Break in the face

Bob Jewett said:
I have seen someone break before the cue was lifted up. Some people are just too focused. Keeping the cue ball sounds like a good idea but usually the breaker has it and is getting ready.

I think this is all another argument for rack your own.
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Seems like someone hitting it with a cue laying on the table is guaranteed to send the CB flying across the room (if the racker is lucky)
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Lay your cue across the table at an angle in front of the rack. Grab the cue from the side of the table when you are ready for the person to break. I've done this for years.
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This is what I've been doing for years and it works great. I remove it only once the rack is back in place and I'm ready to step away from the table and back to my seat. Because it obstructs the view of the rack the shooter is never even down on the shot yet by the time I pick it up so I'm pretty much always comfortably back in my chair by the time the cue ball is struck.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Lay your cue across the table at an angle in front of the rack. Grab the cue from the side of the table when you are ready for the person to break. I've done this for years.
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Even though I haven't played much for years.
It a habit.
If the habit wanders, I'll get reminded when I see the breaker already down before I lift the rack.
Which brings up another technique, if you don't have your cue laying on the table.

Lift the rack from the rear and keep the point facing the shooter on the table till you get off to the side.

A few of those kinds of delays normally sends the message.
Not always
 
3kushn said:
Lift the rack from the rear and keep the point facing the shooter on the table till you get off to the side
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This makes the most mechanical sense for removing the rack cleanly except the rack has to pass through your field of vision. Problem with that is without continuous visibility, you might miss any late movement. I tilt the rack up on the back edge instead. Once the rack is past 45 degrees I can glance at the breaker if I feel it necessary.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Lay your cue across the table at an angle in front of the rack. Grab the cue from the side of the table when you are ready for the person to break. I've done this for years.
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I learned that way back in the 80s. That was a common intimidation tactic.
 
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If the person I'm playing decides they should get down on the ball while I'm racking, I'll place my cue on the table where it is unavoidable.
When someone is racking for me, I stand clear until they are done and do not assume a shooting position until they are back to their seat.
 
maha said:
first dont ever put the cue in front of the rack. if he does break then the cueball is coming up and right at your face.
ive watched it happen.

just tell him to stand back until you are done racking as he should.
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This <can> happen but for us homebodies, the action is usually classy enough. Bars is another matter...
 
SeniorTom said:
boom, right in my face he blasted the balls.
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Not only is rude and somewhat dangerous, it can be LOUD! Even standing back from the table a solid break can be quite loud, right up at the table can definitely cause hearing damage if repeated.
SeniorTom said:
One gal double hit the cue ball, evident as heck, but denied doig it, so we let her ger away with it. I made a fantastic carom off the 8 ball and sank the 9 ball and they argued I hit the 9 ball first
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Way too many people don't know what a double hit foul is. It feels weird to call because from their ignorant perspective, you are making up rules. When you call that, basically one of you is a cheater. Wrong ball first, one of us can be mistaken. I've lost games not calling double hits on opponents and I've fouled by not getting a rail because I short stroked to avoid a double hit, so I'm calling them. For some strange reason I'm not comfortable tabling an intentional foul on a double hit. Wrong ball first, no rail after contact? I don't have a problem, but an intentional double hit seems like crossing the line into unsportsmanlike conduct. Like I might as well grab a ball with my hand and place it where I like. I guess because the shot was only legal for 1/100 of a second, the others are still legal shots for a second or two.
 
i dont call double hit fouls on anyone. you dont win by using the rules against someone, unless its in a major tourney.

all you do is become the creep. and if gambling lose your customer.
 
When racking if you see the incoming shooter already down in the shooting position you always have the option of not lifting the rack off of the balls until they stand up. If you want to appear to look like the "good guy" ask them to have a look at the rack, tell them you are not sure if the head ball is frozen to the balls behind, you know, because you want to make sure that they get the best break possible.
 
SBC said:
Pool is fast becoming a joke in the USA. Our second best player just crapped all over himself when he was the favorite in last 4 of Spanish Open.

No way we are gonna keep up....because the rest of the world still likes a challenge, while we hand out participation trophies.
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Does that really have to do with barboxes or instead maybe instead because professional pool is a tough way to make a living. From playing on both big and small tables often it seems that a good player on a barbox is also a good player on a big table.
 
maha said:
i dont call double hit fouls on anyone. you dont win by using the rules against someone, unless its in a major tourney.

all you do is become the creep. and if gambling lose your customer.
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Oh, yeah, the honorable hustler who doesn't use rules against his opponents.

When your opponent misses, you surely insist that they keep shooting, because otherwise you are using that rule against them... You wouldn't want to win like that!

I'm sure that you never take ball in hand, wouldn't want to win by using that rule against your opponent.

In a match against a new player, sure look past some things, but take the time after the match to teach them about what they did--eventually someone will call it, the sooner they learn, the better for everyone.
 
I don't know of any tourneys or leagues in my neck of the woods where you don't rack your own. I wouldn't play in a league where my opponent was racking for my break
 
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