Why Are You Missing Easy Shots?

[@jef539475]

how would anyone who can actually play the game of snooker give any of this tutorial a thumbs down..it's either jealousy or they really can't play themselves

[@zootsootful]

Could it be because the session is nothing but statements of the obvious?

[@jaylambert2187]

The instruction is basic but it is not necessarily obvious to a novice player or even to a more experienced player who has gotten lax and needs a bit of a refresher. It never hurts to go back to the basics.

[@paulwhite3700]

Don't you think top players use coaching

[@peterwilkins7013]

​@@zootsootfulcan't you read the title? If it's about missing easy shots then presumably the advice is going to be fairly basic and aimed more at beginners/ intermediates. What else should he have said?

[@davidrobinson5999]

THANKS COACH.... I have just started playing Snooker again after 60 years absence !! VERY HELPFUL

[@shredder9536]

My highest break yesterday was 9 - red black red. My friend got a break of 12 and it felt like a mountain to overcome 😂 wish I had a table at home so I could practice practice practice

[@shredder9536]

@Cyneptu 23

[@shredder9536]

@Cyneptu what is your highest

[@kushtekriwal4805]

big W how you responded even after 3 years!! keep grinding

[@Bbb-lv6fs]

Nah that’s dead 3 years and your break is 23 I’d just stop if I was you

[@Bbb-lv6fs]

Must be a joke

[@thepowerofpositivism7588]

Coach if i would have been in your area. I would definitely join you for offline training. Best coach on yt. Precisely delivering his knowledge to everyone. Thanks

[@ParagraphGurr]

Your Snooker tips resonate so much more to me as a beginning of 8ball pool. Thank you so much!

[@klmannort6517]

yeah, I have been missing lots of easy shots. so embarrassing! But sometimes, even looking from afar then walk to position, I still miss.. probably too nerves or no confidence :(

[@manchu-qu9mw]

That explains why most shots missed are easy shots. Great video, it is attitude of giving due respect to every shot.

[@karanrajkool1]

The world looks out for a professional guiding them... and he is. Best thing

[@oldtimer5111]

For me you have just shown all you need to play snooker in one video, the rest is just height and pace on the cue ball, great video.

[@BartonSnooker]

Many thanks 🙂

[@hiep_exe]

Although I don't play snooker (I play pool), I still find your videos extremely helpful. This has been my problem for so long until I watched this. Immediately tried this out on the table and suddenly my potting became a whole lot better :p Thank you so much, love your videos.

[@JamesLintonwriter]

I've only just started playing snooker and I'm rubbish but these videos have really helped me improve. I've learned a lot. Good work

[@deepeshchettri8268]

Your tutorials are very useful in building up the game! Keep guiding us through the same!

[@nurbenji]

I can't get enough of these videos

[@kfmctell]

Thanks again coach, excellent. Your videos are so relevant to the majority of us👍🏻

[@beercanbrian1880]

I'm an Yank pool player and I enjoy playing snooker too. I enjoy your videos lessons because they apply to pocket billiards as well. You talk about missing the easy pot taking the shot for granted. Taking that point a bit further, sometimes players will be so concerned about getting position they miss the easy pot.

[@V0ayger]

I laughed so hard at 3:16 when he walks *casually* around the table.....

[@alanalanson-vq8sh]

Hi, just started watching you vids. I have been struggling for about 6 weeks to play as well as I usually can play. After taking on board about the ghost ball method, I got back to my near best on Saturday. Knock in 4 reds, 4 blacks for a 32 break, with a fair few 20's, my pb break being 38, so very happy to be getting back to hitting the ball much better, after weeks of torture Also beating my friend 5 nil, usually getting beat 5 nil, so thank you for your time posting your tutorials

[@sheikebrahimsheikismail]

Amazing fundamentals simply explained & expertly illustrated.

[@DrumsTheWord]

I wish I was local to you. I would be taking lessons from you in a heartbeat. Thank you for the free content you supply.

[@BartonSnooker]

No problem. Glad you've found it useful. I think I mentioned before I go lots of half-day sessions where people travel and get a good few hours of coaching in. Maybe this is something that would suit you. If you send me an email I can give you all the details of what I do.

