stephen hendry vids of him playing first time in australia in the 80's

[snookered122]

if u want to see the master play in australia in the 80's go to you tube and type in. winfield masters snooker stephen hendry...there he plays mike hallet and alex higgins.

[thelongbomber]

[Wayne G]

Thanks Longbomber,enjoyed those clips.

[vmax4steve]

His action was so much better then, no dropping of the shoulder. Such a devastating potter, I wonder just what goes on in either body or head that make changes like that happen. You'd think he'd be able to look at videos like that and go back to how he was.

[Particle Physics]

His action was so much better then, no dropping of the shoulder. Such a devastating potter, I wonder just what goes on in either body or head that make changes like that happen. You'd think he'd be able to look at videos like that and go back to how he was.

Only the back of his hand moves, perfect.

[narl]

Its weird looking at those vids looking at how he cued then compared to later years, he had almost no pause in the backswing then, in later years it was more pronounced and that was before he got the "yips". Similar story with o'Sullivan, he hadn't got a rear pause and then later changed his technique and now has a noticable rear pause.

[Particle Physics]

Its weird looking at those vids looking at how he cued then compared to later years, he had almost no pause in the backswing then, in later years it was more pronounced and that was before he got the "yips". Similar story with o'Sullivan, he hadn't got a rear pause and then later changed his technique and now has a noticable rear pause.

He had the sweetest of timing. Jimmy had no pause either, just a very sweet stroke, getting through the ball and making it dance with very little effort. It's interesting what you say narl, because it's all about a wee pause now, and 'striking' the ball. I just tried this set-up on the pool table, it's very sweet and very steady; very little movement apart from the cue arm and fingers. He was younger then, and could get into contortionist positions. He was so flat to the table, and head up. Unique.

[willtyson]

That 40 a the start of the first clip is unreal. He played so fluently and easily, lovely to watch! :snooker:

[robertmac]

I have always been a huge Stephen Hendry fan so I appreciate the videos
you mentioned here.

I love his offensive style of play and of course his many talents on the table.

[Guy3103]

Phenomenal just watching that 40 in the first clip... it seems he was just born to play snooker.

[cazmac1]

His elbow was dead centre back then, and on his follow through his elbow goes out the left as we look at him. Now his elbow is inside the vertical and goes in to the right as we look at him.

[scottley]

I forgot how fluent Hendry was, great clips!

[mythman69]

I forgot how fluent Hendry was, great clips!

yes! I love watching this footage . . .

[Byrom]

wow how much more fluent does he look?
Forgot he used to fly around the table like Ronnie.

Much different action back then far less considered and more free. He defiantly got though the ball better when he was younger

[david16]

Hendry played a lot better than many people say he did between 1997 and 2004.

His 1999 world title and his run to the 2002 world final (plus being just 1 frame away from an 8th world title) were brilliant. Hendry is the greatest ever (I've always said it and I've always meant it when I've said it) but by 1997 he was no longer the only outstanding player around.

Hendry always played a high risk game which payed off spectacularly, but it was always going to be impossible to maintain the same levels of success with the same high risk game throughout the whole of his career, so people's thoughts that his 1999 world title could have been the start of another 5 in a row there plus possibly doing 5 in a row again concurrently at Wembley were completely unrealistic thoughts. Nothing to do with the yips why he couldn't do 5 in a rows a second time around at both the Crucible and Wembley.