The cross-discipline vids are really interesting and entertaining. Perhaps some billiards, bar billiards, 9 ball, anything cue sports. Love the compare/contrast.

@ralfwk163

8 ай бұрын

Agreed! And you can tell Gareth loves talking about his sport to someone he admires himself probably. Amazing and unique content this.

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

next up: Stephen does darts.

@alexpaic2984

7 ай бұрын

Yes I agree and there is no better people to make this comparison than the king of snooker and the king of English pool. Great video

My brother won't know what's hit him next time we go to the boozer

@inthedarknxss969

8 ай бұрын

😂

@thesheetposter9277

8 ай бұрын

but how do you know if he ain't watching too?

@DarrenPrice333

8 ай бұрын

He won’t stop laughing when you say boozer😂

@Padrat1

8 ай бұрын

Battle cruiser

@ryanmichael7795

8 ай бұрын

Brilliant 🤣🤣

Gareth is a really great coach and seems like a decent bloke! Will definitely be using these tips from now on!!

can’t believe how much that cue bends in the slow mo!

Gareth “try your best to snap the cue on the break” Potts

I'm a middle-aged American hooked on snooker now...thankfully Stephen has this channel so I can learn something!

@marksmith2298

7 ай бұрын

Do u get many snooker tables in the states or are they few and far between?

@matm4331

7 ай бұрын

@@marksmith2298 I think I saw one once at a holiday resort. I am looking for reasonable plans for making one so I can totally frustrate myself with the game😉

@chuckjones1358

7 ай бұрын

@@marksmith2298 I live in the Detroit area. There are a few tables around the area that I know of. Guaranteed to be at least one in the major cities.

Stephen would love it if you could do an interview with Efren "the magician" Reyes. Like you he took his sport to new levels. Always a pleasure to watch his matches.

Really great advice from Gareth. There is this feeling amongst snooker players (I'm one) that because I play on a 12ft table, pot long balls, and hold position I should be able to clear up on that little pool table. But nah, whenever I have played a really good pool player I am 4 down in 10 minutes thinking "what the f**k happened there". Nice one Mr Hendry.

Steven's face when he said "in snooker you try to land straight." 😂

Really good tips from Gareth! 👍

This channel is a gift that keeps giving. Thanks Stephen!

The big thing to remember with Snooker vs Pool with the cannon is that a snooker player typically doesn't have to clear that awkward red if they can get enough reds to win the frame without it... The Pool player HAS to pot it at some point, so it flips the logic entirely.

Great content, thanks.

Great video with lots of information. Thank you both

Another fantastic video, great info passed on there 👏

Would love to see an interview with a top 9-ball player, someone like Shaw or Melling

@johnmackay3136

7 ай бұрын

@Spaff2001 C'mon man! Has to be Earl THE PEARL Strickland or SVB!

@DrPool147

7 ай бұрын

Shaw started off playing 8ball

@Spaff2001

7 ай бұрын

@@johnmackay3136 also great options of course! I was coming at it from a British perspective as it seems he mostly interviews fellow Brits

@Spaff2001

7 ай бұрын

@@DrPool147 so did most of the British 9-ball players. Chris Melling is the first person ever to be a professional English 8-ball, 9-ball, and snooker player at the same time. Would love to hear his take on the differences between the different cue sports!

@johnmackay3136

7 ай бұрын

​@Spaff2001 Well, if we're talking from a British perspective I think Dynamite Darren Appleton and/or Karl Boyes would also be great.

Great lads Gareth & Stephen

Stephen's face of shock and disdain at 10:54. You could see what he was thinking "You wanker! You flapped your lips for almost 11 minutes and couldn't land a single ball off the break."

@harryharrison8133

8 ай бұрын

Best comment I've read in ages 😂😂

@louisparratt

8 ай бұрын

😂

@jama211

8 ай бұрын

Oh come on...

@TicTac2

7 ай бұрын

not sure if he's joking at the end or didn't realise the break was dry

Always class these

Fascinating! Also shows how good Selby is as he's top level at pool as well.

Great tips from Gareth! I forget about the break, and just how important it is to get it right. That window on the cushion to get the white back into is really interesting, one to try!

@seanscanlon9067

7 ай бұрын

If the idea though is to put as much distance between the cue ball and the pack and to also leave it tight to the cushion and make it a difficult first shot for your opponent after a dry break, it is you who will have that shot though if you pot something.

