Help !!! I need advise on the break before I go broke ...

The King

The King

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I have normally been very good at breaking a rack but of late I am about to go insane to many dry breaks are killing me ... I break them wide open only to watch nothing go in and my opponent run out ... Nothing is more frustrating ... I have got to the point where Instead of trying to bust them open and run out I hit them soft and rely on experience and cue ball control to out play my opponent in a chess match. Something I love to do anyway but I'm wanting to know and asking if any of you can give me some pointers or tips on the break ... The best way to ensure you make a ball on the break .... I know there are no gaurentees but I am sure there has to be ways to improve the odds of making a ball on the break... Maybe I am just having a bad run of luck ... But right now I'm really into studying the breaking aspect of the game wanting tips or pointers on how to improve on this aspect of the game. Where I can go to learn more about breaking , and any good reading material ... I love this game and it is a very complicated game with many diffrent aspect to the game that need to be learned and studied ... From the stroke to stradegy to breaking and right now I'm working to improve my break ... Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

I did build myself a 21 oz break cue with 14 mm tip and brown phenoilc ferrell that is a beast and seems to have helped out alot but I know there is more to it then getting up there and hitting the rack as hard as possible with the biggest club you can find...
 
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Buy Joe Tucker's Racking Secrets DVD and study it... learn the basic concept of reading 9-ball racks... and practice making the same-side wing ball when the rack is not perfect.

Also, learn to make the 1-ball in the opposite side pocket for when the rack is perfect.

Together, both of the above will help you tremendously in your 9-ball game.
 
To the OP, great question.....I am subscribed to your thread....I too have had about 4 weeks of just crap breaks, regardless of the game....it's like being in a rut and it is aweful......watching answers closely, good post sir....
 
Because of the variables your is very complicated. In short, if a break doesn't work for you twice in a row switch to something else.

Watch where your opponent is breaking from as it can give you an idea what works as well as what doesn't.

I also think that it's advisable to start with a slower speed of break on a new table. It's much easier to work your way up to a harder break than it is to tone down your break.

Optimally you want to find the lowest speed break that works so that you have a better chance of controlling your cue ball. In other words don't sacrifice accuracy for power.

I see people breaking as hard as they can from the same spot over and over again and wondering why they aren't successfull so don't be afraid to switch it up and try something different.
 
I don't get it sometimes either. :angry:

Just a few days ago I played the 9-ball ghost for over 2 hours (with a lot of breaking considering I don't run out all that much) and in the whole time never failed to make at least one ball every break.

Yesterday same thing, but hardly ever made a ball. Yes, different table with extremely tight pockets (4" corners), but come on, that much of a difference?

You've probably already tried this but when on a specific table, try moving it around a little and hit the rack differently. Yesterday I ended up going to a cut break with the CB hitting the opposite long rail from my break side, and had better success. I might not have made a ball at all the whole session if I hadn't experimented and found this quasi-sweetspot.
 
Yep, if we are talkin' nine ball Joe Tucker will have you making a ball on the break most times. Also, I am a firm believer that a lighter cue is better for breaking. The idea is that you can accelerate a lighter cue better.
 
i agree

Bigkahuna said:
Yep, if we are talkin' nine ball Joe Tucker will have you making a ball on the break most times. Also, I am a firm believer that a lighter cue is better for breaking. The idea is that you can accelerate a lighter cue better.
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i agree, the lighter cue is better for breaking 9ball! there is much more control! JMHO
Jeremy
 
Try a different break

Try "U.J.Pucketts" old break!

Place the cue ball on center headstring and break off the rail with medium hit, this makes you follow thru, and "squatt whitey" in center of table.

He's run 20+ racks using that break!.....

this may help, may not , worth a try!



David Harcrow
 
The King said:
I have normally been very good at breaking a rack but of late I am about to go insane to many dry breaks are killing me ... I break them wide open only to watch nothing go in and my opponent run out ... Nothing is more frustrating ... I have got to the point where Instead of trying to bust them open and run out I hit them soft and rely on experience and cue ball control to out play my opponent in a chess match. Something I love to do anyway but I'm wanting to know and asking if any of you can give me some pointers or tips on the break ... The best way to ensure you make a ball on the break .... I know there are no gaurentees but I am sure there has to be ways to improve the odds of making a ball on the break... Maybe I am just having a bad run of luck ... But right now I'm really into studying the breaking aspect of the game wanting tips or pointers on how to improve on this aspect of the game. Where I can go to learn more about breaking , and any good reading material ... I love this game and it is a very complicated game with many diffrent aspect to the game that need to be learned and studied ... From the stroke to stradegy to breaking and right now I'm working to improve my break ... Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

I did build myself a 21 oz break cue with 14 mm tip and brown phenoilc ferrell that is a beast and seems to have helped out alot but I know there is more to it then getting up there and hitting the rack as hard as possible with the biggest club you can find...
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switch to 1 pocket or 14.1

Ha! i'm just joking, kind of.

if you're really dedicated you could get yourself a breakrack. i hear that's what shane van boening said he uses.

or you could do something really good for pool and sign up for the big brother program. every time you pick that little guy up drag him down to the pool hall and give him a dime a rack and have him rack for you while you practice (i've actually considered doing this). he'll get curious about why you like pool and start playing.

come on bro! get yourself a little brother!
 
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catpool9 said:
Try "U.J.Pucketts" old break!

Place the cue ball on center headstring and break off the rail with medium hit, this makes you follow thru, and "squatt whitey" in center of table.

He's run 20+ racks using that break!.....

this may help, may not , worth a try!



David Harcrow
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any videos of this?
 
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