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to play the game of snooker well we need
to master three basic shots Top Spin
stun and
screw just to show you what's
happening with the QQ ball when we apply
spin I've got this spotted ball here
now the first one is Top Spin where we
need to raise the bridge and hit the
cube ball at the top the second one is
Stone where we need to lower the bridge
slightly and hit the cube B roughly in
the middle and the third one is lower
the bridge even more hitting it at the
bottom so to play Top Spin all I need to
do is raise the bridge so I to meting
the CU ball at the top I do the
preparation and follow through
the next shot is
stun now to play
stun I need to come down on the QQ
ball to do that I need to lower the
bridge and the QQ ball instead of
rolling towards the red will Now Skid
towards the red and that impact will
simply stop so just lower the bridge
come down on the Cube ball and follow
through and it
stops the third one is the screw shot
and I really do get frustrated when I
see coaches trying to teach youngsters
how to screw the ball and they have the
balls dead
straight and they put the red in that
pocket and attempt to screw back into
this
pocket absolutely stupid when a beginner
is trying to learn that shot the first
thing that happens is because that Q
ball is coming back he has to move out
the way to allow it to come
back that creates problems what we want
is that youngster or beginner indeed to
stay still so place the ball at an angle
a slight Angle now he doesn't have to
move out the way CH the
que keep the que on a parallel plane and
just follow through it the Q ball at the
bottom and keep it on that plane
following through and the Q ball comes
back now the problems that youngsters
and beginners have when they're trying
to screw the ball back first off they
don't actually hit the ball where they
think they're hitting it so you need to
hit the ball at the
bottom right but in actual fact what
they do as they play the shot they lift
the bridge and they don't hit the ball
at the bottom they hit it soort of
quarter of the way up and then the
surprise when they get stun instead of
screw another reason is they get
frightened of tearing the cloth or
miscuing jumping the ball and the
reasons for this are is they tend to
seesaw from here I'm exaggerating the
process there but that's what they tend
to
do and the the other reason is the Q
might be at an angle like this so they
don't get through the ball or they jump
the QQ ball and it all sort of problems
that need needn't be
there in an earlier video we talked
about unfurling the fingers now this
keeps that queue on that parallel plane
and it is so important when you're
screwing the ball back so
again flatten the bridge Q ball at the
bottom Q at the bottom of the Q ball and
follow through
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