Hours and hours of practicing, hours and hours of watching videos of people telling me how to play. And finally someone that tells me what I've been doing wrong. Someone that shows me ways I can practice to make it better. Thank you so much! and this video is showing me why I'm missing all the shots that have angles I always hit the ball road. But you don't just show me once you showing many times and in different ways so that I can understand and I appreciate you so much you have no idea.

Holy cow! Two years ago you had only 6,125 subscribers! Kudos for your videos.

Dude you rock ! i've been playing for a couple of years now and this CAM thing you've discovered is quite brilliant

Another well made tutorial. Thank you for the effort you put into making these. May I suggest making a Part II of this video with the camera above the table so that we can visualize Calibrate and Analogue better. Cheers.

so today ive cleared the colours 3x and made a 30 in the line up today through listening to your guides and watching your videos - been playing for 3 months with 2 of those with a closed club becasue of covid.. alot to take in and try and put into practice, but through small steps your videos are improving my game. thanks

Thanks for your videos, your videos are helpful. For long straight pots, I noticed when we imagine the size of the object ball onto our white cue ball, it helps with aiming onto the center of the cue ball.

Great Video Thanks!!

All clear thanks teacher 😀👍👋

For me....its ever best tetorial to imporve such confusing angle shots which really looking easy to play....thanks for this guiding vid *boss*

The system has been around for a long time but it’s good that you’re teaching people, just you’re complicated little bit

Wow!! Probably the most informative snooker aiming video I've seen anywhere! Well done on creating this system... and thanks dude 👍

Can you show more videos regarding the aiming system?I want to see more video of potting at different angle using your aiming system.Thank you very much i like your video!

thanks bro this video really helps me a lot to make my aiming better

great snooker tips.please upload more thanks.

Great Information, thanks for all the time you put into the videos. From Kincardine Ontario Canada

Great tips, I'm going to incorporate this method into my practice especially the calibrate part.

oh i see - aiming for the white which is the light on the target - thats why there is a low light we see on tables these days Some really good interesting tips here... and you pot so well too and aim for the 5th move ahead.. Well done and keep them coming, your advise is valuable to ameture to professional

absolutely true! Even i had the same problem and i wondered why i missed easy balls when i cued through every single time aiming has drastically made my missing almost none

I really like your tips it really help me shooting balls straight.

A really fresh way of delivering snooker coaching. Watched a few vids now 👍 oh to be able to pot like you... practicing the most frustrating sport ever invented continues lol

very informative thankyou

Brilliant

its funny the ghost ball guide never worked for me however i like the paper boat as that actually forces you to hit centre ball and removes the distraction of the tip location on the CB which many players worry too much about. However i am convinced after reaching match century break level that i believe that many shots are actually harder to pot using dead centre. Its a bit like finding north on a compass when you move the needle moves too. So i just go with instinct and probably play with a trace of side especially on 3/4 and 1/4 cuts. Its also a lot do with your dominant eye and line of aim. We all seem to do it differently. Judd trumps chin is not even central on the cue due to a very dominant eye. He plays with a lot of side like Ronnie does. Ive seen Ronnie regularly play with side and even drag on safety shots too hits them a bit harder to compensate but this allows him more control and able to create more angles beyond the natural lines causing more problems for opponents. When was the last time you saw Ronnie play a bad safety or fail to make the CB back past the baulk line? Its all about setting yourself a set of versatile rules in your own mind so you can find your most ideal calibration point. For example one might be - say i am trying to stun the blue in the go down for a red into the same middle pocket but i keep under hitting it. So to recalibrate id play to get the CB onto the baulk line - in doing so i end up perfect on the red and probably 3-10 shots id overhit. So the general calibration approach is one id endorse here

Mmm It sounds easy and I will try it. Its just hard to visualise the ghost ball! But it might work better than another vid i saw where the guy was asking us to find the point of angle on the OBJECT ball.

You're a great teacher, thanks dude :)

Thanks for another great video. So in summary we have 4 contact surface on the object ball to aim for. Full ball, 3/4 th, half and 1/4 th.

