In desperate need of help

[callum from hallam]

I was watching the Shaun Murphy vs John Higgins match at the masters (on tv) in the interval Steve Davis came on described Shaun Murphy's cue action as one of the best ever. 3-4 feathers a steady (controlled) pull back. So I went down to the snooker club that day because around October last year I forgot my cue action I looked back at the videos I'd recorded but I couldn't put it back into my game. So since then I've been experimenting with different cue actions so now I'm sticking with this one because me and Murphy are alike in games. The things I need help on is
Break building
Consistency
Things like that which I carn't remember (bad memory) I'll let you know.

[callum from hallam]

Shot selection is another thing as well

[hotpot]

I think shot selection is hard to teach someone , the only thing i can advise is to play for areas that give you most options rather than playing for precise position on one ball only .

[RGCirencester]

The best way to learn break building and shot selection is to play people better than yourself.
Watching the pros play and taking note of what they do helps too.

[callum from hallam]

Ok thanks hotpot and RGCirencester I'll try and implement that

[nrage]

What you can do when you're stuck at home and have some time to spare is to watch a break (century or more) on youtube, and pause it after each shot (all the balls come to rest), then decide what shot you would play. Either think where you'd pot what ball and where you'd put the white, then decide what kind of power, height (screw/top) and if you would use any side on the white. The unpause and see what the pro did. Pause again and compare their shot to yours, was the shot they decided to play easier, or harder than yours and so on, basically try to understand why they played the shot they did.