I did a 71 at this today and it felt amazing! 8 blacks and 1 pink and made a stupid mistake ending it. Such a breakthrough though and all thanks to your fantastic channel. When I started I could hardly pot 4 balls on the run. I usually make a 39 or 41 over an hour or 2 but today I did 18 shots on the run! It really feels amazing walking back and forth around the table with a bit of a swagger, analysing the next shot and then executing the pot with the position. You feel like an actual snooker player :))) I really can't express how good this channel is to learn from. I watch no one else as I don't want to get confused by the learning and practice process. A guy asked me for a match during my practice and I said OK. I won all 3 matches but to be honest, practice is so much more enjoyable than playing at the moment. I feel like I could spend a whole year on just this one exercise. I think I'll keep going until I hit a 100 and then try working on the 3-ball line up which I tried today but just couldn't work out the positional play. Hey HO! A whole new challenge! what an amazing game this is and such a lifelong challenge :)) Thank you so much for this channel! You're a legend!
Spent 2 hours doing this last night. Got to a point where I didn't believe I could miss. Getting a real feel for the cueball control now too. Thanks you Steve. Can't wait for my match tonight now!
The BEST SNOOKER ONLINE TRAINING anyone can get is through this channel!! All shots explained to detail step by step. Steve makes it look so easy but when you put it into practice...one have to take onboard all the information that Steve provides us with. Thanks a lot for your continuous knowledge you are passing on to us of this beautiful game!! Cheers ;)
Abso love this video exact what players of my standard need and love the cue ball and where to hit it as so important to try and keep the break going. Will try this when I get chance. Thank you so much.
Great routine - thanks - Very helpful, especially explanations - love that you use and explain when you are using traces of side for position, even though white never hits cushion - just to deflect the OB and run the white on a slightly different line. Well done Steve !!!! - Make more of these please - also please make a series of videos where you pick 1 colour, and work on different shots for different senarios eg on yellow explain how to get inside the pink spot either same side or coming across table off 2 cushions etc etc
What a brilliant Video Steve, this will really help with my break building, loads of great tips on where to hit the ball and what the ball does after you hit it, many Thanks Alan.
Man , really appreciate your efforts , Your channel made me a better player , I even won 🥇 🏆 a local tournament in our small city (thanks to you ) and today again I came here to prepare myself and revise such pro shots cuz i have a match today 🤞🏻🤝 thanks again ☺️
This is by far best practice routine ever on your tube or anywhere. Just coming back after 3 decades to the sport. I Did 144 so far on it, my aim is 350. After that ill add 2 reds to the top for canon and continue. My goal for this year is to make 60 to 90 break in game (At the moment I'm in 4x-5x bracket). Thank you so much for the vids (Arek from Syd Aus)
Great video. I have had a lesson with Steve. It was a brilliant day , I learned more than I thought I would & for anyone who wants to understand more about the game then book a lesson with Steve Barton. You will not be disappointed. 👍👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴
I really liked this video in that seeing where your hitting the cue ball is a very big help. I , like a lot of us , can pot close shots but don’t get the cue ball control needed to get the bigger breaks. Please add this feature as often as possible.
Love the channel. I got my highest break last night. 58, after that I put the controller down and turned the PlayStation off. Could never ever dream of that in real life 😂
Absolute fantastic video Steve I watch them all many times over and this will be added to my favourites very well explained and love the graphics on the white 👍
Morning Steve, just looking over some old videos, never seen a video of yours that does not offer great advise, good to recap, will add this one to my pre match practice, Happy New Year to yourselves and family, 2022 with your virtual help my game WILL improve even more , keep up the brillant videos, 😊😊😊
Hi David. Thanks very much! Great to hear you're really enjoying the videos and finding them helpful. Happy New Year to you and all your family 🎉🎉 Have a great 2022 🙂
@@BartonSnooker we will thanks Steve, the team i play for i recommend your channel and know who is watch it, as their games are improving, one guy is back playing after a long lay off, started on a 21 handicap and is dropping points ever reassessment, in fact we practice together before matches and on team practice sessions, we play each other and they say "see the best 2 players in the team don't want to play with us any more", we do but its too easy and its all thanks to Barton Snooker 😁😁😁😁💙
Wao....one of the video I have always wanted. Surely, this will improve my break building. I am a learner from the videos and this will improve my gameplay. Now I can hold the white ball near black or pink spot. Bravo 😎
Another excellent video Steve, so much pertinent and relevant guidance. Gutted that I'm not in Blighty any more, or I'd definitely book some lessons. Used to live in Quinton. All the best.
