Brilliant tutorial! Blinding help top videos nice one 😁

Thanks for easy explaining . Very helpfull 👍.

well broke down what I do properly - never think about it now really but back when I first started I used to focus on a spot on the back of ball when I first started playing. I changed I think because it was just easier to imagine a line from the pocket to the ball to send the OB ball down and rather than pick a spot on the back belt of the object ball. I just learned with experience how to send a ball down that line I picked out at whatever angle because you learn to recognise those angles and recognise how much of the white needs to cover the OB after potting them a thousand times you get better and there are short-cuts everyone looks for in aiming, a quick magic fix maybe you also learn about impact throw along the way and bits of other stuff using helping side etc which you mention in your other videos I see. You cannot always see the spot your hitting on an angled shot for example or at distance and although I think the laser guide is a good gadget for practice it is nothing you can use in a real game but a useful practice tool not because its showing you the correct spot to hit but because you are also subconsciously learning to remember the angles so it is all good. I think you just have to learn to recognise the potting angles naturally. It's a combination of knowledge. There is some value in some of these aiming methods knowing the 90 degree rule helps some people recognise the potting angle on a stun shot and the way the white will come off hitting a stun centre ball, knowing parallel aiming method can help some people pick out the cutting angle on a long shot or get close at least, ghost ball methods I am not too keen on because it does not account for impact throw and CTE what some use in american pool is like a acid trip to watch people explain but whatever method you have for sighting if it works for you then it is all good. Basically I just draw a imaginary line or track through the pocket and OB and the place I need to hit/ intersect pops up.... and if the pocket is miles away on a shot I just bring it closer imagine its two foot away and all I do is send it on that line 2 foot and it goes the rest of the way itself. I think therefore think I play the line and not the so much the OB ball if you understand me? Do you think this is a mistake to do it this way should I try a different method for a bit. I am open to experimenting a bit .

@byromtaylor6482

6 жыл бұрын

my fingers are sore typing all that out

Amazing

Who knew we'd get to hear about fractals while learning about snooker!

Thankyou 😀

How do you adjust for cut induced throw and or running/check side

@Breakfromlife

4 жыл бұрын

You get used to the adjusting for side after a while fairly naturally. Also this video explains aiming with side

@jaxxlah6065

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah good question. U change the grip angle or the bridge position a bit left or right for side shot?

Balls are sphere. Easy explanation I find is to get two CD discs, then draw a centre line on each. Apart from straight line, those two lines never meet, simply because they are round.

@Breakfromlife

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

at 6:11. Where is the contact point? I don't see it, the white is in the way

@rocketjolt7066

6 жыл бұрын

Follow the cue through the middle of the white and that is the contact point.

cool

More angle videos

@Breakfromlife

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon

Great explanations to make people understand why it happen.. but this is only teach people how to visualize ball contact point to reach to specific target. In order to "become good at potting angle judgement" you have to "keep your eyesight to pocket and then build imaginary line from pocket to cross the object ball that you want to pot" and "then use that crossing line from object ball reference as a potting target". Most beginner player do this mistake by focus on ball contact and hoping that will travel into that target which is will make them confusing during learning process, not sure either sighting badly or cueing badly....

@jonwilson6077

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I found using an imaginary line protruding past the object ball from the pocket is a great help. Especially on long pots where the object ball is roughly mid distance between the pocket and the cue ball

@Zombies8MyPizza

6 жыл бұрын

mohd fairuz ahmad Granted, but beginners need a simple aiming method to teach them how to aim. This method is nice and simple. As you get better, you learn to not rely on aiming systems and instead just visualise most shots automatically from experience, but videos like this help the less experienced player to understand the difference between the contact point (where the cue ball contacts the object ball) and the aiming point (where you'd aim your cue tip in order to get the cue ball to contact the object ball in the desired position. Just for reference, the aiming point is 2x the length of the gap between the centre of the object ball as you see it from behind the shot, and the contact point. So if the contact point is about 5mm away from the centre of the object ball as you look, then the aiming point will be 10mm away from the line of centre. Learning "fractional aiming" (i.e. learning to recognise 3/4, 1/2 ball and 1/4 ball cuts) is also a very simple system and helps beginners to get to grips with visualising their aiming point, and once the player can identify these cuts easily they can also identify when a cut is a bit thicker or thinner than one of these cuts, and then adjust their aiming point accordingly. Fractional aiming can also be used to visualise your post-impact cue ball paths. For example, Dr Dave's Trisect system says that with a good backspin shot struck low with a medium pace, the cue ball will come away from the aiming line at around 3x the cut angle - so a 3/4 ball shot (15 degrees) will come away from the aiming line around 45 degrees with a good backspin, or with a 1/2 ball shot (30 degrees) it will come away from the aiming line around 90 degrees. These can be used as solid reference points to determine what angle you can create for the cue ball and also how much backspin to apply to totally control the angle between the tangent/stun line, and the Trisect line.

