All well and good for the pros out in the parking lot... but for the guys who are trying to run, 30, 40, 50 balls (and are the players actually hanging around here) the advice is still sound.
Not everyone has the time nor inclination to play until their digits bleed. And to them I say: want to run more balls -- play smarter and don't blast them open.
Lou Figueroa
As I said yesteryears approach still applies today. There’s nothing wrong with learning the intricacies of a rack.
Many players today heads explode picking a rack apart like a surgeon.
It’s easy to get stuck bunting them around.
Pop em open and apply if necessary.
I learned from a gentleman that ran 356 on a 5x10. He would be pick balls out of a rack one, two, three at a time.
He taught me how to dissect a rack from the North, East, South, and West.
He also told me when I have the right shot to smash them with as best cue ball control you can to center table and up.
The cloth was like mud. Sometimes you had to drive through the rack with force follow.
The cue ball is pushing the balls out of the way, spinning in place and forcing through.
Those days are mostly over.
Half a smash and they open nicely.
Runout and get on the break ball.
