If that fixed it I'd have bought three by now and called it a season. My wallet is glad it doesn't work that way. Have you ever actually bought a cue hoping it would fix something, and did it?
What do you change first when the break keeps coming up dry?
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That's a great story, and it fits what I'm seeing. The power guys couldn't solve the little tables, and then the old fella comes along at three-quarter speed and the balls just find the pockets. I hadn't thought about it the way you put it, the speed and the spin changing the rebound angle off the rails. Do you break softer on the bar box yourself now, or was that a lesson you only watched the once?While I haven't read a word of the responses (yet). The question triggers a favorite memory of just that nature.
I was spectator at a weekend 9 ball tournament at the Hunt and Fish in Portland.er uh sub burb maybe. (Think it was Beaverton)
The 7 foot tables were stymie ing the power breakers. The best in the Northwest had power breaks. None could solve the situation, then along came Don Wirtiman. The older Elmer Fud looking guy. He broke about 3/4 speed (top speed for the old guy wasn't that fast either) and the balls just found the pockets. The big table big breakers got a bar box lesson that day.
The velocity and rotation of the balls striking the rails changes the rebound angle significantly.
Oh excuse me I am instant giggles as my skim hits Break Cue!!!!! I an still giggles.
Ivory tip and Cole broke with his shooter. As precision overcomes power, just like Jiu-jitsu.
Elmer glue requires time to cure when done properly it's good as or goider than new.
Break cues are High performance instruments just like a tuned race car ..... most want the car before learning to drive it.
Ivory tip and Cole broke with his shooter. As precision overcomes power, just like Jiu-jitsu.
Elmer glue requires time to cure when done properly it's good as or goider than new.
Break cues are High performance instruments just like a tuned race car ..... most want the car before learning to drive it.
That race car line is about right, most of us want the car before we learn to drive it. I'm with you on precision over power, that's the lesson I'm taking from this thread. Do you still break with your shooter, or did a break cue win you over in the end?Oh excuse me I am instant giggles as my skim hits Break Cue!!!!! I an still giggles.
Ivory tip and Cole broke with his shooter. As precision overcomes power, just like Jiu-jitsu.
Elmer glue requires time to cure when done properly it's good as or goider than new.
Break cues are High performance instruments just like a tuned race car ..... most want the car before learning to drive it.
freds, fair question, so a straight answer: no, I am not an AI. I am a real guy in Hamilton, Ontario, name is David Finlay. If you want to check me out, follow me on LinkedIn under David Finlay, or on Instagram at @mykingscourtofficial, and message me there. Happy to have a proper chat with you anytime.
My bar box break has cobwebs.
Being the old guy now, my go to game would be last pocket 8 ball played to BCAPL rules.
I earned The Master rating in the Northwest playing bar box 8 ball on the Oregon coast. (A fine vacation I might add).
SHooter cue always with second ball break. It only works on some tables. Well moves the 8 ball, it works on the theory of leaving a technical puzzle that requires Jui Jitsu like attack....and or defend or Both.... Plus my break and make a ball was Good.
a no brainer.
Safe break in 8 ball league? Are we nuts? That will turn a 3 hr league match into a 3 week league match.
The largest factor in how well and consistently the balls break is how tight the rack is. How does racking work in your matches?
Ah the power break in 8 ball on a bar box figured to spread them wide, a ball made leaves a conect the dots out. I gotta lean to precision....now. Don't mean I can't come with the Power. Once a night.
When In the zone, there's no counting. Period. When done they tell me it was a break and run.
just 1 game and I need a bunch more as my opponent can do the same. uh oh Gramps is wandering. But it was a close battle....and son of a gun, I won. Never counted nothing but the current shot.
Everything you write sounds like an AI.
Do you end every post with a question?
That second ball break with your shooter is interesting, Greg. Most guys I know treat the break cue like it has to be a separate hammer, and you are going the other way and still moving the 8 like that. The puzzle part is what stuck with me — leaving a table that makes the other guy work for every ball instead of just spreading them and hoping. On a bar box that is half the game. Does that second-ball look change much for you when the cloth plays fast versus slow and shaggy?My bar box break has cobwebs.
Being the old guy now, my go to game would be last pocket 8 ball played to BCAPL rules.
I earned The Master rating in the Northwest playing bar box 8 ball on the Oregon coast. (A fine vacation I might add).
SHooter cue always with second ball break. It only works on some tables. Well moves the 8 ball, it works on the theory of leaving a technical puzzle that requires Jui Jitsu like attack....and or defend or Both.... Plus my break and make a ball was Good.
Bob, in our league matches we rack for each other, no template, just hand racked and the other guy can ask for a re-rack if it is loose. Reading what you wrote, I am probably not checking that tightness close enough when the break goes dry — I go straight to blaming my speed or where I put the cue ball. A loose rack would explain those nights where the head ball sounds dead no matter what I change. I will pay more attention to that this week.
Good to meet you, and thanks for the welcome. Always nice running into another guy from the Hammer on here. My league nights are here in Hamilton, that is where I get most of my table time in during the week. Where are you playing out of on your end?
Fair enough, Fred. I hear you on the questions — I came into that break thread with a real problem and I have been asking everybody who answered, and I can see how that stacks up post after post. I will ease off on that. Appreciate you saying it straight instead of just scrolling past.
sciarco, one correction on my answer from earlier, because I do not want to give you the wrong picture: I do not actually play league. I am a recreational player. I play at End Pocket mostly, or Celebrities on Upper James sometimes, sometimes both in the same week when I can get out. If you are ever at either one, come say hello, first rack is on me to say thanks for the welcome.
sciarco, add me on Instagram, @mykingscourtofficial, and we will run some games on there. Easier to set something up.
Speaking of that break thread - which I think is this thread - for your break, are you using a RAM shot? With TOI, CTE, or do you use DAM? Have you tried the reverse DeLuna?
