Your Cueing IS NOT The Problem!

[@29memyselfandi]

Thanks for everything you do. From being absolutely hopeless at the game to a recent 63 break. Never thought I could. And I’m an old boy of 51 years old. Your videos are responsible for most of my progress. Top man.

[@vxrdrummer]

Nice work dude. You have hit my ambition of 60 plus so congrats. These videos are great aren't they! And Barry Stark. Free tuition, but like I think you have probably seen, it's not by accident, it's all hard work and practice. I was hopeless 3 months ago, have worked mega hard and just had a 43 and regular 30+. But to be able to lean on these videos for things you wouldn't have a clue about ordinarily is incredible. Ps. You aren't an old boy, you are a gold boy! Ha ha

[@ibi9828]

Wish I can be as good :(

[@29memyselfandi]

@@vxrdrummer ha ha thanks. Did you hit the 60 break yet? I’m a bit disappointed I never got close to 60 since. Couple of forty odds. I’m starting to think I hit my peak that evening ! But I can retire happy as 50 was my target. Yeah, fair play to Baryon Snooker and Barry Stark. I hadn’t a clue what I was doing until I started watching them.

[@29memyselfandi]

@@ibi9828 It’s genuinely all about practice and repetition. I’d been playing for years and never hit thirty until I started watching these guys videos. It’s good I think to play on your own often, that way you can practice the same shot time after time. I once spent an hour and a half playing yellow to green! After a while your brain knows how to play it. I’m still not great but it’s nice when you feel you’re at least getting better! Good luck.

[@ibi9828]

@@29memyselfandi been playing snooker for about a year, with highest break just shy of 30. But I feel i am so inconsistent. You are rigght, funny enough when i play my shots by "feel" i tend to pocket more balls. But then i often switch back and forth playing by "feel" and "by aiming (if that makes sense!)

[@dotjpgz]

So understated in all coaching videos I've seen. I'm someone who has a decent amount of natural cue power and ability to cue straight but put me on a shot with one of those angles and my brain becomes spaghetti. Great advice to practice these often.

[@mtpun]

Excellent advice! I was also discouraged for too long to use sidespin, but it is actually so helpful for positioning and you learn to adjust your aiming fairly quickly. Also 'helping side' makes the game so much easier to play and many beginners don't get to learn about it.

[@benwalne213]

One of my favourite videos of yours! A different and refreshing insight into how being able to cue straight is only the beginning of this complex game - you give some great advice as always. Would love some more content on practice routines/ideas for specific key shots

[@AgassiUKR]

Steve, your are best snooker coach on KZbin at least, you share your valuable experience for free with us. You understand what amateur players usually struggle with and tell how to overcome, also showing with your headcam. Maybe now you'll show the hepling side you apply on next videos, because we see you apply it in almost every shot, but on the cueball model sometimes it's shown centerball

[@novaguy509]

The best instructor out there. Thanks for the lesson.

[@alvida2627]

Your a great coach ! I’ve been following you for the past 2 years and your teaching help me to be a better player. You are very generous and i thank you very much. Daniel, from Montreal, province of Quebec, Canada ! 😊

[@thatpeterboy]

Great as always Steve! Could you at some point do a video on safety play and when to go for the shot or play safe…sometimes I can’t decide what the best choice would be.

[@LIVERNIL723]

Everything is so true about this. Great Tutorial. For me, I'm relying on my eyeline just as much as everything else from a pre-shot routine point of view, so going right down on the shot is vital. I think it's good too to get your head round the shot in just practicing using plain-ball than applying anything else (at first). Cheers

[@BartonSnooker]

If you're below consistent 30-40 break standard, that is absolutely correct 👍

[@vxrdrummer]

Before we even get into the video, I am the 30-40 plus break guy that isn't improving. Regular 30 plus and a 43 as my highest, but I have stopped at that level. Now I have watched it. I straight cue like a laser in the middle pocket and the cue ball flies in behind the object or screws back in DEAD centre. Up and down the spots....perfectly straight. Lineups...exactly what he said as I can move the ball to leave straighter shots. Angles exactly what he said with steering and my brain overtakes and I miss. I had a session with Mark Lloyd this week and all this is exactly what we picked up. I did 15 straight shots with my eyes closed and only missed one so my cueing is really straight. I don't overly practice angles anymore as I thought straight was the be all and end all. So my session with Mark and this video described me perfectly. Same with default to low on the cueball and I end up on the cushion. New practice regime...Little bit of straight stuff, but more angles and side.

