One of the things I love most about this channel is Stephen leaving his own errors in. It would be so easy to edit everything to make him look better than he is at this time in his life. But by showing that even arguably the greatest ever player makes mistakes, it keeps it real. It's fascinating watching the breaks where something of his old fluency returns (not being funny, but his play was great against Mark Williams' son) as they seem more special that way. I'm so impressed with his attitude in being honest about himself. Top man.
Your comment was so spot on........ until you mentioned stephen being 'arguably' the best player ever! Even stephen would objectively agree that Stephen Lee is the grFatest to ever hold a cue! 😂
@@AsifSaeedSaeed-se9lp it was partly because Higgins was a WC and top player who helped promote the sport… but it was very much more because Barry Hearn did not like STEPHEN LEE because of how obese he was and his slobbish lifestyle that he thought looked horrendous for snooker on TV. Hearn took the opportunity to remove STEPHEN LEE from snooker and the TV screens… he’s not a very nice man!
@@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff What a ridiculous comment, and even more pathetic of Barry to dislike a player because the guy is obese. Like i said the disgraceful cheat got off lightly. Double standards 👎
@@AsifSaeedSaeed-se9lp it’s genuinely true that Barry didn’t like LEE because he was so obese but only because he thought it was an horrendous image / portrayal of the sport to a global audience in the TV. He wanted snooker to be seen as a health, athletic serious professional sport not associated with pub games and back rooms of conservative clubs / golf clubs
I had to correct PatrickCrowther on a comment he left suggesting that Stephen Hendry was arguably the greatest ever, but even stephen would objectively agree that its Stephen Lee was the grFatest snooker player to ever hold a cue! 😂
Haha ya so mean man, I believe Him, as u know, you have good days and bad and with his time out not playing for years day in day it’s unstable he wasn’t spot on the day…😂
I wish this was 30 years ago. I used to spend hours in the snooker club. They just let me whack balls around the table. I'm autistic only asked a few times for tips and they didnt help
@@peterf08 because Stephen hardly plays anymore and when he does he just has a knockabout and doesn't put his heart and sole into it like he did when he was in his pomp. He'd rather enjoy his life now and play golf. He said in his interview with Ronnie that the one thing he'd reconsider if he could have his time again would be to have a life outside of snooker because when he was younger it was 100% snooker and nothing else.
People pay hundreds of pounds getting coaching. This is why i love RUclips. You are getting some of them the best advices and tips from one of the greatest ever players for free.
Lets remember the standard he had to play back when he won so many titles the only real competitors he had was Davis and White. Ronnie won most of his titles with a much stronger field with so many top players that can win it any day just to name a few Trump, Wilson, Higgins, Selby, Williams, Robertson, Allen, Murphy the list goes on and on. So in conclusion he was a great player for the opponents he had to face, did he have any of the type of opponents I mentioned he would definitely not have won much or any. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the GOAT 🐐
Fake profiles. Even replies to himself. The English puff is obsessed with Stephen Hendry. Even defends Hendry on videos uploaded by WST about our greatest player Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🏆👌
Nice. Maybe Stephen should give the golfing a break and instead get his golf shirts on and go focus purely on his snooker again. Would be a joy to see him cut his way into some later stages of a few tournaments again. Or even just get another tv 147.
This is my favorite video on your channel so far! I love you or other good player talking through routines shot by shot and explaining the thought process. And also the routine with the 4 reds and blacks is pretty important to learn the basic shots around the black spot. Ty so much and I recommend you make this a series: Hendry explains Practice routines or something similar. Have a nice day everyone!
Amazing video, I've shared this with my team mates who are between the 30 and 50 break standard. They like to use power 10 for everything! I hope they use your advice to improve 😅 Personally I've been lucky enough to make centuries in practice but difficult to translate that in matches. Would you be interested in a friendly match? 😊 Cheers!
I haven’t played in YEARS (moved the u.s. in 92 and started a laying pool a couple of years ago). Had a recent work trip to Ireland and found a snooker club just around the corner from the office. Watched this practice for a couple of hours over a couple of days and then played with a bloke from work. I had a 38 and a 20 break in the same frame! The 38 should have kept going but played a terrible shot on a red to get out of position. My previous highest break way back when was 32 lol Long story short, probably going to quit my job and turn pro now lol😂😅😊😂 Cheers Mr H!
I managed a 52 break on my lunch break years ago with a colleague; easily my highest ever. I'm currently on step 3 but haven't managed to do it in fifty attempts so far. Annoyed cos want to get to stage 4, which I suspect I'll actually find easier. That 52 seems doable, though my best was done in an actual match (mostly blues and pinks to middle pockets).