I am from pakistan to bro good to see you here. Humry pakistan se bhi ronne o sullvan jese players peda honge insahallah keep practising keep improving bro
Fabulous video, could I ask at 16:40 you say the little left-hand side helps the pot what do you mean by that please? Is that a personal tendency or are you using throw to widen the target ?
Nice routine there and a top quality video as always. I think I'll try this after I pass all the blue stage. I have alot to work on before that. I'm sure it won't be too long though 😉
Hi Barton,great video. Could you move your GoPro over your vision center rather than vertically over your middle of the forehead,as down on the shot, it looks like the cue is slightly off,though it's not. Just to avoid the parallax error
Unfortunately not 😕. The whole image is completely lop sided and it's not possible to correct. I did try it before but it's just so difficult as my forehead is not flat, so the camera ends up on a complete curve and looks even worse.
Hi Steve, great video as usual - when you are trying to gauge how hard you need to hit the white for say a stun shot to get position on the next colour, do you vary the speed you are delivering the cue, or just increase/decrease the amount of backswing in your action in order to moderate the power? Or is it a bit of a mixture of both?!
Saw a good line you might enjoy on a Melling/Pagulayan one pocket match just a bit ago. Nick Varner was doing one side of the commentary, and one good line was when Melling brought out the bridge he said "here comes the bridge, never a good sign with a snooker player". I thought you might appreciate that, I found it funny...there is a significant difference from what I've seen. With that living room sized table you guys play on, you obviously get a lot more bridge practice...even when you shoot well ambidextrous (or amphibious, as Danny DiLiberto likes to call it), or behind the back well, like say Ronnie O. Thx for the vid, always helpful, the POV is a nice format, I think, at least for certain topics, like shooting. Another good one he came up with was "I'm always uncomfortable when my opponent is shooting at his pocket". Dude is not only a master at pool, he's funny.
Helo mate. Brilliant video😀 You're really the ultimate snooker coach. Can you make a video after the world snooker championships finish and try recreate the hotshots. Thanks for the video. Who do you think has the best cue action, Robertson, murphy, or o sullivan?
Great videos thank you, can I respectfully suggest a topic I would like to learn about .... when you are ahead what are some tips to avoid the opponent catching up via snookers ... Avoiding being snookered. Cheers
@@blahtoausername Hi mate, sorry for the out of context question but I'm getting a decent slate bed Enlgish pool table and wondered if you had any advice on cloth. Hainsworth Smart cloth is the one being recommended but I wonder if it might play a little bit slow? Would their Match cloth be better or would it just wear out after a year of casual home play? Cheers for any tips if you can offer some.
@@DM-kv9kj I always find the Hainsworth Smart on snooker tables plays too slow. The Match is perfect, and the Precision is really fast and slippy, but would just wear out too quickly. I would personally try the Match and see how it lasts. Worst case is that you go for Smart next time. But my feeling is that Smart would be too slow.
It doesnt really matter as long as you are standing on the correct line of shot and you deliver the cue correctly you will pot the ball even with your eyes closed. Thats what I have experienced. Give it a try yourself.
What is the reasoning behind the side on the last black? I understand that screw is to avoid the middle pocket. Does side help in these acute angle pots ?
