Lefty breaking from right side

[Zivan1967]

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...

I move my break around when playing 8 ball, but not 9 or 10 ball. I use the magic rack instead and either the wing ball goes for 9 ball or the ball behind the one ball goes in 10 ball.

I think moving the cueball around for the break isn't about how the table is breaking but how the table is racking. Magic rack takes that out of the equation but the 8 ball magic rack doesn't work as well as the 9 and 10 ball ones so I still have to work to find a sweet spot.

This is just my opinion though.

 

[genomachino]

Makes no difference which side.

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.

Hi there,

Shooting a break shot is the same as shooting a straight in shot. It makes no difference which side you break from. Just which ever side is the most comfortable for you.

On the straight in shot we tend to get the dominant eye in the best natural position because we can see both sides of the ball. Same as with the break shot.

 

[randyg]

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.

What does the dominat eye have to do with the break shot? Don't you use both eyes to line up your shot? Do you close one eye?

I still don't understand...
randyg

 

[catpool9]

Breaking the balls

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.

Well I have to disagree with Buddy Hall on this one if in fact he made this statement. BTW, I am right handed

I think right handed players should break from the left, and left handed players should break from the right, because when you have your hands on the table, ( your breaking side) to your eye, the view of the table is more open and give's you a better natural feel for making the shot/ and or connecting squarely with the footspot balll/(one ball).

Back when we had spot shots, I naturally made the shot more readily from the left, just a more natural feel, and my eye's seem to lock in on the shot better, but to each his own! IMHO

Is this an eye dominance preference?

David Harcrow

 

[Zivan1967]

What does the dominat eye have to do with the break shot? Don't you use both eyes to line up your shot? Do you close one eye?

I still don't understand...
randyg

Your dominant eye does affect how you see a shot, whether it's a standard shot or the break shot. If you do the test at

http://www.archeryweb.com/archery/eyedom.htm

You will find that one of your eyes pretty much takes charge of how you see, therefore it would make sense that if your body is tilted on the break shot (as you are if breaking on the rail) it would be better to have your dominant eye in front.

If you don't understand what I was trying to say at this point I'm sorry I can't explain it any further, but you shouldn't worry about what I was saying anyway because it was a guess as to why it would be beneficial for left handed people to break on the left side and vice-versa for right handed people.

 

[randyg]

Your dominant eye does affect how you see a shot, whether it's a standard shot or the break shot. If you do the test at

http://www.archeryweb.com/archery/eyedom.htm

You will find that one of your eyes pretty much takes charge of how you see, therefore it would make sense that if your body is tilted on the break shot (as you are if breaking on the rail) it would be better to have your dominant eye in front.

If you don't understand what I was trying to say at this point I'm sorry I can't explain it any further, but you shouldn't worry about what I was saying anyway because it was a guess as to why it would be beneficial for left handed people to break on the left side and vice-versa for right handed people.

Understanding that BOTH eyes triangulate at about an arms length and then we have Binocular vision, I can't understand how the dominate eye is any different that the other eye when working together.

Most object balls are outside of the range of the strong eye. A good use of the dominate eye for picking up items that are within our arms reach. The information eye gets there 4/1000 of a second before the other eye.

One should be more concerned with walking into the shot from the cut side rather than which eye is better.........
randyg

 

[Zivan1967]

Understanding that BOTH eyes triangulate at about an arms length and then we have Binocular vision, I can't understand how the dominate eye is any different that the other eye when working together.

Most object balls are outside of the range of the strong eye. A good use of the dominate eye for picking up items that are within our arms reach. The information eye gets there 4/1000 of a second before the other eye.

One should be more concerned with walking into the shot from the cut side rather than which eye is better.........
randyg

lol that's why they call it a guess :wink: