Stephen Asks The Greatest Players For Their Ultimate Snooker Tips

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7 ай бұрын

Some of the greatest players in snooker such as Luca Brecel, John Higgins & Barry Hawkins share their favourite routines and shots that can help improve your own game.
Let us know your favourite Cue Tip and the share your own routines and shots in the comments.
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@D_B_Cooper 6 ай бұрын

13:07 He was about to say ball hair 😅

@M111OVD 6 ай бұрын

"I'm more of a roller than a stunner" - John Higgins 😂

@lukamatic5143 6 ай бұрын

Barry's such a character, love him

@user-uc6vs9wf5b 6 ай бұрын

That was funny!

@alanchamberlain9902 6 ай бұрын

Dull as dishwater he is

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

Barry Chalkins is a good guy

@hristodarakchiev 6 ай бұрын

The advices from Michael Holt and the routine from Hawkins are really good. We all have to appreciate that we get all these for free from the top snooker players and especially Stephen Hendry himself.

@itellyouwhy6957 6 ай бұрын

Higgins's routine should be the next tough table challenge.

@SteveNinetyski 6 ай бұрын

Agree. A century would be a solid challenge for even the top boys

@DaTux91 6 ай бұрын

Michael Holt seems like exactly the kind of coach I'd need to improve and improve quickly. Really insightful (and obviously gifted) player.

@alexmercer5539 6 ай бұрын

I second that

@fpswreck538 6 ай бұрын

ive heard some excellent reviews on fb for him

@rosscopantani4678 6 ай бұрын

The Higgins routine at the end is amazing 😮totally love this channel, my Sunday nights are now my favourite evening. Keep up the great work Stephen. 😊

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

Higgins doing the jiggins for the next week or two

@juchetony1910 6 ай бұрын

"I'm a Roller, not a stunner", says every ugly bald Scot who grew up in the 70s listening to the Bay City Rollers.

@paulschopfsnooker5516 6 ай бұрын

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@enchantededition6879 4 ай бұрын

Ronnie be like ..what's the prize money? 🤣🤣

@JpSea67 6 ай бұрын

So how many times do you finish the routine out of ten ? John Higgins- “none” 🤷‍♂️😂

@paulschopfsnooker5516 6 ай бұрын

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@thepunisher1951 6 ай бұрын

Niceeee @@paulschopfsnooker5516

@jimbo4375 6 ай бұрын

Match fixing

@geddylee501 6 ай бұрын

Best tip: Don't assume just because you play a bit of pool down the pub, that you'll be any good at snooker

@SteveNinetyski 6 ай бұрын

Wouldn't call that a tip myself. I'd say just playing and enjoying it is more important than comparing the difficulty of two different games for the sake of superiority.

@geddylee501 6 ай бұрын

@@SteveNinetyski Oh don't be so supercilious, it's a good tip

@VoiceOfThe 6 ай бұрын

I’d love to see you get John Parrott on Cue Tips and talk about his career!

@Glasschin2.0 6 ай бұрын

I would too

@FortValance 4 ай бұрын

Can't stand John Parrot. He threw my nook on the floor outside the crucible in 1999 when I was a kid asking for an autograph. He's a bell end

@SteveNinetyski 6 ай бұрын

And this is why Higgins is so good around the black😁 Solid routine

@djwwautodiagnostics 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this video. Really great to get an insight into good practice routines from the very best players 😄

@nickspink3824 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant video would be good to see Stephen having a go of them . Thank you for helping us improve our game❤

@EannaButler 6 ай бұрын

This was a wonderful video! I have grown tired of reposts from various podcasts since Christmas. This, on the other hand, was properly excellent! Thanks! Here's to a great 2024!!

@corrazin 6 ай бұрын

I made a similar one up to the Reanne Evan’s one to practice cannons. Cut blue shots into middle pocket focusing on stun and side to cannon 5 balls spread along bulk cushion. Every time you hit a colour on the cushion you take it away. Aim to hit all 5 balls in the fewest amount of shots. Practice from both sides of the table.

@ravivarman2020 6 ай бұрын

Another great video. Thanks SH

@andreasengelhart7203 6 ай бұрын

The peep moment at 30:40 was so hilarious from John 😂😅

@MetteC5 6 ай бұрын

Super instructive video, Stephen, thanks a lot.

@stephenborrill4231 6 ай бұрын

100% agree with John at the end there haha

@tonynaccarato4751 5 ай бұрын

Information from the greats is absolutely fantastic, but I feel it only helps snooker players that have a certain level of play, that understand it, and can use it, lower level players it doesnt matter, all in all have respect for the top 10.