It's just to help the pot slightly. Lots of players find it easier to pot with a trace of side. It is called 'helping side'. If I pot to my left, I'll play right hand side. If I pot to my right, I'll play left hand side. You don't have to do it, but lots of players do.
Really love it bro we need more contant like that becouse i am from pakistan and here in pakistan are few coach's of snoker so really appreciate that bro love from pakistan 😍 ♥
I love this tutorials and information tactical elaboration given at our own disposal is too much, Sir Barton... And let's hope you also open to grant us people who are interested to learn more in this game. Trials are just around the corner & covid19 seem to be giving us trouble since we facing winter this side... But in God we believe that we will overcome it. Let me watch & come back to you with any questions as clarity can be the key in cue sport. God bless you for Us cue sport players...
Hi Steve. All was going well until 16.25 and I heard you say you would add ". . . a touch of left hand side because it helps the pot . . ." Could you please explain how it helps the pot? Are you not worried that the cueball will be deflected to the right and so miss the part of the pink you were aiming at? If you allow for this deflection is there a particular method you use or is it just the old saying of 'hit the shot a thousand times and get used to it!'? Very encouraging to see you get a lot of screwback with soft shots. I tend to overhit those. I'll be working on this.Thanks.
I did a 71 at this today and it felt amazing! 8 blacks and 1 pink and made a stupid mistake ending it. Such a breakthrough though and all thanks to your fantastic channel. When I started I could hardly pot 4 balls on the run. I usually make a 39 or 41 over an hour or 2 but today I did 18 shots on the run! It really feels amazing walking back and forth around the table with a bit of a swagger, analysing the next shot and then executing the pot with the position. You feel like an actual snooker player :))) I really can't express how good this channel is to learn from. I watch no one else as I don't want to get confused by the learning and practice process. A guy asked me for a match during my practice and I said OK. I won all 3 matches but to be honest, practice is so much more enjoyable than playing at the moment. I feel like I could spend a whole year on just this one exercise. I think I'll keep going until I hit a 100 and then try working on the 3-ball line up which I tried today but just couldn't work out the positional play. Hey HO! A whole new challenge! what an amazing game this is and such a lifelong challenge :)) Thank you so much for this channel! You're a legend!
Spent 2 hours doing this last night. Got to a point where I didn't believe I could miss. Getting a real feel for the cueball control now too. Thanks you Steve. Can't wait for my match tonight now!
The BEST SNOOKER ONLINE TRAINING anyone can get is through this channel!! All shots explained to detail step by step. Steve makes it look so easy but when you put it into practice...one have to take onboard all the information that Steve provides us with. Thanks a lot for your continuous knowledge you are passing on to us of this beautiful game!! Cheers ;)
Possibly the best snooker tutorial on UA-cam ( and I’ve watched hundreds). Improved my game immensely. Thank you Steve.
Wow, this must be one of your best videos, very interesting and informative Steve.
Thanks Franky!
Izizizi
Abso love this video exact what players of my standard need and love the cue ball and where to hit it as so important to try and keep the break going.
Will try this when I get chance.
Thank you so much.
Great routine Steve, brilliantly explained. You make a difficult game look so easy. Your coaching videos have improved my game immensely, thanks mate.
Thanks so much Tony. I appreciate your support and it's great to help.
Great routine - thanks - Very helpful, especially explanations - love that you use and explain when you are using traces of side for position, even though white never hits cushion - just to deflect the OB and run the white on a slightly different line. Well done Steve !!!! - Make more of these please - also please make a series of videos where you pick 1 colour, and work on different shots for different senarios eg on yellow explain how to get inside the pink spot either same side or coming across table off 2 cushions etc etc
brilliant insight into building things up on the table, thanks Steve!
Always great to watch these kind of videos, thank you.
What a brilliant Video Steve, this will really help with my break building, loads of great tips on where to hit the ball and what the ball does after you hit it, many Thanks Alan.
Again a brilliantly instructive video. Cant wait to get down the club to try this out. Thanks for your hard work in producing these tutorials Steve.
