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@end-game20302 жыл бұрын
Superb content. Has to be the No1 breakdown of Ronnie's cue action online anywhere by far. Well Done Mr Barton.
@mez77362 жыл бұрын
So pleased to hear you're feeling better, Steve. And I'm also _really_ interested to see the exhibition frame you played against him! Come on The Coach!
@Delphiwizard2 жыл бұрын
Great to see you had a chance to play Ronnie, can't wait to see that full video!
@renewagner71042 жыл бұрын
Hey Steve, I hope you're feeling better and you got through Corona well! Nice to see another video from you. good as always. Looking forward to the video with Ronny! Stay healthy and greetings 😉👍
@Domingos18782 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back and well again. Looking forward to the exhibition frame.
@keyoguitar2 жыл бұрын
A great breakdown of Ronnie's cue action. What a privilege to play him. I hope you had fun. I'm looking forward to seeing that.
@carlabrahams4403Ай бұрын
Brilliant Sir,always a pleasure Steve your videos.Ronnie is excellent,and your the same,both master class.Its decipline,on every show.You see with your brain,than eyes,owing too,see those shots a million times Steve,and you execute the shot immaculately.
@cuzzo142 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your content Steve. You have really helped me and I have learnt to play some shots that I have been playing the wrong way for years and I wondered why I have been 'butchering' these shots. Particularly, playing shots with check side... I always used to aim thin. I never considered aiming thick...then swerving the ball out to hit the contact point. You have revitalised my game and I am a lot more confident of these shots. Many thanks again 👍 I cringe that I never experimented with playing shots a different way when I was younger and I realise that many good players that I have mixed with were never going to tell me that I was playing some shots a wrong way as they don't want to reveal their secrets as we are potential opponents and they want to keep the upper hand.
@sidosullivan25192 жыл бұрын
Great stuff steve as always looking forward for our one to one in march
@jasonparker61382 жыл бұрын
These analysis videos are fantastic. Looking forward to your exhibition match 👍
@SnookerNepal2 жыл бұрын
Good to see you back sir
@valentenicoletti36229 ай бұрын
Nice analysis ! Thanks mr .Barton
@shanmahi85692 жыл бұрын
What a way to start videos again with the all time great Ronnie O'Sullivan , happy to see you back on the channel Steve. Hoping you must be alright now ❤️🇵🇰
@vickeynegi4132 жыл бұрын
Finally my request has been accepted ❤️❤️❤️ ..lots of love from India sir .. ❤️ thank you so much
@Sandysand7014 ай бұрын
Thank you for that, I don't think there is a pause at the end of the backswing, it's very subtle, but it reminds me of a tennis serve, when the tennis racket swings over your head on it's way the bottom of the backdrop, the racket is not meant to stop then go before it heads back up to hit the ball, It's meant to be a continuous motion, (not stoppin) so instead, the racket does a small loop at the bottom of the backswing (like an elliptical orbit) that way no energy is wasted on the backdrop also making smoother delivery, going back to the cue action, it looks to me like Ronnie is lifting the but at the very end of the backswing making it loop upwards before going forward, the small loop looks like it has paused. That's my opinion for what it's worth.
@apexpredatorbilliardstraining2 жыл бұрын
I dont play snooker but I find these principles useful to playing pool first time here..... Thanks alot
@ianwatkins62022 жыл бұрын
Hope you are feeling better Steve!😊😊another great video and very interesting! Best wishes to you ! Ian
@kiranrathod74692 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see you playing Ronnie!!!
@thetowndrunk9882 жыл бұрын
Dang man, hate you had the Rona. I had it last summer, and it really sucked. Glad you’re back to making videos
@andrewhickman44122 жыл бұрын
Good video. I watched you play at landywood afew weeks back and like your technique.
@johnetherington68012 жыл бұрын
Very interesting mate👍I like your knowledge😉
@markmahon6262 жыл бұрын
Glad your feeling better mate! Mark Perth Australia
@Jerry-zy9kt2 жыл бұрын
Ronnie took nearly 6-7 mins to pot that black. Wkwkwkw. Great video afterall . So very precise . Your vidoes helped me so much to improve. Thanks mate.