The aiming system does work in itself but the thing players need to remember is it wont work for those who don’t normally make centuries alone. Its also important for a player to visualise the shot prior to potting and also walk in on the line of the shot - you cant just get down then find the line as you will be offline They also need to be able to plan 3-4 shots ahead, have excellent shot selection ahead and have the timing and cue action to achieve consistent CB control... i think its important that this is made clear in your videos.

This tutorial helped a lot on my aiming on the table. Just a little question on potting those thinner shots (i.e. less than 1/2 ball): where would our eyesight be focusing on? I found it quite difficult to project the edge of the white on the red as I would always hit the center of the white to the projected curve edge instead. Should our eyes keep focusing on straight rather than squinting on the edges, or otherwise?

R Robles I first walk into the Palace Billards (SF) in '55. Every table had only one light (60W) with a green shade hanging directly over, centered, and 36" above the cloth. Only the green of the cloth was lite, everything around the table was in darknest. I can tell by the object ball that you have three main lights and fluorescent lighting. Wrap your head around this: what if there were only one light above your table and only one small reflection on the object ball wherever the ball was placed on the table? Your technique (alignment system) is probably about 100 years old. When I was a kid, everyone used the light system.

Wow thanks dude.. you're very helpful with your snooker variation of Tips..now..with this information.i hope I will remember it and display it in the game,but sometimes,still do the same mistake 😅when I'm reaching 30-40 breaks..can u advise me how to avoid our nerve attack while doing break?😅

Probably been asked this before but Where do you keep your table? Helpful videos by the way. I was talking to anthony mcgill the other day on here and he seems to use a similar method....so it obviously works.

Good video. Im really struggling with my game. But how do you calibrate?

Went to the pool hall yesterday and used their only snooker table. I started out just hitting the cue ball in straight into pockets to get a system down. Now that I can shoot the cue where I want, following up with a ball was difficult. Definitely going to use this CAM system. Next time.

Hello from Thunder Bay Canada

Well this video seems to me to be a ghost ball tutorial. This guy acts like he's come up with some exciting and new ! :)

Straight cueing required. Straight cueing is hard. I've been playing my whole life and make the odd century break and cueing straight is the hardest thing to do. It's mostly a game of straight lines after all

you're good. you should compete for money

"Forget the white ball is there".. Very good tip..

Nice video. sure you hear this all the time but think you'll ever recloth that table?? How long have you been playing on it - never seen those lines from the back ball to the bottom pockets

Do you have to aim in the middle of the object ball for all shots, or the top of the object ball for top spin, and the bottom of the object ball for screw?

Just a recommendation, but Fargo Billiards- Aiming at pool- part 1 & 2 on KZfaq is another excellent reference on this subject...

I'd find a lot of benefit from some way of being able to wear glasses whilst playing, any suggestions?

LOL the intro.

Totally agree with this method. People should stop looking to for an exact tiny aim point on the object ball and visualise how the white should cover the object ball to make the potting angle. Question. What do you think of commentators saying how well the shot was cued? Sometimes it is clear to see a sweetly struck shot but mostly I disagree and think the player simply found the correct potting angle. It’s the same as when they say how the player cued across it. Nope, they selected the wrong potting angle. I am talking about accomplished players here. What do you think?

All well and good but are you allowing for the crosswinds!?

Absolutely shat myself at 7:51

You just found the CTE system. center to edge. alignment is called 'perception' ; actually a little TOI reduces CIT . hence importancs of following through stroke to keep the rock sliding/spinning reducing cloth grip.

Not sure if you answer these messages... but i find it very difficult to imagine an imaginary ball in front of the object ball... is there another way to aim?

Hi, I understand about aiming my cue at the object ball but what happens if I want to add side? Do I need to move my body so I'm still aiming my cue at the object ball? Thanks

Great video, thanks for the help. ive practiced 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 ball shots a lot now and can start to estimate shots on the table relative to this. I've also been using the perceived point of contact from the line of white to the object ball. As i can sort of imagine a ghost white ball but I cant imagine where the middle of it would be. So for example if it looks like a 7/8th, knowing it needs about a 1/3 more its about a half ball shot. I've seen great improvement from this but should i try a different way?

