@@michaelcolbourn6719 But did you remember to turn your cue ON ??? Reboot at end of each frame ensures your cache is kept clean - nothing worse than a dirty dirty cache :)
Thanks for your video. There is a simple, non-empirical method using elementary trigonometry i.e. no advanced mathematics. Suppose that the cue ball is due south of the object ball and the pocket is in a northeasterly direction. Draw a vertical line V between the centres of the cue and object balls and a line P from the centre of the object ball to the centre of the pocket . Let theta be the angle between L and P. (So if the pocket is directly north east then theta = 45 degrees.) Let C be the point of contact of the ghost ball and the object ball. Then the 'amount of slice' (from the CENTRE of the object ball) is exactly the perpendicular distance D from C to V. And D = sin theta since sin theta = opposite /hypotenuse = opposite/ radius = opposite = 'amount of slice from the centre of the object ball. For example, is P is north east, then 'amount of slice' = D = sin 45 degrees = 0.7 (to two decimal places). LIkewise if we estimate theta to be 30 degrees, then D = amount of slice =0.5. The details are the same if the picture is rotated: we still get D = sin theta. So correct aiming amounts to 1) estimating theta and 2) knowing sin theta to two decimal places). Here is a table using increments of 15 degrees, (but you can extend this to 10 or 5 degrees if you want to) (0,0), (15, 0.26), (30, 0.5), (45, 0.7), (60, 0.87) etc. So (0,0) means if the pocket is due north, the amount of slice is 0 and if (45, 0.7) means to for a NE direction, you want a slice of 0.7. If you want to work in quarters, eighths or sixteenths etc. you can use the arcsin (i.e. inverse sin tables, available in google) to find out what the corresponding theta is, but to me this is back to front; I personally prefer to estimate theta and remember a small table of sines to estimate P. The method works for any position of the cue and object balls, just rotate everything. I hope this helps your aiming! Exercise: Let G be the centre of the ghost ball. Show that the perpendicular distance from G to V is 2P.
I haven't been on a snooker table in 10 to 12 years and I still I've been watching his videos for 2 years now. I like it when he tries to duplicate shots. Igor, Toronto , Canada.
This reminds me a lot of Shane Van Boening's aiming method! He explains it in a pretty similar way, and I've been using it ever since. Works like a charm!
I watch most of his videos and I am Bancroft Ontario. We have a snooker League here with about 15 members in our little village. We have fun. We try hard and we're getting okay. Thanks for the videos
I'm a pool player living in NYC, but your videos have been some of the most helpful for my game. I've seen this method explained before, but I could never get my head around it. The ghost ball method works much better for me. Thanks for all the videos!
I’ve just found this, because I googled how to que straight, I retired from playing snooker in a local team after breaking my wrist, that was around 10 years ago, since then I’ve been unable to que straight, but watching the snooker on tv I have found myself wanting to play again. I watched the video on queing video and now I am watching as many as i can, thank you for your explanations, they’re really useful, I am looking forward to getting back to playing asap Steve Leeds Yorkshire, England :)
Snooker player from Australia. Well thought through and explained. Have been struggling with some angles so now know how to approach the problem. Thank you.
Very useful video. I'm in the south of England (just north of Portsmouth at Waterlooville in Hampshire) and I'm in the middle of having an extension put onto my home so I can set up a full size snooker table (that I was given for free), and once I get that up and running I'll be watching your videos and practicing my snooker. One day I hope to be as good as you.
I’m really happy to see this… I am just picking pool up again and I used to very instinctively aim using this system. It’s just what made sense to me, but I didn’t really study the game much back then. I’m picking it up again and am using the ghost ball method based on recommendations from pros. But I’m finding I’m having trouble with it! I liked having the reference point being easy to see if I tried to the divide the object ball and the space beside it up into segments. So I’m really glad to see this an accepted aiming technique and not just a bad habit I gained when I first started playing. I can see the usefulness of the ghost ball for some cases, like really thin cuts. But I’m gonna give this a try again to see if I still like it better than the ghost ball method.
When I was into snooker I had to draw up the angles in AutoCAD because I couldn't get to grips with some angles. I worked out that a 3/4 ball was 15 degrees, 1/2 was 30 degrees and 1/4 ball was 46 degrees. However this doesnt cover all the angles, so if the angles between 15 and 30 degrees you just go with a half ball say and then add a bit on for instance. It worked well for me anyway.
Angles is my nemesis. I have had lessons and cue straight, but miss a lot at the minute as the angles are just gone in my mind. I have started more focused angles practice, but I am going to also try this slicing technique.