Thanks Jonathan 👍👍
I love watching these videos especially with the headcam….and i defo plan to try this setup now
Man , really appreciate your efforts , Your channel made me a better player , I even won 🥇 🏆 a local tournament in our small city (thanks to you ) and today again I came here to prepare myself and revise such pro shots cuz i have a match today 🤞🏻🤝 thanks again ☺️
Brilliant video as always. I learn something new every time you upload a new video. Thanks Steve
This is by far best practice routine ever on your tube or anywhere. Just coming back after 3 decades to the sport. I Did 144 so far on it, my aim is 350. After that ill add 2 reds to the top for canon and continue. My goal for this year is to make 60 to 90 break in game (At the moment I'm in 4x-5x bracket). Thank you so much for the vids (Arek from Syd Aus)
Great video. I have had a lesson with Steve. It was a brilliant day , I learned more than I thought I would & for anyone who wants to understand more about the game then book a lesson with Steve Barton. You will not be disappointed. 👍👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴
I really liked this video in that seeing where your hitting the cue ball is a very big help. I , like a lot of us ,
can pot close shots but don’t get the cue ball control needed to get the bigger breaks. Please add this feature
as often as possible.
I echo what Simon says in his comment? So helpful to be in the mind of a pro player! Please make more similar vids!
My game improves thanks keep posting
Brilliant video. Really helpful! Thank you!
Superb tuition mate ,very clear and concise
Barton,thank you very much for your training videos, continue.
Love from Ukraine.
Love the channel. I got my highest break last night. 58, after that I put the controller down and turned the PlayStation off. Could never ever dream of that in real life 😂
God bless you, steve .
Such a great explanation on each single shot.
Love it .
Thanks for all your hard work .
You make it look so easy. Thanks buddy !
Awesome.. thank you for the time and effort..
Thank goodness u r bk ,we r addicted to yr videos
I love your video, very interesting I do apply your technique when playing pool very amazing controls on d balls.
Great practice routine Steve repetition is the key to all success and that routine gives a natural feel for the shot after a while - thanks Steve
I agree thankyou that you are back and thankyou so much for all ye help
Briliant stuff exactly what we needed to know how to control cue ball around the black ball fantastic.👍👍👍
This video is very usefull and great! Thanx a lot Steve 👍
GREAT VIDEO! Thanks!!
Brilliant!! Thanks for the vid mate!
Thanks for this Steve, I will give this routine a go, looks good.
Your videos are getting better every second! Big "Thank You"
Thank you for the support 🙂
Thanks good insights to the way around the table
Cheers. Thanks a lot for watching 👍
Great video, great tips.
Excellent. Thank you very much.
Super instructor.
Very good teaching sir ,Thanks you
thank you very much for the time and the effort, following you from morocco 🎱
Absolute fantastic video Steve I watch them all many times over and this will be added to my favourites very well explained and love the graphics on the white 👍
Thanks Gary! Just realised I forgot to reply to your message 🤦
Awesome routine, great tips! As always!
Thank you so much, this is so incredibly helpful
Morning Steve, just looking over some old videos, never seen a video of yours that does not offer great advise, good to recap, will add this one to my pre match practice, Happy New Year to yourselves and family, 2022 with your virtual help my game WILL improve even more , keep up the brillant videos, 😊😊😊
Hi David. Thanks very much! Great to hear you're really enjoying the videos and finding them helpful. Happy New Year to you and all your family 🎉🎉 Have a great 2022 🙂
@@BartonSnooker we will thanks Steve, the team i play for i recommend your channel and know who is watch it, as their games are improving, one guy is back playing after a long lay off, started on a 21 handicap and is dropping points ever reassessment, in fact we practice together before matches and on team practice sessions, we play each other and they say "see the best 2 players in the team don't want to play with us any more", we do but its too easy and its all thanks to Barton Snooker 😁😁😁😁💙
Brilliant video thanks for the info
Wao....one of the video I have always wanted. Surely, this will improve my break building. I am a learner from the videos and this will improve my gameplay. Now I can hold the white ball near black or pink spot. Bravo 😎
great teaching !!