@iicraxfty6574

6 ай бұрын

@@seanscanlon9067that’s not what he said, The aim is to pot. You should never played safety on the break. When he was talking about the white ball window, he meant anywhere up n down in that area, not right where he was pointing on the cushion

@seanscanlon9067

6 ай бұрын

@@iicraxfty6574 Not trying to be a dick here, but it is exactly what he said and even demonstrated with his hands how most players are trying to get the cue ball within a four to five inch window, tight to the back rail. Yes of course players are trying to pot a ball from the break, but there is no guarantee of that and you are obviously hitting the cue ball prior to knowing if you pot a ball. So my point is, if you screw the cue ball back to that four to five inch window, tight to the back rail and you do pot a ball, then you are the one left playing the next shot. He uses the word "back" when referring to the window, so he is not trying to leave the cue ball in the middle of the table within that four to five inch window, and even talks about the mistake of screwing back into the corner pockets. Then when he actually breaks off he mentions the screw back to the four to five inch window, but how it does not go straight back due to not hitting the head ball in the pack full on.

I'm playing in a club tournament on Monday and will definitely be trying these tips. Great vid!

This will really help with my local pub pool league games I have each week

I've played a lot of English 8-ball, 9-ball, and snooker at a high level for 15+ years. Believe it or not, it always bugged me over the years when Hendry often said (in commentary or in the studio) that he preferred snooker because of the tactics. He used to talk about snooker being like chess and pool like draughts (half joking I think). Nevertheless, ofcourse snooker is the hardest to play technically, and potting on a snooker table is the most impressive to watch by a long way. But in my opinion English 8-ball is by far the richer game. The depth of the tactics that often arise in frames of 8-ball is so much more complex than in snooker. Also, in snooker, you almost always are thinking 3 or 4 shots ahead. Whereas 8-ball you are constantly thinking about the entire table from right after the break (not just your set and your pattern to the black ball, but also your opponents entire set as well). It's really great to see Hendry diving into the nuances of 8-ball pool now, and giving it the respect it deserves! :)

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

my innovation, which will never catch on, is each player gets his own white ball. Now *that* would make it tactical. It's called "2 whites snooker".

If you are a beginner and can't run so many balls, sometimes it is better to keep them problem balls together. For example if opponent has just a solo ball left over and you have one tied to it and one free, maybe you can get a ball and hand off a nifty defense shot then run the final 2-3 balls

Nice information about some of the subtle differences between the different games.

Most snooker players play with side as it’s hard to hit the centre of the cue ball consistently

This guy is clearly amazing at pool but his take on physics is wild!

The technicality for snooker & pool is impressive

Exactly what I couldn't do.. this is the magic of it.. watching stockports best in full flow was incredible to see

I've notice a lot of good breakers, raise up, push through massively extending the cue rear hand through the white to the point where their back hand pushes through well beyond their bridge hand. Almost Alex Higgins like on power shots, although when in the groove, he held his cue so short it was essentially half length.

The flex in the cue is wild

Great video Stephen hendry. Would be a honour to meet you in person. I watched you play snooker when I was a young lad

Gareth Potts.... Perfect name!

Blinding 🖖🔝🏆

Great job guys. I like to leave a ball over the middle pocket, if possible. As a get out ball if I run out of position 😄Would be interesting to see how Chinese 8 ball differs to English 8 ball, dunno if you have any interest in it at all. Never even seen it myself tbh. But heard it is more difficult than snooker! Don't know about that 🤣

@oldbloke135

5 ай бұрын

Chinese eight ball is played on a nine foot table with round cut pockets like a snooker table. The white is the same size as the colored balls, 2 1/4 inch, like American pool, which is bigger than snooker or English pool balls.

@anthonydenn4345

5 ай бұрын

I've since checked it out on youtube. Turns out these tables are the same type used in my local snooker/pool hall. I dunno, I was picturing something weird. I've been using the 7 foot type for years. Lovely tables. They have two 9 footers aswell, different level on those things. You know you have bad eyesight playing on them 😄@@oldbloke135

Would have liked to see him play the last rack!

As an American pool player with a big break, and obsessive about how it actually works, please come ask us. We have plenty of experts on what’s really happening. I love this channel, but how the cue bends or behaves after contact, or trying to extend the duration of the hit with certain spins don’t really matter the way he’s explaining it. It’s simple. The cueball pops because when you hit it above center, the deflection drives it into the cloth. At this point it bounces off the slate and into the air. Depending on the speed and other factors it may bounce in front of the head ball and “pop” off the rack. The reasons we do it in American pool is so we get more action on the head ball (usually the 1), and so we don’t scratch (popping the cueball behind the side pockets).

