ESCAPING Snookers & Angles Masterclass w/ Alan McManus

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Жыл бұрын

Are you struggling to work out the angle in order to escape from a snooker? Well, who better than Alan "Angles" McManus to demonstrate exactly what you need to know. From using multiple cushions to making tiny side adjustments to tricking your brain into seeing the line of an angle, Alan has you covered in this in-depth masterclass in escaping snookers.
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@samsamm1402 Жыл бұрын

outrageous that he's got the line to cut it in the middle off 3 cushions after 2 attempts 😂

@flapdrol Жыл бұрын

absolutely insane to call it unmissable as well, after that 'clarification' of how he does it. makes no sense to me,

@korninsao Жыл бұрын

How did you?

@starman9921 Жыл бұрын

Need a Scottish interpreter😂😂😂

@korninsao Жыл бұрын

@@starman9921 Thank you.

@rbrb288 Жыл бұрын

No wonder he won fuck all

@scott8210 Жыл бұрын

Could listen to Alan all day, his knowledge of the game is insane 👍

@eddiebear34 11 ай бұрын

He is too clever to be able to explain it well. I might have became a worse player for trying to understand that haha

@james_e7x Жыл бұрын

That cut to the middle was actually so impressive

@reddevil1105 Жыл бұрын

Genuinely one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever watched on snooker! It’s unbelievable seeing a pros mind work out loud (if that makes sense) shows the hours a man can put into a game to have so much knowledge! Calling I’ll cut the pink in the middle” then the only reason he didn’t was pace! Unbelievable video!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@mixolydian2010 Жыл бұрын

aye just what i was thinking.

@ronnie8752 Жыл бұрын

Yes have always liked Alan. A great commentator and a far better player than his record suggests. Top man👍

@heliumtrophy Жыл бұрын

Always felt Alan's career kinda flattered to deceive. A phenomenal player in his prime but he had the misfortune of being up against it during Hendry's reign.

@Echochamber79 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I have played snooker for many many years and Alan is showing me and telling me stuff I had no idea about!! AMAZING!

@phillace Жыл бұрын

Another absolute gem of a video , Keep em coming Stephen !

@user-un4td6zk3c Жыл бұрын

brilliant.. would love to see Alan do his own channel of tips too.. what a legend

@michaelreed8206 Жыл бұрын

The way Alan looked into the air to see the shot, that’s Devine intervention right there 😂 could watch and listen to these guys all day

@PutonyourSundayBests Жыл бұрын

You see grandmaster chess players do the same thing, look away from the board and up into the air. I think at an expert level it must be more useful to imagine things in your mind's eye rather than look at the table/chess board in front of you.

@thewaspsanklessmith Жыл бұрын

I love the way McManus has his natural accent and way of speaking, rather than his TV voice. Great video and channel👍

@nobodyspecial6436 Жыл бұрын

They differ???🤔🤔🤔I genuinely don’t even notice the difference…. Ya learn something new every day

@tarastreasure Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyspecial6436 you must be a native then and you don't realise it because you understand either way? For me it's very hard to understand his "non-formal" talk. In commentary his diction is more careful, and overall less accent. Other non-native speakers feel the same, there were many funny comments about not understanding much in the first video he was on. 😃

@nobodyspecial6436 Жыл бұрын

@@tarastreasure Native what?? Scottish… nope i’m about 1200 miles west… There’s a great big ocean between me and Scotland… You would land where i’m from if you jumped in a boat and headed west…Closest point of land

@tarastreasure Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyspecial6436 Canada then? Well, maybe being immersed in English on a regular basis helps. Or some ears are just wired differently. I can tell you I easily understand American English and 'formal' British English, but I have difficulties with the more peculiar accents. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@stevenwilliams8566 Жыл бұрын

Could listen to these two talk snooker all day. Superb!

@aristospampouris147 Жыл бұрын

it's amazing cause its like a ghost ball you use for potting but instead it's getting out of snookers. very interesting stuff Alan

@benrichards399 Жыл бұрын

The snooker whisperer!!!

@RB747domme Жыл бұрын

Steve Davis used to call it 'trickonometry' (for obvious reasons), and I kind of get where he is coming from. I mean, its basic trig, with a little bit of trickery involved with 'side and slide'. I also love what Alan said about using two cushions as the parallel to find the line, and then just halve it to find the single. That's just genius.

