Simple TIPS ON Snooker BREAK BUILDING

Hey people how are you doing out there And thank you very much for joining me back here at the Snooker Shed A huge thank you to everyone who likes subscribes and comments on these videos I'm making It's amazing to know that you guys are out there watching and enjoying the nonsense I put up on YouTube So what are we doing today here at the Snooker Shed Well I'm going to give you some tips that might just help you with your brake building So you're fairly confident round about the black spot You can pot short to medium red balls and get a reasonable position on the black And you're happy on the black But you can't really seem to make consistent shots above 16 4 5 So let's look at tip number one And this is a really simple one that' s really difficult to apply And it is take your time What is the rush When you play a game of snooker you find people moving around the table much faster than most professionals And if the professionals are taking their time then maybe it's telling us something And that goes across the board So when you prepare for a shot make sure you've given yourself enough time to observe what's going to happen If you don't you might pop that ball but you'll soon find yourself out of position and missing So tip number one let's take our time when we play this game Hi I'm Gary and I'm from Denver And I'll see you on the table Okay let's look at tip number two And tip number two is to look at the table See what it's saying And this is part of taking your time So when you look at the table like this one you can see the ball's fairly spread And you'd be thinking there's a good chance I can get a winning point or a big point from the position the ball is in But before I start playing I always take a look around Just a quick glance Are you looking does the pink go into the bottom pockets does it go into the middle Is the black clear on both of its own pockets Are there any reds in the way of the pink or the black And if there are what can I do to move that red What other red ball can I pot to clear it out of the way Can I pot that one from that position of the black or the pink And there are so many questions the table is asking us And just taking time to map it out and look at all those little ideas that you might have just before you start your break It is really helpful to answer those questions as the break goes along So tip number two look at the table See what it's saying And tip number three get yourself on the snooker shed door Just like Flynn from Bolton at 246 miles away Then we're going to fly across the other side of the world and meet Jesusa in Isabela the Philippines 6466 miles away Just around the corner from him we have Harith who is living in Malaysia 6 606 miles away Now if you'd like to be on the door here at the snooker shed just leave me a quick comment about where you're from and I'll figure out how far away you are And do me a favor send me an email with a picture of yourself playing snooker or wherever you are in the world So we can feature your lovely face as we give you a shout out here at the snooker shed Now we're going to look at tip number four And tip number four is playing those three shots ahead Plan out what you're going to do Yes I'm looking at the table there are lots of balls They're all scattered It could be a bit daunting so you just get down and start playing Funny enough you'll find yourself out of position and the distance will get bigger and bigger and the pots will get harder and harder Until your recovery pots are too difficult for you to play and you end up missing Okay so let's look at how we think those three shots ahead And yes it looks like the balls spread out really daunting And you're thinking wow how can I see some patterns on the table for those three shots So the first two tips were the building blocks And if you remember taking your time and looking at the table What was it telling us Mapping it out That really helps when it comes to figuring out the three shots And for me shot number two is always the key Okay let's look at the balls as they are on the table So we've got this relatively easy pot into the bottom bag We're going to approach the glass that's pretty easy There's not much difficulty in doing that The thing here is that the key shot is getting the cue ball into the correct position on the glass Because when I mapped out the table earlier I saw that this red covered the path of the pink So if I can get a nice natural angle so that I can take the black one and put it in the same bag And cannon that red out the way leaving myself on this red back then for the black That's going for four shots but you can see how simple that little pattern turned out Okay tip number five is to focus one shot at a time Focus on the pot Now I know a lot of players out there have told me in the past that they find it difficult to think about the next three shots Because when you go back to that first shot to play they tend to miss the shot because they've still got a lot of the information in their head And I always tell them once you've decided where the cue ball is going And once you've decided where to hit the cue ball to get it there that's all you need The rest you can forget about So when you stand behind the shot you say I'm hitting the cue ball here and at that speed tighten the speed That's all you need to think about Because where the cue ball goes really doesn't matter You've made your mind up forget about where it's going until you strike the ball then see if you were correct Once you strike the ball and it goes where you want that's a confirmation that your height and speed was correct If it doesn't go where you expected it to go Then that's also a confirmation of hitting the cue ball there makes it go there And then that also helps you judge for the next time where to get it where you wanted it to go So there's a lot of learning that comes from focusing on the shot I'd like to give a big shout out to this guy Professional snooker player from Scotland Russ Muir Now Russ Muir is part of the Snooker Shed family and we're sponsoring him through this season Russ is an absolutely great guy and he's come along and started his own YouTube channel Now I think this is going to be absolutely fascinating And a great insight into a professional player's daily life Now Russ isn't going to give away all the trade secrets but I guarantee there's going to be loads of tips in there That both of us could learn from So I'm really excited to watch some of the stuff that Russ is coming up with The link will be down below in the description to join Russ's channel And Russ is also looking for questions and videos that we would like to see him make So if you've got a video a question in mind stick it on his channel There's a good chance he's going to make that video or answer that question And listen Hi there my name is Russ Muir and I'll see you on the table