Stephen, please give snooker one last proper go. No more half-hearted attempts. Just try one season full-time, with 100% focus and real practice. You can still compete with the best - easily.
@@marekmaxpabianice why’s it embarrassing ? He keeps turning up without practicing and losing all the time. Whats wrong with actually giving it a real shot?
@@Glasschin2.0 He's done it and struggled to pot easy balls. It is OK to let younger players take over. I am a black belt in jj, however, I am not that young and with some knee issues, I will never compete again - I'd be submitted by a brown belt. teaching, sparring - sure
@@marekmaxpabianice he hasn’t done it , he doesn’t practice before playing them games. He picks up a cue an hour before. He needs 3 of 4 months of 3 hours plus a day to find any kind of form. I half think he doesn’t do it , so he has an excuse lined up.
@@Glasschin2.0 He can practice all he wants and it won't do him any good. When he was washed up by 30YO...... 1999-2012 Never won a TC Tournament for 12 years. 2005-2012 Never won a ranking tournament for 7 years. Standard is too high or Hendry.
Just as an indication on how much quality has improved over the years in snooker 1977 Masters, won by Doug Mountjoy. The highest break of the whole tournament was 81.
@PuffWaynePuffAnthonyPuffWah🍀🍀🍀 The GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan 7 World 8 UK 8 Masters Stephen Hendry 7 World 5 UK 6 Masters Judd Trump 1 World LMFAO!!!! 1 UK LMFAO!!! 2 Masters LMFAO!!! They are both chasing the Ronnie's records
Great video as usual Stephen, especially loved when you talked about what should be going on inside your head to distract from any negative thoughts, would love to see more videos similar to that. Also quick question how come you were using triangle chalk again?
I love how don't just edit out a miss, it shows it happens and you keep going, Unlike some peoples videos where they just edit it all perfect. Watching these videos just feels so down to earth and makes it enjoyable.
Get your facts Right. GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan owns Stephen Hendry's soul. Body & Soul. (Source Cue Tracker ) Fact HAHAHAHAHAHA I'm humiliating the PowderPuffWah👍
@ PuffWah- Fake profiles. Even replies to himself. The English puff is obsessed with Stephen Hendry. Even defends Hendry on videos uploaded by WST about our greatest player Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🏆👌
A very helpful & educational video yet again thanks Stephen, I'm taking lots of notes & will be practising this very soon, please continue with Cue Tips, it's much appreciated!! 🤗
Thank you so much Stephen and crew. I love Snooker - in Southern California no one plays it - I found a local club with 1 snooker table and I’m hooked! Please continue this channel with all your amazing content
I'm in southern California too bro and where did you find a club with snooker table?????????? My buddy has a 12' at his office and I just restored a 10'. So between him and I it's the only sooner tables I've seen in a `100 mile radius.
@@WilliamFeryll Dam, I was just down in SD this weekend for my kids bachelor party. I'm in Orange so I guess I have to revise the radius to 84 miles. Good to know if I whenever make it back down there. Thanks dude ~!~
Excellent tips and demonstrations, thank you! (: Making a century break is on my bucket list. I’d love to save up for a table, as there are none readily available where I live.
Spent first half of the video wishing we could see where on the cueball Hendry was actually hitting for each shot, only to realise there was a little graphic at the top right showing exactly where! That's the difference, knowing where Hendry is hitting the cue ball, can learn a lot from this.
Thank you so much for these videos. I was born in the late 80s and grew up watching you play. You were my snooker and hero and still are. The content of all your videos is amazing, but for me the best thing about these videos is the sense of getting to know you. It’s inspiring to have come to learn that as well as being such an amazing player and someone I idolised, you are also such a genuine, friendly, funny guy as well.
Cracking vid, i made a 57 in practice the other day which is my highest but i did exactly what you said, was on the blue and thought i can make a 60+ here, then missed a simple blue, but my game has come on so much since watching these vids
You know the crazy Irish guy we spoke about on all the fake profiles? He has ten accounts in the comments. He's insane mate. He's been replying to himself for a week on loads of accounts on an old RUclips post weeks old. Liking his own comments etc. He's been on RUclips all day on lots of different posts. Some months old. He's literally obsessed with Ronnie O'Sullivan all day. He needs help!
He's a puff from Ireland obsessed with Ronnie O'Sullivan. I've seen his original profile with Sam Smith and Ricky Martin on his playlist. He won't be long 🍀🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Used to call himself Storm Woods. He's used between 10-15 accounts today. There's something seriously wrong about him. He's from Ireland. Possibly Belfast!