@alexmashkin863 4 ай бұрын

I'd think it would be quite hard for a top class player to come up with the helpful advice for a beginner, if they don't do coaching with the beginners, at best they'll remember something from the times when they were beginners themselves :-)) The level gap is too big for it to be easy for them to imagine what does a beginner struggle with the most, what is the most important thing at that level of play

@oliverbingham9742 6 ай бұрын

Love Holt, He's littarly telling the best how to play the game :)

@seanpaul3050 6 ай бұрын

has he actually won anything ???

@oliverbingham9742 6 ай бұрын

@@seanpaul3050 dunno tbf

@jammy-44 5 ай бұрын

😂 the guy is talking rubbish. Even the goat doesn’t know wtf he’s on about haha

@markheitz7963 6 ай бұрын

As always enjoyed it Cheers

@larsfrandsen2501 5 ай бұрын

The conversation about speed at impact vs deceleration is brilliant. Smart fellow!

@FUNKINETIK 6 ай бұрын

Excellent practice routines for cue ball control, I especially like the one Rhian Evans showed which is perfect for making the fine adjustments needed for precise cue ball positioning. Thank you Mr Hendry for your excellent channel.

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

It's a good routine for an amateur

@craigchristian344 6 ай бұрын

@@dilksjoel Soz pro.

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

@@craigchristian344 it literally is a good routine for an amateur

@Ben-my2rd 5 ай бұрын

This was the one routine I really thought "I wanna start doing that"

@hamzakhl 6 ай бұрын

Can't describe how much im so grateful and thankful for your tips , thank u so much legend 🙏

@ravivarman2020 3 ай бұрын

Great video, as always. Thanks SH

@TE_53349 6 ай бұрын

lovng the cue tips series. just casual snooker and good playing

@thewidowmaker4037 6 ай бұрын

Stop that John.....💀 30:43 Stop it your killing me here.🤣 31:14

@charlesscottkelly 6 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff. Cheers 🍻

@timcrook2231 6 ай бұрын

John routine looks the most difficult Stephen 🖖🔝😉😎

@gordoncockfield 6 ай бұрын

This was great. Thought it was going to be clips we had already seen but these were all.new I think.

@Peter-hs7zn 6 ай бұрын

Thanks guys and Reanne all brilliant. Now to work. lol ❤

@fraserwallace9295 6 ай бұрын

Almost said “Baw Hair” with Reanne 😂

@itellyouwhy6957 6 ай бұрын

If Simon Jordan sees this he'll block and delete Stephen from his phonebook. "Say what you mean and mean what you say, I'm just here to cut through all the nonsense"

@Takerfanatic 6 ай бұрын

I'm having a slow day but what's the funny thing about saying baw hair lol

@L1ghtOn3 6 ай бұрын

What a channel, Hendry absolutely is THEE best Ambassador for snooker just now, he truly loves the sport. 👍

@saimakhter7070 6 ай бұрын

Stephen you are the best mate please keep this up you have no idea how valuable these are for us

@Host4l 6 ай бұрын

Great lads

@bojangles1208 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant Stephen

@piokul 6 ай бұрын

I would like to defend the decel vs pace. Don't have much snooker experience, but to me as an engineer this makes a lot of sense. It's true that impact is very short, but I would expect that if you hit the white at the same speed but acceletating, time of contact will be longer than when decelerating. Still short, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be as much as twice as long. I wouldn't expect it to have much effect on cue ball speed, but I would expect it to make a big difference in how much spin is imparted on the cue ball.

@alienck3901 6 ай бұрын

They were talkin abt stun shot tht doesnt require spin on white ball

@piokul 6 ай бұрын

@@alienck3901 Yeah, I agree it won't matter there. Just wanted to mention where it would make a difference, because learning about accelerating the cue during impact helped me to understand imparting decent spin, while the often used expression 'strike through the cue ball' didn't do much for me.

@AD-kv9kj 6 ай бұрын

Yep. Smoothly "pinching" or gripping the cueball with the tip is a vital fundamental skill to learn to manoeuvre and control the cue ball. Keeping your grip only tight enough to stop the cue slipping out of your hand on the strike is important, to allow the cue that tiny bit of spring/buffering when the tip contacts the cue ball. When you get this kind of delicate strike right, you can hear the difference too as the balls seem to *click* sweetly on impact rather than *thunk*. @@piokul

@CertifiedSlamboy 6 ай бұрын

Dr Dave just debunked the contact time myth on his channel.

@piokul 6 ай бұрын

@@CertifiedSlamboy interesting - must give it a watch.

