How to pot and aim using side!

most pro and coach say, get the cue tip to behind cueball. the way i play is i think shaun murphy does that, eg: as i get down my cue tip is above the cueball and i have to pull the cue back to bring the cue tip back behind the white, then start my featuring. does that cause problem ? and make the cue offline?

rule No.1 avoid side at all costs

Hi Steve. Great video. You mentioned the effect of throw with the green and red shots, but not with the blue shot. Is throw more of an issue with the less angled shots?

Working through each shot was very helpful and illuminating. Thanks!

What is the most preferable tip size on cue for an amateur player? I mean so I could make even extremely spins with less mistakes? I used to play 9.5mm... But I wanna know a professional point on it. Thanks!

Thanks, it was very useful

nice..tq

Brilliant explanation

Great video!

If the first shot had more distance between cue ball and blue how is it played then ..would the left hand side not check it ?

That was a game-changer video. Thank you

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Another great piece of work. Excellent video!

best snooker channel ive found ,every time i watch a vid its like blocks of logic are falling into place and it all makes sense and thats all down to your clear presentation skills

Hi, may I understand what is helping side really mean?

Hi I found your tutorials about using sides are very useful, and I really put that to practice and it works. But I just encounter a situation is when the cue ball requires hitting multiple cushions with sides like saving from a snooker I found it difficult to predict the direction of the cue ball. Could you help make a video about using sides to save snookers? It will be very useful

When I first learned, before it became automatic, the way I used to remember which side to apply to the cue ball for screw back reverse side shots, is to strike it on the same side as the cushion.

Sir you r best coach

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I just love this channel! Thank you for the well explained videos.

@BartonSnooker I have an important question for me. If I give just touch of side to the cue ball, should I also compensate the angle to pot the ball or maybe it is some a little bit of touch side shots where I don't need to think about to change the angle? Thank's for video.

Great videos, Steve! Please make a video to how to play with side against the nap and the adjustments you make with your aim. Thanks again!

Reverse side screw shot on a straight black is a terrible shot to play

I trained today the shot with checkside on the blue. That is an absolute necessity for decent breakbuilding

Hey Mr Barton, thanks for the video. I've watched every coaching video on side I can find but have never seen anyone cover what their eyes are actually doing when aiming with side. I've been playing for decades and play quite well (80+ break player). I recently made the mistake of over analyzing the way that I aim with side, I was a bit shocked and taken aback by what seems to be happening in practice and it's doing my head in so I've come to the internet seeking validation.
I found that when I use side my eyes are not looking straight down the line of the cue, but rather looking down the center of the white ball roughly towards the intended point of impact on the object ball. This of course means that my cue is slightly to the side of the center of my line of vision and also slightly off parallel with my line of vision. Is this how other players do it? Or do other players maintain the cue in the center of their vision and aim the shot with the cue ball appearing off to one side relative to the center of their vision?

I hope you can understand what I am trying to ask, it's hard to describe.

Finally!! A well explained video using side and how to compensate for it 👏 👍 😀

Best video I've watched about snooker,Very good teacher and thanks for the video, LOVED IT 👍👏❤😊😊😊

Needed this, thanks for the videos!!

I find reverse side a nightmare. Its horrible.

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Correct me if im wrong, but the angles you ve shown in your thumbnail are opposite? When giving the run side it will push the play ball in opposite direction with the spin on play ball and vice versa for check side

Pls demonstrate the shot where you're on the wrong side of the blue and u have to follow through the baulk 3 cushions to get back to reds near pink spot area missing the baulk colors.

Hello Barton, please make more videos like this
This helps to understand fix patterns of common shots

In the example with running stun on the green, you said you don't have to worry about the deflection from the off-center hit, because throw from the spin will compensate. But in the example with reverse running left draw to get on the reds, you say you do have to worry about the deflection from the off-center hit. I'm confused about this point, when you have to compensate for deflection and when you don't

on all your videos you should always show where you are hitting the ball in the top corner ,you do do it on some but it would be great on them all

every shot in this video can be played played better with stun or follow, and won't even need to aim thick or thin, make a video where the only choice is playing with side.

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i love you, i'm gonna subscribe you i love how you teach us

Thank you info Mr

I’ve just discovered your videos and I found this one on aiming with side particularly helpful. I’ve only been playing for ~6 years. Started late in life…I’m approaching my 75th year. Just want to thank you for your assistance! Cheers

Very well explained.

It would be cool if you could play a full game and explain each shot and why you played it.

Sounds like you are from near me, stourbridge!

Great lessons, thank you so much. I live in Thailand can you arrange video lessons as well? Mainly technical issues I'm a beginner. Very interested thank you

Very good lesson on how to handle side spin. More than anything else the manner which you explain is easy listening and I believe this skillset alone will endear your videos to a much wider audience. Congratulations.

Love snooker, love the video, but still a very hard game to play 👍👏

this is the most perfect video to improve ur game

Why does the cue ball miss the object ball completely when I use side spin?