@ALP72012 Жыл бұрын

Brillant content. Alan is the professor of safety wow fantastic. You have to do more episode with Alan. It was fascinating. Keep up good work and lookforward to next guest. Wish you could release more videos. I find myself waiting to long which show how great your channel is. 🔥👏🏽👍🏽

@Jimmy-2-Times Жыл бұрын

That was some century break against Cahill.. Including 2 doubles 😮 was really rooting for Stephen to get to the Crucible again.. Maybe a road to the Crucible series on the channel next year 🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶👍☘️

@Michael-xz8hb Жыл бұрын

Alan is great to listen to, he knows his stuff for sure, great commentator as well, top man..

@Czechbound Жыл бұрын

What a great natural teacher !

@andrewdawson8684 9 ай бұрын

"I want to meet it at the end of the banana" - things I did not expect to hear today haha

@theknowledgewithin6514 Жыл бұрын

such a great method of making shots more simple

@siz2271 Жыл бұрын

Best instructional snooker video I have ever seen. Thanks guys!

@raysparks3161 Жыл бұрын

I love Alan, he's been and remains, like yourself, a great ambassador of the game.

@iboyd2824 Жыл бұрын

This is the kind of insight that this channel provides in abundance. It's absolutely fantastic, and I wish that this kind of thing existed when I was 30-ish years younger! I hope that lots of aspiring young players are watching, enjoying and subscribing to this channel... I'm hooked.

@safescubadivingwithanis Жыл бұрын

Very interesting approach...will try that myself

@relaxg1727 Жыл бұрын

That was Great! what a lovely human as well Alan!

@donaldstott243 Жыл бұрын

Added bonus with that last tip. Love that idea!

@alexpaic2984 Жыл бұрын

I know Alan didn’t win 94 titles like most greats have but the amount of snooker knowledge in this man’s head shits on everyone’s out there. His snooker knowledge is better than all the pro players out there put together. The man is a legend and I love watching him teach or commentating.

@steve-marsh Жыл бұрын

That's crazy accuracy! Wow!

@johnsrabe Жыл бұрын

Utterly incomprehensible but delicious. Thanks!

@monstieb2122 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant ,im glad im Scottish watching that one

@rusty633 Жыл бұрын

What a gent , two great players

@JC0023 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome Stephen loved it thankyou! I've loved your tips soonmuch. Be great if you could keep picking brains of other pros, on their practice routines...technique mental approach any and all of it!! Amazing snooker channel you've invented...your total pro n natural at it. No way a big channel with producers etc would have created such a great channel! Thankyou! You already added another 8k to the 100,000 you only just reached! Love it keep up good work. Also we'll done on Ur century break in cruicle qualifier. You can still produce it beautifulky

@Juventinos Жыл бұрын

this is fascinating. unreal, these videos are unbelievable, the first hand knowledge

@79BlackRose Жыл бұрын

Alan McManus - top banana! 🍌

@Host4l Жыл бұрын

Great lads Alan & Stephen

@battlefieldclips7013 Жыл бұрын

This is pure GOLD

@yorkiemike Жыл бұрын

Best channel on KZfaq by far! Keep it up :)

@HanstheTraffer Жыл бұрын

Wow, THAT is impressive!

@exsappermadman25055 Жыл бұрын

Obviously Steven's fav subject, getting out of snookers and grinding it out!....

@markrichardson6402 Жыл бұрын

Alan's the man.

@Hymerati Жыл бұрын

Hahah, what a video this is Stephen with Angles Macca, he's a diamond character, really enjoying these mate ;)

@danzai666 Жыл бұрын

Epic video. 💯⭐

@kyle_14808 10 ай бұрын

the last tip is really helpful

@drylunch6400 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@mehmetsevim3657 10 ай бұрын

That thing he said about escaping snookers, and deliberately aiming off, then adjusting as you guage it in your mind... i used to do that too and it really is the best way to do it. Escaping snookers is all about feel more than anything else. You already have a natural sense of the line, the rest is all in your head. Listen, I'm no pro, and couldnt hold a candle to these guys, but did play in a league in Basildon years ago and regulary made 40s and 50s. And being able to escape snookers was definitely the strongest aspect of my game.

