1/4 already! Greetings from Berlin!

[@romain1mp]

Hello From Zaouia Ech Cheikh in Morocco. Thanks for your good quality vidéos=all your videos !

[@HWWandW]

Hello, Hassan here from Haripur,Pakistan Your videos really inspired me and helped me becoming my district district champion .. Thanks Bro..

[@Cdog-26]

Thank you this is going to help, I’ve just started playing snooker and I’ve been scratching my head when I missed simple pots. Hello from Carlisle,England

[@Rob-ys6ot]

Your head cam stuff is brilliant!!!! Always wanted to congrats you on that!!!! It’s about as close as my crapness can get to experiencing the correct way to play it!!! This really helps me!!! Cheers!!!

[@archovist]

Love your channel, wish I had a table near to learn on! Greetings and best wishes from Blythewood, South Carolina, USA.

[@Breakfromlife]

Weirdly I’ve had a lot of comments from southern Carolina specifically saying there are no tables anywhere

[@fromthebeadmaker]

Worked! I've got a table right here in my basement and just put it to the test: Worked a treat! Thanks for that.

[@pasitervo9686]

Really helpful, thanks.This really is at the heart of what makes one a better player. Improving cuing action will not help if you can't aim. I know I miss balls because too often I can't see where I need to put the cue ball. Cheers from Finland.

[@justincronkright5025]

Ughh I need a Snooker-Table & set to magically land at either my house or the Billiards-Hall in Belleville, Ontario. I'm going insane watching this and hours of other snooker videoes rurally and not having access to play the game! I fell in love with this game watching the Snooker Masters 2020 Finals.

[@ewanthug91]

Watching from here in Malaysia! Greetings from malaysia!

[@hewgoba]

Great job, thanks for making this great job !! :)

[@weejim48]

Very good useful information. Snooker is an easy game to learn but hard to play. It’s also the most satisfying and frustrating game to play. Good video. 🇬🇧👍

[@sahildiwan4627]

Wow, congrats for 50K, I subscribed when you had just hit 20K, well deserved growth!! From Nagpur, India

[@mushtaqshah2430]

Ur Good Awernes to sharing the people's ...Thank you i from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@dannymcbrearty9785]

Danny from Donegal in Ireland here. Really love the channel, its helped my game a lot. Any chance of a video on how Alex Higgins changed the game. Not so much the mechanics of it, but its popularity, as well as all the rules and tenets of the game, such as stance and stillness, that he completely ignored? Just a thought. thanks again.

[@andrebozi362]

Really helpfull tips. Greets from Belo Horizonte, Brazil

[@tomwatson2430]

Respect from Huddersfield pal!, I have learned a lot of things that have been very helpful to my game, very well edited and clearly explained. Thanks for your time creating your content

[@rob-lk4ud]

Robert from Romania watching your videos

[@cobrakarate]

you have the greatest voice in pool. and i do radio so that's a compliment.

[@Rob-ys6ot]

Really informative, thanks a lot.

[@037lazar]

Congrats on 50k, you and Barry are best! From Krusevac, Serbia 😀

[@TheNheg66]

Love your videos, very usefull tips. Nicolas from Slovakia

[@Rob-ys6ot]

God I’m slow!!! Now I see the connection between the map on your wall and the comments section!!! Thought it was a sponsorship thing!!! Huge hello to snooker fans all over the globe from Rob in Brentwood, Essex!!! JUST UP THE ROAD (well, 15 miles) FROM THE GREAT STEVE DAVIS!!!!

[@Breakfromlife]

Yeah it’s actually quite funny sometimes to see people slowly work it out. I’ve explained what it is in about 3 videos. Don’t do it too often though because I end up with about 100 more requests and I have 4 spreadsheet full of names already. As for Steve Davis I don’t think we see enough of him these days. If only someone was about to post a KZbin video about him.

