Lefty breaking from right side

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Wheeljack

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Hello everyone,

So, I was ready Buddy Hall's tips on the AZ main page and when discussing the break shot he said something to the effect of if you are a lefty you break from the left side of the table and if you are a righty you break from the right side.

I am a lefty who breaks from the right side. It's how I learned. Kinda like way back in elementary school I learned to use a right handed desk from day one. Guess what happened when I had the chance to use a left handed desk round about 5th grade? Yep, I hated it. It just felt wrong.

Well, I've tried breaking from the left side of the table off and on a few times over the past coulpe of weeks and I'm really not liking it, BUT, but...

Am I giving up something by being left handed and not breaking from my 'natural' side?

I cannot really see any advantage to it at all, but if anyone has a different opinion I would love to hear it. If I do need to change something I would rather be doing it now...

Thanks in advance-

J.
 
Same here. Lefty breaks on right side. Don't know why other than it feels right. I also know many righties that break from the left side.
 
Lefty breaking from the right side

J.,
I'm left handed and have always broke (50+ years) from the right side, especially the 2nd ball break in 8-ball. I think that your body clears the table better on the follow through. I.M.O.


Wheeljack said:
Hello everyone,
So, I was ready Buddy Hall's tips on the AZ main page and when discussing the break shot he said something to the effect of if you are a lefty you break from the left side of the table and if you are a righty you break from the right side.
I am a lefty who breaks from the right side. It's how I learned. Kinda like way back in elementary school I learned to use a right handed desk from day one. Guess what happened when I had the chance to use a left handed desk round about 5th grade? Yep, I hated it. It just felt wrong.
Well, I've tried breaking from the left side of the table off and on a few times over the past coulpe of weeks and I'm really not liking it, BUT, but..
Am I giving up something by being left handed and not breaking from my 'natural' side?
I cannot really see any advantage to it at all, but if anyone has a different opinion I would love to hear it. If I do need to change something I would rather be doing it now...
Thanks in advance-
J.
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I'm right handed and break from the left side mostly.

I think it's because I'm left eye dominant that I feel more comfortable on the left side.

Maybe for the average person there's a better chance you are either right handed and right eye dominant or left handed and left eye dominant?

Or maybe if a child is starting out then breaking from the side that should match their eye dominance will correct/enforce eye dominance? Making it easier to line the cue up over the dominant eye when stroking.

I'm just taking guesses here but they don't sound too far-fetched.
 
I'm right handed & I break from the left side, right side, straight away & so on.

I also watch my opponent to check his success at breaking... if he's working & I'm cold, I'm gonna start doing what he's doing...

Joe Tucker & I wrote books & DVDs on successful Breaking, this info has helped thousands of players..
 
Breaking

I'm a righty that shoots lefty.. so here's what I do and why:

9-ball - I break towards the rail on the right side. I have a better rail bridge using my right hand, as I don't have to have the edge of my hand on the slate.

8-ball - For power, I break on the left side(an inch or two from center). I find I hit a little bit right of my aim on the power break, so that helps compensate. For 2nd-ball break, I break from the right side, as being right-eyed I have a better view of the angle for the 2nd ball and the same issue with the rail bridge.

Short-rack Bank - Around middle of left side. Going for a big spread.

Right-handed, I break 8-ball from the right side (a few inches from center).
 
I am left handed and my left eye sees clearer (age is creeping in) than my right.
In 9 ball I break anywhere from the left side to the middle depending on how the table is breaking. If I keep coming up dry I will try 1 diamond out on the right or just off the rail on the right but prefer to break from the left.
In 8 ball I break from the right. I have found hitting the 3rd or 4th ball to be preferable to hitting the 2nd ball. All three places move the 8 ball towards the opposite side or top pocket but hitting lower in the rack allows the cue ball to come up table better and not get stuck in the rack as much. More balls are pushed up table instead of towards the foot rail to rebound up table.

Bob Danielson
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
 
Good input. Thanks everyone.

I break from the rail, in 9-ball, unless the rail isn't working for me. Then I start 6 inches out from the rail and move the cue a little at a time until I find a sweetspot. Sometimes, I'm just searching all night, seems like...

I just can't break from the left rail with any accuracy or precision.

Thanks again-
 
For bar 8 ball tourney's (people drinking)


I look at the rack, see if it's tilted one way or the other....... I pick the side that is tilted toward me, if that makes any sense... Even if it's only a little bit it seems to help

If rack is strait, a little left of center (right handed)

I play mostly 8 ball and a little 9 ball


BL
 
I am also right handed, but play pool left handed, left eye dominate, and I break from the right side.
 
The only problem I've ever had breaking on the opposing side is hitting my hand on the pocket/rail. Trust me, you'll only make that mistake once!
 
Zivan1967 said:
I'm right handed and break from the left side mostly.

I think it's because I'm left eye dominant that I feel more comfortable on the left side.

Maybe for the average person there's a better chance you are either right handed and right eye dominant or left handed and left eye dominant?

Or maybe if a child is starting out then breaking from the side that should match their eye dominance will correct/enforce eye dominance? Making it easier to line the cue up over the dominant eye when stroking.

I'm just taking guesses here but they don't sound too far-fetched.
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HUH???
What did you just try to say?
randyg
 
+1 for breaking from wherever. I'm sill on the search for the best break. I can usually get a good spread on the break, but far too often nothing drops. It's one thing I don't practice enough, and don't really pay attention enough to what works and what doesn't. Left vs right doesn't SEEM to make a differnece though, whether it's near the rail or near the center or half way in between.
 
1-pocket

Most of the right handed one pocket players I know break from the left side, as do I. In 9 ball I just try to find the best place on the table I'm playing on. Doesn't take too long to find it. I won't stay in the same spot long if not productive.
 
left and right

you should learn to break from anywhere the rack will let you pocket more balls from.
 
randyg said:
HUH???
What did you just try to say?
randyg
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I was trying to say that I'm right handed and left eye dominant.

I usually break on the left side of the table rather than the left because I see more accurately with my left eye.

I was taking guesses as to why Buddy Hall would say right handed people should break from the right side and left handed people should break from the left side.

One guess was maybe people who are right handed are usually right eye dominant. Therefore they would see the rack better on the right side of the table rather than the left. I'm not saying they can't break from anywhere but if Buddy Hall is giving tips for people just starting out it may help someone be a little more accurate.

My second guess was that maybe if you're right handed breaking on the right side the cue naturally falls under the correct dominant eye. (Assuming that most right handed people are right eye dominant and vice versa with left handed people) This would help keep new players (such as children) get comfortable with keeping the cue under their dominant eye without confusing them with eye dominance.

I was just taking guesses as to why Buddy Hall would include that in his breaking tips. I could be completely wrong talking nonsense but he must of had a reason to say right handed people should break from the right side and left handed people should break from the left side.

Hope that clarifies my guesses lol.
 
Zivan: Maybe Buddy was writing that for someone with little experience who is just forming their game. Maybe he was just trying to point the 'unsure' person in some usable direction. I dunno.

I liked a lot of the tips he wrote. There was some good stuff in there. That one part just struck me funny.

The only hard fast rule for breaking I really live by is that the cue ball does not work best on the same spot on all tables. You have to work/look for it...
 
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