eyes on object ball

[Terry Davidson]

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[Terry Davidson]

MartinB:

Yes. Nic Barrow and myself explain it that way

Terry

[Terry Davidson]

DannyC:

Thanks for the kind offer. I will PM you

Terry

[MartinB]

Terry, thanks a lot, that's really helpful (your tips are always great).

[Terry Davidson]

OK, I have contacted DannyC and I'm seriously thinking about starting a website with tips and videos somewhere around the start of the new year.

I am thinking on charging a small nominal annual fee (maybe 20GBP) to cover my costs basically, although it would likely be free for the first part with just the basics and then a fee and password for the more advanced stuff. I've always thought the 20GBP per month some of the sites charge is way too much for the average player and let's face it, they make up the bulk of the numbers.

I haven't thought about it too much yet, but my camera does audio too so I can set up short videos with commentary along with written tips which would be a summary of what's on here along with some more detailed explanations, which with an explanatory video should be (hopefully) easy to follow and duplicate for the average player.

Terry

[MartinB]

To come back to the original topic: I just tried what I wrote above - both hands on the cue on going down and focussing on the object ball. It was a totally different feeling, like getting a boost of confidence. So thanks for this helpful thread (and if you create your website, please make it available to people not in the UK...)

[Sidd]

MartinB: yes indeed this is the correct way and you know in snooker some things come to players naturally and so they never put heed to it like the grip for instance it is ok for some players to have a natural perfect grip but for others it might be a nightmare. Ask Terry he will tell you that it took almost 8 months for me to have a nice relax grip since he has been working with me over that If you see nic's dartfish video about walking in to the shot he preaches forming the grip and bridge hand contact before even you start walking in to the shot and once you start walking and moving the grip/bridge hands they come on the line of aim even before getting down. This also helps in forgetting about the cue and cue ball and you can have your eyes fixed on the potting spot on object ball while getting down.

Now i will revert from the topic Martin, sorry for that but need ot tell this to Terry, as he has disabled PM and i tried it yesterday.

Terry: Stop thinking about it sir and take action; its about time. These days its hard to operate without without a website and without the social media support. You will be surprised that if you have a small subscription fee but you base your coaching online how many people will join in and hence pay you well for your time and effort. You are right there, you can have the basic stuff free and advanced with password and fee. Then also you can use online skype based coaching with trainees the world over. Secondly you can have a facebook page for your site and we can share that with others we know on facebook and the snooker related facebook pages. this will help you improve on client base ... carry on and come up with your professional coaching website ASAP...!!!

[MartinB]

Thanks for that video tip - do you have a direct link to it (googling for it gives me a bunch of videos, it seems)?
I was just totally astonished yesterday by how much something so simple can have so deep implications; I never would have thought that not having the eyes on the object ball could be caused by a wrong method of putting the cue on the bridge. Crazy game, this...

[nrage]

Thanks for that video tip - do you have a direct link to it (googling for it gives me a bunch of videos, it seems)?

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...-Shot-Approach

[Terry Davidson]

Sidd and everyone:

I don't have my PM turned off. I just received on this morning so I'm pretty sure it's working.

The website will be available to anyone (although I haven't sorted out whether it will be totally or partially free as I will have some costs to recover).

Time is my biggest enemy as I find at my age I need to practice at least 2-3 hours a day plus I also have a home to run but luckily don't have a full-time job

Terry

[DG GIBERT]

well done you lot

we were getting free advice now we go to pay for it !

for petes sake

[Terry Davidson]

DG:

I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet. I would keep posting advice here for free anyway but it's a little tough to make videos and post them here, especially since I'm by myself every day. Also, I'd like to get some videos up somewhere as although it's not as effective and one-to-one at least I can put up a visual example, with narrative, of what I'm trying to get across.

I think maybe the best approach for a website is to put up a summary of what point I'm trying to make and then have a paid for section where the player can see a training video and get a very detailed explanation. The free part would go over every aspect of the basic set-up and technique, through to backswing and delivery and then I would get down a couple of levels into the real nitty-gritty in the subscription section.

So for those players who have what they feel is a serious problem in one aspect, like say the grip, I would get into some detailed stuff in the video section. One good example is there are a lot of people who don't understand what the wrist cock is and why it's recommended. I could explain that very clearly using video but it's hard in this format. Also, I've never seen a training video explaining the wrist cock but the coach in the video will always have one but I guess feels it's not important enough to highlight and yet to me it's pretty important.

Terry

[DG GIBERT]

Thank Terry your help and advice is much appreciated.

My concern was for the poorer members of this forum ( me being one of them) g

[Sidd]

Thank Terry your help and advice is much appreciated.

My concern was for the poorer members of this forum ( me being one of them) g

Me included

[jimhassel]

Yes that is right, you need to imagine a correct path between cue ball and object ball while aiming so that object ball should go in correct destination. It needs regular practice on aiming to improve your game.