Oh Boy...... LOL
watching it right now, i stop it sometimes to write comments..
well, i think you should stay down on your shots, especially in the first rack, then in the 2nd you should have taken way more time cause the run could have ended pretty early easily. tale a look at the layout from different angles. Also i would have played the 5 as key to the 1 behind the rack instead of that side pocket break shot which almost didn´t go. when you broke in the beginning of the 3rd rack with the 7, that was risky cause no insurence ball and you sure did not know what exactly is going to happen / what you have next. at the end of the rack with tha layout i would have played 9,1,3 and 5 as breakshot. risky to scratch of the rack the way you played it and then again you broke em with no insurance ball and said : thats over....still made a tough shot but almost scratched. of course that last ball you did not draw enough but i think you clould have made the key ball with a center ball left english to get better position for the break shot, you hit it too low.
after all, i like your style, like mine...keep it up, there is more to come. you might review it and check my comments then. nice run
OH Boy, I knew this coming...... LOL
Yes, I know I start up wards as soon as I make contact with the cue.
Can't seem to break that bad habit.
As, for why I choose my patterns leading up to the break shots:
2nd Rack: side pocket break. I am very comfortable with side pocket break shots. My side pocket liner on one side is loose (the reason the ball almost spun out).
The one ball was too low for a break shot to get perfect position behind it. The other type of break that I think you are talking about is cue ball above the 1 ball & coming off the bottom rail into the back of the rack. I do not like going off the rail into the back of the rack. Specially when the rack is whole. The cue ball often gets stuck inside the rack.
It is a matter of preference on what type of break shots you want to set up for your self. I believe being comfortable with the shot is very important.
I did go into the back of the rack and almost got stuck and had to let my cue ball go when I made that hard cut shot in the side pocket.
Other times that I chose to go into the back of the rack. The group of balls were loose, enough where I felt that I would not get stuck.
All in all. I let the cue ball go wild on two shots. The side pocket shot where I was stuck in the rack. And the double hit on the 15 when I try-ed to break the lump of balls on that side rail. Ended up with a hard cut shot on the 9 ball. With that shot I was in control of the cue b/c I knew that I had shots on both sides of the table and it landed where I wanted it to. So that I could work on that cluster of balls by the rail.
The side pocket break with the cue in hand instead of the 5 behind the rack. On those shots. I feel real good with ball in hand that I can hit the top of the rack with no problems. The rack usually breaks open real good with those shots.
I appreciate you watching the video. And all your comments are wanted.