Having recently tried to play 14.1 ,it occured to me that my break shots
to the side pocket were quite a bit better then breakshots to the bottom
corner pockets.I say this after hitting the rack in many different places,many different angles,and at various speeds.Many racks seemed to open up and then balls would return to the approximate area they had left
leaving little to work with.Breakshots to the sidepocket seemed to open
up and move balls to open areas.
I question my limited findings as I seem to recall reading about breakball-
shots to the sidepocket as about as desirable as a "shotgun wedding" for
one's daughter! The great Mosconi said that Ponzi liked "them" but he wasn't a fan.Holliday said they were probably the result of "poor pattern
play or poor execution, or most likely both".
Is it possible that todays equipment has improved the value of the side
pocket breakball? Perhaps Holliday is correct and if my play was better I wouldn't have subjected you to reading this?
to the side pocket were quite a bit better then breakshots to the bottom
corner pockets.I say this after hitting the rack in many different places,many different angles,and at various speeds.Many racks seemed to open up and then balls would return to the approximate area they had left
leaving little to work with.Breakshots to the sidepocket seemed to open
up and move balls to open areas.
I question my limited findings as I seem to recall reading about breakball-
shots to the sidepocket as about as desirable as a "shotgun wedding" for
one's daughter! The great Mosconi said that Ponzi liked "them" but he wasn't a fan.Holliday said they were probably the result of "poor pattern
play or poor execution, or most likely both".
Is it possible that todays equipment has improved the value of the side
pocket breakball? Perhaps Holliday is correct and if my play was better I wouldn't have subjected you to reading this?