[@DrumsTheWord]

​@@BartonSnooker It's a little too far for me unfortunately. I couldn't justify the cost of travel and time away from work. Also, I'm probably just not dedicated as much as others. If Snooker was my main focus, then I certainly could and would.

[@BartonSnooker]

@@DrumsTheWord yeah, that's fair enough. I totally get it. If it was a local trip it's worth having a couple of hours and picking up some tips. But if it's too far, it's not worth messing about too much. Love your drumming by the way. I'm a massive druming fan (I used to play a bit years ago). Eric Moore has some great videos I love to watch now 🙂

[@DrumsTheWord]

@@BartonSnooker Thank you! Eric Moore is a beast and a gentleman. Never too late to pick up the sticks again though...as I have found with the snooker cue! :D

[@obby4792]

You just talked about all my mistakes😂😂😂 Thank you, I’ll adjust 💪💪🤝

[@nevillejones9197]

You are a very good coach and very easy to understand.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

The best thing about your videos, I think, is that although you are clearly a very good player you have very good understanding of the average player. I have hardly held a cue in fifteen years but I am inspired to pick one up again now, if only to find out if my frozen shoulder really has been properly sorted by physio therapy and if I can still see the angles now that I rely on spectacles. Who am I kidding, did I ever see the angles in the first place. Best break (in a game 38) and 56 (balls lined up the middle) in practice. And comment from young 14 year old in one of your videos the other day who had 108 in practice and 80 or so in a game. But thanks to your videos, I still reckon if I had a go I could still improve, even after not playing seriously for actually closer to 30 years. I'd even fancy getting your coaching - but I reckon the round trip might be just too far to be practical. But having seen this the third of your videos that I have watched I definitely want to watch more, and mire importantly, I really want to make the effort to get to a snooker hall again. Thank you for that. P.S. Have you ever heard of a and called "slosh" or "Russian pool" (I think). My old man, a billiards enthusiast taught me it many years ago but my memory on its rules are fading and he, though still with us, is nit entirely still with us in the memory department, though I will ask him as his older memories are often firmer than more recent ones. I think it had rules like cueball touching brown zeroed your whole score, and touching pink? cancelled the break. But I cannot recall the rules fir scoring points. Not a serious game really, just a bit of fun, a pub game of sorts. But I like that sort of thing. Slàinte

[@desmond9168]

I’ve just ‘discovered’ your videos! I can’t stop watching them!? Your style and presentation are brilliant! As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been playing snooker off and on for many years. As with my golf game, I seem to have a problem with ‘ getting through the white’? I know I should be able to concentrate and DO IT but I just wondered if you could suggest a ‘swing thought’ that I could employ to assist me to do it? I suspect you may tell me that it’s up to me but I am getting on a bit in years and could do with the help because I love this game? Sorry to go on!!

[@tentso7771]

i always take easy shots for granted n i end up missing it some times ...this helped me thank u

[@daniellaroche5769]

Your such a good teacher. Thank's, my game as change. I'm improving each week. Daniel, Montreal, Canada.

[@baggieboy1473]

Steve when you show the line of aim, that line that runs through the object ball is that the contact point where you aim for with the cue ball.

[@BartonSnooker]

Can you see the way that line goes through the centre of the white, and then the 'ghost' white. I'm imagining where I need to get the actual cue ball to, as shown in the image, and then than gives me a line behind those two points, which I stand behind before I get down. Then you must get down and place the cue on that line.

[@baggieboy1473]

@@BartonSnooker Thanks

[@meentaalmaan]

And what point do you focus on as you take the shot please? Cheers

[@johnnyeboy33]

Brilliant video, thanks very much. Will put this into practice this Saturday!!

[@BartonSnooker]

Good luck 😎

[@VishwaNathGummaRaju]

Oh teacher; a great video and such an important point for the average player who often commits thesse mistakes. Thank you.

[@ThisIsAki]

this was incredible! absolutely to the point. I loved this tutorial

[@samfranklin147]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video.. Frm India 😊

[@dilshikista143]

Ur all videos are useful. I wish I could be in London. I am in Germany 🇩🇪 and here ppl not interested in snooker.

