Making the 9, 10 on the break

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hang-the-9

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One of the ways to make the game ball on the break is to hit a cut break, and bank the cue ball back through the middle of the stack, where the 9 or 10 should be sitting.

Is this a break you folks use? Often? Sometimes? When on the hill? Has anyone not ever heard of trying this?

I never really break like that, but in one set I tried it twice, made the 9 one time perfect.

If you miss, you usually end up with the cue ball in a bad spot, unless it happens to be kicked back downtable. Of course with some people, the cue ball end up so bad anyway the chance to make the game ball would outweigh that :D
 
hang-the-9 said:
One of the ways to make the game ball on the break is to hit a cut break, and bank the cue ball back through the middle of the stack, where the 9 or 10 should be sitting.

Is this a break you folks use? Often? Sometimes? When on the hill? Has anyone not ever heard of trying this?

I never really break like that, but in one set I tried it twice, made the 9 one time perfect.

If you miss, you usually end up with the cue ball in a bad spot, unless it happens to be kicked back downtable. Of course with some people, the cue ball end up so bad anyway the chance to make the game ball would outweigh that :D
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I just use voodoo. It works just as good and it is much easier.
 
hang-the-9 said:
One of the ways to make the game ball on the break is to hit a cut break, and bank the cue ball back through the middle of the stack, where the 9 or 10 should be sitting.
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You are describing the 9-ball break that Luther Lassiter claimed to have good success with. He would glance the cueball off the 1-ball and send it 1 rail into the 9, which would be exposed after the other balls spread away from it, in an attempt to pocket the 9 in a bottom corner pocket. Seems like he claimed to be able to make the 9-ball 3 or 4 times out of 10 using that break. Wimpy was the man, so I'm not gonna call BS on him, especially since it's unclear to me whether he actually even made that claim, but it sounds downright impossible to do it that often.

There was a match b/w Strickland and Deuel where Earl did this break. Earl had been using his traditional break throughout the match, hitting the balls squarely and hard every time. Then, late in the match, Earl hit what appeared to be the ugliest break you could ever see. He hit the 1-ball way off center and barely put any speed on the break at all. I was like "WTF was that", but then there goes his cueball into the rail and heading right at the 9-ball. He hit it dead perfect, but I was still thinking it was a fluke; surely Earl didn't try that carnival break in a real match. When Corey nodded his head in appreciation and said "nice break", though, I realized that either Earl did it intentionally or he had both Corey and myself fooled into thinking he did. I would admittedly be pretty easy to fool, but Corey not so much. I figured Earl, being a NC boy, was familiar with Wimpy's break, and just had the urge to take a whack at it once.

That is the only time I have seen the break used effectively, whether intentional or not. If you are going to try to make a particular ball out of a 9-ball rack, though, the 9 would definitely not be the first choice unless there happens to be a gap in the right place. You are much better off learning how to make a wing ball or the 1-ball consistently.

And I'm sure the break would be even less likely to work with 10-ball, just due to the additional traffic.

Aaron
 
hang-the-9 said:
One of the ways to make the game ball on the break is to hit a cut break, and bank the cue ball back through the middle of the stack, where the 9 or 10 should be sitting.

Is this a break you folks use? Often? Sometimes? When on the hill? Has anyone not ever heard of trying this?

I never really break like that, but in one set I tried it twice, made the 9 one time perfect.

If you miss, you usually end up with the cue ball in a bad spot, unless it happens to be kicked back downtable. Of course with some people, the cue ball end up so bad anyway the chance to make the game ball would outweigh that :D
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Maybe this is a break for a banger that can't run a rack, playing against a banger that can't run a rack. But it's a wreckless practice for any player IMO.
 
This is what i do in nine ball and it has worked well for me. Place the CB on the head string, five inches to the right of center line of the table.(go to the left if you are a lefty) Hit the CB a 1/4 tip above center and hit the one ball dead on. You should be hitting the CB around 8 on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the hardest you can hit.

Now do I get the 9 in every time, NO. But I have found that using this setup I get the 9 in quite a bit more than any other way I have tried so far. I'm not saying this is the best set up there is, I'm just saying this is the best I've used in the 20 years I have been playing the game.

BTW, when the 9 goes, it goes in the left corner pocket most of the time and every now and then it goes to the left side pocket. This works best on bar boxes, but it also works well on 8 and 9 footers.
 
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