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

I used to play the GIs in Itaewon, Seoul, in the 90s, in the Cadillac Club, for those who know it. Some of them were really good, but usually the teachers beat them. We had afternoons off due to our split shift work, so the only thing to do was hang around and practise pool. Some of the Texans *hated* being beaten by a Brit...

It's great that you're covering pool here. You should definitely consider a video covering Straight Pool, as it's the closest game to Snooker that we have on a pool table.

Gareth Potts is an absolute unit 💪🏻

@DeathNTaxes304

8 ай бұрын

I think it’s the small/ medium clothes he wears. £100 says he wears a thong

@holeefuk413

8 ай бұрын

Ok twiggy 😂

I am interested to know what Steve Davis thinks of Efren Reyes as he has played El Bata when he was still in prime form.

Coolest video

4:41 - Ouch! Nobody wants to get a tight ball. 😣

Whats the cue tips size differences between english pool and snooker ?

Win the frame? It was dry 😂

Would love to Joshua Filler on the channel with perhaps 9ball/10ball/8ball tips!

Great video and channel. Thanks Stephen and CT team. With the Moscini Cup in London in december, that would be a perfect opportunity for a CueTips video with one of the Nineball players

@johnmackay3136

7 ай бұрын

@chuckjones1358 YES! c'mon Hendo,popular demand and all that😉

@Paul_Abbott_Landsraad_Project

7 ай бұрын

Melling or Karl Boyes would be a lot of fun

@mrjohnzilla-zx8sj

7 ай бұрын

100% Chris Melling!! Was also a snooker professional. Get it done cue tips!!

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

happy memories of Jimmy and Alex absolutely off their faces giggling while winning the cup. And Jimmy got the barmaid to pour him an extra pint to take home with him as he walked off.

Nominative determinism in action

Garth Potts and Mick Hill need to link up for a 5 hour training video I’d pay a lot to see that

I started with pool then moved on to snooker and now I’m playing pool again. Pool players always look for a pattern and then play from there

Hendry is a top bloke.

What does he mean at 7:10 keeping the cue ball in contact with the object ball for as long as possible. How can you control that?

@alienck3901

7 ай бұрын

Stun instead of screw..

What table is that then, size wise? Is that english pool?

At 3:34, why did he say that you want to avoid using topspin on the cueball because it's smaller? Anyone know?

@kmanpilkers

2 ай бұрын

Because the cueball on an English pool table is smaller and lighter than the object balls. So if you play topspin, the cueball gets trapped "underneath" the object ball fractionally as the topspin takes the cueball forward. This makes it slightly more difficult to predict exactly how far the cueball will travel forward, and it tends to make it break wider from the expected path on a plain ball shot. It's not that you would never play with topspin, it's more that it's a bit less predictable than on other types of tables (snooker etc).

Thanks for the tips, my nan won’t know what hit her

Stephen should go into Ultimate Pool, if he could channel his methodical aggression to the pool blueprint he would have huge success, bring star power to the game and have a renaissance with a 2nd defining career

6:52 is what Gareth thinks about snooker players who claim that pool is easy.

Stuffed up he cannon and played the break exactly how he said he didnt want. Youd have thought they would have let him retake the shots and cut them out

Nominative determinism

I ike Potts and most of what he says....but his advice on break-off and the bendy cue thing I just can't get on board with

Love this. He is a genius

Man is still bussin the GG Gucci belt and hi top loubs.

Would like to see him play a frame of snooker

@slayer5097

8 ай бұрын

hes on this channel playing a frame with stephen

Here’s an idea.💡It’d be pretty cool if you had Snooker vs. Pool players at their own game!

@mattdubovik3082

7 ай бұрын

He already has one

Like to see him run the tip of his cue across the cloth like that in are club.. legend or not he would be expelled quickly though door...😅😅😅😅

How to get kicked out for ripping the table cloths breaking off

Is it Neal Foulds next week?

Far out this is so hard

Steve: "Still, you're going to win the frame from there aren't you?" Gareth: "Yeah." Then he realizes he didn't pot anything and all the reds are easy!

Pool players struggle at snooker because the table is twice as big surely 😂 nothing to do with side 🤣🤣

Garth for co host!

When do snooker players want to be straight on anything? It is rare in snooker to want to be straight too. Always want angles because you can do more.

Anyone else notice he says he will still win from there ... he didn't pot one 😂

@stevemawer848

7 ай бұрын

He knows Stephen won't clear up!

10 month old channel already racked in like $320k not bad at all

@rpointstr4998

7 ай бұрын

How do you know?

I did have a good break though.. I'd off set the cue ball 6 o'clock to 7.. and aim 3/4 OB.. It'd more often than not pot one in the middle bag.

