Snooker Side Spin On The Blue - Snooker Training

[@tomaaron6187]

Simple but effective. Re the last reference...true, make it fun by making up unique games when practicing. I never 'have to' to practice but look forward to it. I challenge myself to break my records...the Crucible is always at stake in my mind.

[@beanmeister57]

Absolutely superb coaching videos! I've learnt more watching these over a few hours than I've learnt in a lifetime! Just started playing again after many years, so hoping to achieve bigger breaks than ever before!

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks very much! Lots more videos coming 🙂

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[@rashadal-safar1931]

Just amazing videos for noobs like me who want to get better! they open up the beautiful artform that is snooker and give us amateurs a real good overview of what it takes to be a great snooker player! :)

[@sidsidsidsid]

I can really relate to you as a progressive player myself. I spent my entire life trying to make 50. I had two coaching sessions and had my stance altered. Last year I made a 50 and three days later made 83. Since then I've gone backwards again and started breaking down at 30/40. I will be in touch soon to book a couple of sessions to hopefully get back at it again. Love your drills and teaching methods All the best

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Wayne. I appreciate the positive comments. Get in touch whenever you feel like it and I'd be more than happy to see you.

[@JamesMc2051]

I found snooker like that too Wayne. You make progress then hit a point where you don't seem to improve and often go back again. Eventually it clicks in again (I'm told). I was an 8 ball player that played pool every day but had never played snooker (other than maybe 4-5 frames when I was about 10 and visited someone's house with a table) when I signed for a pool team that played from a snooker club when I was about 16. After a few weeks I accepted the offer of a game of the club owner (he was Dott's manager back in the '90s and early 2000s) because we had one pool table that was always busy and a half dozen snooker tables -- so you start playing snooker. The first frame I played him he's crashed into the balls and left me right in and I got a 52. That was my high break for about 3 months (on the first frame). He wanted me to go and play in some pro-am in Blackpool but I wasn't too keen because I knew I was basically rubbish at the game (although not as bad as him) and had just had major beginner's luck. Sure enough it took me 3 months and a lot of frames to get to 80. Then it was 85 very soon after (in a competition against a pro too! - he had to give me 35 points a frame and he wasn't happy I hit an 85 and 82 in beating him 3-2 - he had two tons). I played in that club for about ten years and it took me another 3 years to get a ton. After that I regressed heavily because I never played at all (I wasn't great anyway - standard club amateur maybe that was handy at the start because I played cue sports) and I think snooker is a game you really need to stick at and work on in the same way golf is. Now I haven't played in some ten years and can barely finish a frame at 8 ball so looking at a snooker shot in itself would be daunting. I found when I played that there are times when you progress and you can feel that will score and other times where the game is so hard that you don't get any momentum and confidence going at all and can barely make 20. But you still have to play through that. If you play with good players it's 'easier' to progress I think as competitive instinct kicks in and you all learn off each other.

[@davethursfield9283]

Very clear and informative. Love the tip about the chalk mark. Subscribed.

[@jamessmyth2958]

Jimmy M Just a beginner.Love your video's. very helpful

[@kh.asadulislamripon2601]

It is simply great. Training ability is outstanding. Thank you.

[@Zidane87]

Awesome, awesome....AWESOME VIDEO!!!! Many thanks for the knowledge, keep up the good work

[@weejim48]

I have only just taken up snooker after 25 years. I was ok back in the day but hopefully your videos will help me to whip my son in law’s backside. 👍👍👍👍

[@BartonSnooker]

I hope so too 😁

[@ishra4all910]

Super I enjoyed your way of teaching the snooker.

[@baggieboy1473]

Hi Steve again another superb video lesson, I watch one of your videos before going out to play a game it's amazing how most of your shots I play now have given me more confidence than ever before, this Snooker Coaching site is the only one I watch now, let's hope you've got more lessons to put on Thanks.

[@BartonSnooker]

Hi. That's very much for the positive feedback. Lots more videos to come. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@paulmcilwraith4835]

Excellent tuition. Plenty to work on at the club. Thank you

[@johnronan5478]

Thanks for the drill at the end. I have a good idea where the cueball should track but this drill will help sharpen up the picture of its path for me with practice

[@solutionsexpresscoltd458]

Always get something great out of your video! Great work, BartonSnooker !

[@kumarsubra2759]

Brilliant guidance

[@zstar9795]

Great coaching, the best iv seen!

[@dlsfalconry4534]

Excellent tips enjoy watching

[@thelastsamurai5583]

One of best coaching videos out there, please tell me abt snooker cues where to get em and how to get em and wat to get @bartonsnooler

[@davidlong6358]

superb video ,as always very informative ,and inspiring, nice work Steve

[@akramstyle]

Why i miss so much ball i wanna know how a use my eye right or left for aiming and any help or advice thanks

[@PeTeRPaNG-e7f]

Same problem here

[@donovanreimer2324]

Terrific video and explanation!!!!

[@alexpaic2984]

The best coach videos ever mate. Very knowledgeable and the way you explain what happens with the white is absolutely amazing. Snooker is not easy by any means but you explain it to perfection and make look easy. Thank you for the effort you put in your videos. They are so helpful and please keep them coming.

[@BartonSnooker]

Thank you so much. Really appreciate the kind comments 🙂

[@Zidane87]

Quality video buddy, many thanks for this fine piece of work. What’s your highest break????

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks very much! My highest break is 140 total clearance.

[@theznooker]

hi just a question? i have a very serious alignment problem, my question is where should be the ideal contact point on chest? i mean in address position where the cue should be touching? above the nipple? mine is 2 inches below the nipple and shots looks off, and i put right hand side all the time. and my alignment is always on right hand side of cue ball and the butt is towards left side of me. tnx huge, appreciate your reply!

