Power break question again, Why...

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Guy Manges

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I watched a 7 win match from Puerto Rico Open 2022 women's, in the match between Rubilen and Chen 9 ball games Chen had a made 4 balls on break and Rubilen had a made 5 balls on a break, I don't understand why we need so much force... Do we just see the break cue as having that force, These small women don't have this kind of power to put dents on impact or do they... Guy
 
I think the theory is the further an object ball travels the more likely it is to find a pocket. When on bar tables I noticed the first couple balls pocketed were hopping back out so I took my foot off the gas a bit.

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Guy Manges said:
I watched a 7 win match from Puerto Rico Open 2022 women's, in the match between Rubilen and Chen 9 ball games Chen had a made 4 balls on break and Rubilen had a made 5 balls on a break, I don't understand why we need so much force... Do we just see the break cue as having that force, These small women don't have this kind of power to put dents on impact or do they... Guy
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Not sure I see what this is about, making several balls on the break is good thing isn't it? Breaking hard has been a thing in pool games for quite some time. Only the new tighter racks make breaking softer a thing, and even then a good number of players put some force into the break.
 
my theory, the best female players have better slow breaks as they do a better job keeping the cue ball on the table, so minimal bouncing as it travels towards the pack ensuring a higher probability of a solid flush hit

I would like to see the differences between a super flush hit at lower speed vs higher speeds less flush

there has to be a sweet spot in there which is mostly guess work for most of us

I'm guessing you could run this experiment in a day with the right camera
 
The accuracy is more important than velocity. Cole Dixon taught me that. I saw Don Wortaman demonstrate that in a bar box tournament in Oregon. All the power breaks were coming up dry. Don hit at moderate speed and balls found pockets. 🤷
 
The further and longer balls move the more chances they'll dropin a hole, and hopefully run out. It's the most important shot in the game
 
CanadianGuy said:
my theory, the best female players have better slow breaks as they do a better job keeping the cue ball on the table, so minimal bouncing as it travels towards the pack ensuring a higher probability of a solid flush hit

I would like to see the differences between a super flush hit at lower speed vs higher speeds less flush

there has to be a sweet spot in there which is mostly guess work for most of us

I'm guessing you could run this experiment in a day with the right camera
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The force that would go into the rack will be the same with a full ball hit at lower force as a half ball hit with more force. Basically if you see the cueball stop dead after the hit, you got the maximum power into the rack since all energy was lost.
 
gregcantrall said:
The accuracy is more important than velocity. Cole Dixon taught me that. I saw Don Wortaman demonstrate that in a bar box tournament in Oregon. All the power breaks were coming up dry. Don hit at moderate speed and balls found pockets. 🤷
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This could be an argument against the, "no soft break/3 point rule".
 
Taking 9 ball. I've stopped breaking for power and more for consistency. I aim to pocket the wing ball land the cueball in the center of the table and have the 1 ball land in the kitchen. It usually works most of the time.
 
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