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The breaking thread jogged my memory about a guy I used to play like 40 years ago. If my memory is correct he was called “Fat Skippy from Boston”. He had the most amazing break I ever saw. For one thing he didn’t break hard. Every break the cueball poped back to the center of the table and the one ball right with it. If he made a ball he ran out. In fact, the layouts he got anyone could run out.
As you played at some point and it usually was not long, he would find his break and once it was working it was horrible. He beat me every time we played. I was a better player in general but you could not over come this break once it was working. You would sit there as he ran rack after rack.
One day a champion player ( you would know him) came in looking to play. He matched up with Skippy for like $50 a game a big bet back then, and from the start thought he had a chump to see Skippy play. About 10 hours later they are like even and the pro looks totally beaten down he finally quit. Skippy looked fresh as a Daisy he could have played 10 more hours.
That break of his was quite a talent.
I started this thread to make a point that there can be more to breaking then how hard you can break. Skip was not totally unique. Nick Varner will vary his break speed and move around the table. Buddy Hall does not really break that hard and controls the cue ball really well. The break can be a real art in many cases. More to it then coming out of your shoes when you break.
As you played at some point and it usually was not long, he would find his break and once it was working it was horrible. He beat me every time we played. I was a better player in general but you could not over come this break once it was working. You would sit there as he ran rack after rack.
One day a champion player ( you would know him) came in looking to play. He matched up with Skippy for like $50 a game a big bet back then, and from the start thought he had a chump to see Skippy play. About 10 hours later they are like even and the pro looks totally beaten down he finally quit. Skippy looked fresh as a Daisy he could have played 10 more hours.
That break of his was quite a talent.
I started this thread to make a point that there can be more to breaking then how hard you can break. Skip was not totally unique. Nick Varner will vary his break speed and move around the table. Buddy Hall does not really break that hard and controls the cue ball really well. The break can be a real art in many cases. More to it then coming out of your shoes when you break.
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