[@vxrdrummer]

I went to the club, did a few straight shots and then worked on angles and putting side on to move the cueball around the black spot. The same shot over and over again, then more angle over and over again. Rinse. Repeat. It made a huge difference. Thank you for this video.

[@joe2grand]

two things Steve: 1. I think you can improve on your acting in the part about angle recognition. You really need to get into character more to get across the confusion and desperation a bit more. 2. The second more angles white would give the push/throw effect to the black and that would push it onto the bottom cushion and you would miss.....but you make no mention of that !

[@BartonSnooker]

1 - haha. I'll work on that 2 - it's not really worth considering. As a humans, we just need to learn the angle. Because all kinds of effects come into it, if you play with more screw you'll get more push etc... But it's not worth worrying about. You can't be thinking all that and play good snooker.

[@crittersnaps]

Excellent educational tutorial, love your simplicity!

[@sheikebrahimsheikismail]

Great video clip as usual, simply & clearly illustrating the benefit of using side on the cue-ball, in order to improve one's positional play. Thanks coach 🙏 💯

[@johnwedgbury6817]

Only just discovered your channel, this is so simple, but amazing advice. I can picture myself on shots above the blue where my cue action feels sloppy. And when I'm warming up I do practice easier straight shots. Subscribing straight away, so many other channels suggest long straight pots to check/practice cueing straight.

[@markclayton626]

Great advice there, thank you, still waiting for you to get a cancellation on a private lesson so I can get some one on one with you. Love the vids. 👍

[@MrXeberdee]

Great video and advice to follow here as usual. Snooker is so difficult, unless you are monster talented it takes such a long time and lots of effort to learn. Good table helps too... The steering thing is noticeable for me on certain shots. Eg. If I take a fine cut near to a cushion, I have a tendency to steer the cue more into the pocket, put side on and miss too thin. It took me a long time to realise this is what I was doing because it was just a tiny subconscious movement, and for a long time I thought it was just angle recognition. There's nothing worse than changing aiming, to facilitate cueing across the ball, and I wasted many hours practising bad habits, that took me many many more to fix :)

[@martinsonne494]

Great video! One thing comes to mind. I think we tend to feel that we keep missing straight shots purely because they look easier than the angled ones - and we ‘were supposed to get that one’. It gives you feeling of not being able to cue straight if you miss ‘an easy’ straight puts. However my guess is you would miss equal amount of angled shots from the same distance.

[@littleguysbigbusiness6109]

I've come to realise that by practising really diffucault dead straight shots is that it taught me to aim with the cue rather than the white ball ..i was a genius at a straight pot because on a straight shot the cue lines up the angle but what i didnt realise id forgotten the most basic thing...look at the white!

[@wendywhales2310]

Hi Mate, You have just solved my problem. I am doing exactly what you are saying.?. Well I suppose I have to get out my comfort zone of trying to get the cue ball straight on the next shot...it just seems logical.?.. I would like if you have time to give more insight into what the ball does by using side,even the slightest bit. This is the most interesting video you ha e produced for the SLIGHTLY ,more advance way of potting and reaction off the cushes . Here we go again. Lol. Brilliant Video mate. Thanks a lot.. Wished you were nearer.. Colin. Wisbech.

[@StefanDLazarov]

Great video! As a right hander i tend to miss cuts to the left thick. Playing with spotted white and no unwanted side on most of the shots.

[@theknowledgewithin6514]

Love your tips and guidance. You have improved my game so much. Thanks Steve

[@bosondas5374]

Great video Steve. Great instruction. Thank You

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Hello 👋 Barton love to watch your videos make a video on how to play tough cushion shot & how to pot rail ball

[@ericandfriends9678]

Very insightful! Thanks Steve!