3 tips for me - Master straight cuing (stroke) - Fix your eye alignment - place an object ball that aims directly to the pocket just like a ghost ball before every shot just so u familiarize the aiming point or "angle"
My concentration level starts declining after 3 or 4 frames in competitions. It is due to repetition/ monotonous nature of snooker I guess? Can you make a video on how to tackle this problem? Your videos are easily relatable to problems I go through on the table, thank you. Love from Canberra, Australia.
There are many possible reasons. It could for example also be your nutrition before and during a competition. In snooker you have to stay focused for a long time so you have to eat/drink stuff that gives you energy for a long time. Those things are often overlooked and can make a big difference.
I played my dad in a first to 13 frames and went down about 7-1 because he'd played and almost beat a pool international before (at pool) and I hadn't played in real life before and in the end I came back to win 13-12. Theo, Hitchin, England
I;ve watched your videos a few times and you are so good at snooker, all the challenges you've completed and you're so confident playing. So do a get maximums regularly and what sort of matches/tournaments do you take part in?
Thanks I needed this information so I can tell myself I'm doing it right the whole time and not to care about what others say again thank you very much
I don't play snooker, but I find your videos tremendously helpful - beyond the rest... you could probably do videos on anything. Cheers Mate lol --- Nate from Toledo, Ohio
And I thought this was my little secret lol. I adopted this method a few years ago as a way to fine tune the ghost ball and imaginary path/line sighting methods. Now I don't miss pots by much. Great explanation as always. Love your vids 👍🏼
Mate I love your channel, been watching for a couple of years now. You’re one of the good guys for sure. I have an idea for a short video for you. I noticed that I haven’t seen you recreate many shots bridging over balls, I might be wrong pal? I wondered if you could put a fake nail on your finger and see what affect that would have help of hinder. Sorry for long txt, much respect Diff, Wales 🏴
on any shot, mentally place a ball in front of the object ball so that it creates a perfect plant to the place you want the object ball to go- not always a pocket, think of playing snookers. then, you know that the cue ball must strike the object ball at the point where the first ball in your imaginary plant was to achieve the desired outcome. this is helpful with blind pocket shots. you can focus all your efforts on recreating the plant and ignore the pocket altogether.
This method is so close to a method I teach, I call the eclipse method. The eclipse method gets you lined up directly with the center of the ghost ball. 1. Find the spot on the object ball that needs to be struck to pocket the ball. 2. Find the same spot on the opposite side of the cue ball. 3. Line the cue up straight so as to connect the two points. 4. Parallel shift the cue to the center of the cue ball. 5. Pull the trigger.
You could just try lining the Qball up with the object ball on the slice to the pocket instead of half slicing it in a different direction then you wouldn't you have to figure it out. I use this exact method on snicker tables. It enables me to do a 90ﾟ cut the length of the table off one people off 1 rail back to the corner pocket.
I like how you put 2022 in the title, because snooker aiming techniques change each year.
Only for this guy 😂😆
2021 method is out of date, doesn’t work anymore.
They released a new patch on Jan 1st
@@101RadioheadCovers do I need to update in order for this to work? Im still on the old update
@@michaelcolbourn6719 But did you remember to turn your cue ON ??? Reboot at end of each frame ensures your cache is kept clean - nothing worse than a dirty dirty cache :)
Thanks for your video. There is a simple, non-empirical method using elementary trigonometry i.e. no advanced mathematics.
Suppose that the cue ball is due south of the object ball and the pocket is in a northeasterly direction. Draw a vertical line V between the centres of the cue and object balls and a line P from the centre of the object ball to the centre of the pocket . Let theta be the angle between L and P. (So if the pocket is directly north east then theta = 45 degrees.)
Let C be the point of contact of the ghost ball and the object ball. Then the 'amount of slice' (from the CENTRE of the object ball) is exactly the perpendicular distance D from C to V. And D = sin theta since sin theta = opposite /hypotenuse = opposite/ radius = opposite = 'amount of slice from the centre of the object ball.
For example, is P is north east, then 'amount of slice' = D = sin 45 degrees = 0.7 (to two decimal places). LIkewise if we estimate theta to be 30 degrees, then D = amount of slice =0.5.
The details are the same if the picture is rotated: we still get D = sin theta.
So correct aiming amounts to 1) estimating theta and 2) knowing sin theta to two decimal places). Here is a table using increments of 15 degrees, (but you can extend this to 10 or 5 degrees if you want to)
(0,0), (15, 0.26), (30, 0.5), (45, 0.7), (60, 0.87) etc. So (0,0) means if the pocket is due north, the amount of slice is 0 and if (45, 0.7) means to for a NE direction, you want a slice of 0.7.
