I believe people find that off the head rail get the right height of the cuestick automatically for that angle of attack, especially for pop breakers. I remember Dennis O. raising his bridge on the bed to get the height he needed. Corey one tournament broke using a mechanical bridge, and he said it was to get the height of the cuestick where he liked it. I think more often than not, players found breaking off the head rail yielded nice cueball action and stuck with it. For a small table, sometimes there isn’t enough room to place the hand on the bed.