[@andymcgill357]

Once again Steve an excellent tutorial ultimately it's all about the basics and practice and as ever you explain it all in an uncomplicated way 👍

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks Andy 👍

[@ianbobcox]

Nice one Steve my games improving slightly more with each of your educationals. Keep them coming please pal. Thanks from a die hard snooker nut.

[@TomCoppell]

Great video as always Steve! You should make a vid on level of attack on the cueball for some shots. Where you might be a bit thin on the black to go into the pack and ark around them but using a degree of elevation to get more spin on the ball quicker rather than the conventional screw where the white has a delayed reaction. Think this could be really beneficial to your viewers in relation to learning new ways to play shots.

[@abdullahjamil7187]

Very very Informative and Thanks alot Sir❤️👍🏻

[@SonicStreets]

Again, an excellent lesson 🔥🔥🔥

[@ianwatkins6202]

Very interesting video Steve!! I'm always learning something new from you!😊 Hope you are keeping well! Best wishes to you! Ian

[@BartonSnooker]

Hey Ian. Thanks a lot for watching. I'm great thanks and hope you are really good too 👍👍😃

[@ShAaka302]

Your doing the great ur videos are really helpful for me as a beginner can please make a detailed videos on cushion shorts that looks very difficult when object ball is far from the cue ball and not really easy to pot

[@ashtrekker4742]

Super! Thanks Steve!

[@DM-kv9kj]

I find that most of the time it's quite simply not seeing the angles right and where exactly to aim for on angled shots. Wonky cueing in my humble opinion and experience is actually very rare. It's really difficult to push the ball offline accidentally with a wonky cue action! People just aren't seeing precisely where to aim for, that's all. Along with, depending on skill level, a bit of unwanted side especially on top and backspin shots.

[@ankushgattani]

I think I know what wrong with my angle shots. Cheers Steve! Thank you :)

[@Delphiwizard]

Amazing new video, i love it, just wondering if there is a easy way of remembering when to use left or right hand side. Maybe this can be addressed in a future video? There must be a easy way of remembering when to use left or right, i almost never use side now.

[@MIsa-iq4sj]

I watched many of your videos and if I had this kind of video during early 90's maybe I'm much better player now..

[@renewagner7104]

Very well explained Steve! Thank you for your work and the time you put into these videos! ❤️ 👍😉

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks so much René 🙂

[@jackybogues2495]

think he is stealing coaching innovations from michael holts channel

[@andrewbutcher3391]

Great video….this is definitely my problem now

[@MayankChourasia-j9s]

Thankyou sir I learned a lot from u

[@alanfrancis9225]

Great video. Great insights.

[@sj460162]

Nice video this. Id love to settle on a set techinique but everytime I find something that works...it fails the next time I play..

[@kfmctell]

Excellent advice, thanks again 👍

[@BartonSnooker]

Thanks for watching as always 👍👍

[@danielzuhlke7289]

Hi Steve, good video again - as always. What I have realized during my training sessions and frames with mates is that the object ball is hitted thickly on angle-shots. I estimate that thus happens because players are aming to the point where you need to hit the object ball instead of playing to where the ghost ball would be. Maybe you can highlight this in one of the next videos. Thanks for your support. Daniel

[@BartonSnooker]

Hi Daniel, Thanks a lot for watching. I actually believe I have addressed your issue in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3bOlnVojrp_l9U Let me know! Steve 😃

[@danielzuhlke7289]

@@BartonSnooker Thanks Steve. Habe not watched that video earlier but it deals with my issue. Waiting for the next video 😉

[@tarcisiolopescoach8994]

You are the better. I like it!

[@jasonnieuwenhuis335]

Thanks for your help

[@infantalfred4237]

Thank u sir.. i request you to kindly prepare a video in a topic like how to be mentally prepared before playing the game..coz some days the game is very good and other day hardly I could make 20 to 25 break..so please guide me on how to be mentally prepared

[@DM-kv9kj]

If your a bit tired or even just got a head full of junk you're mulling over while trying to play, you won't see straight enough, you'll be lax on the routines and you'll get frustrated very easily causing you to not focus even more.