[@TheGGWookie]

Thanks - Nathan here, from Port Moreaby, Papua New Guinea

[@tristanplays7377]

Congrats for 50 000 subs bro Keep up the good work Hello from cape town,south africa

[@Breakfromlife]

Thanks, it took a while but we finally got there

[@tristanplays7377]

@@Breakfromlife yeah i agree and it took a long time to reach that milestone

[@PrinceMurphyeraf]

U are just awesome . Simply easy to understand !

[@still3015]

Great video, can’t wait to use these tips in the snooker hall later

[@yaseencharishma6624]

Hitting hard with spin can change the angle of object ball??? Me and my friends Love your videos ! Love from India :D

[@miniguitarjams]

thanks, breakfromlife. another great set of tips.

[@amirsp]

Thanks. It was really helpful. 👍🏻 Amir from Kerman, Iran.

[@Knightlore10]

Its a massive stop forward if you can correctly line up a full ball shot. If uncertain on a potting angle, this is what I will do first to calculate the potting angle. There are certain shots that seem to be more difficult to accurately hit straight (full ball) than others but when this is achieved, tricky potting angles make more sense. I had been making long off straight pots by deliberately hitting the ball on the 'wrong' side until I realised I didn't know where full ball contact was. Test your judgement by placing a piece of chalk along the cushion rail in a dead straight line between the white and object ball. if you cant make the object ball strike this area, you are incorrectly judging full ball so you need to learn this before you can progress. This method also removes the pressure of making a pot.

[@Derez47]

Nice Video, Kong from Bangkok, Thailand

[@joelhirschi8914]

Very interesting advices. I will definitely try out next time. Greets from Bern, Switzerland

[@junaidtahir3613]

Like your channel keep your good work junaid from lahore,pakistan

[@makhsimm8161]

Usefull info, thanks) could you make a video, how to control cueball, how to aim when you need cueball spin right or left

[@planshet2549]

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[@emanbarbara9502]

Hey i'm from malta, thanks about the videos and how to play and i improved so thanks and keep it up. Peace ✌️

[@MrXeberdee]

5:00 - I regularly miss all angles from about 0 to +/- 89.9 degrees :)

[@Breakfromlife]

Feel bad for you man

[@alexanderfalk9580]

Thank you, I really understand the angels now From Esbjerg, Denmark

[@tfthor990]

Happy for 200 k

[@ksportz66]

I did a lot of work with IMUs which measure acceleration / angular position (rotation). One could be fixed to the cue (they are small and very light), so to give feedback on accuracy of cueing. I guess fixed to butt of cue would be easiest. After a shot, the waveform could be analysed to graph the cueing stroke and identify any deviations from starting angle. Accelerometers could measure cueing speed as well as transition from back stroke to forward cueing. Just a thought... Any feedback welcome 👍 I could see as a training/practice aid to check cue delivery is straight throughout.

[@olikhverdias3658]

Great video! I would like to know if you have any video giving cue tips. I played at run at 8 and wanted to know what kind of cues would be most appropriate for playing this billiard game.

[@paulvout4267]

Hi from Australia mate

[@paulvout4267]

I'm from Casino N.S.W Australia

[@FarhanSoul]

Hello brother I love your video plz show us view of your front camera when you play shot

[@AlexandreMachado0]

Hi! You could make a second video, showing the angles that the cue ball goes after hitting the object ball at each of those angles, so we can learn how to position the cue ball for the next shot. Greetings from Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.

[@rashharldhonju2103]

viewer from Nepal

[@TheSnookerShed]

Morning BFL Cheers for another video,on times I know the angle but when the cue ball hits its most likely to miss thick like a high black will hit the top cushion blues also are my pain lol . Andy walls from kirkcaldy

[@andrewmason4004]

There are two other things I think worth mentioning about the 1/2 ball angle. The angle of the white after a 1/2 angle (plain ball) contact is the most predictable. Even if you hit slightly over or under 1/2 ball the trajectory of the white will be pretty much the same. This is useful in terms of future position. Second a 1/2 ball interaction gives you the best opportunity to send the white ‘sideways’ (if hit with screw).

