Side Spin All Effects

How To Play Side Spin Shots In Snooker Pool or any other Cue Sports where you can Side Spin the Cue Ball. Aiming With Spin on the White Ball and off Snoker Cushions Break From Life shows all the effects of playing shots with Sidespin. How to aim these shots allowing for all the complicated effects.

00:00 Intro
0:27 Deflection
1:54 Cue Quality
2:35 Reaction
4:09 Swerving
4:41 Wrong Side
5:49 Contact
6:38 Post Contact
7:12 Cushion Spin
8:19 Reverse Side
9:37 Sideways Backspin

For free advice on playing better snooker and reviews that are going to help you then simply subscribe to our channel

Any products you think we should test or anything you think we should cover. Or want to sponsor us then email

[GenialHarryGrout]

After watching this I have come to the conclusion that to understand how snooker balls work you need a masters degree in snookerphysics

[pietrotondini]

Hi my name is Pietro, and i just started to play, you're a big inspiration, thanks, love from Faenza, Italy

[seanbrannon]

I’m hoping to play snooker for the first time in about 25 years, just came across your channel a few days ago, not only do you explain things well you’re entertaining too. What a resource you/YouTube are. My 85 year old dad is watching you too now in the hope he’ll beat me!
Thank you for the videos!

[largeandscary]

as i've progressed i've been struggling with this in various aspects of my shooting, much to the chagrin of my teams advice. this is the most concise explanation of the elements of spinning a cue and for this i'm deeply appreciative

[OneEyedKeys]

I have been struggling this for almost 3 decades. Your videos are fantastic. I think I would learn more over a night of pints playing with you than I have learned since I was 14. In lieu of that, I will keep watching your vids. Thanks mate!

[Jordanlooky]

When I watch your videos I never expect how much detail you go into. Makes soo much sense. I know about putting side on but not to this extent. Very educational. Great channel.🤌🏻
Jordan From Bournemouth 🌊

[jamesdoolan]

These videos are part of my Saturday morning routine now... cuppa tea and watch Break from Life around 9am... keep up the good work! Can’t wait to get back in a table.. James from Sunderland.

[rafaeltapia]

I was addicted to snooker on 2018, and finally got back to it on quarantine. Loving the vids. Don't know if I'm the first one from my country, but greetings from Arequipa, Perú 🇵🇪

[NWIVeteranConstruction]

for people struggling with this...you can look through the cue ball when using heavy side English and aim your tip at the edge of the object ball. if you pay attention to most of his strikes, his cue is aimed directly at the edge of the object ball. i found that this works exceptionally well when the object ball isn't too far away, and the shot is reasonably straight. the further the object ball, the more time the cue ball has to curve back. obviously, there's much more that goes into it but its decent starting point until you get a good feel for the deflection.

[MrDvfdsv]

My gosh the difference in cloth surface depending on where you play the shot is something!

[negedonigaming]

Hi man I am a big fan from Bosnia and Herzegowina and I found your lessons very usefull for me to learn to play snuker much better.
Thank you and wish you all the best!

[rafifrizki]

Not a snooker player, but your videos helped me become a better pool player. Thank you, from your subsriber in Semarang, Indonesia.

[willboudreau]

A very well done and compelling video. If the intent was to convince me of the utter hair pulling and mind numbing frustration of the game, it succeeded in spades. I would be breaking sticks, throwing balls through basement windows, and taking razor blades to the green felt. Life is too short for the frustration of pool.

[snooker]

This one summarizes all usages of side spins. Nice job!

[jimmy_betmore]

FANTASTIC explanation of deflection! I've never played snooker but I have played quite a bit of American pool (9 ball, 8 ball, One Pocket, 14.1 Continuous/Straight Pool) but the idea is the same. Thank you for posting this.

And for what it's worth, I'm in Dayton, Ohio, USA.

[monismohammad]

Clearing all my doubts about side spin. Guess it's the first video on YouTube that taught that much about sides. ❤️🇮🇳

[infobeam]

Your content is great mate!
When I learned to play snooker I was never taught but I just watched players in the snooker hall... So I learned to play with side as most players did. Fast forward and learning to play by calculating the angles it was like learning a new game lol

[altaafshaik]

Im from South Africa. My name is Altaaf. This is Literally the best white ball video I've seen so far thanks it helped alot.

[TheDobi]

It was hard to find a channel with so precise explainations ! Thanks !
Here is Vince from Nancy, France.

[IKAL]

Hi from Zagreb, Croatia. Great channel, it is helping my pool game