@MalcolmMXTaylor Жыл бұрын

Another great video from the old pro's!!! Both still got it!!

@unclejam2188 Жыл бұрын

Bloody Fascinating! Love angles, he should start his own little tips and tricks channel, could listen to him for hours. Excellent on commentary as well.

@andybaxta Жыл бұрын

This is how they should be filling the mid session intervals on televised snooker. Could watch all day. Always new McManus was great with getting around the table, but here the process and thinking is explained. Love it

@badarmunir8395 Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👌 video

@declanmulraney1363 Жыл бұрын

Superb 👍👍

@hingcheung Жыл бұрын

Fascinating to see how the thought process behind a shot works for professionals! Very useful!

@mell3109 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Just shows how everybody has some secret sauce! I got the feeling that Stephen was looking at that and thinking Ahh…that’s how you do it….which is nuts!

@jonhyland5136 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic insight into a horrendously difficult sport, 38 highest brake for me 👴🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿…love to all 😘

@markheitz7963 Жыл бұрын

Stephen out of the all the coaches u've had & now stay clear from Alan's got to be one guy that really could help u get bk we'd all love to see u Bk

@dogstar167 Жыл бұрын

very interesting tips

@Lionfire1 Жыл бұрын

This is hi tech stuff. Im not going to lie and say I understood it all but very interesting. Alan the man, the myth the legend!

@michaelchung9987 Жыл бұрын

Great tips, very very useful!

@blex5579 Жыл бұрын

hang in there Stephen! from germany

@FanVarious Жыл бұрын

6:29 "Aye!"

@davidgibson4186 Жыл бұрын

And 6:51 😂

@FanVarious Жыл бұрын

@@davidgibson4186 😂

@markebuoy Жыл бұрын

More Alan please. That was fascinating

@MattSwain1 Жыл бұрын

It’s just a whole a different way of thinking about snookers 🤯 I don’t play any more but when I did it was always about how few cushions you could use to get out of a snooker - clearly one of the many reasons I was terrible at it!!!

@timallsopp8656 Жыл бұрын

another brilliant vid! Many thanks

@flucazade Жыл бұрын

"I want to meet the red at the end of the banana" is a sentence that was produced in this video

@jamesbyrne9312 Жыл бұрын

Remember to let it jag that way

@GTiR23 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to be world champ next year after this. Never picked up a cue in my life.

@flucazade Жыл бұрын

@@GTiR23 I was recently banned from my local club after lying several bananas on the table, they dragged me out as I screamed "but Angles said"

@jasonlaverty6074 Жыл бұрын

Just watched your 102 break from today , fantastic mate 👏👏👏

@waynewhitebeam1144 Жыл бұрын

There was something about Alan McManus that I always wanted him to win, unless he was playing a Welshman of course. Another great episode Stephen, and thanks for the absorbing content Alan, Top bloke..👍👍👍

@parhamsojdeh6856 Жыл бұрын

hard to understand words but actions helps thank you mr.macmanus

@paultwiss199 Жыл бұрын

He was a great player.Watching this he had an inbuilt genius for the game.

@gbizeau Жыл бұрын

I would love to have a day at the table with either of these gentlemen.

@thatpeterboy Жыл бұрын

Incredible…very interesting, thanks Alan!

@GWizz1994 Жыл бұрын

Alan seems such a sound guy.. would love a frame with him!

@chrisodonnell1143 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@IVawaf Жыл бұрын

Would love to hear what break from life thins about these tips and if its gonna work for his game.

@alastairmackay4861 Жыл бұрын

Hendo, come on pal, I grew up, along with many my age in Scotland, watching you mercilessly wipe the floor with anyone you played. It was amazing to see a fellow Scotsman be the greatest in the world at something, Not just the greatest in that period but of ALL TIME! I didn't think you would ever be beaten. Flash forward to now and you seem to talk about yourself like you can hardly hit a ball!! PLEASE Stephen, get back to basics, get the practice in, shift a couple of pounds, get your head focused and go and win another title!!😄

@mikewallace5891 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this - Brilliant how he works things out! - The best of the pundits to my mind and how he thinks about the game 👏👏

@billfisher7644 Жыл бұрын

Way too complicated for a beginner like me to understand. All I know is that a plain ball will come off the cushion at the same angle it hit it. But cannot fail to be impressed with the skill of Angles Alan.

