video of my practice routine

[rightoncue89]

I have never filmed myself before and at the end of my practice session today i thought id just set my phone up quickly just out of curiousity.

I have seen something i am not happy with and will be working on tomorrow and will continue to film every now and then to check if i am actually making the changes.

I was racing against the lights in this clip as you see at the end when the light goes out lol

And i miscue at the end but it was also a horrible stroke (im putting it down to racing against the lights haha)

So yeah...if anybody has any constructive critisism or advice then please feel free to let me know.

The link is;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn-FwgBLMLU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[rightoncue89]

video of my practice routine

oh and i forgot to say about the routine, i am doing what i call a celtic cross line up, it is just 4 reds between black and pink, 2 either side of the pink and one above the pink.

To me it looks kind of like a celtic cross lol.

when i do this my aim is to focus on pinks, practising pinks to middle pockets with blacks when i need them.

I do this routine for anywhere between 30 mins and 1 hour, and i generally clear them up 7/10 times.

This effort i do make a silly mistake with the miscue though but unfortunately i didnt think about recording until the end of my session.

I will do more recordings though soon

[Zidane_87]

Hi mate,

Nice vid, one criticism I'd say, your head and upper body move, a lot, you need to remain down on the shot as well..... But keep up the practice!

[rightoncue89]

Hi mate,

Nice vid, one criticism I'd say, your head and upper body move, a lot, you need to remain down on the shot as well..... But keep up the practice!

Thanks

Yes i did notice that myself, although i dont think i move on the stroke itself, its during the feathers where i noticed it the most and i think its is because iv tried to keep my chin on the cue more firmly but i do have a high elbow when i cue and because of that im kind of forcing my head up with the cue when i feather but then on the stroke i dont keep my chin on the cue like i do on feathers.

I think i will just forget about keeping my chin on the cue so much and see what i do naturally.
Then film a new clip and see if it reduces the head and body movement

Thanks for the reply though and it will definately be taken on board to work on it.

[j6uk]

you can pot a ball so thats the good news. but you look very high from the table so your cueing down. the main thing that strikes me is that saw like cue action, but if you got lower to the table you would not really be able do that sawing movement. this im sure will bring you on..
have you ever had one to one coaching?

[rightoncue89]

you can pot a ball so thats the good news. but you look very high from the table so your cueing down. the main thing that strikes me is that saw like cue action, but if you got lower to the table you would not really be able do that sawing movement. this im sure will bring you on..
have you ever had one to one coaching?

Thanks for the feedback.

It is something i am going to work on, im going to try stand a little further from the table to try get down lower.
Although i do think the tables in that club are lower than usual.

No i have never had any coaching, i would like to when i have the spare cash though

[j6uk]

it would be a good idea to watch and even copy some of the moves of the best players that your surrounded by in and around your area. even go out of your way to join a club which has a pro or at least a hand full of really good players, get friendly and off you go.. thats what i would do if i was starting out again

[Terry Davidson]

righton:

I think j6 has spotted what is the worst problem. The cue should be only one chalk height above the cushion and it should remain at that height during the feathers, backswing and delivery.

You have what I can a 'pump handle' technique and raising the butt of the cue on the backswing is causing your head/shoulders to rise. Immediately that happens the cue will go off-line however you might not notice this with the simple shots of this exercise into mostly open pockets as there's a lot of room for error. (How is your long potting in a regular frame? With this cue action I suspect it is not very good.)

Get the chest down almost to the table and then keep the cue on the chest so the cue stays on the same plane, which is almost level except for the height of the cushion.

Terry

[rightoncue89]

righton:

I think j6 has spotted what is the worst problem. The cue should be only one chalk height above the cushion and it should remain at that height during the feathers, backswing and delivery.

You have what I can a 'pump handle' technique and raising the butt of the cue on the backswing is causing your head/shoulders to rise. Immediately that happens the cue will go off-line however you might not notice this with the simple shots of this exercise into mostly open pockets as there's a lot of room for error. (How is your long potting in a regular frame? With this cue action I suspect it is not very good.)

Get the chest down almost to the table and then keep the cue on the chest so the cue stays on the same plane, which is almost level except for the height of the cushion.

Terry

Thanks Terry, i was hoping you might have a look and give me some pointers.

My long potting is either very good or very poor.
Each day is different.

Obviously because of the massive margin for error in my cue action.

I will try what you have said about getting my cue down and keeping my cue level and chalk height above the cushion.

Im glad i filmed this because i never knew i hadd a see saw cue action and always felt i was getting down low etc.

Its amazing how different is it in reality from what it felt like to me.

It may take abit of practice to get used to the changes but iv got 4 months until the new snooker season so thats no problem lol

Thanks

[hotpot]

I found the best way of bringing your cue level is to get youre stance down lower , to do this put your back leg further back which will get youre back more flat and your cue more level .

[pottr]

I'd cut out the left handed shots too... Get the rest out boyo

[thelongbomber]

Thanks
I think i will just forget about keeping my chin on the cue so much and see what i do naturally.

Exactly, was just going to recommend that. Cueing needs to be natural in so much as it's a natural movement, un-constructed and un-engineered. But the stance and body position CAN be engineered such that you DO get down low on the cue - even chin touching. The way to go about doing this is to work on the stance and bending at the hip, etc so that you do end up getting down. Cueing down low on the cue without losing the "natural" cue action is a feat in itself and takes many years to practice and refine.

Left hand is a no-no unless you are naturally ambidextrous. Left-hand shooting, however, can be worked on but refine your natural right hand first and bring it to a high standard before working on the left.

Keep it up

[rightoncue89]

Lol yeah i wouldnt normally play left handed shots but i was in abit of a rush before the lights went out.

I have just been down to practice and no matter what i just dont seem to be able to get down any lower, iv tried widening my stance, bending my left leg more, standing further back.

I feel like im down low but then i watch it back and its frustrating to see im still not down enough and still cueing with a saw action.

I will keep working on it though.

Iv uploaded another video which il post soon, i have got the body and head movement down abit..but not always.

still..rome wasnt built in a day

[rightoncue89]

video of my practice routine

Here is a quick video from today.
I thought i actually played a decent shot on the last pink to get position on the last red because i clipped the black when i potted the other red and the black slightly covered the red so it only went to the right corner.

but the recording cut off because of my phone memory being full :/

I know there isnt alot thats changed between the videos..but it felt like i had made changes, which is strange because it clearly wasnt enough lol

i am 99% sure that table is lower than usual though, i need to take a tape measure really but iv got a picture of my cue against it and a couple of the pockets just because iv been told they are tight, they are tighter than other tables iv played on in the league but i wouldnt say they are that tight.

maybe somebody on here will know

[bolton-cueman]

Here is a quick video from today.
I thought i actually played a decent shot on the last pink to get position on the last red because i clipped the black when i potted the other red and the black slightly covered the red so it only went to the right corner.

but the recording cut off because of my phone memory being full :/

I know there isnt alot thats changed between the videos..but it felt like i had made changes, which is strange because it clearly wasnt enough lol

i am 99% sure that table is lower than usual though, i need to take a tape measure really but iv got a picture of my cue against it and a couple of the pockets just because iv been told they are tight, they are tighter than other tables iv played on in the league but i wouldnt say they are that tight.

maybe somebody on here will know

just subscribed to your youtube channel.. interested in seeing you improve. I just wished I had the bottle to film myself practising.

Keep it up, pal!