Break

Depends on your strategy. But I think most of the players will consider the two corner balls as the best perfect spot to hit. You don't want to move the red balls and lay a good snooker for your opponent. That way you force your opponent to hit the red balls with less accuracy, spread the red balls and leave the cb around the red balls. So you can take advantage on it.
 
The important thing about a break is to not leave decent shapes. The corner balls allow you to return to the opposite end of the table for at best, a long shot and possibly a snooker. Snooker is the ultimate position game.
 
hit the second to last red with running side and try and get CB back onto the baulk cushion if u get behind yellow or green or brown fine but try get on the cush..
 
In the few times I've played snooker, I played against an old man that wuold do this to me (using a loose wristed, slip stroke no less!). Out of about a dozen breaks, this guy snookered me behind the middle ball more than 1/2 the time and he froze it once. He was no master, but his breaks were strong! He was a 3C player too, so I never got him on a foul. He hit a ball every time.

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Scaramouche said:
Break
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I saw Gerry Watson use the second version of the break where you go below the 5. He was deadly with it. When the cue ball hits the third and fourth rails it kills whitey and parks behind the 3ball. Not to mention you can hit it with enough speed that you can break the pack OPEN and then snooker your opponent. It is a very dangerous break, but when used properly it will swing the "tide" in your favor immediately.
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I like to hit the second red with running side to go around the back of the blue. It's tough to hit properly when I am not playing much snooker, but I prefer the results. Hitting the first the red and going down the side of the table tends to keep the reds to together, as a result you either have to do something difficult to open up the pack or be content to score in breaks 8-12.

By opening up the pack a little more I feel I can get rewarded by taking on a tough long pot.
 
Although it has been a while I remember the break I was most fond of was a firm second corner ball break with outside english to bring the cue ball above the blue and back to behind the green/brown. I have played a number of players that loved the thin corner ball break. As the second to shoot after that shot the pressure is out of the shot as all you need to do is roll into the reds. When you can create a stronger spread and get the cue ball long and tough, preferably snookered behind the low colors, you force the incoming player to hit a better shot as that a miss or cue ball left in the black end will more than likely lead to a shot and possibly give you the frame.

Just my opinion.
 
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