Power Breaking Instructional Video - By Request.

Solartje said:
gonna watch it right away m8! comments seem to be greath :D

hopefully u can help me with my next goal. learn how to break. i know its a bit harder do learn someone something as complicated as breaking, but im sure we'll get there :)

ok now stttttttt, gonna watch it :D

OW MY GOD! :D u NAILED it this time Colin. i think this video is what every player was hoping to find in instructional dvd's but never really found. to me this is the #1 break instructional video by FAR. :) i can see SO many things wrong in my brake, and i get what u ment with the folow true etc. aarf how am i going to train this without a table? maybe i could just do the move on a table with a mirror next to me and your video playing and compare the movement. try it in slowmo first to get the coordination and timing right and learn the movement, and gradually increase, and then try it out :D

ps did i get it right that your bridge hand is about 11" = 33cm? away from the rock? or did i misunderstand it.

ps2: uve got a MASIVE powerbreak. ow man :) if i ever could get my break up to anything close to that, ill be running ALOT more tables. i pot a ball on the break around 30% and at least half of the balls pass the middline around 30% of the time too. increasing it to 75% would meen LOADS :D

Colin, u are a god gift to me and this forum.
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Thanks Solly,
Hard to practice without a real CB and pack to bust up, but you could do some mimicking and visualization. Get the feel of the slight body sway, so that it times with the slight pause. Then get the forward movemet of shoulder, then arm, the wrist working one after the other.

When you get to practice it for real, if you get the timing you'll feel it straight away...even if you only get it 50% right. Once you get the timing right, you better not hit too many shots in a day's session. Maybe a dozen or so, as it's likely to give you a sore wrist which can get worse (tendonitis) with regular practice.

My wrist seems to be adapting to it now, but I cannot hit as many breaks with this technique as I'd like to refine the accuracy.

The only shot I edited out was because I miscued. I almost pulled my chest muscle on the shot because of it. So it can have side effects. The best one being that a ball usually goes in when you time it right and hit the CB center and accurately into the pack:D

Oh...my bridge length varies from 11" to maybe 14". I'll use the shorter bridge when not warmed up and less confident of hitting the CB where I need to.

Colin
 
Man, you really hit 'em hard. I knew about the long lever theory. What was the term you were using, when you talked about flipping a chalk with your thumb? I could not hear it well enough to tell. I never heard of that before. I can't argue with your bridge, because you were really crushing them, but I personally have better luck with a closed bridge. Thanks for sharing this video. I can't wait to give your ideas a try.

Tracy
 
Buckeyejim said:
Colin- I feel like I owe you something for that- need any favors just ask! respectfully, Jim
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Cheers Jim,
I won't pretend, I do intend to make some better quality videos and instruction materials in the future and hopefully make a few bucks out of it.

But I'm more than happy to put out these kind of vids or articles and forum repsonses for free because it is part of the process that has helped me to learn, and much of that learning has originated here on AZ. There's an old saying about a candle under cover not being the best use of the light, that I think is a good guideline for life.

I hope people would value a better quality product to have themselves or to pass on to friends someday when I can put them together. If at that stage I can make a few dollars, then I'll have more time to put more such videos together.

I do intend to keep all videos I've done online for free, so long as you tube stays in biz:p and to continue to put up vids for enthusiasts to peruse at their leisure. It seems the right thing to do, and it may just be a good marketing method if I ever do get around to producing anything worth selling:D

Colin
 
RSB-Refugee said:
Man, you really hit 'em hard. I knew about the long lever theory. What was the term you were using, when you talked about flipping a chalk with your thumb? I could not hear it well enough to tell. I never heard of that before. I can't argue with your bridge, because you were really crushing them, but I personally have better luck with a closed bridge. Thanks for sharing this video. I can't wait to give your ideas a try.

Tracy
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Hi Tracy,
The chalk flicking is an example of a concentric contraction actually, but this is very similar in effect to eccentric contractions which is what I was talking about. Eccentric means the muscle is under resistance while it is contracting (shortening). Eccentric contractions are most common during any athletic type movement of mulitple body parts. eg. With no eccentric contractions in a golf swing, it's unlikely a pro could drive a ball 100 yards.