@rogerharwood861 6 ай бұрын

A plane on a runway starts well back. Genius

@Peter-hs7zn 6 ай бұрын

Great analogy

@piknick3011 6 ай бұрын

very interesting!

@1conk225 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for teaching me so much! I've never played snooker before, but find your videos so interesting. :)

@AD-kv9kj 6 ай бұрын

Time to find a club that has some snooker tables!

@1conk225 6 ай бұрын

@@AD-kv9kj Maybe! It's a bit intimidating though, so I think Pool would be a good first step! :)

@hassanzeroual1589 6 ай бұрын

This is very useful

@keithstamp4629 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@jpa_fasty3997 6 ай бұрын

Michael Holt reminds me of Ken Otley from After Life so much

@missmolly5129 6 ай бұрын

Happy birthday, Stephen! Have a fantastic year! 🎉❤😍

@jama211 6 ай бұрын

Amazing

@ronaldbear1 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant brilliant channel

@williamdovey9971 2 ай бұрын

A great insight of top level practice, my how hard was John Higgins practice , Cheers. .

@richardprentice5005 6 ай бұрын

“Out of 10 times, how many times would you do it?” “None” Love John Higgins.

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

Even if he did cheat or match fix he is the Wizard of Wishaw and he is one of the GOAT. Higgins, Higgins he's our man, if he can match fix, anyone can!

@johnanderson8085 6 ай бұрын

That made me laugh!!

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

@@johnanderson8085 I'm here all week

@stutube3546 6 ай бұрын

Michael is 100% correct on his explanation on deceleration. As long as the contact point is at the speed, decel or accel doesn't matter. Think of a boxer making contact. The accel or decel doesn't matter as long as the contact is at the correct speed.

@101spirited 6 ай бұрын

Nup, you want the your tip to be in contact with the cue ball for as long as possible. From the first instant of contact the cue ball is trying to get away. You want to push the cue through at the same rate to hold onto it. Compare the feel and work you get on the ball from a sweetly timed shot to one you have stabbed at. Only one of them you have accelerated though properly.

@suavebob 5 ай бұрын

0:40 - I like how Stephen sabotages Luca Brecel on the Tough Table Challenge by stopping him to talk. Sneaky Stephen ;-) Also, greetings from Ayrshire!

@chowweihoong5052 6 ай бұрын

It's supposed to be "educational" but both Hawkins and Higgins are hilarious.

@cauliflowerpete616 6 ай бұрын

The decel/accel talk is interesting. Similar to putting in golf.

@SkipperDannyD 6 ай бұрын

Bladdddy hell.. no wonder John is as good as he is! That looks impossible!

@mrgerrytube 6 ай бұрын

Snooker looks easy. Might give it a go 👍

@Malikmithu7861 6 ай бұрын

Happy birthdy to you God bless you

@gordonirvine726 5 ай бұрын

9:34 Stephen's chat up game

@Mark_R_ 6 ай бұрын

Lol at Stephen struggling to not say bawhair...eh, eh, hair away :)

@inthedarknxss969 6 ай бұрын

30 minute videos, yes please

@alexanderroesch6387 6 ай бұрын

"higgins has an advanced routine where you pot a long red and then make a 147" 😂😂

@sj460162 6 ай бұрын

Interesting talk about decel with Mike Holt. He doesnt go along with it but Stephen I hear you talk about it in commentary a lot. Please clarify..are you saying you must hit the cueball at the fastest speed on impact?

@thomasharlos6872 5 ай бұрын

Well ....Florian Nueselle cleared this up Mr. Higgins ! However , you are right this is a VERY difficult routine !

@CalledHomebody 6 ай бұрын

i hope that blokes reaction at 0:50 was half as funny to whomever edited the video as it was to me

@sjake8308 6 ай бұрын

I didn't even notice it until I saw your comment! 😆

@arama0010 6 ай бұрын

Top comment

@bigunfromwigun4874 6 ай бұрын

I used to love playing snooker in my local league years ago got down to minus 10 handicap and our team won the league one year and me and my two best mates won the three man team event and me and my mate won the doubles aswell and then a couple of years later our club shutdown aswell has a lot of other clubs in the league and it just wasnt the same its sad really because i have some of the best memories in that social club so i feel sorry for these young lads today because there is literally going to be nothing for them to do in a few years

@Jofishgolf 6 ай бұрын

5:52 yeah well youre not a colour - hendry is a savage 😂

@speedy692 6 ай бұрын

31:20. None, lol.

@TheGeniegenius 6 ай бұрын

john higgins, tip 1. don't get secretly recorded arranging to fix matches

@tunefulsoulonaroll7669 6 ай бұрын

I think I will become a great player when I am 60 lol . But nice routines, I will practice these ..

