Insane break shot.

mnorwood

mnorwood

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Today I played some straight pool. I had some runs in the 20's and 30's. Nothing to really brag about. On one break shot I was almost straight in and my cue ball was about a foot and a half from the break ball. I aimed to really cheat the pocket and slammed the cue ball. It jumped about 2 feet up in the air and landed in the center of the stack. The cue ball rolled off about 3 inches from the the stack and stopped and one ball squirted out and landed near the short rail. It set up a perfect secondary break shot where I was able to spread the rack out. I ended up dogging a fairly simple shot to kill yet another promising run. :(
 
mnorwood said:
Today I played some straight pool. I had some runs in the 20's and 30's. Nothing to really brag about. On one break shot I was almost straight in and my cue ball was about a foot and a half from the break ball. I aimed to really cheat the pocket and slammed the cue ball. It jumped about 2 feet up in the air and landed in the center of the stack. The cue ball rolled off about 3 inches from the the stack and stopped and one ball squirted out and landed near the short rail. It set up a perfect secondary break shot where I was able to spread the rack out. I ended up dogging a fairly simple shot to kill yet another promising run. :(
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Marc:

Actually, that's one of Danny DiLiberto's favorite break shots to talk about on the Accu-Stats match DVDs (when he's commentating). He describes this in detail on, of all things, a One Pocket match, and describes to Jay Helfert how straight poolers can hop "into" the stack to spread the pile. Just slightly jack up (e.g. 15/20 degrees -- almost like a "long" jump shot), cheat the pocket just a bit (but don't use any side english -- you'll masse the cue ball otherwise), and slap the cue ball. It will be slightly airborne when it hits the object ball, and will pop in the air. The slight "cheat" of the pocket gives you just a little bit of angle/deflection, and you can actually make the cue ball "jump into/onto" the rack of balls.

It's a crazy shot that you wouldn't try in a match. But when you're competing in, say, a high run challenge (e.g. like the one coming up at SBE), and you're straight-in on your break shot, it's worthwhile to try it, as you may not have anything else.

It's a shame the run ended the way it did -- I know how that feels when you make a super shot, and pooch a simple one.

-Sean
 
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You jumped into the rack - that's awesome. I do it frequently. I got the idea from watching Stephan Cohen play Mika in the Final of the 2009 Predator World Straight Pool Championship. It's usually very effective. Normally, the weight of the CB pushing down on the balls beneath it push them away from the CB so you're usually never frozen to another ball - and that's a really good thing! Practice it, it's a good shot to have in your bag.

Ron F
 
Any video segments you guys can point to? Would love to see this break shot!

TIA
 
Wink said:
Any video segments you guys can point to? Would love to see this break shot!

TIA
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You don't really need video. This is a very effective break, particularly if you have a shallow angle. Simply jack the cue up a little and the cueball will hop into the rack. Surprisingly easy to do and will spread balls with little effort.



It also comes into play frequently in one pocket.
 
I remember last summer I returned to my club after a nice summer break, went to the table with set of ball eagerly anticipating a nice 14.1 practice session, set up the usual 14.1 break shot with the break ball about 6" away from the stack and the cueball about the center of the table. Took my practice shots, fired away with medium pace and the break ball split the wicket but the cueball took a weird bounce, went cleanly over the whole rack, hit the foot rail and came nicely 2 rails around the rack in the kitchen and frozen to the head rail leaving the rack untouched. My first reaction was :eek: but after a closer examination I noticed that the slates weren't even, the seam was sticking out just a bit in front of the rack. So I was able to get the cueball slightly airborne to hit the break ball and make it while jumping the cueball cleanly over the rack missing it entirely. One of the most unexpected things I've ever witnessed in this sport :)

I didn't want to start slowrolling the break shots so I promptly changed the table :rolleyes:
 
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