Great video NIc Side is used way to much in most peoples game when is not needed and results in missing. It’s important part of the game but only when you have hours of understanding and practice. It’s so liberating when you remove side from your game potting goes up and you learn when side is actually required . Cheers pal

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

It is ridiculous Andy... club players use WAAYYY more side than regular hundred breakers as they do not even appreciate how difficult it is to pot WITHOUT side! They also have no other option but to believe what their cohorts in the clubs say which is that playing side spin controls the path of the cue ball - whereas that is on ly affected where a cushion is involved. But only 5% of club players I tell that to will believe it without me giving a 15 minute presentation and proof to dissolve that myth in their mind!

@billjones3720

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnookerGym Uesful when you are snookered though, i.e. swerve, angle deflection off the cushion etc. Got me out of trouble many times in my playing days.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

hi Nic, nice detailed video, could be an interesting scenario if repeated with the new titanium ferrule, good to see you back ace, duncan.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Daddy.... That is Mike Wooldridges black spin ferrule and I would expect titanium to possible deflect less... but again it still boils down to trial and error an din this instance would simply reduce the throw as much as playing on a slow table compared to this one. So the principles still apply.. Can you believe that I hear a cue maker claim they make a cue with ZERO deflection. I pulled him up on it in the comments and he said: "Well not zero, but less than most!"

@dhirajpallin2572

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnookerGym I heard Barry Stark refer to deflection/squirt as 'throw' too. Is this a British terminology? In america, throw means something completely different. I feel like young players should be using low deflection ferrules / cues, and that cue makers should be making these common-place in the 21st century. Whilst the old dogs might be used to their brass, surely the lower the deflection, the less chance for error if you've grown up using it. I would think it would give these kids a competitive advantage later on in their careers.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Yes snooker players say deflection which is squirt in the pool world. Yes one day a snooker pro will gain an advantage from a carbon cue and the whole tour will be on it....

@TheSnookerGym can it be that I aim better if my cue is not parallel, let's say, when my head is up... I noticed I get confused when I go parallel, specially on the long shot and I miss for a small margin. The thing is that I can't aim properly if my head is not sighting both cue and object ball from a upper position, I would say. Does it makes sense?

@TheSnookerGym

8 ай бұрын

This is what a lot of pool players get wrong - they think that aiming the shot is easier when standing up, whereas (unless cb and ob are very close together in certain situations) it is easier to 'aim the rifle with it under your eyes than at your hip so to speak. Think of Olympic shooters... this also allows the chin to contact the cue which gives huge benefits in cueing feedback and accuracy - without which correct aiming is a waste of time anyway. This assumes your vision centre is correct of course... videos for which can be found in the aiming play list of this channel

Hi Nic, thanks for the video. I've watched every coaching video on side I can find but have never seen anyone cover what their eyes are actually doing when aiming with side. I've been playing for decades and play quite well (100+ break player). I recently made the mistake of over analyzing the way that I aim with side, I was a bit shocked and taken aback by what seems to be happening in practice and it's doing my head in so I've come to the internet seeking validation. I found that when I use side my eyes are not looking straight down the line of the cue, but rather looking down the center of the white ball roughly towards the intended point of impact on the object ball. This of course means that my cue is slightly to the side of the center of my line of vision and also slightly off parallel with my line of vision. Is this how other players do it? Or do other players maintain the cue in the center of their vision and aim the shot with the cue ball appearing off to one side relative to the center of their vision? I hope you can understand what I am trying to ask, it's hard to describe.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Do the latter. Imagine you are playing a straight pink. You stay motionless while someone moves the cue ball so you aim with right hand side. For the speed you are about to play with a straight delivery, they also move the pink the correct amount to the left to guarantee the pot. So, your stance relative to the cue and its line of aim is IDENTICAL. If you wanted some distance or one to one training you can go onto the wait list here: www.thesnookergym.com/snooker-lessons

Very, very useful, but I'd like to know the correct one, explained with accuretly details. If you have some, please show-me, because I've never seen someone illustrate aiming very well.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Please keep watching over the next week or so Eustaquio!

