I was working on my break 'in the box' for some 8-ball. I noticed something peculiar. When I hit with center ball the cueball comes back to the head rail. When I hit with a tip of bottom the cueball jumps slightly and then sits. Does anyone else have similar results? Suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
Breakin from the box
- Thread starter mnShooter
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mnShooter said:
I noticed the same thing about breaking with center ball. It seems to bounce right back to the head-rail. I look at the CB when I break so I'm sure I don't use draw.
I've begun hitting about 1 tip of follow from near center-table. The CB will rebound slightly then the follow will catch and essentially hold it there. Hitting the head ball from the center of the table seems to give me a better spread too (opposed to a side-rail break contacting the head-ball or the 2nd ball). Sometimes making a ball from here is difficult though depending on the table.
Just what I've noticed...
Rod said:
I'm pretty sure I am hitting center ball. Although I do drop my elbow on the follow through.
I think what is happening is that the rack of 15 balls weighs much more than the cueball so when they collide the cueball will get sent backwards if there is no spin. Kinda like the heavy cueball problem where the cueball actually slides through the object before it comes back.
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Also wouldn't dropping your elbow result in the tip hitting higher (basically a lever-arm...one side goes down the other goes up)?