This is such a common issue even for top players. For some it’s cosmetic since it starts after the tip leaves the cue ball. For many it’s an issue since it happens during impact.
Shane breaks at 9:00
Shane breaks at 9:00
What’s in your opinion causing SVB’s shaft to veer hard left during follow-through on the break? ( video attached )
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Muscle memory or conscious notion. At that stroke speed you'd need NASA telemetry to even find a sequence. It's after the fact regardless and my guess is it's lateral follow through for some sweeping kind of english or anti english.
For right handed players it always veers left, and for left handed breakers it veers right. Muscle memory is just accessing a bad habit but which bad habit is the point of this thread
He's using huge, huge, huge follow through. What happens to the stick after the first inch of follow through is mostly unimportant.
Is he throwing his whole body at the shot? Do you remember when the top players bent their sticks nearly double on the breaks?
Is he throwing his whole body at the shot? Do you remember when the top players bent their sticks nearly double on the breaks?
I've generally seen ''both ways''.
Some to the left others to the right.
It think it's the final ''straight thru'' cueing motion we often dream of being the cause PLUS.
Most kids growin' up bangin' em in the beginning never thought about ''straight thru swing'' ever.
Some to the left others to the right.
It think it's the final ''straight thru'' cueing motion we often dream of being the cause PLUS.
Most kids growin' up bangin' em in the beginning never thought about ''straight thru swing'' ever.
Shane’s break is severely overrated by today’s standards. All that raw power is no good if you’re just hoping to get lucky. Lots of top players break with more control. He broke dry and almost lost that set. Amazing player obviously, just talking about his barbox break. Too wild for my taste.
I have this theory about that. For right handers, the tip goes right by virtue of the hand going left via the most natural motion in the anatomy; going for your dick. (or the other thing IDK) Think forceful release of energy etc...
One possible technical point is with the spin break people are using it's difficult to apply old style oomph to the break without the tip careening off the ball - to the right in this case. You could reason more force would transfer if you came in
with a TOI lol except to the outside. This might produce right spin with an essentially center ball strike.
The other side to this technique is it might be just to compensate for the right side deflection.
Nuther thing that just occurred to me is the power break has some backhand to it. That would almost require the tip to veer left.