Are you still using Taom chalk or the Master chalk displayed in the clip?

When shooting do you concentrate your eyes on the cue ball or the object ball?

Watching your demonstrations....You still have not discovered the Da Vinci Code...however have experienced it by memory behaviours. To find The Da Vinci Code you need to change how you look at the balls in a completely different perspective...once you find and can explain the exact science it is easy peasy..the other challenges are aligned consistent strokes, tip+chalking, emotional distractions and inspirations..in.which I find myself lacking...🙊 to be a good snooker player all these traits are essential...😱👋👍

Make a video on how to play opposite handed ☺👍

I would like to have lesson by this man how can I get in touch with him thanks richard

Nice video ! Will try it out. Any other tips for a 20~ break amateur ... ? Practice routines or whatever ? ;)

Imagine using a card on a cue at the crucible :D

As an American, I have a question?.. How much does it cost to refelt that thing?.. Just kidding, love watching the game and the execution..It fascinates me..

What about compensating for throw?

Put in a nutshell if you hit the part of the object ball that is furthest away from the pocket you will pot it.

I naturally play with this method of refelction but smtim i get the double view of object ball is it eyesight problm?

Dear any time when i port the start shot so object ball hit the left side of the pocket

Have I just watched another video about the ghost ball aiming?

system works great *Except Most cut shots where you are aiming outside the edge*. SBV alignes the left edge LTE or the Left side of shaft to edge of object ball , and RTE for right cuts. remember its a sphere so contact point is actually not center of cue for ANY shot not dead strait. you will find yourself aiming almost 2 tips outside for tough cuts. for this i still aim CTE or ETE then backhand Pivot 1 or 2 tips. some just memorize what the gap looks like.

PLs make a video about dealing with pressure i crack under pressure and cant make a match winning clearence...

hello i need more help with aiming i have trouble getting angles right all the time straight shots i am able to micro adjust while down on the table in middle pocket but find getting angles right all the time hard. I have a uk pool table converted to accept american and snooker balls. I find it believe it or not easier to pot american balls for some strange reason. if your interested check out my garage conversion video that i made on my channel .

there is an easy way to learn how to see the potting point of every ball..every ball be it snooker pool or billiards all have the same thing in common..no matter where an object ball lies on a table they all sit on the exact same potting position..so no matter where the white ball lies...the potting point is the same for all shots..the answer to this is in the above description..those who understand this technique will have their potting skill double overnight..imagine being able to sight each shot in the same way..imagine being able to see the potting point as large as a piece of chalk..that would be easy to aim at...right..good potting

One major issue whenever I play. I always hit center of the white I even tried to double check on the bualk line. However my white always plays with a trace of left hand sides and I tend and I mean 80% of my shot "I miss it thin" I Dk what this means lol. Put it short I always over cut shots

Hey, I was wondering how this differs from ghost ball aiming method, as that is what I currently use. I don't know why, but usually I need an hour to warm up, and my game gets gradually better as I play more. (I usually play 2-3 hours). Thanks!

I need help 😔 Please i have big problems with cue How to setup the cue on line Correctly I'm tired 😴 ?? And please anyone give me the steps when standing behind the cue ball in the form of simple points what i have to do exactly?? sorry I can not speak English well ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Also, go pro line up

So your saying, if I can consistently make strait in shots, I don't have any hope of consistently making angle shots.

You need to be on telly

man you have a great channel, but the A/V quality is soooo bad its a shame

Too many amateur players stand both too close to the table with their bridge hand too close to the cue ball and are also too upright over the shot when aiming and playing it. When any or all of those apply, you are not really looking down the line of the shot and it's a bit like firing a rifle with it held about waist height, rather than at shoulder height and looking down the barrel to use the sighting aid. If you stand a little bit further back from the table and lean into the shot where you are actually having to stretch out in front of yourself, with your head low and looking down the line of the shot ahead of you, you will see things far better. It will actually take a bit of getting used to also, considering you might never have been set up that way before.