@aquacruisedb

8 ай бұрын

Interesting. I used to play a lot of UK 8 ball and had a very similar technique to yours (but with more like 7/8 OB) with aprox 50/50 getting one of the two front reds in the left middle... I was surprised when he said there is no technique as I'd imagined something like mine/yours could be developed (not saying he's wrong, just surprised).

@jackbuff_I

8 ай бұрын

@@aquacruisedb yeah you've got a better example and explanation there.. it was very similar to that. I just that earlier as a dumbed down example 👍

i mean that is a cool break and i dont want to judge the advice from such a great player. but if that technique was really worth using wouldnt you be using it in your tpurnaments lol

C'mon Hendo,you need to get Earl Strickland, Shane Van Boening, Jayson Shaw,Darren Appleton, Chris Melling or Karlito Boyes on now 👍

Why's he got a bendy cue??

Please get jimmy white on this channel.

How do you break whilst the fucking cue bends without fucking up the felt of the table? Terrified to try this at my local.

Ive played both for years every week snooker is far superior and harder hands down 🤷🏻‍♂️

Side - AS

Reckon could brake and fish him 100%

Fascinating stuff, and Gareth is very nice about you repeatedly cutting him off mid sentence!

Are they playing on a 7ft table? Or is it 8ft... I know it's not a 9ft table.

Fascinating, as ever, Gareth speaks very well about pool. However I was very unimpressed to hear recently that in pro English pool the cue ball is lighter. I thought that was only in pubs for obvious reasons. It belittles the sport imo. The lighter cue ball is nuts at pro level.

@murrayross212

7 ай бұрын

It's always been that way. Why change it? Whether you play in a pub, in a league or you're a pro, it's the same for everyone.

@NoName-eo2mv

7 ай бұрын

It was for the pub so the white came out the top if it went down, now at clubs all the balls come out the same end, but theyve never changed it and are very unlikely to now, tho I think there is debate on it

I found it amusing that this dude kept interrupting Selby's rhythm to give him unsolicited advice when Selby was carrying the team entirely lmao. Can't stand having teammates who interrupt your run when you've potted 5 balls already.

6:52 thank me later

Surely that's not a standard cue to be happy bending it like that and being confident it won't snap?!?

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

looked like Peter Seller's cue in "Shot in the Dark".

STEPHEN LEE…. It’s time to get STEPHEN LEE on the channel!

@murrayross212

7 ай бұрын

Ill bet you a fiver he doesn't come on

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff

7 ай бұрын

@@murrayross212 behave… I know better than put any bets in if STEPHEN LEE is involved!

@johnmackay3136

7 ай бұрын

@TheDeVereClub I for one don't want to see that cheating prick on or hear anything he's got to say.

Gareth's not winning that last frame from there, as he didn't make a ball on the break.

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

I wish they'd played that frame. Stephen was robbed via that in off the last match they played.

Stephen hendry please get o sullavin back

@vgamerul4617

8 ай бұрын

Who

Said nothing about the cut break.... Mine and dunsters weapon... ( When it works )... I make that second yellow 4 times out of 5 with a decent split..on a good day.. and then their are day's when the cut break 💩💩💩 poo's on me... That's pool for you.

His explanation and demonstration of the break doesn't make sense to me. The slo-mo shows his body jumping into the air, which would suggest a loss of power like how he explains if the cue comes up. He also talks about not putting back spin on it but then he drives the cue down through the ball. However, it works as he's got a monster break

No sure why your holding a cue Steven 😂

@juchetony1910

7 ай бұрын

like teachers can't talk without holding a board pen.

I know Stephen is keen to soak up as much information as he can for both himself and the viewers to his channel, and I am sure he does not do it deliberately and just asks another question as soon as the thought comes into his mind, but he does have a bit of a habit of cutting off the answer to the previous question before the guest has finished speaking.

Still going to win the frame from there aint ya? No because he didnt pot of the break lol

Only a pool player would think the game isn't easy. It's insulting.Snooker require's thinking 2,3 shots ahead,no different.

@stevemawer848

7 ай бұрын

But Gareth says he's thinking about potting the last ball, not just the next couple. Obviously not possible in snooker since there are more balls and far more combinations.

I'm not taking any pool tips off anyone wearing those shoes, Goodnight.

@tobyk8125

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that's logical. I'm not taking any cooking tips off anyone who's crap at football either.

@AdeJohnson

8 ай бұрын

@@tobyk8125 Shut up you fanny it was a joke.

I am Ronnie O'Sullivan Like a bite