Honestly cannot work out the strange Irish guy on all the accounts with so much hate towards the goat Stephen Hendry. He probably has 13 accounts in the comments!
Stephen is a completely reinvented man. I would never have guessed as a player he would go on to become such a great, natural and down to earth presenter.
Agree with the multiple runs. You will reach a limit quickly by progressing 10, 20, 30, etc. Playing each level 3 times provides not only developmental experience but confidence. Another practice method is to 10 runs and establishing an average; with practice you polish your skills (with again...confidence).
Thank you thank you so much stephen, you are legend, thank you for all these videos, thank you for all your advices, for all your explainations, informations Your fan and follower Abdel from Morocco Casablanca.
I dont even play snooker but I watched Stephen late into the night as a young boy in the 90s. I absolutely adore this channel. A sporting legend, thank you for the memories and now the insights you give us in such a watchable fashion.
"never over hit the ball", yeah, that was a weakness for me. I never got over 60 (had a few mid-50s during games, I could maybe get mid-30s reliably). I wasted a lot of time early on belting stuff. Translates to pool too (excluding the break I guess), walloping the ball should be a last resort.
I used to love playing snooker but the club closed down. Like they all seem to be doing. Why aren't the snookering bodies getting behind this? Where will the next Hendry, O'Sullivan, Selby, Trump etc come from if there are no clubs anymore? They may as well move the Worlds to China or elsewhere as the UK won't have any players in 10 years!!
I got onto the 50 break rung 45 years ago. I immediately fell off it again. Never got anywhere near since. One problem is that I can win plenty of games in our league without ever getting above a twenty break. Each player only plays one frame. One win is one league point for the team. It's too risky to take chances when you have 60+ year old eyes! RUclips channels like yours have got me practicing USEFULLY again and when the new season comes around in September, maybe I won't be such a negative b.st.rd!! If I can knock in a thirty break on my handicap it is basically game over.
I've never played snooker before but I love watching it. I've been thinking about going to play somewhere in my city (Glasgow). Would I look like a weirdo if I just turned up and started practicing this? What are these places like for complete beginners?
Just go to a club one afternoon, it’ll be quiet, and you just pay per hour and knock the balls around, no one will give a toss, they’ll be doing their own thing 👍🏼
@@SosiskaTheHorribletbh I’m been playing 20 years and still feel odd when I go and play on a table by myself. It’s like people expect you too be good lol
I wish we had these vids when I was playing. In snooker, I didn't progress much beyond the intermediate level - 30s & 40s consistently - the occasional 50 or 60 - rarely made 70s & 80s - & I made centuries once in a blue moon (maybe 5 of them in all) These days, there's no reason why a player can't reach a decent level if he's prepared to put the time & work into it. These coaches & former players tell you everything you need to progress up the rankings.
Thank you mr Hendry. My personal best is 55 which 5 black + 1 pink..which i miss the last red through double into the mid pocket.. looking good with this practice, however it was quite different feelings when we go into real match. The nerve got the best of our confidence
Absolutely love these videos, love the errors, love the honesty and love the fact you're giving this help out for free to the public, Absolutely unbelievable
the only reasonable break i ever made was about 20 years ago and it was ~ 25 or so and i remember i had atleast one green in that lot. other than that i just cannot play snooker lol. I keep DELIBERATLEY putting side on stuff like i would in pool. and then i miss everything by miles.. But the white goes where i wanted in general :D p.s im no good at pool any more either :D and i wasnt great at my peak lol.
Really good video...just getting into snooker and had a go at the 20 break. Really keeps you focused on positioning and seeing how the white responds to cue power. Looking forward to trying the 30 break at some point.
I was just saying to myself what if you miss as you went for the red using the rest and you said it's no problem as I'm using the rest! And then you miss it! Brilliant Stephen I'm glad you left that in and had a laugh yourself. I'm going to a snooker club with my best mate soon but haven't tried snooker for years and I have only potted two balls in a row! However I've been watching a lot of your cue tips so I've learnt a lot in theory! Just need to practice now. Wish me luck! I'll need it! 😂
Love these types of videos, really helps with having something to actually practice. Although, I would also love to hear some thoughts and tips maybe on how cloth affects the cue ball. I never know if I'm playing a shot wrong or if the cloth is just too worn for the type of shot I played. Would be interesting to know!
