VIProfessor said:
Great posts and advice, folks! Since I got you on board, let me ask another break shot question. Which of the well known break shots give you the most trouble? For me, it's when the break ball is on or near the foot rail or the side rail and I'm sending the cue ball off the rail into the stack. I make the ball, but all too often I just find myself missing that blasted corner ball in one direction or the other. You all know the results of that! You miss the rack entirely or you end up ending your run with the cue stuck to the back of the pack. I honestly think its a psychological thing since I play the same shots as secondary break shots often and with precision. I suppose I just need to spend some quality time practicing my break shots in general and those shots in particular.
Thanks again for your input, and keep it coming!
Can I repeat your 'Great posts and advice', And add a 'good idea for
a thread' to you?
I have had similarly disapointing results on the off-the-rail brerak shots.
Often leaving the CB welded to the pack.
I've been working with a friend who, though a much better player
than I, is new to 14.1. We were watching the Dallas West tape<highly
recomended, BTW> and Dallas leaves a break off the foot rail. He
explains that on these shots you want to come into the rack at
a small angle - think glance off, not power thru.
I had mistakenly been thinking - thin cut brings you off the rail with
more speed. More speed equals better break.
Upon further review, it seems, the option that spreads the balls much
less, but leaves a shot, is much 'better' than the one that leaves
no shot.
Dale<expert in aproprition of other people's skills>