snooker pro tips 17, cue action and timing

an essential part of the game is a good cue action

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[the147break]

great but i had just one question i have been playing for awhile now and yesterday i realized that i bring my elbow way too far back , and my hand almost gets straight while stroking , its too long so just wondering to know if its a big problem to do with missing balls or not? thank you so much?

[neilmaxman]

@the147break you really don't need to take the cue back that far .........difficult for me to judge without seeing .......but a shorter backswing should help 

[kokomrkoko]

hey neil, just wondering why heaps of players have their middle finger twitching before they hit? Does it help line up the shot?

[neilmaxman]

@kokomrkoko i've been asked this loads of times and it has nothing to do with potting balls or anything .......its mainly more to do with nervous habit

[tornadotaylor1]

some people are so thick with their comments about this guy isn't as good as the other guy which i wont name, does hendry or o'sullivan have a coach yes they do and are their coaches as good as them no they are not. some of the best football coaches wasn't top players as long as they know what they are talkin about thats it. i'm no expert but i agree with all of what neilmaxman has said.

[neilmaxman]

@tornadotaylor1 thank you for your comments

[Brendan77132]

My god the man is right. I tried too change my timing due to a bad youtube clip that didnt tell me what Neil did (dont do it without a coach) and now I cant even find my old timing, now my game feels wrong all the time, even when I am on the right line. My confidence is on the floor. The moral of the story DONT TRY IT ON YOUR OWN!

[xboxlivegstar11]

please neil do a video on cue timing because your videos are so helpful

[AlphaEckoNiner9ner]

it would be better if u'd use a lapel-mic instead...

[deadchamp1]

i dont have a coach..nd i hv been tryin to put a pause into my cue action nd now my cue action is destroyed...i was playin ok without it making avg breaks of arnd 25..nw...my cue action is kind of destroyed...wt should i do?

[ffwiverson]

I believe your video provides good tips but I can't follow your commentary due to the noises. I have problem with strong screw. Though I aim low and hit hard, I'm unable to truly hit low on the cue ball. Either the cue ball jumps or the screw is much weaker than expected. I also find that I tend to raise the cue tip and drop my handgrip after I strike. Could you advise what cause the problems? speed/smoothness of back/forward swing, the height of bridge/handgrip, or anything else? Thanks.

[the147break]

@neilmaxman thank you neil for your reply i m glade you are the only one that can help me

as you mentioned you cant judge without seeing there fore i uploaded 3 videos( in 1 of these videos i tried to hit different like shorten the cue,stance too far, and closer to the cue ball and none helped me.....

videos are in videos list , i got only 3 videos that i uploaded them all today

thank you so much

[SauQiu147]

cool video..hope to see more from you..thx and it's help me a lot=)