@keinKlarname2 жыл бұрын
Still way faster than Selby a while ago...
@LetsBeTechy2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, so happy for you, I hope I can ever see ronnie live but I think its not possible
@MrMalbaghdady Жыл бұрын
Smart choice video , well done explation 👏👏🙏🙏👍👍
@johntogher73562 жыл бұрын
Excellent content
@lakmeister2 жыл бұрын
Great insight Steve,Ronnie's touch is superb,which no ones mentioned ? You have to be comfortable when you cue,many club players ain't
@RT-qv5hm2 жыл бұрын
Hi Baron! I've been watching your videos for a year. And, I'm confused about Ronnie's grip. As is mentioned in this video, Ronnie's grip has nearly no tension and it's quite relaxed. But once I try to apply his grip, I will always get more tension on my cue compared with the moderately relaxed grip of mine. Is it because of the thickness of the cue or the neutral position? Thank you very much.
@MAXIMUS-df3sj Жыл бұрын
Really interesting analysis...ive watched ronnie play since the late 90s and I've based my cueing on him as much as possible...watching him feather, pause and strike does look like how I feel I do it...I think..🤣
@WHAT-gm1xm2 жыл бұрын
The way you explain nice 🙌👏 How to play tight cushion shot & how to snook someone and i always play foul like potting red ball with white how to stop this mistake
@majidkhoso9487 Жыл бұрын
Very nicely discrib sir
@MattLloydTube2 жыл бұрын
Omg cant wait to see your frame against Ronnie!!!!
@viswanathgummaraju35722 жыл бұрын
Happy you beat the bug. The cue remained on the same line from start to delivery! Any pointer on how to ensure that?
@antza5552 жыл бұрын
Can you please tell about the pressure grip, do you make the pressure with two middle fingers or middle finger only? And does your thumb still touch the index finger like Barry Stark teaches or does the thumb should touch the middle finger with the pressure grip? Thanks! By the way, nice channel just subbed.
@bjbjup2 жыл бұрын
Sure there is some pressure to the finger(s) while banding the cue. Also on the bridge, you can see sometimes his thumb of the bridge hand is pressed downward at the last backswing, and raise up again after.
@benharris86442 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you’re better, Steve! Had Ronnie seen your channel?
@BartonSnooker2 жыл бұрын
Didn't speak to him Ben. Just a fist bump and a frame!
@LIVERNIL7232 жыл бұрын
I have noticed in particular Ronnie's striking slightly changing with it being more soft and measure on some shots and is more about ensuring the success rate of the pot and not taking even the simplest of shots for granted.
@jeffwarren44442 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, when I play a shot using top follow through my cue skids off the top of the cue ball. Is there any practice I can do to prevent this, I think I am scooping at the cue ball because when I approach the ball I am not aiming too high on the cue ball.
@sj4601622 жыл бұрын
Yeah good vidro..ive noticed this..he lifts his body on the drive forward just before the strike. Is this helpful because it helps keep eveeything going forward..and maybe helps him press into the table for more stability on the shot. Or is this kind of analysis unhelpful as it may disrupt the natural flow of a player who tries to copy someone else. Im deffo going to try this motion and see what happens....
@shq0072 жыл бұрын
Looking forward for Ronnie on this channel ..
@LIVERNIL7232 жыл бұрын
What I do perceive in distinction is 'Style' rather than this so-called Cue Action. Personally I think it's a bit of a myth. It's more about a person's style and something distinctively attributed to them at a point of their Trademark. E.g. Ronnie is called Rocket because he can put away 3 shots in a blink. Jimmy White: Whirlwind because of his tendency to play virtually every shot with a screw back with minimum feathering. Alex Higgins' cue would finish with the cue high up like a Swing on a Seesaw.
@siuts1n2 жыл бұрын
great video man keep it up. please do a video on john higgins cue action!!
