Corey using the bridge to break 🤔🤔🤔 Why do you think he's doing this?
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Beats me, but Corey is such an innovator that there must be an internal logic to it. Wonder if he can satisfy the "three point" rule breaking with the bridge.
Once upon a time we all wondered "Why is he breaking so soft?" and shortly thereafter, he won the 2001 US Open 9-ball breaking soft.
The jury is still out here.
Once upon a time we all wondered "Why is he breaking so soft?" and shortly thereafter, he won the 2001 US Open 9-ball breaking soft.
The jury is still out here.
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Years ago I saw him playing in a regional 9B tournament. He was playing every shot with the bridge, but I don't think there was anything smart about it. He was just fooling around. The tournament director made him quit it. I thought he probably got bored easily.
Does he get to rack the balls to get that perfect break ?
Corey will be Corey
Corey will be Corey
Why is everyone talking about this like it's the first time he's done it ?
The voiceover mentions the result (2,3 in the side, position on the 1) which obviously has nothing to do with using the bridge to break with. Those outcomes are standard for a center table break with a magic rack.
It must be mechanical. He feels it gives him a more solid action for his break, and provides a certain amount of elevation for him to get some pop and forward momentum on the cueball. Maybe it allows him to stay more upright with his body because he’s not having to get down to his bridge arm and hand? Maybe that frees up his cue arm?
He certainly didn’t always have good outcomes when he was doping (EDIT: LOL, doping rarely has good outcomes. Typo: doing) it, but it did make me piss myself laughing.
It must be mechanical. He feels it gives him a more solid action for his break, and provides a certain amount of elevation for him to get some pop and forward momentum on the cueball. Maybe it allows him to stay more upright with his body because he’s not having to get down to his bridge arm and hand? Maybe that frees up his cue arm?
He certainly didn’t always have good outcomes when he was doping (EDIT: LOL, doping rarely has good outcomes. Typo: doing) it, but it did make me piss myself laughing.
can't argue with the results
seems like it would affect the freedom of the stroke, but that might be desirable
another idea is that you get a different view on the shot, which could be helpful
At the NBL, the only thing I can think of is that the mechanical bridge elevated the cue in a way your hand won't, and he got a nice little cue ball hop and managed to stay in the middle of the table a fair amount of the time breaking like that. Why he can't do that with, say, an open bridge, only Corey knows. But this is speculation on my part.
I think he's done it in the past to protest some break rules that were put in place to more or less prevent him from soft breaking.
I think he's done it in the past to protest some break rules that were put in place to more or less prevent him from soft breaking.
"2&3 in the side and position on the 1 are standard."?
That’s what is played for using a magic rack, particularly the 2nd row in the side when breaking form the middle (which was a stipulation for this event). Breaking from the middle makes position on the 1 a little harder because it doesn’t generate the angle for the 1 to pass the cue ball and head towards the top corner pocket. I’m not saying it’s guaranteed, but regardless, it has nothing to do with him using the rest.
I’ll do i a video when I get home. But if you watch any of the one pool events that were run you’ll see pattern racking based on the 2nd row balls going into the sides.
I haven't thought about that POS in years!
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Corey just wants attention ....
What's the legality of the sleeve Corey places between the bridge and cue? I'm not certain it falls within the WPA specs or other rule sets.