Try this for a test. Rack the balls with the one ball up front, break the balls as you normally would. Notice how they break apart/8 ball. Then re-rack the balls using any other ball for the point ball, break them again, do this several times, and you'll see that the balls break better using the one ball up front as opposed to any other balls. It's because the one balls density that it don't absorb the hit of the cue ball, therefor transferring more of the energy of the break to the rest of the object balls, giving you a better spread of the break.
Glen[/QUOTE]
It is funny that you say this about the difference in breaking the balls. I played a couple of weeks ago in Florida with the measel ball and I didn't feel like I was breaking them very good, I would have assumed that I was getting racked but I was the one racking them.
So I blew it off that it was just in my mind. Then I play at my home room with a red circle and I'm hitting them ok. Then I go to Atlanta this last weekend and sure enough I break like crap with the measel ball. I have a measel ball that I will do a test with against the red circle.
Thanks for the information.
Ed
Glen[/QUOTE]
It is funny that you say this about the difference in breaking the balls. I played a couple of weeks ago in Florida with the measel ball and I didn't feel like I was breaking them very good, I would have assumed that I was getting racked but I was the one racking them.

Thanks for the information.
Ed