Neil Robertson coach?

[aussie147]

Quite a while back i remember reading an article about Neil Robertson before he turned proffessional when he was younger. The coach helped him to look at the object ball not the cue ball when taking a shot. Does anyone happen to know who this coach is in Australia?

[BoBnoGG!n]

i think that would be Bruce Mcphee. one of australias old timers, but still an excellent coach. He once told me specifically the biggest problem people have when missing a shot is taking the focus off the object ball. He said he taught the robertson brothers a thing or 2 back in the day, and also coached andrew hicks.

ive also heard that brett rogers is a pretty good coach, and may hav something to do with neils past. but thats just word of mouth. not too sure. -_-

[miscuehamburg]

Joe Minici perhaps?!

[KID A]

i find its easy to pot like that, but harder to know exactly where im hitting the cue ball and therefore getting required spin

[jaybee136]

If you are cueing accurately KID A once you have feathered a couple of times you should be hitting the cue ball exactly where you want and can transfer your intentions to the object ball, if you are not lined up properly get up and start again. (not as easy as it sounds)

[aussie147]

thanks for the info BoB, do he still do any coaching ?

[BoBnoGG!n]

Yeh i believe he does still do coaching.
umm you can get into contact with him at http://www.legendsentertainmentcentre.com/Billiards Snooker Bar Legends Melbourne-Coaching.htm

[aussie147]

thanks again!

[beepee]

that would be Brett Rogers!

[Camio]

Quite a while back i remember reading an article about Neil Robertson before he turned proffessional when he was younger. The coach helped him to look at the object ball not the cue ball when taking a shot. Does anyone happen to know who this coach is in Australia?

To be honest, thats pretty standard. I'm kinda shocked he mentionned that.

Hopefully it was when he began playing or soon after O.o

[BoBnoGG!n]

brett rogers :P funny bloke!

[Terry Davidson]

Surprisingly, a lot of players look at the cueball when they deliver the cue, insisting that if they don't move at all then the aiming line of the cue should remain where it was during feathering.

There is a very good player here in the Toronto area who insists that is the way to go and also I've heard Peter Ebdon does that too, but can't confirm that until I check some video out.

There are about 3 or 4 eye rhythm techniques the various pros use, any one of which is fine but none of them include looking at the cueball at time of striking it. They are:
1. When feathering, eyes go between OB and CB, at front pause eyes are on cueball and move to the object ball at the start of the backswing.
2. Same as above but eyes go to OB at rear pause.
3. Just before striking the cueball, eyes flick to CB for one last check and then go to OB at strike. (I have a very hard time showing this one and can't pot a ball with it).
4. The one I have to use is after feathering at front pause eyes to OB and stay there until end of delivery. (I think this might be due to age as my eyes seem to require more time these days to focus on the OB so my front pause is a little longer than most)

I believe the most common among the top pros is the eyes move to the OB just before or during the rear pause.

The reason I use my method is I don't really have a rear pause, or at least a very short one at 100 milliseconds or so since the cue has to stop to change direction. A slow, slow backswing will help those without a good rear pause however I do not recommend keeping the eyes on the CB at delivery of the cue.

Terry

[b147r]

Quite a while back i remember reading an article about Neil Robertson before he turned proffessional when he was younger. The coach helped him to look at the object ball not the cue ball when taking a shot. Does anyone happen to know who this coach is in Australia?

yes i agree it should be standard but i can assuire u it generally isnt or isnt exercised properly .brett rogers is my name and i was the coach neil was refering 2 nice 2 meet yous

[stjimmy18-1991]

yes i agree it should be standard but i can assuire u it generally isnt or isnt exercised properly .brett rogers is my name and i was the coach neil was refering 2 nice 2 meet yous

did you have any hand in helping him develop his amazing cue power?

[b147r]

To be honest, thats pretty standard. I'm kinda shocked he mentionned that.

Hopefully it was when he began playing or soon after O.o

yes i agree it should be standard but it more cases than not it isnt or isnt excersiused properly .brett rogers is my name and i am the coach neil was refering 2 nice 2 meet yous