[@wayneque2101]

It’s amazing that you can see an eighth of a inch from ten feet away, and then tell me you can smaller dimensions!! A hawk probably can’t see that well!!! I hope to see my first hawk playing Ron O’Sullivan

[@stormteam3004]

Its easy to see from ten feet. Not as easy to shoot but easy enough to see. But, i understand everyones eyes are different

[@andyward5696]

Got any videos on how to play rest shots? Love the vids btw!! From Walsall, England

[@Breakfromlife]

Yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn-wn5xmo5KUoKc

[@dnbmania]

Do you compensate for the change in cut angle from cue ball speed consciously or unconsciously. I play blackball so I'm not sure just how transferrable it is but the speed of shot changes the cut angle noticeably. However I asked a qualified snooker coach before and he completely dismissed it so I'm not sure he thinks it applied to snooker/was unconsciously adjusting for it

[@Breakfromlife]

It probably won’t have any effect at all other than when the CueBall leaves the table significantly as it strikes another ball. At pace it will do this. Without the friction from the table slowing the CueBall down it can fractionally increase the contact time. Or even striking the object ball twice in succession. That can have an affect on the angle on any shot

[@ponymoore6140]

Great tips, thank you. Can we have it in metric now :)

[@dv4713]

Thanks for the video. Congratulations on the 50k+ subscribers. Your cue tip looks more like the tip on billiards stick then snooker cue. Is it worn out or tip has been replaced too many times? Dušan from Belgrade, Serbia

[@truesportsfanopinion8006]

Can you tell us what degree angle a half ball quater ball 3 quater ball shot will go thanks.

[@Breakfromlife]

The point of potting angles such as half ball is to make it easier to explain than degrees. Which don’t make the greatest sense on some shots. Like how moving closer to the ball can change it’s potting angle. But not necessarily the angle in degrees

[@claytontsoi2170]

That's what am I struggle on as I am new to the game may you talk about how to choose a cue that is suitable for you? Thankyou From Hong Kong

[@rawhideleather]

No mention of cut or spin induced throw? These 2 things will change the shot line somewhat (or aim/contact point) and need to be taken into consideration when cutting a ball.

[@masonfishell9636]

Mason Fishell, Jack Strobel, Lance Slezak, and Hunter Schachte all from Pittsburgh PA, in the US

[@juniormandu1845]

Hi, your great player, I'd like to know if is possible make the cue ball goes to some side in the straight shot? Congratulations for your channel 👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@satan101101]

Hi there from Thailand can you do a review on a Kamui cue tip? great Chanel I think you deserve more sub :)

[@Breakfromlife]

I tried them before a few years ago now they seemed ok but kept coming apart before they wore out

[@2colossery]

This only applies under the conditions that you shoot every single shot with the same speed and a dead center cue ball hit. So it's a good basic, but potting snooker balls is way more complex unfortunately. Good video though, well explained and nuanced discussion of pros/cons and limitations 😊

[@onelovitHD]

I use pythagoras to know the fraction to hit. I see right angled triangles everywhere lol

[@infobeam1902]

You have the perfect game to a certain degree.

[@gyalwangchuk]

Hi mate How about the tips of cues Soft or hard and thin or thick Big or small Any trips for the tip please Gyaltsen From Lhasa of Tibet

[@Breakfromlife]

I use Cuesoul ones as they last forever. They are very hard so I use the softest ones possible as they are about the same as a regular tip. I like to keep them a little flatter to make it easy to pot

[@snookerproclub5990]

Stand behind the line correctly, do your shot approach well and your aiming alreasy will be much easier.

[@arama0010]

Adam from Whangarei, New Zealand

[@johncummings9446]

Thanks for the great videos, seen them all, keep them coming. I have a question regarding the stoking of the cue. Is the cue pulled forward during the stroke from start to finish or is the cue pushed during the stroke from start to finish. This has been bugging me for a while. Thanks

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Nice.