In practical terms spot on. In terms of the actual physics occurring, I'm a little skeptical. You say that the spin causes the ball to 'curve back across its line' but in other videos by Dr Dave etc, the miss to the other side of the pocket is due to 'spin induced throw', not changing the line of the cue ball through swerve. I.e. the initial deflection throws the cue ball off line, it hits the object ball as if it was going to hit it to the left for example, but the spin induced throw on contact throws the object ball to the right instead. That is, unless you're elevating the cue, in which case you will get the swerve you suggest. For example, helping side has nothing to do with swerve. This can be tested. If swerve is a bigger factor than spin induced throw, then you would miss more to the opposite side the longer the distance from cue ball to object ball, whereas if throw is the bigger factor, you would miss more over shorter distances (less time for the spin to wear off). Also I'm very, very surprised that any snooker coach would teach that you can simply use side without any adjustment for aim, which is what they're basically suggesting with the 'parallel aiming'. If it were that easy, we'd all never use plain ball again :D Perhaps in American pool with the large balls and very low deflection cues, it might be possible?

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

There is squirt, swerve, and spin induced throw that all need to be compensated for to arrive at the correct line of cue aim for any given shot.

Hello mister Barrow, i want à learn snooker coaching the grip the bridge the stance dominate eye please . Thank you.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Please check the playlists on this channel!

Hi Nik I have a question that bothers me for a long time.I don't understand what that's it means to hit software?How do I know if I hit the cue ball soft enough?

@silviubercu3400

Жыл бұрын

Sorry hit soft

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

You can practice by shortening the back swing, and then play to leave the object ball 1 inch short of the pocket. Start with straight blues in the middle.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Goddit!

Hello Mister Barrow , very importante videos thank you so much, und i want learn complete snooker coaching bat I have one problem I don't speak very good English now i translate this message.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Hakim - maybe watch slowly and turn on the 'closed captions' which turn my voice into subtitles?

@hakim8538

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSnookerGym yes it's a very good idea thank you very much but i want to contact you and go through the training with you because for me you are the best i just want to know how i should do it and how much the training costs thank you .

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

I have included a link to a Personal Player Profile for you - could you complete that for me please? The questions appear on the link below... www.thesnookergym.com/coaching-questionnaire Nic Barrow Founder: The Snooker Gym - We Help Frustrated Amateurs, Beat Their Highest Break

I had test situation last night near the Black Spot,,I could only see about 3/4 of the Red to Top black pocket,, Hit slowly, And it Potted Dead in the middle of the Pocket,Really chuffed.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Congrats. ;-)

Never heard anyone say hit it parallel with side, but I would laugh if they did, as it obviously doesn't work. I guess its intuitive for some people, I imagine the ball moving, like you are demonstrating. Still no good at it, I only use side if the object ball is very close to the pocket, or for safety shots. Strange how it seems easier to judge with safety shots, but I guess there's more margin for error?

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

That is true Sharp... more MOE with safety. I have heard WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONS extol the use of this parallel aiming method - and refuse to entertain the counter argument. Unbelievable.

Why do you have to make your videos so complicated .

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Con. It mentions in the comments that this video is taken from my coach certification series. As such, my aim is to impart full and complete understanding in as simple way as I am able - but no simpler to avoid leaving perspectives out. This way, the coaches have confidence in their knowledge base, and they can select what they share with their students.

@formaline2004

Жыл бұрын

This concept is complex. This video does not over-complicate a complicated topic, it's about the minimum Nic could have said to fully explain the process.

@TheSnookerGym

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter - as Einstein said, one should make things as simple as possible, but no simpler! I perhaps should have said more clearly that this video is aimed at coach level education - which always involves the full buffet of information so that the coach can then pick and choose what a given student needs in a given situation. Hope all is well down under!