Maybe you should try hitting the head ball at different points !?! and see what happens.
Remember, the break has more to do with precision than power.
{{You could also try NEW balls}}
44 Breaks & Only 3 Chances
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Maybe you should try hitting the head ball at different points !?! and see what happens.
Remember, the break has more to do with precision than power.
{{You could also try NEW balls}}
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I can't believe we're having this conversation again... Move the CB to different locations and try different speeds. One will work alright on your table, others wont. This is why you see pros changing break locations when one isn't working. You must adjust to the table and conditions change constantly. Get a legit branded magic rack, the Ghorst one is good, 2 for $15. Use it. That way it eliminates one variable.
I'm a nobody and I promise you within half a dozen breaks on your table I will both pocket the wing ball and get shape on a low ball. Seriously this isn't rocket science.
Not every rack is runnable, it's often smarter to play a safe. Sometimes balls are clustered and being able to navigate and manipulate clusters is just one more skill that the pros have a better handle on that us. Just because you say it's not runnable means almost nothing. I bet SVB could run 75% of what you or I consider not runnable.
Get on youtube, really and truly do look up videos there.
I've done this many times over the years. At times with limited success. Very limited.
And I tried this again tonight. Broke at least 40 racks, had probably five chances to run out. Got out twice.
But as usual, most of the spreads were just impossible. It's not necessarily the lack of making balls as it is the lay of the land on so many occasions. This GCIV must be jinxed. I hope I can get to Evansville tomorrow and play on that Diamond and see if the tables are jinxed or it's me that is the jinx.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I'm curious how you do at Evensville, but I don't think it's your table. At this point it may even be more of a mental block than anything. I'm not trying to tease you or anything either. When I'm convinced I will play bad I play bad. When I'm convinced a table is stingy I make less balls. When I put 100% of every fiber of my being into playing well executed shots I make more balls. Become a floating pair of eyes when in the execution phase of the shot. Floating eyes don't have random thoughts, they just see and let the shot they planned before happen. Believe me, if I could figure out how to do this on demand I would have lightning in a bottle and take the pool world by storm. Once you are somewhat solid, pool is 95% between the ears aka mental.
There's a reason that people take BIH after break while playing the ghost. Most racks aren't runnable for most people from break. I've heard playing the ghost without BIH called Pro Ghost. Fedor has streamed practice sessions with this before. This gives an idea of just how hard it is, even for pros. I think he had about 50% success and this is for one of the top elite pros in the world. His break is better than ours, his literal everything is magnitudes better than ours. He lives the sport in the highest level of competition day in day out.
I've not done the math, but if I broke 9B 40 times and was playing in absolute top form, dead stroke, I might see between 5-10 that look runnable. Now if I'm honest with myself, if I break 40 times I may be able to run 1-2 racks, even if there were 15 that were runnable. In reality I don't run an entire rack very often. I might get into a hot spell where once every 3 months I run 2 in a row. Usually I don't even know I did it until someone tells me I did, then the lightning in a bottle escapes and I'm not running the next one. I get to thinking (good or bad) and the lightning is gone. While I don't run out from break very often, I do win quite a few matches because even if I run 3 balls and then choose to play a safe, I'm still in control of the table... unless I mess up a safety, or they make an outstanding shot, both of which obviously can happen.
Good luck at Evansville, keep us updated!
i think @DrCue'sProtege has me on ignore
could someone copy post#31 and ask dr cue's protégé to answer the question please
if he cant beat the 4 ball ghost everyone is wasting their time on trying to improve his break
He doesn't respond to me either. Just a bit high strung or maybe elitist. It's always something to post at though. lol...
Honestly... Id love to see a video of what we are trying to troubleshoot but he will never do that. Hell, just show the break shot. He doesnt have to show any other playing ability. Just like 5-10 break shots.
There are a million things it could be and he will respond saying he does them all...
Yeah, at this point I think we should be done offering pool advice to you... Here are some new troubleshooting steps.
1. I think you should get 2 priests over there (1 old, 1 young) immediately...
2. After the exorcism, burn some sage and waft it over yourself and the table.
3. On a small piece of paper, write down "Break. Make a Ball. Run Out. Every time." Fold it up really small and tape it under your table.
4. On another small piece of paper, write down "Dry Break. Un-runnable rack" Fold that up real small and burn it, preferably while you are burning the sage in step 2.
I dont think the percentages are that bad. What are you expecting? Check all the stats from the tournaments that at large kindly does. Those are pro stats and they don’t run out all the time. Unless you are pro or v high level then I don’t see the issue. My gold crown breaks worse than my local table but then a guy who breaks best at our pool hall came and got the wing ball every time “A bad workman blames his tools” 
And don't just move the ball side to side, sometimes moving it closer or farther from the rack can make a difference too.
What it is, is if you say that he needs to work on something you are one of the people giving him a hard time. When in reality everyone who comes in contact with him has problems. Even Jason "Buffalo" Hunt can find people to play with in towns. The whole town of Evansville won't play with him and it's their fault?
I never made it to Evansville today either. The Insomnia was in full force again last night. Hit the hay around 2:00 this morning and was still awake around 8:00 this morning. The Ambien doesn't seem to be working.
I won't be able to get there for a few days now. Hopefully next Monday I'll be able to make it.
I won't be able to get there for a few days now. Hopefully next Monday I'll be able to make it.
Quit talking about the damned Insomnia, it's contagious!
Just curious, how do you fare playing the ghost? Break and then ball in hand for your first shot. You don't need to go to forty if you don't want to. Break ten racks, ball in hand, how many balls you make or a run out.
Hu