Hello, I would like to ask about the cue case. Real leather, aluminum, PU, which one can block or reduce moisture and temperature to protect the cue? Thanks
Looking at the cue ball strike marker thing, I was surprised how little he used side, almost not all. Even when he did, it was very slight. It's amazing how much you can do with a cute ball with screw, stun and follow through.
Thanks Stephen. Sorry to hear youve retired completely now. You were a legend. Please advise why players including yourself seem to tip the left side of their body down towards the table?
This video is so good, I tried to practice with a technic, and I can understanding how to play, Thank you for Stephen Hendry. He is the best of snooker player forever.
My best break is 36, have been trying for a long time to better that but have failed. I must admit the black off the spot, I just really struggle with the black.
That point you mentioned about getting excited when you're nearing a milestone break - so can relate to that! I was on a 68 in a league match, and had a diag blue into green pocket, with nothing to do with the cueball as the red was near. I was in the zone till everyone stopped and my opponent changed his tone in announcing the break. After realising what break i was on, and what i could have ended up with, i (of course) bottled the blue. 68 still remains my highest match break 😔
Man I wish we had more snooker tables in America. Such a cool game. I don't think there's one within a hundred miles of me. That said, I suck on a six foot bar table so maybe it's for the best.
Bloody hell stephen! You've got a bit of a Willie Thorne hair-do apearing through your thinning thatch. You need to get hold of Jimmy Whites hair transplant guy, and get that sorted. Either that or get the camera man to get some more flattering footage.
One of the things I love most about this channel is Stephen leaving his own errors in. It would be so easy to edit everything to make him look better than he is at this time in his life. But by showing that even arguably the greatest ever player makes mistakes, it keeps it real. It's fascinating watching the breaks where something of his old fluency returns (not being funny, but his play was great against Mark Williams' son) as they seem more special that way. I'm so impressed with his attitude in being honest about himself. Top man.
You’d love Barton Snooker. He hasn’t missed a ball for 3 years 😂
Your comment was so spot on........ until you mentioned stephen being 'arguably' the best player ever! Even stephen would objectively agree that Stephen Lee is the grFatest to ever hold a cue! 😂
Shows how honest he is and reason why he 7x champion
@@peterf08 your right honesty is what got him there! And why stephen Lee is the grFatest to ever do it
Stephen Hendry isn't the greatest player ever. That would be Ronnie O'Sullivan 🐐
Thanks, Stephen, your best video yet. 👍
Well done 👏 Excellent job, I will start working on these tips❤❤❤
Excellent video stephen. Thankyou. Great though process explanation. Much needed. Superb.
You always need a little bit of luck sometimes .... that sounds like a Bob Dylan lyric
Great routines. For me it has to be made in a frame with a witness rather than optimally placed balls
Where TF is STEPHEN LEE??
Seriously this channel needs STEPHEN LEE so badly!
Why did the cheat Higgins get off lightly , and poor Lee get a lengthy ban? Does not sit right with us genuine snooker fans.
@@AsifSaeedSaeed-se9lp it was partly because Higgins was a WC and top player who helped promote the sport… but it was very much more because Barry Hearn did not like STEPHEN LEE because of how obese he was and his slobbish lifestyle that he thought looked horrendous for snooker on TV. Hearn took the opportunity to remove STEPHEN LEE from snooker and the TV screens… he’s not a very nice man!
@@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff What a ridiculous comment, and even more pathetic of Barry to dislike a player because the guy is obese. Like i said the disgraceful cheat got off lightly. Double standards 👎
@@AsifSaeedSaeed-se9lp it’s genuinely true that Barry didn’t like LEE because he was so obese but only because he thought it was an horrendous image / portrayal of the sport to a global audience in the TV. He wanted snooker to be seen as a health, athletic serious professional sport not associated with pub games and back rooms of conservative clubs / golf clubs
@@PlayMoreGolf-RipOffFake profiles mate. He's a puff from Ireland obsessed with Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀
I had to correct PatrickCrowther on a comment he left suggesting that Stephen Hendry was arguably the greatest ever, but even stephen would objectively agree that its Stephen Lee was the grFatest snooker player to ever hold a cue! 😂
Hope jimmy bullard gives this a watch
Too quick lol that was gonna be me comment 😂
Haha ya so mean man, I believe Him, as u know, you have good days and bad and with his time out not playing for years day in day it’s unstable he wasn’t spot on the day…😂
Jimmy won't be watching, he has already had a 102 break.
Jimmy bollard is so annoying. Do t watch his stuff.