If you want to work in quarters, eighths or sixteenths etc. you can use the arcsin (i.e. inverse sin tables, available in google) to find out what the corresponding theta is, but to me this is back to front; I personally prefer to estimate theta and remember a small table of sines to estimate P.
The method works for any position of the cue and object balls, just rotate everything.
I hope this helps your aiming!
Exercise: Let G be the centre of the ghost ball. Show that the perpendicular distance from G to V is 2P.
I haven't been on a snooker table in 10 to 12 years and I still I've been watching his videos for 2 years now. I like it when he tries to duplicate shots. Igor, Toronto , Canada.
Hey, I'm also from Toronto. I haven't played in a long time as well. Would you like to play?
This reminds me a lot of Shane Van Boening's aiming method! He explains it in a pretty similar way, and I've been using it ever since. Works like a charm!
I watch most of his videos and I am Bancroft Ontario. We have a snooker League here with about 15 members in our little village. We have fun. We try hard and we're getting okay. Thanks for the videos
I'm a pool player living in NYC, but your videos have been some of the most helpful for my game. I've seen this method explained before, but I could never get my head around it. The ghost ball method works much better for me. Thanks for all the videos!
Yup, I watched the video 1.5 times and didn’t understand the method.
Watching you from Islamabad, Pakistan 🇵🇰
I’ve just found this, because I googled how to que straight, I retired from playing snooker in a local team after breaking my wrist, that was around 10 years ago, since then I’ve been unable to que straight, but watching the snooker on tv I have found myself wanting to play again.
I watched the video on queing video and now I am watching as many as i can, thank you for your explanations, they’re really useful, I am looking forward to getting back to playing asap
Steve Leeds Yorkshire, England :)
Snooker player from Australia. Well thought through and explained. Have been struggling with some angles so now know how to approach the problem. Thank you.
Watched this video twice now and I still can’t seem to get it in my head
Very useful video.
I'm in the south of England (just north of Portsmouth at Waterlooville in Hampshire) and I'm in the middle of having an extension put onto my home so I can set up a full size snooker table (that I was given for free), and once I get that up and running I'll be watching your videos and practicing my snooker.
One day I hope to be as good as you.
I’m really happy to see this… I am just picking pool up again and I used to very instinctively aim using this system. It’s just what made sense to me, but I didn’t really study the game much back then. I’m picking it up again and am using the ghost ball method based on recommendations from pros. But I’m finding I’m having trouble with it! I liked having the reference point being easy to see if I tried to the divide the object ball and the space beside it up into segments. So I’m really glad to see this an accepted aiming technique and not just a bad habit I gained when I first started playing. I can see the usefulness of the ghost ball for some cases, like really thin cuts. But I’m gonna give this a try again to see if I still like it better than the ghost ball method.
When I was into snooker I had to draw up the angles in AutoCAD because I couldn't get to grips with some angles. I worked out that a 3/4 ball was 15 degrees, 1/2 was 30 degrees and 1/4 ball was 46 degrees. However this doesnt cover all the angles, so if the angles between 15 and 30 degrees you just go with a half ball say and then add a bit on for instance. It worked well for me anyway.
Angles is my nemesis. I have had lessons and cue straight, but miss a lot at the minute as the angles are just gone in my mind. I have started more focused angles practice, but I am going to also try this slicing technique.
I like your videos, greetings from Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Look forward to these every week. Hello from Kettering, UK
Hi from South Africa :D love the videos! taught me a lot!!
Lekker boys!
His videos are so good and informative.
Wish we had proper places to play cheaply over here.
@@Ho3n3r loads of places in Pretoria
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Greetings from Dillingham, Alaska!
Recently found your channel and loving your videos!
Wow what a great video. This actually improved my game.
3 tips for me
- Master straight cuing (stroke)
- Fix your eye alignment
- place an object ball that aims directly to the pocket just like a ghost ball before every shot just so u familiarize the aiming point or "angle"
My concentration level starts declining after 3 or 4 frames in competitions. It is due to repetition/ monotonous nature of snooker I guess? Can you make a video on how to tackle this problem? Your videos are easily relatable to problems I go through on the table, thank you. Love from Canberra, Australia.
There are many possible reasons. It could for example also be your nutrition before and during a competition.
In snooker you have to stay focused for a long time so you have to eat/drink stuff that gives you energy for a long time. Those things are often overlooked and can make a big difference.