[@jerzeyvermont]

On the opening shot could you bounce two cushions and tap the back of the reds? Leaving it tight….Is that illegal or just foolhardy or risky? Left a like.

[@adolf1532]

Great video!

[@mehranaslam375]

As always sir ❤️

[@chitnamtang1623]

Excellent!!!

[@FintanDunne]

Top classs!

[@S1DDIQUI]

Hi! A little off topic but I am visiting “France, Limay” soon and I wanted to ask if you or anyone reading this knows of a place I can go and play Snooker - I need to seriously kill some time

[@90ld3n60y]

Impressive. When using English, do you pivot your cue [aim straight then move the tip of the cue a bit left / right] or just parallel to the straight line?

[@BartonSnooker]

Have a look at my latest video 👍

[@tonymontana6396]

I love you Steve

[@ryanstockley9495]

Hi Steve can u explain why sometimes when I am cueing a shot the chevrons on my cue spin on impact and the cue spins etc?

[@mr.changlam1535]

m still having the problem of side in cue ball..supposed if i take the right hand side in cue ball..where should i have to in red ball..

[@abdullahkashif6708]

I keep playing and playing but cannot place the cue ball if I give side to the cue ball to make black ball I lose control on OB. what should I do?

[@dr.abhishekjaroliya5828]

Thanks from India 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@pav5s]

What cue are you using ?? John PARRIS Stirling ?

[@BartonSnooker]

No. My is 'Dean Jones Cues'. You can look him up on Google & Facebook

[@keyoguitar]

Question: I tend to look at the angle and then get down onto the shot and then while down on the shot I make micro adjustments. Are you saying that once down on the shot I shouldn't make any micro adjustments? I wonder if these final adjustments sometimes make me cue across the ball? Thanks for any help.

[@BartonSnooker]

You should do the micro adjustments. You will always need to fine tune the shot when down.

[@keyoguitar]

@@BartonSnooker Thanks Steve. Yay I got something right.

[@appleorange4465]

Yup we all saw your match with Ronnie.

[@NirajRai-v2u]

How to delive cue stick stight

[@stanleysabara]

With the angled shot, is cut induced throw being compensated? Isn't hitting the ghost ball with half ball hit miss the ball thick?

[@BartonSnooker]

It's not even worth considering IMO. People talk about CIT, and of course, yes, it's happening, but as humans, we just need to see angles enough and then you store them into memory. I guarantee Judd Trump is not thinking "oh, this shot has moved past a certain degree of angle so I now need to compensate for CIT". Just learn the angles, it's as simple as that.

[@stanleysabara]

@@BartonSnooker got it. And I agree 😊

[@G2RocketQ]

You are great 💝

[@bluesharkmadness7101]

I tried playing using a pool cue which has larger cue tip than snooker a cue. I find it much more forgiving in terms of hitting straight i.e less unintentional side on the cue ball. Can anyone verify this?

[@elgringo1893]

Sometimes I can see the angles, sometimes I can't

[@abdullahkashif6708]

Also I cannot break more than 8 or maximum 16 may be I don't have my own pool table

[@alfedtron9043]

do you move the cue to the side as you down on the shot

[@BartonSnooker]

No. I get down to the left of the cue ball.

[@TheartichokePear]

What cue do you use Steve?

[@BartonSnooker]

Dean Jones Cues

[@TheartichokePear]

@@BartonSnooker Thank you :)

[@littleguysbigbusiness6109]

@@BartonSnooker i didnt know dean jones rose from the dead and staeted making cues instead of playing cricket

[@imantem-o6c]

❤

[@ShayanKhan-pb2jr]

Your student

[@julinamcdargh451]

ᑭᖇOᗰOᔕᗰ 🙏

[@MeqoDluffy]

U not really answer the question ..how to actually know for sure 9/10 The angle.. amateurs player like me most of time just guess.. we not really know the angle recognition

[@JesseCrucible]

I used to pay attention and concentrate on the tip of the cue pushing in a straight line while potting balls