Break Stroke

[Sarge]

Lately I've had a problem with my break stroke. For the last 2 years I've been working to acheive a "power stroke" to break a full rack. (8 ball) Now I find that it has become hard to keep the cue on the table. I always try to hit the head ball full, (this problem becomes worse if I don't hit it full). I've tried everything that I could think of including path of the cueball, where I hit the cueball, mirror stroke etc.
Any input on my problem would be appreciated.

Sarge

 

[stolz2]

Lately I've had a problem with my break stroke. For the last 2 years I've been working to acheive a "power stroke" to break a full rack. (8 ball) Now I find that it has become hard to keep the cue on the table. I always try to hit the head ball full, (this problem becomes worse if I don't hit it full). I've tried everything that I could think of including path of the cueball, where I hit the cueball, mirror stroke etc.
Any input on my problem would be appreciated.

Sarge

Back off the power until you can controll it, and then you can work on getting more power from there. I play a powerfull stop shot on my break stroke, i read this in one of the monks books and helped me out a great deal on my break.

Mack

 

[Stretch]

Back off the power until you can controll it, and then you can work on getting more power from there. I play a powerfull stop shot on my break stroke, i read this in one of the monks books and helped me out a great deal on my break.

Mack

Slap it, don't slug it. St.

 

[Blackjack]

Lately I've had a problem with my break stroke. For the last 2 years I've been working to acheive a "power stroke" to break a full rack. (8 ball) Now I find that it has become hard to keep the cue on the table. I always try to hit the head ball full, (this problem becomes worse if I don't hit it full). I've tried everything that I could think of including path of the cueball, where I hit the cueball, mirror stroke etc.
Any input on my problem would be appreciated.

Sarge

Work on the accuracy first. With all of my students, we start off in slow motion. By doing so, you will see flaws in your body mechanics. Watching yourself on tape goes only so far, you must actually feel what it is that you are doing wrong. When you are able to identify the problem, you can then prescribe a remedy.

I have always said that you should never sacrifice accuracy for power. When players try to generate power, they do things in the body mechanics that will affect their stroke, and the accuracy that is supposed to come with it. Feel free to get with me privately.

 

[woody_968]

As some of the others have mentioned, back off on the power for now. It does you know good to smash the rack if your giving your opponent ball in hand Slowing down should give you back control and let you regain your timing.

And another thing to check is the elevation of you cue when breaking. If the cueball is comming off the table most every break that means the cueball is in the air when it hits the rack, which is caused by having the butt of the cue elevated and making the cueball jump more than you have to. The cueball will always jump, or come off the cloth, after being struck that hard. But to break hard well you have to learn to control this "jump" so that the cueball is on the slate when it hits the rack, or at least on its way down and not on its way up (bouncing off the slate).

Woody