Break Cue Weight
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Minnesota Phat
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I've been using an all-purpleheart 21 ounce break cue with a soaked-in-super-glue, 14mm leather tip, and I think I may have accidentally discovered a new type of Eight Ball break where you miss the apex ball by a mile and carom the cue ball around the table like a bumper car struck by lightning.
This leaves a nice cluster of balls in the middle that will frustrate most league players, and you'll often randomly make a ball by having the cue ball carom around so much.
The key is to just break from the rail as hard as you can with a ridiculously-overpowered break cue, and aim very carefully at any spot on the apex ball. If you screw it up and somehow hit what you're aiming for, the cue ball will still leap up into the air and startle your opponent, or perhaps even fly off the table and smite your enemies.
I can break more accurately with a house cue, but the Berzerker Break (TM) sets a tone of chaotic madness that makes men tremble at the possibility of a ball flying off the table and causing them to spill their drinks, and makes women swoon from all the possibilities of rounding off my sharp edges to improve me, if only they were given an opportunity to refer me to an optometrist and a therapist.
This leaves a nice cluster of balls in the middle that will frustrate most league players, and you'll often randomly make a ball by having the cue ball carom around so much.
The key is to just break from the rail as hard as you can with a ridiculously-overpowered break cue, and aim very carefully at any spot on the apex ball. If you screw it up and somehow hit what you're aiming for, the cue ball will still leap up into the air and startle your opponent, or perhaps even fly off the table and smite your enemies.
I can break more accurately with a house cue, but the Berzerker Break (TM) sets a tone of chaotic madness that makes men tremble at the possibility of a ball flying off the table and causing them to spill their drinks, and makes women swoon from all the possibilities of rounding off my sharp edges to improve me, if only they were given an opportunity to refer me to an optometrist and a therapist.
Are you still about the same stats? We should fight n stuff. I’m 5’7” and between 150-155lb. It’s perfect
Set of 1P
Set of nein bull
3-5 rounds of combat, like mma style or kick boxing. 2 min rounds, I’m terribly out of shape.
Winner of 2 of 3 takes the cake.
Minnesota, Whachu dewin picking up these old threads? I like your break plan
Minnesota Phat
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I didn't notice it was an old thread - I just wanted to vent about my steroidal break cue in a (hopefully) entertaining way. I'm mainly just annoyed that I didn't tell the guy to skip the super glue when I had the phenolic tip replaced with a real tip, since I now realize that I need extra control a lot more than I need extra power with this purple beast.
I always recommend that............... it seems to be the best answer............. the break cue feels the same......................
Kim
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
I started out thinking the heavy battering ram was the only way to improve my break. Once I learned better control and speed, I found the lighter cue worked better.
I use 19oz for both, player and break, just different tips. I use a Black Ice shaft on the breaker which is forward weighted, so the balance will be different.
I use 19oz for both, player and break, just different tips. I use a Black Ice shaft on the breaker which is forward weighted, so the balance will be different.
Would you want your dragster to be lighter than your family car or not ?
When I own DEDICATE BREAK CUE, it was like 16.9 ozs. Tight Ice Breaker Tip.
MY SHOULDERS ARE SHOT, so I could get speed out of the lighter Cue.
MY BREAKING PRACTICE BALL WAS 3C Ball. Weight more then normal 2.25” ball.
When I switched, I was ball buster.
MY SHOULDERS ARE SHOT, so I could get speed out of the lighter Cue.
MY BREAKING PRACTICE BALL WAS 3C Ball. Weight more then normal 2.25” ball.
When I switched, I was ball buster.
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This means that faster (v) is more effective than heavier (m) for increasing a cue's breaking energy. Try something lighter than your playing cue to see if your stroke speed increases.
pj
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