What a video can't wait to practice this drill. Can you do a video on how to cue to the chest.
I have learned many things from your Videos.
Great Job 👍🏻
Love ♥️ From Pakistan 🇵🇰
Do u think he can become champion of Pakistan??
@@dkissoflove do you think he wants to?
I'm asking u, is he good enough to be champion of Pakistan not whether he wants to.
@@dkissoflove Noo
I'm going start this method on my day off.
Love from Sabah, Malaysia.
very nice video if you would explain when you heat with tiny beat of side spin do you change your aim ?
What a great video! Thank a lot!
Another excellent video Steve, so much pertinent and relevant guidance. Gutted that I'm not in Blighty any more, or I'd definitely book some lessons. Used to live in Quinton. All the best.
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I really like teaching clips like this. @thailand
Another fantastic tuition video. When you’re playing side as you did with the last red, are you readjusting your aim on the red? Thanks again
Great work Barton
It helps a lot to improve the game
Love from Pakistan ❤
I am from pakistan to bro good to see you here. Humry pakistan se bhi ronne o sullvan jese players peda honge insahallah keep practising keep improving bro
@@MuhammedAli-so4hs In sha Allah zror hon gy
Thanks brother 💕
Brilliant instructional video again
Your coaching has helped me improve my game . I always wait for your videos . You are a gem . Stay blessed . Respect and regards . Love from pakistan
Thank you so much. Hi to Pakistan 👋
Fabulous video, could I ask at 16:40 you say the little left-hand side helps the pot what do you mean by that please?
Is that a personal tendency or are you using throw to widen the target ?
The left hand side throws the pink very slightly to to right and into the pocket. That's why players do it.
very good work Steve, keep it up
Awesome,,good stuff pal..thanks 😎🥰❤
Fantastic routine that. Personally think for my level its much more beneficial than the mini line up routine. Thanks again for another brilliant video
Nice routine there and a top quality video as always. I think I'll try this after I pass all the blue stage. I have alot to work on before that. I'm sure it won't be too long though 😉
Fantastic channel 😎 really "noice" man, always a good "toime" when i watch it, your accent is really funny too
Thank you Sir, I will apply your tips in my gameplay.
incredible video!!!
Great job Barton!
Could you suggest some tips to play with soft cue...
Make a video on this please
another great informative video. thanks.
I like it a lot ,thanks
Hi Barton,great video. Could you move your GoPro over your vision center rather than vertically over your middle of the forehead,as down on the shot, it looks like the cue is slightly off,though it's not. Just to avoid the parallax error
Unfortunately not 😕. The whole image is completely lop sided and it's not possible to correct. I did try it before but it's just so difficult as my forehead is not flat, so the camera ends up on a complete curve and looks even worse.
This video alone teaches you the absolute basis of snooker. If you can master these shots, you should be able to perform fairly well around the table.
Super advice sir Thanku
Great tips Steve 👍👍
Good stuff awesome stuff..❤😎
Great video thanks very useful 👍 love from Pakistan
Hi Steve, can I just ask why you put right hand side on the cue ball for the final black? If it's to help the pot, how does it help it?
Ta,. Colin
Very good teaching. We met late
Thank you
Hi Steve, great video as usual - when you are trying to gauge how hard you need to hit the white for say a stun shot to get position on the next colour, do you vary the speed you are delivering the cue, or just increase/decrease the amount of backswing in your action in order to moderate the power? Or is it a bit of a mixture of both?!
You make it look so easy, if only I could pot like that.
Saw a good line you might enjoy on a Melling/Pagulayan one pocket match just a bit ago.
