You beat me to it... I found that vid of Corey and was going to post it. I found in my search that the match was from the 2016 US Open barbox 10-ball. Here's the full match:
https://youtu.be/IfFip8UwYiI?list=PLdCfnbGD70QX5FXPKeDrEykOTpSKEox-c
Corey won the match but, as far as I can tell, didn't even cash in the event. I could't find any online brackets from that event but Corey's AZ bio doesn't show a cash for that event in 2016. The finals were SVB and Rodney and neither were soft breaking.
In contrast, here is the final match of the 2016 Wyoming Open barbox 10-ball:
https://youtu.be/ok_2lBJLHx8
Corey did well in this event and is in the finals vs Rodney using a much harder break.
I have a lot of respect for Corey and the way he experiments with different breaks. That certainly doesn't mean what he is doing on a given day is actually going to be effective in the long run though.
For example, many years ago, Corey beat Shannon Daulton in a big one pocket tournament using a hard 2nd ball break like you would use playing 8-ball. That's Corey. No one changed their one pocket break because Corey decided to do something weird one day and won. The best one pocket players all still break the same way.
I'm not going to argue with Corey's results for that one match though. I agree with you...I would break that way all the time if I could get those results consistently as well. I just think if it were repeatable, you would see a lot more pros breaking that way.
I don't know what you meant to post in your second link, but you accidentally posted the Corey link twice. You said it was in German so I searched Ralph Eckert and came up with this:
https://youtu.be/02OBxf_72Uw
I don't speak German, but he doesn't seem to be advocating a soft break either. He seems to be discussing the paths of the second ball off the break and trying to make one of them in the side, while playing the one ball up towards the corner for a shot after the break. He's not soft breaking in his demonstrations either. If one can do what's described above at slower speeds, why not? It would be much easier to control for sure.
Could you repost the second link please? If it wasn't the video I found, I'd be interested to see it. thanks! :thumbup:
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