[@aravindthippeswamy]

For complete side on stance, ideal point is the breast bone. For complete square on stance, ideal point is under the armpit/shoulder. Natural tendency is to cue across the cue ball towards the cueing arm side... For right handed player, it is from left to right, across the cue ball. Some people try to instinctively compensate and try to correct by cueing towards the left hand side, imparting a tiny bit of left side, throwing the cue ball off to the right hand side, further more confusing the player.

[@MattLloydTube]

Nice and clear videos thanks

[@chengong748]

Good video.

[@kyotosal]

With right hand side, where are you aiming on the blue to pot it? Do you have to adjust your aiming point on the blue?

[@IMRANKHAN-wr2ts]

Kindly advise on which tip type to be used eg medium or medium hard as I am using G3 which started really well but after 3 weeks it is becoming hard and not gripping the chalk which ends up missing shots

[@tommyr1216]

Can u repeat this video showing where your hitting cue ball and where your aiming to allow for spin thanks

[@fredseckler147]

Hi, although tip hardness is a personal choice, could you say what is your preference ? is it possible to say that some type of tip is better considering the "expertise" of the player ?

[@BartonSnooker]

I like a soft tip that gives me a lot of feel. I use Elk Master Pro Soft. Some professionals use a rock hard tip. Mark Williams for example uses a Century Tip G5.

[@jaideld1]

Hi Steve Could do with new video with the practice routine we did today

[@notinvegas]

Great video.. But I wish there was a video on how to aim with side

[@alanbush7768]

great stuff !

[@room1recording]

Also the side keeps the bounce under control 👍🏻

[@umarshah8911]

Please make a video on how to aim blue as it looks quite difficult sometimes

[@amazed66]

A good guide for any cut shot is to look at the reflection of the overhead lights in the ball and then aim for the outer edge of the reflection based on which way you want to cut it. So if wanting to cut to the right then aim for the left side of the reflection of the lights on ball. Click on the 3:29 number here and it will take you to that time point in the video then pause it and have a look at what I have said in the few lines above.

[@MrR0ba]

Ty

[@moviemaster00000]

could you do a video about hitting the ball with side?

[@BartonSnooker]

Yes I will make this video in the future 🙂

[@moviemaster00000]

@@BartonSnooker TY, it would be really helpful :)

[@kyuzozzzz]

Hi, I can’t seem to get much side on the cueball even though I’m making the pot , any tips pls? It feels like I am putting quite a large amt of side already but the reaction isn’t visible. Thanks !

[@dermotshaw6775]

You dont really need much side when trying to get action from the cue ball. Try instead to make sure you strike through the cue ball on every shot. You'll probably find this helps alot. This link is a video that Steve did about it to help you better understand 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5aqpmCnhZymisk

[@emraanroy9143]

Excellent work #Master

[@moviemaster00000]

what exact balls are you using?

[@BartonSnooker]

Aramith 1G.

[@moviemaster00000]

@@BartonSnooker are they that much better than Aramith 2 1/16 ones? I mean they are 3 times more expensive.

[@BartonSnooker]

@@moviemaster00000 you need either 'Aramith Tournament Champion' or 'Aramith Tournament Champion 1G'. You wouldn't really notice any difference between these. The 1G version just means that the balls all weigh within 1 gram of one another. The standard 'Tournament Champion' balls all weigh within 3 grams. If you just buy the cheapest set of full size Aramith balls, these are nothing like professional snooker balls, and will play and react totally differently.

[@moviemaster00000]

@@BartonSnooker yeah but you have to be quite good in the game to realise that difference :D

[@samfranklin147]

Frm India bro The best channel to learn snooker .. could you please upload a video regarding where to hit the cue ball ( positional shots )

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks. I have a few videos showing where I am striking for each positional shot. Take a look around the channel 🙂

[@kyuzozzzz]

Hi Barton, I have the tendency to twist my wrist to impart more "sidespin", especially on blues like these mentioned in the videos. It has become a habit, but I am really curious to know if I should make the change and keep my wrist still throughout but maybe just go further more to the right or left on the tip in order to get the sidespin? Thank you!

[@BartonSnooker]

Yes I would stop the twisting. There should be not shots that are any different in terms of executing your technique. You're just aiming at a different point on the cue ball, and delivering the cue straight to the chest as normal. Twisting the wrist will just complicate the shot and make it more difficult to consistently get it right.

[@chandjaan4955]

nic

[@shoaibalam7560]

Professional level te kaahe nai khele?

[@bobsmall1543]

Very good channel explains what you just wanna hear and know not like “break from life” where he mumbles on for 45mins and leaves you my confused then you started.

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Bob. Much appreciated. Lots more videos coming!

[@juganji587]

Bit disrespectful Bobby mate, should try posting some videos of you trying to teach how to play the game..

[@harrycook3032]

Fuck off bob

[@rashadal-safar1931]

Please move to Dubai and ill book you 4 hours a day :))))))

[@ciko8871]

This is unfortunately not helpful We all know what happens if you put the blue with whether lt or rt hand side But I'm saying it's not helpful because all of us have a problem to determine the right line of aim using the side and you didn't explain it.

[@georgetai9055]

Unfortunately, nobody in snooker business will tell you that, maybe it's trade secret and you need to pay for a private lesson. This is considered the most difficult subject to explain even for the trainer who has the whole heart to share the secret. I would recommend to watch the pool instructional video from KZbin and it may give you some hint. Some of those video give you step by step approach for side spin shot. May not be totally applicable to snooker, but at least it gave you some solid and tangible advise.