You don´t indicate that you are aware of the influence upon aim of _Cut-Induced-Throw_ and _Spin-Induced-Throw_ -- but these are advanced considerations. Also, for the beginning-intermediate player, the one who theoretically knows _where_ to be hitting the OB, it is worth a discussion of the matter of being aware of the benefit of over- vs. under-shooting the ball (usually because of the path angle and geometry of the pocket involved). Just doing this is enough to turn failure into success -- _half_ of the time....

no matter what i do i cant pot into the centre pocket .its got to the stage where i will refuse the middle pocket shots and take another pot instead or play a safety rather than the pot

Your basically splitting the difference

I think it's called shooting the ghost ball.

Has any one tried the Laser Stroke Training Aid?

I do this, but my approach is to hit the cue ball to the center of the imaginary cue ball.

Supthai Plaes

Good morning. Sir, i need your review on my technique. Bridge at 10.5 inchs and grip at 51 inches. (1) GRIP : Hold cue in finger pads to be squeezed while playing the shot( steve davis youtube). (2) Right TOE pointing at the aim line. Note : Both feet angeling on line and body perpendicular to the shot. (3) Bring STICK down on the Aim line. BEND half first take aim and then fully. (4)put CHIN by keeping eye on line of aim. (5) HEAD straight. (6) CUE normal length untill with the pace needed is memorised. Note : Have some rythm. Pace : Slow - Small and slow cuing. Normal - Normal and smooth. Fast - Jerky and fast cuing. Super power shot : Cue for a power rythm. (7) BACKSWING slightly firmly(for steadiness), Aiming. (8) Confidentely accelerating smoothly(smoothness should not be visible enough), hit the CHEST with the pace of cuing. AIM : Aim directly by the tip to the point on the object ball by visualizing the place where the contact actually is gono happen. SIDE : After aiming move your bridge hand. REST : Arm about parellel. Less cuing n back swing. TS CH G CBC SWERVE : bridge on longest two finger, aim a point on the table for the spin accordinly set for the the line of the shot. Many thanks.

you should say ghost ball to 20 deg, half bal from 30 to 60 deg, edge aiming from 60 to 90 deg,

I have got a very good original condition EJ Riley the prize cue one piece and it has got the original stamps and the tombstone plaque!, if anyone is interested please let me know. I am on Facebook and I’m happy to have a live video call and let you have a look at the condition that I have not seen any other example that is in anywhere near the quality of my cue. It’s a 16.5 ounce ten mm tip and is ebony and I think that the shaft is elm and it has got no cracks or dents and has the original screws and I’m near Huddersfield if you want to have a look and make an offer

Just a footnote: Why doesn't anyone ever mention the diamond system? Those inlaid diamonds on every pool table in years gone by had a purpose.

One of the more difficult wanks I’ve had on the internet

Sorry but i completely lost you at 5.45. Maybe due to camera placemement. Can you make another video of your method?

In a young snooker player I don’t have that good aim please help me

I've never understood this.... Full ball, 3/4 ball 1/2 ball 1/4 ball and 1/8 ball etc???? What about every 0.0001 mm in-between those angles? I miss every pot that I don't hit to within 0.0001 mm accuracy. It'd be great if I could just hit the nearest 1/4 ball and watch the pot fly in!

Anybody else hearing a delay between the visuals and sound? The sound seems to be about a second behind the video.

who needs sighright ;) haha

Why not just put some tape over the tip of your cue? If you don't hit the center you will miscue that way

Dear a

my dude you literally just made the ghost ball system more confusing and gave it a different name

To make straight shot on snooker maintainly are too many factors especially for long range from table or clothes surface or condition to cue stick power or alinement even small metter likes chalk also involved. So play pool said Darrell Appelton I beat your best snooker player on China 8 ball. Thank you.

common knowledge

you have not got a clue me old love

hahaha ye ok

Ghost ball is 100 percent effwcgive until u use side. Then its useless