Can't believe this wasn't asked before now.
Can Anything Be Done For A Bad Breaking Table?
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Can't believe this wasn't asked before now.
Can't believe no one has suggested buying one of those $500 to $600 custom break cues guaranteed to help you make balls on the break 
:thumbup: . Seriously, I've never run into a table on which I can not make a ball on the break in either 8 or 9 ball. Of course not on every break but a significant number. Must have played on hundreds of different tables. Big and small. You are doing something fundamentally wrong. Perhaps making a video or hiring a "coach" might help.
Lyn
:thumbup: . Seriously, I've never run into a table on which I can not make a ball on the break in either 8 or 9 ball. Of course not on every break but a significant number. Must have played on hundreds of different tables. Big and small. You are doing something fundamentally wrong. Perhaps making a video or hiring a "coach" might help.Lyn
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....just maybe its user error???
I really don't think a table can "break bad"...
Dirty balls and humid conditions can make the balls not fall as readily, but moving the break position around and modifying speed normally will do the trick.
..or you could wipe all the rails by the pockets with Windex...makes them real slick
I really don't think a table can "break bad"...
Dirty balls and humid conditions can make the balls not fall as readily, but moving the break position around and modifying speed normally will do the trick.
..or you could wipe all the rails by the pockets with Windex...makes them real slick
Check your cloth and rails. Upgrade if warranted. It could be that you're playing on deep-pile shag from the 80's
Now that I've re-read this post, I have a question. Do you have a problem making a ball on the break or getting a good spread on the table? Is it both? On the majority of breaks in 9 ball I might make a ball but have a rack that can not be run out. Not a "pro" so that might be normal. I'm confused.
Lyn
I'm guessing a slug rack, with a good rack even by accident you should make more than one ball in 26 racks.
If you can do a video like others suggested, would help a lot.
There was a guy a while ago that had issues with draw, soon as he posted a video you could tell he was aiming center ball or raising the cue stick up to center on almost every shot. With the video it took 5 seconds to say what was wrong.
If you can do a video like others suggested, would help a lot.
There was a guy a while ago that had issues with draw, soon as he posted a video you could tell he was aiming center ball or raising the cue stick up to center on almost every shot. With the video it took 5 seconds to say what was wrong.
I think what makes a table break bad isnt necessarily the table. Could be the cloth, the rails... the spot placement might be slightly off.
A lot of cases in the public its due to a rack that can't get the balls tight properly or the balls, or a mismatched set of balls.
Once you take the cloth and the rails off, the table is basically the same as any other table. Slate, Metal, Wood.
However I think in most cases it's the breaker and the racker. The balls are not being properly racked and the break is not being hit well.
My first recommendation would be to get a magic rack. See how well you break with that.
How well do you break when you go to the poolhall?
You should really record some footage of you playing... I would love to see it, Im sure others would too.
A lot of cases in the public its due to a rack that can't get the balls tight properly or the balls, or a mismatched set of balls.
Once you take the cloth and the rails off, the table is basically the same as any other table. Slate, Metal, Wood.
However I think in most cases it's the breaker and the racker. The balls are not being properly racked and the break is not being hit well.
My first recommendation would be to get a magic rack. See how well you break with that.
How well do you break when you go to the poolhall?
You should really record some footage of you playing... I would love to see it, Im sure others would too.
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Move the breaking spot on the table slightly. Besides that, the other recommendations of cleaning the cloth and balls and dehumidifying the room are excellent. Assuming the table is level and the rails aren't dead, these things should work well.
O fcourse, the quality of the racking job you do will affect it a ton, as will your hit on the CB. If you use a magic rack and it gets a lot better, it is your racking, if not, then its consistently bad hits by you, or the other options that are slowing the table down.
I know in 9 ball on my table, if I rack directly on the spot, I will have a hard time making balls, if I move the 1 ball down by a quarter to a half ball, my percentage goes way up.
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If you're convinced that you're hitting both accurately and hard, you should experiment with different spots and different types of hits. They'll go in eventually, but on some tables you have to do a little more homework. If your cueball is hitting any rails, then you have plenty of work you can do before worrying about the actual table setup.
Ok, I am going to clean my balls again real good. Use some Aramith polish on them. And I am going to turn the dehumidifier on. We have had a lot of rain lately.
But this has been an age old problem so who knows. I guess trying some things might not hurt.
r/DCP
But this has been an age old problem so who knows. I guess trying some things might not hurt.
r/DCP
PLS don't break on carom table 
You recently recovered the table right? If it happened before you recovered it and is happening now, I'm thinking the racking is the issue and/or the breaking, not the table. A good rack in the proper spot, you should make a ball every few games over a period of time just by them bouncing around and falling into pockets even if you don't have the accuracy or knowledge to aim the break.
