Breaking from the head spot

mnorwood

mnorwood

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Everybody knows why the WNT have the break set up the way they do. However players figured it out and now the 1 still ends up in the side. So if you really wanted to eliminate that from the game why not require players to break from the head spot? Or would they just figure that out too and they find a way to always make a ball?
 
mnorwood said:
Can’t say I’m worried about. My resting heart rate right now is like 50 bpm. Rules get tweaked all the time in sports. NFL is constantly changing rules.
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Nobody is running out sets from the first game.

Everyone eventually gets a turn.

If they can't hang with the big dogs, maybe they should practice more or avoid tournaments where the big dogs are.
 
You're not alone, I wondered this for a while as well. Seems like an obvious solution and seems like the vast majority of viewers would not care.
 
mnorwood said:
Everybody knows why the WNT have the break set up the way they do. However players figured it out and now the 1 still ends up in the side. So if you really wanted to eliminate that from the game why not require players to break from the head spot? Or would they just figure that out too and they find a way to always make a ball?
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Danny D suggested this a long time ago. Not sure if it's ever been tried but I like the concept.

I don't think today's break rules are great by any means but it does provide some solid variance in layouts and the cueballs final resting spot so it's good in that sense.

I'd like to see what happens if the 1 in the side is outlawed! lol

People didn't like that the corner ball was dead but now with templates and 9 on the spot the 1 in the side is pretty close to dead too. But again, the varied layouts is a pretty solid outcome.

Templates are going nowhere but they have a lot to do with the consistency people make the 1 in the side.
 
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