04. The Bridge Hand - Straight Cueing in Snooker

Cueing in a straight line. Establishing fixed points in your cueing action includes how to form a good cueing bridge hand. This will help you strike the cue ball correctly and in a straight line. Barry Stark, World Snooker Coach, tutorial. #cueball #snookercoach #snookercoaching #worldsnooker #billiards

[farazshahid]

I always faced problem in straighten the cue. This is the best tutorial i found. Fixed my problem

[batlin]

Wow, these videos really are a goldmine! The very last point you made about the "little belly" on the back of one's hand is very interesting, and something that never once occurred to me after years of play, despite having somewhat pronounced musculature in that part of both hands. This is probably due to several decades playing the piano - playing the scales properly involves articulate motion of all the fingers which seems like a plausible cause. The slight rotation of the bridge hand to move this obstruction out of the way is yet another exercise to add to a growing list. Thanks!

[usyygill]

As long as people watch your videos thdy don't need any coach.
Good work sir

[charlesscottkelly]

Again brilliant video, simply explained without magic gadgets or too technical stuff.

[SatanicXray]

I really knew how to do the bridge cue method so decent my father shown me how to do it like a pro but your the master

[pjhans]

Yesterday was the first time i ever tried this game, have no idea how to play with appropriate technique but maybe these useful videos will help me.

[garysoulsby]

Hi Barry
Videos are amazing and I'd just like to ask that because I am left eye dominant I obviously want to play to my strengths and improve.
This is fine for my Snooker but I also play uk 8 ball pool also.
I only found out about my eye dominance around a year ago and have been playing snooker for three years now but yet when I go back to the pool table I seem not as good as I used to be as I always played centre eyed.
As you know that pool balls are a lot smaller should I continue to play both games left eyed ?
Because I experimented by playing pool centre eyed again and I worked great and I was just as confident as I have been when playing left eyed with my snooker so should I need to use my dominant eye in pool? As it has thrown me off course in that game in a way. I do feel that there's probably less chance putting unintentional side on a pool cue ball so just wanted your opinion on the matter
Thanks

[MunishKumar-igmz]

Hey Barry
Manish again can you please tell me what is the ideal distance between que ball and bridge

[nca]

Hello there Sir!
This is Aryan, as you mentioned many top players move their last three fingers after forming the bridge, I've seen that a lot but why do they do it?

[gopalbudhathoki]

Sir ...i always line up the shot correctly and aim right on the cue ball before delivering the cue..when i move my eys on OB on my final backswing and when i hit the cue at the last.. i hit it on different spot which make my potting difficult...what is the best practice to overcome this problem...

[CircuitActive]

Why do snooker players not use the same closed bridge as billiard and pool players do?

[farukhali]

sir solve my problem when i come down in the shot my elbow and shoulder not straight in the line of shot my hand rotate hand elbow come out plz help me sir