@BartonSnooker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I will do 👍
@tarcisiolopescoach89942 жыл бұрын
Very good.
@billfrater194816 күн бұрын
That frame of Ronnie keeping going backwards and forwards is not annoying at all.
@BartonSnooker16 күн бұрын
Sorry Bill!
@ironman23072 жыл бұрын
Ya. Is been a while that didn't get your new video. Pls take care and all the best.
@michaelbarnes57192 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you he uses the pressure grip doesnt he? Have you done any videos on the pressure grip?
@alecspyrou21342 жыл бұрын
I'm very 8nterested in grip. What do you mean by the "pressure grip" please?
@ericsalles33932 жыл бұрын
Wow it works
@allgood676011 ай бұрын
Nice one mate👍🎱🇳🇿
@JP-ks3py2 жыл бұрын
That up-down movement is almost like a breath, like the cue action breathes through his body. I'd even say it was an advantage because instead of trying to make the body as stiff as a wooden cue, he is making the cue action breathe with his body, and maybe that's how he brings that touch and feel you were talking about into the shot. Like if your action was rigid and robotic, at what point can the touch and feel transfer through the cue? If I'm making any sense at all...
@malikmalik-ny7tv2 жыл бұрын
A lot of respect for the pro players but let us also be honnest the tables they play on are just perfect, playing on fast tables makes the game so much easier, if you make 40,50 breaks on club tables you gonna make 60,70 breaks on the heated star tables when you get used to them,in the club where i play we have now a heated star table and it so different to the other tables,all shots are much easier especially the ones closer to the cushion it is so easy to screw the cueball to get perfect position
@ernoeskeli11392 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've also played on a Star table a couple times and even when the heating didn't work the cloth was still ridiculously fast. I've never struggled with cue power so getting action on the cue ball was very easy compared to the club cloth I've previously played on. You have to soften your ball striking a lot to adjust to those slick conditions. But it's a treat to play on a table like that, so enjoyable.
@malikmalik-ny7tv2 жыл бұрын
@@ernoeskeli1139 yes exactly its total a different game when you play on those tables you dont want to play on the other ones anymore😄the challenge is more to controll your cueball instead of what can you get from the cueball,its like driving with a Ferrari or lamborghini😄
@ernoeskeli11392 жыл бұрын
@@malikmalik-ny7tv Yeah, exactly. It's like controlling the throttle precisely instead of driving your slow every day car which lacks the power 😁
@J_T03 Жыл бұрын
You’d say that but the pro tables are indeed harder to play on in terms of potting, the pockets are noticeably smaller compared to the average club table
@malikmalik-ny7tv Жыл бұрын
@@J_T03 the pockets dont really make the difference if you controll your speed and time your shots well,every good player would chose a fast table with smaller pockets over a slow playing table with bigger pockets
@erikmosher35142 жыл бұрын
Did you ever show the shot in real time?!
@hisalman7862 жыл бұрын
Very well
@IFranchisedI2 жыл бұрын
I liked this unique example. Would be interesting to look at his form and cue action from the recent players championship and compare it to his old early/mid 2000s cue action vs his 2014 and later form and cue action.
@BartonSnooker2 жыл бұрын
Good shout. I'll note that down for a future video 👍
@andypartridge8002 жыл бұрын
Ronnie seems to have a slight 'piston' action, where his right hand works in a kind of circular motion, which makes him lift and drop on the shots...
