Any instructors who can help with the break?!
Looking for 8 ball breaking help on both 9' and bar box.
Chicago burbs....
Let me know.
Mike
Has Larry Schwartz been mentioned yet? He's a well known instructor who specializes in 8 ball. You can probably get his contact info from Chris's (773-286-4714).Any instructors who can help with the break?!
Looking for 8 ball breaking help on both 9' and bar box.
Chicago burbs....
Let me know.
Mike
This is not quite true. If the cue ball is sliding into the object ball (a stun shot) the balls will have equal outbound speed when the cut angle is 45 degrees which is slightly fuller than a quarter-ball hit. Geometrically speaking, this is because in a right triangle with equal legs, the acute angles are 45 degrees.... A way to test this is shoot center cue ball at the outside edge of the object ball (1/2 ball hit) and both the object ball and cue ball will travel the same speed. ...
This is not quite true. If the cue ball is sliding into the object ball (a stun shot) the balls will have equal outbound speed when the cut angle is 45 degrees which is slightly fuller than a quarter-ball hit. Geometrically speaking, this is because in a right triangle with equal legs, the acute angles are 45 degrees.
If you shoot half ball (a 30-degree cut) and the cue ball is rolling when it gets to the object ball, the initial outbound speed of the object ball will be 87% of the original cue ball speed while the cue ball will leave with only 50% of its original speed. As the object ball acquires follow and slows as a result, its speed drops to about 62% of the original cue ball speed. At the same time, the excess follow on the cue ball will cause it to speed up to roughly match the object ball speed.
It is not possible to transfer all of the energy of the cue ball to the rack on a break shot because the rack acts like more than a single ball and the cue ball bounces back. There is energy in that bounce-back which did not get into the rack.
A problem with practicing the break shot with just one ball is that if you hit the ball as hard as most good breakers do, the object ball will not stay on the table.
what do you guys think of this tip i read some where for practicing your break
set up a long diagonal straight in shot
hit it at your break speed so that you make the ball and the cue ball "stuns forward"
since when you break you want alittle follow so when the cue ball bounces back it stops
this way you are testing your accuracy with more power Rather than with a simple stop shot
How can the Cue ball keep 50% of the original speed and the object ball go at 87% of the original speed? Energy into the shot is = Energy out of the shot (minus friction). ...
Here is a scored break shot practice that is in VEPP and somewhere in my BD columns which are on-line. I don't remember the exact categories, but I think you'll get the idea.Any instructors who can help with the break?!
Looking for 8 ball breaking help on both 9' and bar box.
Chicago burbs....
Let me know.
Mike
Here is a scored break shot practice that is in VEPP and somewhere in my BD columns which are on-line. I don't remember the exact categories, but I think you'll get the idea.
Break. You get points as follows:
1 for having checked the rack
1 for leaving the cue ball in the middle half of the table (lengthwise)
1 for the cue ball not touching a cushion
1 for no excess side spin on the cue ball
1 for making a ball
1 for having a shot after the break
1 for any other good feature you may want to add to the list
Score 0 for an illegal break, such as a scratch or miscue.
Break 10 times. Add up your scores. Note where your break is weak. Work on the weaknesses.