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Thanks for giving away my secrets! Been using this technique for 30 years :)
Most tense episode ever! I was so worried that you might leave a big red stain on the baize. I kept saying to myself “That’ll never come out!”.
Worthy to listen and learn and improve where we can
I played my dad in a first to 13 frames and went down about 7-1 because he'd played and almost beat a pool international before (at pool) and I hadn't played in real life before and in the end I came back to win 13-12. Theo, Hitchin, England
Love your easy to understand methods.
Amazing aiming system. First time getting century using this system in 1 month
Random and unexpected of my recommendations, but since the video is very good and I learned something cool, I slap the like
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Since I have been watching you video it has help with my game. Thanks
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Keep up the good work .
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I love your videos! very well made and i have learned plenty!
From Geelong, Victoria Australia!
I;ve watched your videos a few times and you are so good at snooker, all the challenges you've completed and you're so confident playing. So do a get maximums regularly and what sort of matches/tournaments do you take part in?
Loving the tips. Love from Erbil, Iraq.
Definitely the best snooker learning channel. Keep it up!
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Thanks I needed this information so I can tell myself I'm doing it right the whole time and not to care about what others say again thank you very much
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bene watching for a while now, learnt a lot and was able to beat my dad in a game! So thank you. Nadeem from beirut, Lebanon
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As usual, so helpful your videos are. Thank you!
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Great videos. I'm a pool player but this has really helped. Thanks
Great to hear!
I don't play snooker, but I find your videos tremendously helpful - beyond the rest... you could probably do videos on anything. Cheers Mate lol --- Nate from Toledo, Ohio
great teaching video, Hello from Hong Kong
your videos are so helpful. honestly love them.. hope I get on the map!! I'm from Eldoret, Kenya!
And I thought this was my little secret lol. I adopted this method a few years ago as a way to fine tune the ghost ball and imaginary path/line sighting methods. Now I don't miss pots by much. Great explanation as always. Love your vids 👍🏼
I think I liked your idea of aiming with the side of the cue ball after the cut angle gets to great for center cue ball aiming.
Nice way of demonstration, i like it from KPK Pakistan
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I have been using this an I have won 2 pool tournament's and placed 2nd an 4th 3 times it works great an you are not guessing
I learned a lot from u my game improved thanks and love from Bhopal India
We play snooker every Friday. Just missed this advice
Mate I love your channel, been watching for a couple of years now. You’re one of the good guys for sure. I have an idea for a short video for you. I noticed that I haven’t seen you recreate many shots bridging over balls, I might be wrong pal? I wondered if you could put a fake nail on your finger and see what affect that would have help of hinder. Sorry for long txt, much respect Diff, Wales 🏴
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somehow this is a video even though everybody that's ever played fully understands this naturally...
uncanny.
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Wonderful video as always i really appreciate your time
on any shot, mentally place a ball in front of the object ball so that it creates a perfect plant to the place you want the object ball to go- not always a pocket, think of playing snookers. then, you know that the cue ball must strike the object ball at the point where the first ball in your imaginary plant was to achieve the desired outcome. this is helpful with blind pocket shots. you can focus all your efforts on recreating the plant and ignore the pocket altogether.
Very Helpful, greetings from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Just subscribed to your channel
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You are just wonderful. My elbow tends to come inside just before i shoot and miss the pot. What do you think is the reason please.
If coming too much inside your playing across the cue ball and using unintentional side
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Advanced maths = basic arithmetic, but know what he means. Great video as always.
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This method is so close to a method I teach, I call the eclipse method. The eclipse method gets you lined up directly with the center of the ghost ball.
1. Find the spot on the object ball that needs to be struck to pocket the ball.
2. Find the same spot on the opposite side of the cue ball.
3. Line the cue up straight so as to connect the two points.
4. Parallel shift the cue to the center of the cue ball.
5. Pull the trigger.
I understand points 1-3. What is point 4? What do you meam by that?
@@HDsharp , how about shoot the shot.
@@SomeGuy-tz8dz never mind, i got the ideal now,:)
Well it's too difficult to judge exactly where the point would be on the cue ball
Ye mirror the contact point. I don't really know how to do that either tho.
You could just try lining the Qball up with the object ball on the slice to the pocket instead of half slicing it in a different direction then you wouldn't you have to figure it out. I use this exact method on snicker tables. It enables me to do a 90ﾟ cut the length of the table off one people off 1 rail back to the corner pocket.
Good Thak you
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I didn’t search for this, but not complaining.