😂😂😂
I wish this was 30 years ago. I used to spend hours in the snooker club. They just let me whack balls around the table. I'm autistic only asked a few times for tips and they didnt help
129 not bad for a first century, keep going like that and you’ll be a legend one day.
😂😂
How can Hendry go from a machine to so sloppy, he not that much older than Ronnie, Williams and Higgins 😂
He says himself he struggled with practicing as he got older. His commitment as a youngster cannot be questioned though.
@@peterf08 because Stephen hardly plays anymore and when he does he just has a knockabout and doesn't put his heart and sole into it like he did when he was in his pomp. He'd rather enjoy his life now and play golf. He said in his interview with Ronnie that the one thing he'd reconsider if he could have his time again would be to have a life outside of snooker because when he was younger it was 100% snooker and nothing else.
@@underdirect1745yes but the fact that even current day steve davis who is in his 60s is arguably better than him is just insane to me
@@footballfan321-xt3ku Haha, no he's not. Steve doesn't even like picking a cue up these days. Have you watched the video with Steve Davis?
People pay hundreds of pounds getting coaching. This is why i love RUclips. You are getting some of them the best advices and tips from one of the greatest ever players for free.
I am trying this routines ASAP. Thank you Mr. Hendry for the amazing content once again!
I like your videos but this one is probably the most helpful
Stephen Hendry is the GOAT 🐐
Lets remember the standard he had to play back when he won so many titles the only real competitors he had was Davis and White. Ronnie won most of his titles with a much stronger field with so many top players that can win it any day just to name a few Trump, Wilson, Higgins, Selby, Williams, Robertson, Allen, Murphy the list goes on and on. So in conclusion he was a great player for the opponents he had to face, did he have any of the type of opponents I mentioned he would definitely not have won much or any.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the GOAT 🐐
Fake profiles. Even replies to himself. The English puff is obsessed with Stephen Hendry. Even defends Hendry on videos uploaded by WST about our greatest player Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🏆👌
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the GOAT 🐐
Haha when you missed that red
Nice. Maybe Stephen should give the golfing a break and instead get his golf shirts on and go focus purely on his snooker again. Would be a joy to see him cut his way into some later stages of a few tournaments again. Or even just get another tv 147.
This is excellent. Thank you, Stephen
Well thats the kind of video i need for doing practice
Looks like Stephen walked off the golf course to record this video lol
My issue is I can barely pot one ball at a time nevermind thinking about position
The only reason this video is out is because of the suspicions from the last video that Stephen can't make a 100 anymore. 😂
70 break with no side!
Keeping it simple is a great lesson for me. Thank you
Instructions unclear I missed the first ball
lol😂😂
Stephen Hendry You are my inspiration ❤ Love from Pakistan
Thanks for this video stephen! Just beat my highest break.
This is my favorite video on your channel so far! I love you or other good player talking through routines shot by shot and explaining the thought process. And also the routine with the 4 reds and blacks is pretty important to learn the basic shots around the black spot. Ty so much and I recommend you make this a series: Hendry explains Practice routines or something similar. Have a nice day everyone!
Amazing video, I've shared this with my team mates who are between the 30 and 50 break standard. They like to use power 10 for everything! I hope they use your advice to improve 😅 Personally I've been lucky enough to make centuries in practice but difficult to translate that in matches. Would you be interested in a friendly match? 😊 Cheers!
I haven’t played in YEARS (moved the u.s. in 92 and started a laying pool a couple of years ago). Had a recent work trip to Ireland and found a snooker club just around the corner from the office. Watched this practice for a couple of hours over a couple of days and then played with a bloke from work. I had a 38 and a 20 break in the same frame! The 38 should have kept going but played a terrible shot on a red to get out of position. My previous highest break way back when was 32 lol
Long story short, probably going to quit my job and turn pro now lol😂😅😊😂
Cheers Mr H!
I managed a 52 break on my lunch break years ago with a colleague; easily my highest ever. I'm currently on step 3 but haven't managed to do it in fifty attempts so far. Annoyed cos want to get to stage 4, which I suspect I'll actually find easier. That 52 seems doable, though my best was done in an actual match (mostly blues and pinks to middle pockets).
Stephen any chance of doing a snooker quiz video. I’m sure there are 3 or 4 ex players that like a quiz. Bob Mortimer can be the quiz master
This is great but we we really want to learn how to play safety shots.
Love you stephen Hendry... From Pakistan 🇵🇰 😍
I hope Jimmy Bullard is watching
Amazing. I'm starting to do 30 break. This exercises will help me a lot. Thank you!