@gunnarjinx2 жыл бұрын
What's missing in this video is his WRIST "hinged" forward constantly..... that's the magical control of keeping the cue farily flat AND the grip not tighten up.... so many use that wrist move and all things go offline and tension occurs..... good video though ... love ur content buddy ;)
@nqqonnie Жыл бұрын
The best thing about ronnie is when he shot the blue ball with left or right hand top spin looks like he’s shooting a sniper 😂
@dermotshaw67752 жыл бұрын
One of many cue actions he has lol. Cant wait to see what your like in a real frame. I think I'll take more from your cue action than Ronnie's, knowing that you was me 10 years ago. hope you got a shot though 🤣. What a privilege.. I hope you really enjoyed yourself 👌
@alecspyrou21342 жыл бұрын
As is sods law, he has just significantly changed his cue action🤣
@dermotshaw67752 жыл бұрын
I know aha
@SHADOW.GGG- Жыл бұрын
you've missed the most important bit, ronnie is not a chest thumper, he gets through the ball
@andysingletonefc Жыл бұрын
Imagine for one moment if Ronnie was your coach,he’s the only player out there who tells it how it is,everyone of us should start by taking something from this man and incorparating it into their game,that’s how it works,don’t be to proud,learn from the very best 🤷🏻♂️
@healthiswealth78992 жыл бұрын
over analysing can make you lose focus, just get the basics so they feel second nature then do what works and feels right for you
@saqlainmushtaque6972 жыл бұрын
Why is it so we suddenly start playing bad after playing nicely for a time. we start missing simple shots , don't get position and just get lack of confidence from there on. any tip for this phase, was making 50s for a couple of weeks and now suddenly can't seem to got 30 even for this past week what to do
@vincentvdw39902 жыл бұрын
Accept that making regular 50s is your peak form, which nobody maintains for a long time. And 20-30's is your regular form. Its the same for the pros, Ronnie making 4 centuries with a 147 in a bo9 vs Carter is probably one of his peak performances. But its unrealistic to expect him to perform like that every match
@saqlainmushtaque6972 жыл бұрын
Can it be a overused cue tip issue because as i play with a different cue which has the same tip i use but new i play for the 40-50 range again and get everything as i want to
@saqlainmushtaque6972 жыл бұрын
It just happens when my tip becomes over used and very thin where players suggest that it has finally compressed and got set but that's the point where i can't manage because i have a liking to a little thick tip
@ronaldsnooker65972 жыл бұрын
Title should say ‘how it doesn’t work’
@MrJdsenior2 жыл бұрын
COVID sucks, but I know well people that had it previous to the vaccine and afterward and it is two ENTIRELY different experiences, about as divergent as flu can get.
@djcpianist2 жыл бұрын
Did you beat him though? 🤔
@TheStlgg2 жыл бұрын
You can do a video of my cue action if you like to demonstrate how NOT to do it
@alfedtron9043 Жыл бұрын
look like his chin is pushing down cousing pressure on bright hand
@rogerng65942 жыл бұрын
Interested to know what's the cue length of Ronnie? Great to have you back coach Steve.
@antza5552 жыл бұрын
Hi, I read online forum it's 58,125" or 58,25" and weight 18,25-18,3oz.
@lancemason79112 жыл бұрын
Even with this low frame rate you can clearly see that the follow through after contact is completely irrelevant to the outcome, the cue ball is long gone. Keep in mind the contact time is only approx. 1/1000th of a second, knowing this helps you to understand that what you do before contact is all that matters.
@BartonSnooker2 жыл бұрын
The follow through is very important. Because we need the cue to be at it's optimum speed right as the tip catches the white, that means we have to follow through. If you were to stop 1mm after the tip contacts the white, it would be impossible for the cue to have been accelerating as it hits the white. A player would be slowing down before the contact, and that would mean you would not get the desired spin on the cue ball.
@finlay22992 жыл бұрын
clown mate
@britishmade74342 жыл бұрын
First
@LIVERNIL7232 жыл бұрын
I stopped watching about 2 minutes in because of the way this was starting to break down into such fine detail which in my eyes doesn't really indicate anything distinctive and something one would do anyway and what you are taught as your 'bread and butter' Pre-Shot-Routine. Maybe it's me in not being able to grasp cue action.
@BartonSnooker2 жыл бұрын
There's all kinds of things later in the video talking about the movement Ronnie has on the shot and the natural touch and feel he'll have. Obviously he's playing a snooker shot, so generally it's always going to look like.... "A snooker shot". But there's are some interesting points to learn about Ronnie being quite free and relaxed when he plays, which we can all learn from.