@alexmercer5539 6 ай бұрын

When barry said "it's a fairly new routine, doing since just a couple years ago", you looked up at him. That made me wonder how often do pros change their routines!?

@behzad.b 6 ай бұрын

John Higgins Routine was very very difficult .

@dilksjoel 6 ай бұрын

Just managed to get a 140, left the black cause there was no prize money but yeah decent routine

@behzad.b 6 ай бұрын

@@dilksjoel Ronnie is that you?

@m.m.musasi 6 ай бұрын

👍

@Jc23732 6 ай бұрын

Love to see John Virgo on here

@Sturmone123 6 ай бұрын

this channel is so british i cant understand some words because of the accent =D

@shahincoco4710 6 ай бұрын

you have to be able to make century breaks in a match game regularly in order to have ang chance for completing the higgins routine ! its sooo hard its level 10/10 . so if you are a club player dont even waste your time on that ! just do a line up

@asadhussain5267 6 ай бұрын

Some great training tips. If possible get Ronnie to show his routines please

@ejayman 6 ай бұрын

Nah, you've gotta pay for them!

@williamcampbell6757 6 ай бұрын

Stephen do you remember a man called wilf Gordon from when you practised at millers snooker club in Broxburn ?

@user-nq8ec2cc1k 6 ай бұрын

#FC Thailand ❤❤❤

@tunefulsoulonaroll7669 6 ай бұрын

Boot in the bottom right at 16:56

@IamTD93 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Would be good to see Jack lisowski on the channel in 2024

@Breaktheice123 6 ай бұрын

Does Holt know he’s talking to a GOAT?

@MobileGamingVibe 6 ай бұрын

#13:00

@stigstig9275 6 ай бұрын

surprising amount of negativity in the comments. I thought we snooker lovers were a little above that.

@sjake8308 6 ай бұрын

You must be new to the internet! 😆

@MetteC5 6 ай бұрын

Snooker is unfortunately increasingly infested by rabble on KZfaq.

@TJ-ss1up 6 ай бұрын

Holt was making a fair point even if fairly pedantic. If a ball doesnt reach the pocket and has been struck properly, it's simply not been hit hard enough. Deceleration seems to be blamed for all shots that dont reach but if a player strikes it correctly and has accelerated through impact, you cant say hes decelerated, hes simply not hit it hard enough. I think deceleration is used as just too broad a reason which is his point. If you have decelerated and its caused you to miss cue then yeah, blame it on deceleration. If you simply havent hit it hard enough then, whether you decelerate or accelerate through impact them you simply havent hit it hard enough. Golf is the best example of where deceleration is a common issue, you very rarely want to decelerate through impact. When chipping for example, if you decelerate the result is often a mis hit shot where you fat it. If you hit it squarely the likeliness is you wont have decelerated even if you dont hit it hard enough. Snooker its just too sweeping for a bad shot.

@sjake8308 6 ай бұрын

Holt's general point is that folk worry too much about stuff that doesn't really matter. Snooker's a hard enough game without filling your head with a bunch of mumbo jumbo every time you prepare to take a shot.

@MD-cd1ww 6 ай бұрын

Hendry has said multiple times that if you decel you can miss the pot on the thin side. This is absolutely true and if you know that you can intentionally decel and aim thick on a shot where you want to hold the white, try it for yourself

@user-by2dz4ms2n Ай бұрын

Kyren shot with left hand side wouldnt you aim thiner not thicker ?

@user-ir5hb5xe4v 6 ай бұрын

GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan 40 Ranking titles & 22 Major titles G.O.A.T Stephen Hendry 36 Ranking titles & 18 Major titles. Absolute fact! One GOAT 🐐🚀🏆👌

@propolis19a 6 ай бұрын

kazi ti meni ko jede paprike iz kontejnera i ko ce to zavrsiti na mostu?

@propolis19a 6 ай бұрын

a koja je bolja rakoja one iz smecare ili ona iz prodavnice?

@raffe65 6 ай бұрын

🙂👍🇸🇪

@user-nq8ec2cc1k 6 ай бұрын

I would like there to be a Thai translation. For Thailand fans #FC Thailand

@the_alchemy_method 6 ай бұрын

Titanium ferule or a sighting method? 😅

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff 6 ай бұрын

STEPHEN LEE

@dm-uc9wv 6 ай бұрын

55seconds to 1minute in there's a Ronnie O'Sullivan wannabe on the table behind Luca. He's really digging deep that lad, well done, the future of the game is secure......