do you know anyone that breaks like me

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CHARLIE DONT SURF
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just wondering if you have know anyone that breaks like me...i get as level as possible take a few strokes then on my last stroke i lift my front foot and then take a small step forwards and everything else just follows through:)
 
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SILVER__WOMBAT said:
just wondering if you have know anyone that breaks like me...i get as level as possible take a few strike then on my last stroke i lift my front foot and then take a small step forwards and everything else just follows through:)
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There's a kid around here who does exactly that. He throws his entire body into it. But his step isn't small. He starts way back leaning on the table and then lunges forward. But he's only like 12 so we'll see if he keeps doing this or tries other things. He plays pretty good though.
 
i take about a 1/2 foot to a 1 foot step...i find that it helps to throw every thing into motion and really lay into the rack
 
Sounds like a lot of moving parts to me...

Accuracy can't be sacrificed for power, nor can power be restrained for accuracy's sake. There are ways to apply power to one's stroke, such as developing rhythm & coordination. This requires practice.

Good Luck...
 
ceebee said:
Sounds like a lot of moving parts to me...

Accuracy can't be sacrificed for power, nor can power be restrained for accuracy's sake. There are ways to apply power to one's stroke, such as developing rhythm & coordination. This requires practice.

Good Luck...
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Tap tap tap.

OP - I'd be willing to lay top dollar that you're not breaking the rack as hard as you think you are. You're working it real good and exerting a lot of energy, but I'm fairly certain most of it's going into the wrong places.

I know you'll blow me off, but the mere fact that you're wondering if anyone else does what you do proves you realize there may be something unusual going down.

All the best.
 
Bert Kinister has a video out called the Big Bang. He gets everthing moving on the break. A few tapes later he had a disclaimer telling everyone not to use that method because the ER was getting overloaded with players breaking their hand from hitting the edge of the table.

I think most of that extra motion is for show and does not really do that much more.
 
I pick one foot up and stick it into the opposite corner pocket on my follow through.
 
there is a dude here, when he breaks, he slides his bridge hand at the last stroke so he is he is getting closer to the cueball as he is breaking. his break sucks, he miscues so many times, jumps the cueball out on the rest.he starts way back takes his warmups and at the last stroke starts coming forward, with an open bridge.
omg that looks so funny.also he uses this weird bridge, he doesnt use his thumb but lays it on the table, the cue slides between his index and middle fingers. when we ask why he doesnt use a more normal bridge he says his hands sweat too much. we call his bridge the devil bridge or the bunny. his index and middle fingers point upward they look like horns or bunny ears.
 
Have you thought about the "Happy Gilmore Break" as described here by someone else before? Start about 4-5 steps back from the table and get a running head start and launch yourself into the shot.

Get somebody to video the break for you and upload it to youtube so we can see it and give more enlightened and serious comment.
 
Me Too

Hal said:
I pick one foot up and stick it into the opposite corner pocket on my follow through.
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I used to do exactly the same thing till I ended up in ER cause my hangydowns got hung up in the side pocket!!
 
despotic931 said:
AKA "the claw" hehehe
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Around here we call that bridge "The Mantis" in reference to a guy who used to analyze each shot for approximately 15 minutes from as many angles, take 10 extremely slow practice strokes and then SLAM the cue ball as hard as he could.
 
GADawg said:
Have you thought about the "Happy Gilmore Break" as described here by someone else before? Start about 4-5 steps back from the table and get a running head start and launch yourself into the shot.

Get somebody to video the break for you and upload it to youtube so we can see it and give more enlightened and serious comment.
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You may be joking but I knew a guy who did that. It wasn't really a running start, but it was very similar to a happy gilmore type of break.

He start off with his cue in position, leaning on the table with his feet way back. He would pull the cue back and start running towards the table as he followed through.

He was a terrible player. He would try to bank anything that wasn't straight in.
 
GADawg said:
Have you thought about the "Happy Gilmore Break" as described here by someone else before? Start about 4-5 steps back from the table and get a running head start and launch yourself into the shot.

Get somebody to video the break for you and upload it to youtube so we can see it and give more enlightened and serious comment.
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Doctor Cue does this in his show I've heard...
 
I remember watching this guy in GR michigan who would jog in place while he was getting ready to stroke then jump forward as he broke. as i recall he would jog around the table turning in circles as he waited for the balls to settle. scary thing was the guy was playing lights out while doing this.
 
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