[@lilchris26]

Thanks for these videos, it would help if you explained where to hit the whit ball in the shot. For example the blue at the beggining where do you strike the white ball to get on the following red.

[@mypoolvideos6402]

Please make video on using english and how to adjust while using english on the cue ball and how it effects on the object ball...

[@fessellsahmed2587]

I can hit in the long pots but I miss the short pots. Thanks for your tips.

[@afrayedknot9169]

I’m a fairly good amateur 8 ball player but I find your technique videos very helpful to my game. Thanks 😊

[@BartonSnooker]

Thank you!

[@philipjohnson1310]

Very good video make it look so simple but practice makes perfect

[@hxduck]

Just bought a ‘Taylor Made’ cue! Can’t wait to give it a go! One of the older ones and completely hand made 😬

[@BartonSnooker]

Awesome! Good luck with the cue 🙂

[@neonicplays]

hxduck tailor. Sorry I had to

[@hxduck]

Varelity You would be correct if it wasn’t a brand name, his surname is Taylor!

[@neonicplays]

hxduck can we pretend this never happened? Lol I’m an idiot

[@hxduck]

Varelity 😂 He is a local cue maker from Essex, no way for you to know, gave me a chuckle though!

[@eirianthomas8053]

Very useful video thanks Steve!

[@glenda2578]

your videos are great ,i love the ones that show where to hit the cue ball to get the results i would love it if you showed this on all your videos ,keep up the good work ,alex

[@NoName-eo2mv]

It’s a problem I have, rushing or taking for granted easy shots, I find it hard to repeat the same pre routine shot on every ball, I can do it for a time then just forget or become lazy!

[@ryanstockley9495]

My biggest break is 55 but recently I sometimes can’t pot one ball and miss easy shots and feel like I’m cueing off straight so much

[@RudraKrishna]

Great video and nicely explained. Cheers, and thank you!

[@sandeepmitra2013]

really loved your ideas and skill. I am going to try it today

[@ahmadwalidmayar7173]

Thanks for all your videos.

[@antoineso]

very good teaching. Await the next video !

[@cohatch1]

i usually pot very difficult red balls, then miss easy colors! :)

[@JJSnookerChannel]

Great channel this. Another top tutorial 👍🏻👍🏻

[@aakifshadani]

I find difficulty adapting these procedures.. as soon as I try to concentrate on these procedures I loose control on aiming the ball..

[@23CoSo]

Excellent video, Steve. Many thanks.

[@coolmind2476]

On these so called easy shots I sometimes concentrate more on position than on potting so that my eyes and body focus more on where and how I hit the cue ball than where I am aiming at the object ball...then I miss.

[@ayandamthimkhulu1264]

Makes sense. Thanks for the wonderful insights

[@mypoolvideos6402]

Your videos making my game really good. I’m happy and thank u so much on your efforts...

[@123mailashish]

Very nice explanation. Well my struggle is on to be consistently potting balls. Lately i had a strong realization about feeling the shots. I mean to say i feel in every shot that i m not ok with my delivery. Sometimes it is ok. But most of the time my feel is that there is something wrong. I feel that snooker is more about a feel type of sport. The more better u feel the chances are high that better u may play. Do u mind making a video on what do u feel wen u complete a shot? Like how do feel when u close ur fingers while finishing a shot, how do u feel wen u feathers. One more thing i really feel that u have got a compact technique which i envy a lot

[@garygwin1741]

It's b-cus snooker is hard yo! Thanks for the vid!!

[@davidcurry2060]

Wat a snooker coach can't wait to go down for a game

[@reacey]

This is my problem, it's so frustrating, I think my problem is all in my head, sometimes I can pot them off the lampshades, other times I can't pot a ball and feel like iv never played before

[@新翔泰建築工程有限公]

Because you have not to know the real aiming...if you know how to aim the cue to object ball...you will not miss any shots..... actually the aiming has the different way between the right side pocket and left side pocket (based on you are right-hand hold cue) ...if the pocket at your left-hand side ..you see the 3:03...it will easy to let you know but if the pocket at your right handside ..I'm very difficult to talk to you in words....