[@simonmoloney2783]

Could you mention me in a video. Simon Moloney from Roscrea In Ireland. I like that touch and love the channel

[@thefella131]

Brill video. Ps I want a bedroom like yours 😀

[@Breakfromlife]

That’s just my garage you should see my bedroom

[@lafaelerobertson2573]

Great

[@skullgaming1319]

Bro can you compare the stance of best players and their techniques in a video.

[@Breakfromlife]

Probably a good idea

[@abidkakar4258]

Hi I am a beginner, and I feel a difficulty. Could you pls help. The issue is: I am a left handed, and I have to give a couple of extra degrees to a shot that is needed to be cut to the left side, and vice versa. Means If I take the exact angle (as per my estimation) it never goes into pocket!!! So every time I have to pot I have take couple of degrees extra angle. What can be the issue? Is my position not correct? Is it issue with my eye sight? Please help.

[@trickshotswithhayden4450]

Hello I'm from cork in Ireland

[@wiliam5442]

Hi, first of all, I want to congregation you for the excellent job, So, my problem is, I have been trying this , but what do you advice when the person try but have a bit problem in find the exactly angle, I try imagine the imaginary ball but in the moment of the shot I don't feel confident,

[@SeaFox251]

I was struggling with aiming badly, but I think I found another way that fits me better than the ghost ball method. It's called (I think) the fractional ball method. Basically what I'm doing is that I imagine a line between the center of the cue ball and the object ball, then I take a look at the pocket and I'm trying to figure out what kind of angle I need to pot the object ball. For example, if there's a 14 degree angle between the object ball and the pocket (in respect of the CB - OB center line) I'm aiming the tip of my cue 1/4 on the side of the object ball from it's center. It helped me because I couldn't really use my eyes to imagine the ghost ball behind the cue ball, so I had to find a physically existent point to aim at.

[@wiliam5442]

@@SeaFox251 hI, o Think o got your point, so you try to see a imaginary line between the CB and the OB, is that right? I'll try this

[@SeaFox251]

@@wiliam5442 Unfortunately I can't guarantee that it will work. I'm a rookie still in this game as well and I'm looking for methods to improve my aiming, but this technique helped me the most in the last 2 months. Maybe it's really down to instincts built up by hours and hours of practice, but others say that you have to practice "logically". So I don't really know, different people say different things. One half says that you only have to practice, practice, practice and oh, do not forget, practice. While the other half says that you always have to analyze yourself with techniques like this.

[@wiliam5442]

@@SeaFox251 I agree with you, there many people saying many things, but one thing we have to be sure, nothing can be improving without practice, so let's do it.. Thank you dude and good luck for you.

[@SeaFox251]

@@wiliam5442 Thank you mate. I wish the bests for you too!

[@salmansaad5866]

love from gujrat,punjab,pakistan

[@kisuke80]

I can do up to 33 potting angles [(3,6,9,12,15,...) percentage] I use spin to fill the gap in between which is enough for me I also use maths to fill up my disadvantages. These are my disadvantages: stiff neck, double vision, left hand radial head subluxation, and right hand wrist broken which also make me unable lift up weights and do push-ups but I can still play Snooker at a 80% as good as you. These are not excuses. But saying you can do a lot better than currently try playing American pool as well then you can get out of most snookers and play 3 cushion billiards for extreme positioning. Try these first I have more.

[@syedumair6040]

Full half or quarter ball means u have to match cue & object ball together to find out whether you are reaching at object ball half or not...But if i see ronnie..he just takes the position,then stares only on object ball and hits..What is that difference?

[@flickdasher1775]

easier to view each pot as a dead set plant with an imaginary extra ball then you know exactly where the white ball must make contact. if you were to film this shot and go through it frame by frame, the point at which object ball and cue ball meet will be a dead set plant. this is also great for blind shots where the object ball and pocket are not in your line of vision- thin cut backs for instance.

[@limhanlong4143]

Ace from Singapore

[@marioledesma4255]

I wonder how to play stephen Hendry´s pink to secure position for the black in the UK championship in 1999 against Paul Wikes, in which the cueball comes back for the black. It is common between profs, but the ? sign remains. Mario, Lules, Argentina.

