I have been having alignment and aiming issue for years and recently I found that while standing and while my right leg is on line of aim (even if I line up with belly button/middle of body\) , so while standing I lean my head or upper body towards my right leg, I feel like I was told to bring the head on top of my right foot and hold it there and then walk in, so while doing the mini walk , putting right leg, and left leg I make sure that head stays there. However when I am down I feel like I am leaning towards my right side, and ofcourse no matter what I try I have alignment and aiming issue. ----------------------------- I also can see that while standing even before doing the mini walk my shoulders are not level and I am leaning towards right while sighting the shot, and ofcourse when I do the mini walk and get down my head stays there, but feels that I am leaning to right. However I tried to hold the my shoulder straight, but it all ends up the same. I tried pointing my nose to object ball while standing, don’t know why but I am leaning or bringing my head on top of my right feet (line of aim or behind cueball) while standing. And I am down I am not balanced and this is causing alignment and aiming problem. I changed stance to square or boxing, still same bad habbit. Please help me if you can
@@snooker-ne7lh It sounds like you are complicating it. As long as you line up the shot with your leading leg (left for a lefty) etc... then you should be pretty close to perfect. Obviously I would need to see you play to comment further.
Ferrule, weight , thickness, height and materials use ...eg, American pool cues uses light weight plastic ferrule , why? Some pro snooker players have switched to titanium due to its light weight.
Yes, the flex/action is important, it can help with off center cue striking, ash cues seem to have a better action than maple in my opinion, lots of variables are involved with how the cue will flex, like age of the wood, tip size, the tapper to the but and it's width. Personally I like a bigger tip 10.5mm as I find it more forgiving than a 9 or 9.5mm, I like the old billiard cues that were 11mm (if you can find one) sanded down to 10.5mm
Think buy a decent quality cue with good tip then just play all the time with it I play with people that have cues that are not great but they play great because there used to them
You have a good point there. Mine cost £7 off ebay and I have a ton a week usually. Would like to make more but I don't believe that this is due to the cues limitations. Just mine! 😊
@@SimonSeabridgeSnookerCoaching I think it’s more about ability and flexibility in your play that allows you to use another cue , rite now I’m looking for a one maple , reason being Iv only ever used maple and always a one piece , gna be hard to adjust but il live , finding the rite one though is a different story unless I adapt to the play of the cue and forget about how my old one used to play , it’s got to be at minimum 59 to 60 inch bog standard ebony butt and maple , the rest il just have to adapt , just don’t want to be limited in my screw power and other shots , it’s like changing your wife , sometimes it’s for the better lol !
All the snooker buffs are based miles away , I’m in London but over the years Iv been in touch with snooker buffs up n down the country but never in London !@@SimonSeabridgeSnookerCoaching
I have been having alignment and aiming issue for years and recently I found that while standing and while my right leg is on line of aim (even if I line up with belly button/middle of body\) , so while standing I lean my head or upper body towards my right leg, I feel like I was told to bring the head on top of my right foot and hold it there and then walk in, so while doing the mini walk , putting right leg, and left leg I make sure that head stays there.
However when I am down I feel like I am leaning towards my right side, and ofcourse no matter what I try I have alignment and aiming issue.
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I also can see that while standing even before doing the mini walk my shoulders are not level and I am leaning towards right while sighting the shot, and ofcourse when I do the mini walk and get down my head stays there, but feels that I am leaning to right.
However I tried to hold the my shoulder straight, but it all ends up the same.
I tried pointing my nose to object ball while standing, don’t know why but I am leaning or bringing my head on top of my right feet (line of aim or behind cueball) while standing. And I am down I am not balanced and this is causing alignment and aiming problem.
I changed stance to square or boxing, still same bad habbit.
Please help me if you can
@@snooker-ne7lh It sounds like you are complicating it. As long as you line up the shot with your leading leg (left for a lefty) etc... then you should be pretty close to perfect.
Obviously I would need to see you play to comment further.
@@snooker-ne7lh ua-cam.com/video/e8bBcPfuUTs/v-deo.html
Good information Mr Seabridge, do a video on hardness of tips and ferrules if u can.
Hi dkissoflove! With regards to what exactly?
does it affect spin/side intensity?
Ferrule, weight , thickness, height and materials use ...eg, American pool cues uses light weight plastic ferrule , why? Some pro snooker players have switched to titanium due to its light weight.
I have always gone for the medium hardness of tips. So I can't really say how others perform.
@@dkissoflove On my old cue i changed the ferrule with black fiber and the cue really become more forgiving and less deflecting.
Yes, the flex/action is important, it can help with off center cue striking, ash cues seem to have a better action than maple in my opinion, lots of variables are involved with how the cue will flex, like age of the wood, tip size, the tapper to the but and it's width. Personally I like a bigger tip 10.5mm as I find it more forgiving than a 9 or 9.5mm, I like the old billiard cues that were 11mm (if you can find one) sanded down to 10.5mm
Ferrule thickness makes a difference as well and if they are brass or titanium 👍 Thiner thickness less deflection
Think buy a decent quality cue with good tip then just play all the time with it I play with people that have cues that are not great but they play great because there used to them
My cue is definitely of the budget category. Not even straight. A good tip makes for a good experience all round I'd say.
Good curs DONT make u a better player , I had a 30 quid cue I used for years which I achieved my highest break of 110 with !
You have a good point there. Mine cost £7 off ebay and I have a ton a week usually. Would like to make more but I don't believe that this is due to the cues limitations. Just mine! 😊
@@SimonSeabridgeSnookerCoaching I think it’s more about ability and flexibility in your play that allows you to use another cue , rite now I’m looking for a one maple , reason being Iv only ever used maple and always a one piece , gna be hard to adjust but il live , finding the rite one though is a different story unless I adapt to the play of the cue and forget about how my old one used to play , it’s got to be at minimum 59 to 60 inch bog standard ebony butt and maple , the rest il just have to adapt , just don’t want to be limited in my screw power and other shots , it’s like changing your wife , sometimes it’s for the better lol !
@@SimonSeabridgeSnookerCoaching Simon where are you based ?
@@zayaanzayaan9684 I'm based in Shropshire, UK
All the snooker buffs are based miles away , I’m in London but over the years Iv been in touch with snooker buffs up n down the country but never in London !@@SimonSeabridgeSnookerCoaching