A first class lesson! I’ll be passing this onto my friends who I play with at work
Stephen, please give snooker one last proper go. No more half-hearted attempts. Just try one season full-time, with 100% focus and real practice. You can still compete with the best - easily.
bad advice. He's done. When you get to his age, you'll see. He will embarrass himself. He has NOTHING to prove. A lot to lose.
@@marekmaxpabianice why’s it embarrassing ? He keeps turning up without practicing and losing all the time. Whats wrong with actually giving it a real shot?
@@Glasschin2.0 He's done it and struggled to pot easy balls. It is OK to let younger players take over. I am a black belt in jj, however, I am not that young and with some knee issues, I will never compete again - I'd be submitted by a brown belt. teaching, sparring - sure
@@marekmaxpabianice he hasn’t done it , he doesn’t practice before playing them games. He picks up a cue an hour before.
He needs 3 of 4 months of 3 hours plus a day to find any kind of form.
I half think he doesn’t do it , so he has an excuse lined up.
@@Glasschin2.0 He can practice all he wants and it won't do him any good. When he was washed up by 30YO...... 1999-2012 Never won a TC Tournament for 12 years.
2005-2012 Never won a ranking tournament for 7 years. Standard is too high or Hendry.
Just as an indication on how much quality has improved over the years in snooker
1977 Masters, won by Doug Mountjoy. The highest break of the whole tournament was 81.
Happy PRIDE month from a Ronnie O'Sullivan fan from Ireland 🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🚀🏳️🌈🍀🐐
@PuffWaynePuffAnthonyPuffWah🍀🍀🍀
The GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan 7 World 8 UK 8 Masters
Stephen Hendry 7 World 5 UK 6 Masters
Judd Trump 1 World LMFAO!!!! 1 UK LMFAO!!! 2 Masters LMFAO!!!
They are both chasing the Ronnie's records
Great stuff steve. Thanks a lot for putting this together. Learned a lot.
Great video as usual Stephen, especially loved when you talked about what should be going on inside your head to distract from any negative thoughts, would love to see more videos similar to that. Also quick question how come you were using triangle chalk again?
Another great video Stephen. Who is the little weirdo in the corner?
Jimmy Bullard practicing this as we speak lol
I love how don't just edit out a miss, it shows it happens and you keep going, Unlike some peoples videos where they just edit it all perfect.
Watching these videos just feels so down to earth and makes it enjoyable.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🌈🚀🌈🚀🌈🚀🌈 Could never live with the GOAT Stephen Hendry at his peak at the crucible. He is the GOAT 🐐
Get your facts Right. GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan owns Stephen Hendry's soul. Body & Soul. (Source Cue Tracker ) Fact HAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm humiliating the PowderPuffWah👍
Prime Stephen Hendry Yips 😭🌈 Yips 😭🌈 Yips 😭🌈 Could not live with the GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan's Prime . The Greatest player of all time 🐐
The GOAT 🐐Ronnie O'Sullivan owns Judd Trump 2-0 at the crucible 🐐👌
you should send this to Jimmy Bullard so that he can make a century for real..
Best video to date Mr Hendry..breaking mental barriers and building confidence..good on you
great tips, enjoyed this one even without a guest
Stephen Hendry is the greatest with the best snooker channel on RUclips. Ronnie O'Sullivan would also agree. Everyone loves Stephen 🐐
@ PuffWah- Fake profiles. Even replies to himself. The English puff is obsessed with Stephen Hendry. Even defends Hendry on videos uploaded by WST about our greatest player Ronnie O'Sullivan 🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🚀🏳🌈🍀🏆👌
A very helpful & educational video yet again thanks Stephen, I'm taking lots of notes & will be practising this very soon, please continue with Cue Tips, it's much appreciated!! 🤗
Don't think how hard do I have to hit the shot.. think how soft can I hit the shot.
Thank you so much Stephen and crew. I love Snooker - in Southern California no one plays it - I found a local club with 1 snooker table and I’m hooked! Please continue this channel with all your amazing content
I'm in southern California too bro and where did you find a club with snooker table??????????
My buddy has a 12' at his office and I just restored a 10'. So between him and I it's the only sooner tables I've seen in a `100 mile radius.
@@therealthreadkilla it’s O Zone Billiard Cafe - San Diego County - cheers
@@WilliamFeryll
Dam, I was just down in SD this weekend for my kids bachelor party. I'm in Orange so I guess I have to revise the radius to 84 miles. Good to know if I whenever make it back down there.