[@novaguy509]

Great info. Thank you

[@Teologi-kd2nl]

Thank you from Malaysia sir..thank you

[@RyanPodmore]

These videos are really useful. Just getting back into playing snooker consistently, and these are helping my technique greatly!! Have you done a video for beginners ?

[@douglaswilson3978]

Thanks again ,you have a interesting technique,,hand on cue ,slipping and catching ..cherrs

[@ayandamthimkhulu1264]

Something I've been pondering. The starting position is standing some distance away from the table with your body standing squarely to the shot such that your nose and belly button is directly in line with the line of aim. You're finishing position (for a right handed player) is that your right foot ends up on the line of aim and your nose is still pointing directly at the line of aim in the address position. So at some point between the two, your head has to move forward and drop towards the line of aim in a perfect straight line whilst your body has to somehow kink to the left to allow your right foot to land on the line of aim. What is the correct way of achieving consistency with the approach to the table?

[@peterduffy5388]

The mistakes that he talks about I experience on a regular basis. So easy to lose concentration expecting to make the Easy Shot.

[@v.n.s7233]

Easy way of teaching .thank u

[@aidanbergin2061]

Fantastic tutorial 👍👍👍

[@Travis35]

I had a break of 20 yesterday, Yahoo

[@philcamp9663]

Yet again I can't thank you enough for yr professional tuition I'm coming to England next year from New Zealand and would like to have a lesson .how do I make that happen 🤔

[@Delphiwizard]

Amazing great quality video as usual, thanks Steve.

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Franky 🙂

[@Delphiwizard]

@@BartonSnooker Wished i had 1% of the 'likes' you get on my videos :D (i have zero)

[@sj460162]

Yeah great tip on tracking ob to pocket. Im having mass probs with my dominant left eye, Im also right handed! Ive been finding success in standing at an almost 3 o clock position with my left foot almost on shotline? But there are two conflicting views with nik barrow (doesnt believe in dominant eye) and preaches centre vision and barry stark who pushes dominant eye theories. I find both views highly interesting. What would you say to a right hand left eyed player?

[@shawnsullivan2729]

How much I wish to have you by my sides that I could learn from the best!!!

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Shawn!

[@shawnsullivan2729]

@@BartonSnooker what's the nearest airport close to Bloxwich? Birmingham is 1hr by train...anything closer than that?? I'm thinking of something :)

[@BartonSnooker]

@@shawnsullivan2729 hi Shawn. Birmingham is the closest, yes. If you want some details of what I do, send me an email I can send my training sheet over to you.

[@shawnsullivan2729]

@@BartonSnooker Email sent. Thank you in advance!

[@A43R3W]

Hi Steve your a great coach u def know what u r talking about

[@sammadkhan4459]

Will try this

[@borisjohnson5536]

I'm 18 a world snooker level one coach autistic and entered my first tournament last year Paul hunter classic got to the quarters ur a good coach my highest break is 45 but made a 60 in practice been playing 3 years my mental health degraded but am just coming back to it all I can say is make it fun and love what ur doing thanks man ur a good guy much respect 👌

[@BartonSnooker]

Hello. That's awesome. You did really well in the Paul Hunter Classic. Fantastic! Thanks a lot for watching the videos. It's much appreciated. Hope you have a good Christmas and I'll be uploading many more videos in 2020 👍🌲😁

[@borisjohnson5536]

@@BartonSnooker wicked! Ur an awesome coach man keep it up 🎱😜

[@djelalhassan7631]

Taking the shot for granted! Especially after a very difficult shot that demands 100% of our full attention and concentration and respect, but that costs high energy, and maintaining that is hard work. Because the next shot is relatively easier, so consciously or subconsciously and self misleadingly we think that we cannot miss, and to conserve energy we do not give the shot 100% of our full attention and concentration and the respect it deserves and we miss. Remember that there are no easy shots, therefor we should give 100% of our full attention and concentration and respect for every shot!

[@passkat]

Hi what tip are you using? It sounds very hard... Nice upload.

[@BartonSnooker]

Hello. I use an Elkmaster Pro (soft). It is their softest tip. The tip has a nice feel and grip to it. It actually only sounds hard on the video because I am wearing a wireless microphone.