Nick Varner was doing one side of the commentary, and one good line was when Melling brought out the bridge he said "here comes the bridge, never a good sign with a snooker player". I thought you might appreciate that, I found it funny...there is a significant difference from what I've seen. With that living room sized table you guys play on, you obviously get a lot more bridge practice...even when you shoot well ambidextrous (or amphibious, as Danny DiLiberto likes to call it), or behind the back well, like say Ronnie O. Thx for the vid, always helpful, the POV is a nice format, I think, at least for certain topics, like shooting.
Another good one he came up with was "I'm always uncomfortable when my opponent is shooting at his pocket". Dude is not only a master at pool, he's funny.
Great video mate, thanks
Thanks for watching 🙂
Helo mate. Brilliant video😀
You're really the ultimate snooker coach.
Can you make a video after the world snooker championships finish and try recreate the hotshots.
Thanks for the video.
Who do you think has the best cue action, Robertson, murphy, or o sullivan?
Very good 😊
Awesome 👍👍
Great videos thank you, can I respectfully suggest a topic I would like to learn about .... when you are ahead what are some tips to avoid the opponent catching up via snookers ... Avoiding being snookered.
Cheers
Keep potting balls.
You have peaked, Steve! Your editing is now better than your snooker!
😃 Thanks a lot. Much appreciated 👍
@@BartonSnooker the effort shows, Steve. You're building a catalogue of great, instructive, content that will last for years to come.
@@blahtoausername Hi mate, sorry for the out of context question but I'm getting a decent slate bed Enlgish pool table and wondered if you had any advice on cloth. Hainsworth Smart cloth is the one being recommended but I wonder if it might play a little bit slow? Would their Match cloth be better or would it just wear out after a year of casual home play?
Cheers for any tips if you can offer some.
@@DM-kv9kj I always find the Hainsworth Smart on snooker tables plays too slow. The Match is perfect, and the Precision is really fast and slippy, but would just wear out too quickly.
I would personally try the Match and see how it lasts. Worst case is that you go for Smart next time. But my feeling is that Smart would be too slow.
Great video, one question, in the moment of the shot, where you look at? The white ball, or the aiming ball?
It doesnt really matter as long as you are standing on the correct line of shot and you deliver the cue correctly you will pot the ball even with your eyes closed. Thats what I have experienced. Give it a try yourself.
But most snooker players tend to look at the object ball when they are about to deliver the cue.
@@faizahmedmughal9550 really thanks for you answer, Im try to improve my game a little bit
What is the reasoning behind the side on the last black?
I understand that screw is to avoid the middle pocket. Does side help in these acute angle pots ?
It's just to help the pot slightly. Lots of players find it easier to pot with a trace of side. It is called 'helping side'.
If I pot to my left, I'll play right hand side. If I pot to my right, I'll play left hand side. You don't have to do it, but lots of players do.
Another great lesson, looking forward to a 1 on 1 👍
a few shots that you played using side spin, did you make an allowance for it? or its just a fraction of side so you don't need to do so.
Really love it bro we need more contant like that becouse i am from pakistan and here in pakistan are few coach's of snoker so really appreciate that bro love from pakistan 😍 ♥
I love this tutorials and information tactical elaboration given at our own disposal is too much, Sir Barton... And let's hope you also open to grant us people who are interested to learn more in this game. Trials are just around the corner & covid19 seem to be giving us trouble since we facing winter this side... But in God we believe that we will overcome it. Let me watch & come back to you with any questions as clarity can be the key in cue sport. God bless you for Us cue sport players...
really useful.
Hi Steve. All was going well until 16.25 and I heard you say you would add ". . . a touch of left hand side because it helps the pot . . ."
Could you please explain how it helps the pot?
Are you not worried that the cueball will be deflected to the right and so miss the part of the pink you were aiming at?
If you allow for this deflection is there a particular method you use or is it just the old saying of 'hit the shot a thousand times and get used to it!'?
Very encouraging to see you get a lot of screwback with soft shots. I tend to overhit those. I'll be working on this.Thanks.
Great video
Hey Steve. Can you do a video explaining what is meant by "cueing across the ball" and how to correct it.
Ta
Rob