@mohdfairuzahmad5091

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe ill post sometime a simple technique that work either you under pressure, playing rarely or never ever playing before but you will always stay sharp.. There are 3 element that you need to do and each of this element i already categories it as a dicipline technique that you must keep it as memory mucle.. 1st element are correct sighting approching technique.. 2nd element are perfecy cueing using body positions and 3rd element pace technique by judging your mental toughness for attacking.. Im been doing this research for over 10 years now.. Starting from 0 break player to consistence 40 t0 80 break player.. Im not gifted in this game.. But im always put everything that i learn into my note book everytime im achive something so i could always find where are my mistake and how to outcome it with the simplest way.. Snooker is a very hard game.. So we human have to find a way to make it easy as possible..

@Zombies8MyPizza

6 жыл бұрын

I'm similar, I started playing 12-13 years ago and I'm a bit of a cue sports nerd. I don't play snooker too much these days and I'm more of a pool player, but I've made some centuries in practice drills. Sounds like what you're describing there is a pre-shot routine. Approaching every shot the same. My pre-shot routine is: 1) Look at the potting angle; identify my ideal cue ball position. 2) Identify whether the best choice would be top, stun or screw: 2a) If top, then visualise the natural angle (helps to learn to visualise Dr Dave's 30 degree rule), and if I need to come off a cushion then visualise the mirror angle off the cushion - I like to use a "clock" system here - I see the line the cushion creates as a 9-3 o'clock line, so then for example if the cue ball goes into the cushion at an angle that represents 7:30 on a clock face, then going by angle in = angle out, it'd come off the cushion at 4:30. I then see if it'd take me to my intended position, and consider whether using a bit of side to alter the angle would be a good choice. 2b) I'll choose stun if the "90 degree line" takes me directly to my intended cue ball position or I can see that the angle off of the cushion takes me close to my intended position. Same routine as above. 2c) If screw, I've identified the potting angle and from here I can determine the closest direction to the aiming line possible from this potting angle, and make adjustments from there as to where I need to strike the cue ball. Again, as in point 2a, if cushions are needed, I'll run through the same clock system to visualise the angle off the cushion and determine how much side I need to use, if any. Of course, side is a secondary option, and if I can reach my position by striking on the centre vertical axis of the cue ball, I'll take that option. 3) Determine how much power I need on an "out of 10" basis. You'll become much more consistent with your power control if you practice striking with different amounts of power, and when you think "5/10 power" for example then you can strike with 50% of your max power just by feel, and you get to know how each power "setting" affects the cue ball. 4) Right foot (I'm right handed) now goes on the aiming line. I then get my bridge hand down, get my body about 3/4 of the way down and check that my cue is on my intended aiming line and it looks like I will pot the ball from where I am. Then I get my chin down, make sure I'm still aimed correctly and my grip and cueing arm is nice and loose. Feather the cue (typically more feathers the more power is needed, I feel like just a couple of short feathers on a 2/10 power shot for example allows me to hit it nice and soft with a smooth stroke), then nicely timed backswing, play the shot. Keep chin on the cue until the ball is in the pocket. Same routine on every shot, regardless of difficulty. If you're always thinking about your routine whenever you approach a shot, there's less room for negative thoughts to start creeping in.

Sorry, I don't understand.

I'm just a lowly American pool player, but I just found your channel, and it's been really helpful. I'd love to try snooker, but the nearest table is a 1.5 hour drive from me.

@Breakfromlife

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the channel wish I could help you out with the table thing

@MrDogromeo

6 жыл бұрын

Watch out snooker is Very addictive😀especially when you become a better player,I used to play pool now I only want to play snooker

@KingNast

6 жыл бұрын

abdell malik I believe it! The local pool hall has a set of snooker balls to use on a standard 9 foot pool table, but that just seems kind of silly to me. I'll probably try it out anyway

@MrDogromeo

6 жыл бұрын

KingNast it would be a great thing if world snooker promote more snooker in the US like they did succesfully in China

@rocketjolt7066

6 жыл бұрын

Just stick two pool tables together and saw off the rails on the sides touching each other. You're ready to play snooker then.

Wow that is ridiculous

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I don't aim I feel

@Breakfromlife

6 жыл бұрын

When I started aiming as well I became a lot more consistent

Useless