Snooker Pool 9-Ball Tips Techniques Training

Since top professionals have so many different grips, it would be wrong to suggest which is right and which is wrong, so I am not going to advocate one grip for all players. It will be the right grip if it feels correct for you.

Experiment with several until you find one that suits you.

What matters in snooker is straight cueing and getting through the cue ball. The right grip allows you to do this and while there are a number of things to look at and experiment with, they all achieve the same objective - sending the cue along in a straight line. If a player feels more comfortable with his hand in a particular position, is able to send the cue along a straight line, can get well through the cue ball, and with that grip is capable of playing all the shots needed, quite simply that is the correct grip for you.

The most common mistake is to grip the cue too tightly (Figure 6) and, worst of all, grip it even tighter when a power shot is required. Clearly, it is very important to keep your cue as horizontal as you can, but if you grip the cue tightly with all the fingers when your cue arm is vertical from wrist to elbow, you will automatically lift the butt end above the horizontal on your back-swing.