@iainamurray Жыл бұрын

The problem is, no it doesn't! Depending on how hard you hit it and how much side, it normally straightens up when it hits the cush.

@toziassmitt Жыл бұрын

@@iainamurray he said plain ball, that means no side. A plain ball hit at a reasonable pace (ie not ludicrously slow or ludicrously fast) will come off at the same angle it hits

@nobodyspecial6436 Жыл бұрын

@@toziassmitt the fact that by his own admission he was a beginner the chances of him hitting center ball are pretty slim.. Beginners always tend to impart unwanted side

@yorkiemike Жыл бұрын

@@toziassmitt Aye but in the video he also said that plain ball in a club table will often square up, whilst on a tournament standard table the cushions will slide, and widen the angle.

@amu7499 Жыл бұрын

Alan McManus is one of my fav Welsh players ever. No doubt

@brianswift2706 Жыл бұрын

Erm.. Welsh?

@amu7499 Жыл бұрын

@@brianswift2706Just trolling and being sarky. He has the most Scottish and accent I've heard. great player of the game

@justynbarnes7895 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you. Like Steve Davis, Angles has a snooker brain the size of planet. (One little criticism - when Alan was trying to show the 'banana', the camera angle needed to be from behind the top cushion/left-hand corner pocket - you couldn't see it from the side view)

@first-class-gardens Жыл бұрын

I am OK with one cushion escapes but I have trouble visualising 2 or 3 cushion escapes. Any tips?

@dsmash447 Жыл бұрын

Good to see how to escape; could you please also do how to CREATE snookers?

@grayo007 Жыл бұрын

What the fack are they talking about 😂 Bananas , hit the end of the Banana 😂 Hendrys nodding and saying yea yeah yeah , I bet he hasn't even a clue himself 😂

@ezza-and-friends Жыл бұрын

Alans got real passion for the game

@samcox8182 Жыл бұрын

No idea what he was talking about the entire video but still enjoyed it

@M.J.I Жыл бұрын

Talk about a snooker brain!

@johnmehaffey9953 Жыл бұрын

Wish this was on when I was playing amateur (poorly) many years ago it’s really opened my mind and eyes as to how the pros approach the game, top notch Alan and Stephen

@Joe-ou3rr Жыл бұрын

No one: McManus: AYYYEEEEE

@dlo6668 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant Angles!!!! thank you Stephen 'my hero' and hope there is a longer cut of this video with more advices from unselfish pro like Alan.

@paulc8821 Жыл бұрын

Think we need Alan part 2

@benj2101 Жыл бұрын

Impressive. Imagining a red further along the line is something I reckon will help. Don't think this was one for the beginners though! Especially with two Scots leading the dialect 😅

@dhirajpallin2572 7 ай бұрын

I couldn't make a lot of sense of it, except that he clearly pays a lot of attention to where the cue ball contacts the cushions on every shot. So when he's doing these multi-cushion shots, he likes to think about cushion aim points, rather than ones in the middle of the table. Then the next thing is he has multiple levels of precision that he stacks up. So the first might be an aim point on the cushion that's as thick as the width of a ball. But then he refines that to the left or right edge of that ball. Then if he needs to he starts making tiny tiny adjustments to that point. That's my interpretation anyway. What's interesting is that he focuses more on the end point rather than the first cushion he has to hit.

@sekarrao8054 Жыл бұрын

❤

@jbwalker8559 Жыл бұрын

Stephen "Yeah yeah yeah" hendry 😂

@btgreenhouses6258 Жыл бұрын

With so much experience and practice I believe he can actually see the imaginary lines clear as day

@Rafz90 Жыл бұрын

🔴 Stephen Hendry must be one of the most humblest sportsman ever!! The guy is a former 7 time World Snooker Champion and a LEGEND of the game and anybody unfamiliar with this fact would think Stephen is probably just some guy with a Snooker channel that’s trying to learn off the Pros!! 🔴

@seanditch4419 Жыл бұрын

Clear as mud Alan....😅

@TedTheTree Жыл бұрын

Of course there's a bit more to it than that, a lot of times it's not just getting out of the snooker, it's leaving it safe so that's more accuracy required;