Breaking

TheConArtist

TheConArtist

Daddy's A Butcher
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Who has got a copy of Breaking Shanes Way? if I recall it was called that..

Been practicing a lot on my Breaks and finally got the cueball to pop consistently on my table which is a 8 foot table, as a 9 foot table wont fit in the place im currently living in. I have a buddy who has a 9 foot table and haven't played there in a while but my breaks were very weak on a 9 foot table. Where I live we play a lot on barboxes as I live in SD and I can't get the cueball to pop at all on them. The cueball just draws back really fast after the break or I jump it off the table when I try the same technique on my 8 foot table. Any help? I know a lot don't really like to play on bar boxes but any advice will help Thanks.
 
TheConArtist said:
Who has got a copy of Breaking Shanes Way? if I recall it was called that..

Been practicing a lot on my Breaks and finally got the cueball to pop consistently on my table which is a 8 foot table, as a 9 foot table wont fit in the place im currently living in. I have a buddy who has a 9 foot table and haven't played there in a while but my breaks were very weak on a 9 foot table. Where I live we play a lot on barboxes as I live in SD and I can't get the cueball to pop at all on them. The cueball just draws back really fast after the break or I jump it off the table when I try the same technique on my 8 foot table. Any help? I know a lot don't really like to play on bar boxes but any advice will help Thanks.
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Slow your break down, focus on accuracy, since your drawing the cue, try a higher bridge, shorten your bridge a little, stay down a little more, ...
Accuracy is much more valuable on the break than speed...I learned this after breaking over 100 times using a radar. You'll actually post higher speeds and more solid contact with the rack if you slow down and go for accuracy.

One thing that has been helping me is to anchor my left arm onto the table, causing me to be more stable, less jumping up, and more accurate.

Plz describe this pop that you are looking for?

Good luck.
 
8onthebreak said:
Slow your break down, focus on accuracy, since your drawing the cue, try a higher bridge, shorten your bridge a little, stay down a little more, ...
Accuracy is much more valuable on the break than speed...I learned this after breaking over 100 times using a radar. You'll actually post higher speeds and more solid contact with the rack if you slow down and go for accuracy.

One thing that has been helping me is to anchor my left arm onto the table, causing me to be more stable, less jumping up, and more accurate.

Plz describe this pop that you are looking for?

Good luck.
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Great advice will try it.

The pop like when Shane gets the cueball to pop off the rack and land middle of the table. I can do on my table and figure it would be easier to do on a bar box but cant do it. Only way is to bridge off the table itself which i dont like doing.
 
After the cue ball hits the head ball...you want it to do as little as possible...the less the cue ball moves, or pops, the more of its energy went into he rack. In a perfect world, you hit the Rack dead on, cue ball never left the table, cue ball dies after impact, slowly coming back, just a touch of top keeps it from coming back much more than a foot or two...cueball never hits a rail...this is the break we all dream of :-)
 
Ordered the video the day it came out. Liked the video but thought Shane was going to go over his breaking step by step. But ive seen enough his technique on youtube videos.
 
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