Thanks dude ~!~
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the greatest player of all time 🐐
Energetic and Informative. Basic Technique and Development can never be dismissed.
Excellent tips and demonstrations, thank you! (:
Making a century break is on my bucket list. I’d love to save up for a table, as there are none readily available where I live.
You must have a massive house if you can fit a snooker table in it
@@davidmellish3295 as much as I wish that were the case, I rent but a single room 😅
You can really see the difference on the table when you use Triangle chalk to your "15 slabs" Taom
Great video mate, brilliant for all the casual players. I’ll definitely be practicing this when I’m next in the hall
Spent first half of the video wishing we could see where on the cueball Hendry was actually hitting for each shot, only to realise there was a little graphic at the top right showing exactly where! That's the difference, knowing where Hendry is hitting the cue ball, can learn a lot from this.
Your new cue seems to support you. Bring this to the pro table in a competition now!
Very impressed and helpful😊
Thanks for this very helpfull to us trying to improve.
Great channel truly is, very well explained how to get better in all areas from this channel
Thank you so much for these videos. I was born in the late 80s and grew up watching you play. You were my snooker and hero and still are. The content of all your videos is amazing, but for me the best thing about these videos is the sense of getting to know you. It’s inspiring to have come to learn that as well as being such an amazing player and someone I idolised, you are also such a genuine, friendly, funny guy as well.
"start with something as simple as this" I just started sweating with fear
That's a great routine. You can use it to steadily track your progression. Go back and forth to mix it up and not get frustrated. Nice job.
Cracking vid, i made a 57 in practice the other day which is my highest but i did exactly what you said, was on the blue and thought i can make a 60+ here, then missed a simple blue, but my game has come on so much since watching these vids
Great video for break building.
The overlay showing where you hit the white is very helpful seeing how the cue ball reacts. Good addition to the cue tips. 👍
Great stuff! 👍
You know the crazy Irish guy we spoke about on all the fake profiles? He has ten accounts in the comments. He's insane mate. He's been replying to himself for a week on loads of accounts on an old RUclips post weeks old. Liking his own comments etc. He's been on RUclips all day on lots of different posts. Some months old. He's literally obsessed with Ronnie O'Sullivan all day. He needs help!
He's a puff from Ireland obsessed with Ronnie O'Sullivan. I've seen his original profile with Sam Smith and Ricky Martin on his playlist. He won't be long 🍀🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
He's not called Wayne. All fake profiles. He's a very strange person from Ireland 🏳️🌈🍀
Used to call himself Storm Woods. He's used between 10-15 accounts today. There's something seriously wrong about him. He's from Ireland. Possibly Belfast!
Honestly cannot work out the strange Irish guy on all the accounts with so much hate towards the goat Stephen Hendry. He probably has 13 accounts in the comments!
Godsend to snooker fans ❤
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If NOT the yips & lost cue BS. He's an embarrassment
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I’m watching USA, Houston, Texas and learning how you play thank you. You put the RUclips video appreciate it.
Stephen is a completely reinvented man. I would never have guessed as a player he would go on to become such a great, natural and down to earth presenter.
Agree with the multiple runs. You will reach a limit quickly by progressing 10, 20, 30, etc. Playing each level 3 times provides not only developmental experience but confidence. Another practice method is to 10 runs and establishing an average; with practice you polish your skills (with again...confidence).
Thank you thank you so much stephen, you are legend, thank you for all these videos, thank you for all your advices, for all your explainations, informations
Your fan and follower Abdel from Morocco Casablanca.
I dont even play snooker but I watched Stephen late into the night as a young boy in the 90s. I absolutely adore this channel. A sporting legend, thank you for the memories and now the insights you give us in such a watchable fashion.
thank you very much you are a good instructor
Great video Stephen. This was the perfect way to practice to get better. Great seeing you making those breaks
GOAT of luck
"never over hit the ball", yeah, that was a weakness for me. I never got over 60 (had a few mid-50s during games, I could maybe get mid-30s reliably). I wasted a lot of time early on belting stuff. Translates to pool too (excluding the break I guess), walloping the ball should be a last resort.
I used to love playing snooker but the club closed down. Like they all seem to be doing. Why aren't the snookering bodies getting behind this? Where will the next Hendry, O'Sullivan, Selby, Trump etc come from if there are no clubs anymore? They may as well move the Worlds to China or elsewhere as the UK won't have any players in 10 years!!