[@fallindowndrunk]

Aw man great video, great information, thanks, I subscribed

[@damienspurs147]

Best coach ✌🙂

[@steveculberson3233]

My nu. Got s gam

[@muhammadanwar8591]

Thanks for such great vid Sir

[@tomwatson2430]

Very good informative video and well edited!, subbed and respect from Huddersfield pal

[@anilgujarati7991]

tysm for this useful info.

[@nickedwards6748]

Really good videos thanks!

[@GSDhandler1]

All these videos are great. Ive been playong for 5 years and never had a break in the 20s. I cannot get any consistency. Ive never come across anybody that struggles as much as I do. All my friends have progressed and i cant compete with anybody at all. Im thinking of trying from scratch with my left hand?

[@justinkemeter]

Look up dr Dave videos to really learn, for instance that first side pocket shot creates cit, cut induced throw. You aim perfectly but do to the soft speed and extra friction in the ball, the object ball gets thrown off course slightly. In snooker there is no leeway when potting.

[@GSDhandler1]

justin Thomas im happy with my positional play but my potting is letting me down. If i can start to pot im sure I’ll progress quickly. I just leave my opponents in too often.

[@Caleb-lu3zl]

the only snooker table at my local club has horribly small pockets but I practice with it anyway

[@fielding68]

Top class video tutorial. Thank you.

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks David. Much appreciated 🙂

[@Angelo_524]

Like the way you explain .

[@felixfriedmann9747]

again as all the others, great video

[@billiardscore3869]

This is exactly what I need.

[@kiranrathod7469]

Few of the players actually do a disco dance immediately after hitting the ball. My cue shakes like a leaf on a tree while feathering and my body shakes like the ground beneath my feet is experiencing an earthquake, while hitting the shot .

[@davidclark4814]

Been watching you for a couple months now. I have been taking on your advice and so far i feel my potting ability is getting better but i still have difficulty getting good cue ball control with stun runs and screwbacks ect. Do you do private lessons on the south coast ? Portsmouth

[@BartonSnooker]

Hi David, I could travel, although that can then get expensive for people. Although I do travel all the time to see people. I also do day sessions at my club. This is probably the most popular thing I do and I have many people travelling all the time to see me. My email is in the description. If you send me an email I can give you lots more details all about my training.

[@ItsTheGodOfCod]

Hello, sorry just curious I was just wondering Is there a reason you let go of the back of your cue at the back and catch it again after impact? Thanks.

[@DrGargani]

to answer your video's question title realistically: because we are HUMAN, and because although we DO know what we are supposed to do, and what we mean to do, many of us simply cannot do the same exact thing over and over perfectly: something happens, whether it is striking the cue ball in a way you didn't want to, or, simply missing the spot on the target ball that you truly meant to hit. That is the reason why there are untold millions of so so pool players, and only so many truly great players. Be thankful that your inherent hand eye coordination works repeatedly, as it does for you.

[@sandhushb4295]

Relatable topic 🙌

[@feylone1596]

thanks for the video, coach. My problem is that I strike too fast. Once I pull back the cue, often with small distance, I do not pause too much, almost not at all, and I strike. I know some pros also don't stop much there,but could you please throw in a few tips for me to fix my strike?

[@THEADZBRADZ]

You just answered your own question

[@birenderpal50]

Thanks

[@YasirAli-mk9cp]

Thanks coach

[@mdrafae6033]

Please make a video on how to Aim while using side...

[@postyboy007]

great vidoes,Do you coach one to one for basics

[@BartonSnooker]

Hi. Absolutely. Send me an email and I can send you some details.

[@tameemmohamad148]

Thanks coach, coach I want to ask you, when I give side to the white ball, I mis poting, I don't no why

[@ruwankodi6133]

I love snooker..

[@Matt-qc5ug]

Thanks!

[@justgame5508]

All it takes for me is 1 or 2 easy missed shots and I get in my own head I start over thinking every shot and it makes me play far worse which makes me get more annoyed and play even worse, confidence is such a huge part of snooker and consistently being able to pot simple shots is a big part of that