Where do we look when play snooker/cuesports ? Lets Have A WEE LOOK

hey people welcome back to the snooker shed and it's great to be back and making another video here in the shed this one is going to go to taraso I hope I'm getting that right taras cisso who's asked me to make a video on where my eyes go when I'm playing so where does our eyes go where should your eyes go well that's a matter of debate but let's have a little look at where your eyes may go when you're playing Q Sports okay let's get cracked onto the video then and what think I'm going to do in this video is divide it up into three parts so what we're going to do is we're going to look at the most common places that people look when they're delivering the queue and we've got one the Q ball and two we've got the object ball and in the third part of this session what I'm going to do is I'm going to give you an idea where I look when I'm playing the game so that's really through my pre-shot routine and shot to shot so let's look at the object Watcher and this is what I do so when I'm about to deliver the queue my eyes are drawn to the contact point where I want the cuq ball to go on the object ball let's have a we look at the disadvantages and advantages of this method okay so let's look at the advantages of looking at the contact point I just actually struck me there that every time I've made a YouTube video has always been on this three fifths table and it's been an absolutely fantastic bit of Kit to help me learn how to play snooker but you never know one day I'm going to have to get a big boy table but anyway I digress so the advantages of looking at the contact point and first of all what I'm going to say is that there is only one contact point that will send the object ball in the direction you want it to go and if that is a pocket then it is directly behind the pocket the center of the pocket okay so if we know that then we could send a cuq ball to that point staring at it now the big Advantage for that is learning I believe it's learning because when you watch where the Q balls strikes the object ball you will then know if you've Struck it thick or thin or perfect so that's one of the big advantages the other big Advantage for me is you're actually telling your brain where you want the object ball to go so you're looking at a space on that ball and you're saying I want you to go there and it's kind of like throwing a stone you don't look at the stone while you throw it and the dark player certainly doesn't look at his Arrow as he throws it he looks at the Boo's eye did you see the size of that creepy we spider that's on my roof he needs to go I'll sort him out later but anyway so what's the the disadvantage of being someone that stares at the object ball while they deliver the queue well the the obvious disadvantage is you can't see where you're hting the cuq ball and the main one for me is you then could apply unwanted side and if you're applying unwanted side and I know I've went on about unwanted side on several videos because it's absolutely massive to our game so if we're applying that unwanted side then the Cubo is going to take a path that we don't expect it to go and therefore looking at the contact Point makes no difference cuz you're never going to get it there way people I've added some bloopers into the videos because these are really difficult to make and I really struggle at times so have a look at the end let look at the advantages of someone that looks at the QQ ball as they deliver the queue and the most obvious one that comes out is accuracy of tip to cuq ball so if you're watching where your tips strik in the cuq ball then you're going to be so much more accurate on where you strike it like the same was where you focus your eyes on the contact point this is the exact same your eyes are looking at a part of that cuq that you intend to strike so let's look at the disadvantage of staring at the cuq ball and for me it all comes down to the line of aim I think this method relies so heavily on the fact that you have chosen the correct line your bodies on The Shot line and your Q tip to but is all on the line of Aim so much so that you don't need to look at where the QQ ball is going to travel that you can stare at the Q ball that for me I think is a massive disadvantage because most of us don't actually get down on the line of aim consistently and that then becomes a problem because we're going to miss the shot okay so let's answer tarac Cisco's question that he asked right at the beginning where are my eyes focused when I deliver the que and we know mind's is the contact point and I'm going to give you a few personal advantages why I think that's a good place to be now if you're a CUO Watcher I want you to leave some comments and debates in the Channel with this one because as a coach we are all needing to learn every day is a learning day and understanding everybody's way how they play this wonderful game makes coaches much better and there's a good video coming up soon about what a coach can and cannot do for a player and the role in The Players journey and snooker but anyway let's go back to the advantages I think of being an object ball Watcher are well the first thing we talk about the advantage of being someone that looks at the cball has to deliver the tip well in the pre-shot routine in my pre-shot routine I've added checks as best I can to make sure that the tip is going to be striking the Q ball where I want it to strike the other Advantage I always feel is like I said we can we can concentrate more on the line of Aim so when you stand at the shot you look at the shot you could walk in staring at that contact point now normally when you walk you normally walk in a straight line walking in on the shot is no different choose the line walk in get down and then we do your tip to cuq ball checks so that is two pluses for looking at the contact point and then of course like I said before when you're looking at the contact point you can see where the Q ball strikes the object ball that then gives you an idea if you've Struck it in the right place if you've had an unwanted side Etc and that then helps you learn so what we're going to look at now finally and really quickly is where my eyes go as I'm playing a shot and I think this is really important if you've stuck around this long to just watch this last we section because some of the tips in this part will definitely help you in your game okay so let's have a we look at what I'm doing with my eyes at any given shot when I'm playing on the table so first thing I'm going to do is find the line of Aim so I'm look at the contact Point directly in the line with the back of the pocket I'm keeping my eyes on that now and what I'm doing is I'm looking at the relationship between the center of the cuq ball and that contact Point once I've found the two lines so QQ ball to object ball object ball to pocket that's me on the given line of aim the next thing I'm going to do is get down on the shot so here's the first check that hopefully eliminates The Unwanted side that we spoke about as a disadvantage of an object ball Watcher the first thing I do here is put my tip to the QQ ball where I intend to strike it and I stop I make sure I'm in the right place once I continue to the feathers what I'm watching here is I'm solely watching the CU ball as the tip comes back and forward making sure that the tip is going to strike the cuq ball where intended okay so the feathers are complete and now I'm moving on to the back swing and as soon as my back swing starts my eyes will revert straight to the contact point on the object ball that's where I'm going to stay from now on the back swings complete there's a pause then I deliver once I've delivered and struck the QQ ball my eyes are still on that contact Point once the contact has taken place I could check if it's the correct contact and then my eyes will follow the object ball to its destination in this case it was the pocket soon as it goes in the pocket my eyes will divert to the Cubo and see where hit's going to go so moving on to the last part and even though I'm playing in the snooker shed myself I'm picking out the balls myself even if I had an opponent that was doing that and I had to travel across the table eyes would always be firmly focused on the table and that holds your concentration to the job in hand let's just say you're not looking at the table so if I was to wander around the shed I would be looking at yes there's the snooker shed up here we've got Steven Henry we've got Dave Gilbert and then we're going to finish off with Ross M now my focus and attention's been taken up with the stuff in the shed rather than what I'm down on the table and if you're in any given Club the table should be clear of obstruction so you're not going to fall and hurt yourself also in clubs your focus could be taken away by other participants playing the game memorability on the wall Club announcements whatever it is so try and keep your eyes focused on the table because that's where the concentration needs to be okay people thank you very much for watching to the end and tar Cisco I hope that answers your question and I hope that it's answered a few questions to other people that are watching the video right now if you've got any comments about Cub ball Watchers object ball Watchers that you think I've missed add them in it's always a learning game and that's me off now for a cup of tea and I hope answers taras Tesco's question okay po people and that will reduce an accuracies and where he's heading hting haing