[@infantalfred4237]

Hi im from india i was a club player now im entering the state tournament.. i would be happy if u mention my name (infant alfred) for teaching how to play when the cue ball is frozen on the cushion

[@justsaying3594]

I have been avoiding Adri from Perek Malaysia because I owe him a case of beer.

[@Breakfromlife]

I think your safe here because he hasn’t commented in 7 months

[@awaiseditz8665]

Love from Bhakkar Pakistan

[@blazey103]

So this is all relative to the player/person watching this looking to learn having ...quote John spenser "a good cue action allied with good judgement" so my point is this is only relative to the player. I see litterely hundreds of players a year that couldn't pot this way and further more a few really good players that would be absolutely ruined if they tried to work out potting this way. While I'm not knocking anyone for trying to help players improve its so important to understand that this is only relative to the player learning.

[@filipmarcinek3987]

What was the smallest angle which you ever potted? :) Greets from Wroclaw, Poland

[@dofus6657]

I do 50+ breaks just with x/8 angles and good positioned cue ball , so just try to learn all this 8 angles and how to position your cue ball correctly

[@swedishkev]

Heres a question for you. l have been playing pool and snooker for many years. Started off with Pool on the 7ft tables. l had a 9 ft snooker table for 5 years. So anyway. years later and not playing so much anymore. l was in a Pool and snooker club which had American 9 ball tables .which are 9ft long. l played brilliantly on my own potting absolutely every ball. The form just was there. You get them days of course . And then someone offered me a game of snooker. And l found myself not potting anything. Was l still using the pool ball angles ?, but surely that does not change. l could not work out why l was missing every ball. Is it because snooker balls are smaller than American pool balls. Not sure what the reason for this was. I was using the same angles as on the pool table but missing the snooker balls. I think l had to use less angle on the snooker table. to start potting, but it seemed not right but started to work. Can you explain this phenomenon?

[@wenniebandigan912]

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[@ryangarritty9761]

The theory is simple enough : the cue ball has to meet the object ball on a direct line to the pocket. But the problem I have, apart from being utterly pants at the game, is that often when I get down to address the cue ball, it is no longer obvious where I should strike the object ball. This normally happens with acute potting angles.

[@IsmailKhan-pd6gt]

Ismail khan from India 🇮🇳

[@AlexCheng-n5m]

How many followers like me from Macau?

[@ubaidking3651]

Wow ❤

[@rehmanzed]

You are the "bob marley" of world of pool

[@Bart_Depestele]

Liker 700 from Belgium greets you :)

[@mohdfairuzahmad5091]

I hope i could explain everything to make simple on potting angle. Go find a snooker table and make a test of my method.. 1st rule what ever angle that on your line of sight between 0 deg to 30 degree is actually is a full ball, stand straight with your belly button pointed to cue ball and object ball line up in a straight line you need to hit object ball with a full ball contact. Before you aproach for cueing position keep your eye sight at the pocket only and then approach it to cueing position, never ever look at the object ball at all if you look or peek you will be miss.. When on cueing position just focus on white ball only and then deliver it with the side spot you want.. From this position when you look properly you are actually see everything as a full ball.. Its hard to explain in here unless you give it a try.. Rule 2 ghost ball methot not work. All you need to do stand again with your belly button pointed to white ball and allign to object ball in a straight line, then any angle you want to pot now just keep your eye sight focus only at the pocket hole at the same time while you approach for cueing position keep still your eye sight only at the pocket still, if you peek youl be miss, now once you on cueing position your body actually already allign its contact potting point naturally without you been notice.. Now Just focus to white ball and deliver it straight to natural line that your body created.. And never ever changed your mind!! Give it a try.. Potting are not hard, you need a methot to loosen up your stress in a game, to focus allot of thing on game are only give you an extra pressure.. All you need is trust your Insting.. Cappish!!

[@jirayunakplien4595]

Im from Thailand

[@martintemelkov]

Listen here, it's time to put me on that goddam map! Martin from Sofia, Bulgaria. Let's go! ;-)