I got onto the 50 break rung 45 years ago. I immediately fell off it again. Never got anywhere near since. One problem is that I can win plenty of games in our league without ever getting above a twenty break. Each player only plays one frame. One win is one league point for the team. It's too risky to take chances when you have 60+ year old eyes! RUclips channels like yours have got me practicing USEFULLY again and when the new season comes around in September, maybe I won't be such a negative b.st.rd!! If I can knock in a thirty break on my handicap it is basically game over.
I've never played snooker before but I love watching it. I've been thinking about going to play somewhere in my city (Glasgow). Would I look like a weirdo if I just turned up and started practicing this? What are these places like for complete beginners?
Just go to a club one afternoon, it’ll be quiet, and you just pay per hour and knock the balls around, no one will give a toss, they’ll be doing their own thing 👍🏼
@@SosiskaTheHorribletbh I’m been playing 20 years and still feel odd when I go and play on a table by myself. It’s like people expect you too be good lol
I wish we had these vids when I was playing.
In snooker, I didn't progress much beyond the intermediate level - 30s & 40s consistently - the occasional 50 or 60 - rarely made 70s & 80s - & I made centuries once in a blue moon (maybe 5 of them in all)
These days, there's no reason why a player can't reach a decent level if he's prepared to put the time & work into it. These coaches & former players tell you everything you need to progress up the rankings.
Thank you mr Hendry. My personal best is 55 which 5 black + 1 pink..which i miss the last red through double into the mid pocket.. looking good with this practice, however it was quite different feelings when we go into real match. The nerve got the best of our confidence
Breaking news... Jimmy Bullards new highest break is now 121
Red Yellow Red
Bring back ol'Willie Thorne. High on the black, stun run through, flat back pack and make your own luck❤👀😅
Absolutely love these videos, love the errors, love the honesty and love the fact you're giving this help out for free to the public, Absolutely unbelievable
the only reasonable break i ever made was about 20 years ago and it was ~ 25 or so and i remember i had atleast one green in that lot.
other than that i just cannot play snooker lol. I keep DELIBERATLEY putting side on stuff like i would in pool. and then i miss everything by miles.. But the white goes where i wanted in general :D p.s im no good at pool any more either :D and i wasnt great at my peak lol.
Really good video...just getting into snooker and had a go at the 20 break. Really keeps you focused on positioning and seeing how the white responds to cue power. Looking forward to trying the 30 break at some point.
I was just saying to myself what if you miss as you went for the red using the rest and you said it's no problem as I'm using the rest! And then you miss it! Brilliant Stephen I'm glad you left that in and had a laugh yourself. I'm going to a snooker club with my best mate soon but haven't tried snooker for years and I have only potted two balls in a row! However I've been watching a lot of your cue tips so I've learnt a lot in theory! Just need to practice now. Wish me luck! I'll need it! 😂
Love these types of videos, really helps with having something to actually practice. Although, I would also love to hear some thoughts and tips maybe on how cloth affects the cue ball. I never know if I'm playing a shot wrong or if the cloth is just too worn for the type of shot I played. Would be interesting to know!
Hello, I would like to ask about the cue case. Real leather, aluminum, PU, which one can block or reduce moisture and temperature to protect the cue? Thanks
Looking at the cue ball strike marker thing, I was surprised how little he used side, almost not all. Even when he did, it was very slight. It's amazing how much you can do with a cute ball with screw, stun and follow through.
Thanks Stephen. Sorry to hear youve retired completely now. You were a legend. Please advise why players including yourself seem to tip the left side of their body down towards the table?
This video is so good, I tried to practice with a technic, and I can understanding how to play, Thank you for Stephen Hendry. He is the best of snooker player forever.
My best break is 36, have been trying for a long time to better that but have failed. I must admit the black off the spot, I just really struggle with the black.
That point you mentioned about getting excited when you're nearing a milestone break - so can relate to that! I was on a 68 in a league match, and had a diag blue into green pocket, with nothing to do with the cueball as the red was near. I was in the zone till everyone stopped and my opponent changed his tone in announcing the break. After realising what break i was on, and what i could have ended up with, i (of course) bottled the blue. 68 still remains my highest match break 😔
It's OK making breaks in a line up,but when your opponent has spread them around like a mad women's shite,it's a bit different.
Great content once again, massively appreciated
Man I wish we had more snooker tables in America. Such a cool game. I don't think there's one within a hundred miles of me. That said, I suck on a six foot bar table so maybe it's for the best.
Bloody hell stephen! You've got a bit of a Willie Thorne hair-do apearing through your thinning thatch. You need to get hold of Jimmy Whites hair transplant guy, and get that sorted. Either that or get the camera man to get some more flattering footage.