D. Mills Break
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I have learned a lot from it and from watching some other breaks also.This is the most powerful break I have ever practiced. I do not pattern rack the balls as Donny did. I tighten the balls up right on the spot and break from the headstring back over one diamond to middle of the table. Make the wing ball 90% of the time and the one either rests at the side or the corner. You can run so many racks like this, that it is ridiculous. I can take all of 5 seconds to rack the balls and the wing goes everytime. I do use a open hand break and hit them medium to medium hard. It is by no means a soft break. It is a very powerful break if you can figure out the speed and freezing the balls in the right spot. A 3 pack consistantly is nothing with this break.
But one thing is for sure, if the conditions on the table change, you will know right away. Don't know how to combat this whem it happens. The wing ball will start hitting high on the pocket and I dont know how to bring it down.
But one thing is for sure, if the conditions on the table change, you will know right away. Don't know how to combat this whem it happens. The wing ball will start hitting high on the pocket and I dont know how to bring it down.
this is absolutely correct. small gaps = big results. and yes, shane had the option to check the rack and chose not to....caveat emptor.
I think racking you own creates a consistant rack. He racks the ball in the exact same place everytime and makes sure they are tight as possible. Then his knowledge takes over with the correct speed and angle "relationship" for the table he is playing on. Every table is different and the speed and angle "relationship" has to be adusted for every table. He probably starts at the same place on every table and watches where the wing ball goes and adjust the rack up a little (1/16" or less - still on the spot) and practices before the match to get the break down. The knowledge of the Angle/Speed for the break is very complex and he must be able to repeat the speed of the break within 1/4% of one percent to be consistantly making a ball on the break which is very difficult to do in itself.
When I play "rack your own" my break goes up 25%- 30% in making a ball on the break and spreading the balls. How many times in a match you break and make a ball the first 2 or 3 racks and then they don't go in anymore on succeeding racks? Your opponent has made that slight 1/16" adjustment on the spot and the rack changes. This doesn't happen with rack you own matches.
When I play "rack your own" my break goes up 25%- 30% in making a ball on the break and spreading the balls. How many times in a match you break and make a ball the first 2 or 3 racks and then they don't go in anymore on succeeding racks? Your opponent has made that slight 1/16" adjustment on the spot and the rack changes. This doesn't happen with rack you own matches.
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I am sorry, but you have to be a BAD MOFO to be able to do it.
I watched only small parts of the game, but Shane checked the rack atleast twice.
Just wondering ...
If Donny really was "gaffing" the rack - why didnt shane tap the balls to frozen - it seems this would not allow the balls to be shaped and nuetralized what Donny was possibly doing?
I kept noticing that Donny would take the rack off and touch the head ball with his fingers. To me this doesnt seem right. To take this a step further - if you allow that - why not allow me to just take the wing ball point it at the corner and go from there?
If Donny really was "gaffing" the rack - why didnt shane tap the balls to frozen - it seems this would not allow the balls to be shaped and nuetralized what Donny was possibly doing?
I kept noticing that Donny would take the rack off and touch the head ball with his fingers. To me this doesnt seem right. To take this a step further - if you allow that - why not allow me to just take the wing ball point it at the corner and go from there?
Tapping the table opens up a whole other can of worms. One of them may have even done that...odds are it was_____.
And your 2nd point: Completely agreed, there should be no touching of the balls once the rack is removed.