Tests prove that muscles can contract with significantly (sometimes several times) more force when under load. By coordinating the movements of the limbs, we can optimize the effects of eccentric contractions.

Colin
 
Forget you ever saw it..forget you ever saw it..forget you ever saw it!

TATE said:
Colin,

I am sincerely grateful. I was doing everything wrong. This is a big help.

Chris
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Chris,
With the way you are beating the 9ball ghost you don't need this help. Leave this tidbit for those of us who are struggling with the 6ball ghost
 
I look forward to viewing your video Colin,

Unfortuantely I'm on a dialup connection right now with a crappy old CPU so I'll have to wait until I get home.
ruk
 
Colin Colenso said:
Hey guys,
I've had a few requests to put a video together to demostrate some breaking concepts I've discussed here.

Here is the video:
http://www.cue-tv.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/12/2410328.html

Look forward to any constructive criticism or questions.

Colin
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"Ask and ye shall receive."

Thanks a million Colin.I asked you if you could make a video demo a mere 2or 3 days ago and voila, it's here.Your thoughtfullness and kindness for sharing this kind of stuff is what makes AZ Billiards such an AWESOME place to visit.

You are going to turn a bunch of us into better breakers and turn Tate into pool playing a monster.:D

Well deserved rep points coming your way.

RJ

ps. Would love to see you smash up a rack of nine.
 
Great video Colin. Very similar to what Bert Kinister showed in his breaking lesson, but you give more detail than I remember from the other one.

One question, you mention moving your hand forward and shortening your bridge, but I'm assuming you're comparing to how you used to break? How does your hand position and bridge distance for breaking compare to the same positions for shooting a normal shot? If we had side by side photos of you with the cue ball in the same spot, but one was a break and the other was cutting a ball on the foot spot into the corner, what would be different?
 
Great video, Colin.

I noticed that you like to break several inches to the left of the head spot. Is that location somehow better than breaking from the head spot?

Since I typically break from center of the end rail, I was wondering what you thought of breaking from the end rail versus breaking near the head spot?
 
Collin, I just finished watching the video.. Holy Smokes you crush the rack, I'd bet the balls flying around the table have more velocity then some peoples break speeds!

I don't know if I agree with all of it, but I certainly like the theories behind it, and I think it's absolutely GREAT of you to put it online for us to learn from and evaluate for ourselves. Thank you for doing that, both now and in the past.

Good god you can crush an 8 ball rack.. Geeeze.. LOL

DJ
 
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Colin Colenso said:
Hey guys,
I've had a few requests to put a video together to demostrate some breaking concepts I've discussed here.

Here is the video:
http://www.cue-tv.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/12/2410328.html

Look forward to any constructive criticism or questions.

Colin
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Hi Colin,

You the man... Thank you sir, this is great stuff. You could do great with instructional videos. I hope you give lessons, and I can catch up with you sometime. You not only demonstrate the break nicely, you explain it so well...

I'm going to go and look more at that site after I submit this...

Pete
 
Colin Colenso said:
Thanks Solly,
Hard to practice without a real CB and pack to bust up, but you could do some mimicking and visualization. Get the feel of the slight body sway, so that it times with the slight pause. Then get the forward movemet of shoulder, then arm, the wrist working one after the other.

When you get to practice it for real, if you get the timing you'll feel it straight away...even if you only get it 50% right. Once you get the timing right, you better not hit too many shots in a day's session. Maybe a dozen or so, as it's likely to give you a sore wrist which can get worse (tendonitis) with regular practice.Colin
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will do so Colin :) got to make u and me proud. i never thought about the breaking training problem... i really dont want any problems in my arm now, so id better only train a douzen brakes. down side is, that it will take alot of more time then i had hoped for, but hey :) no better investment exists. ill be training with a mirror next to me, to see the body movement , ill do it in slow mo. (ill try to slow motion your breake and play it in repeat so i can compare the movement parts.) wont make like earl yet, but u are right when u say that ill have the ritme in me already.

reps already send before, and to bad i cant do it again.
 
Nice video Colin.

If you slow down CB break his technique is stunning, although it did seem that he twisted is wrist, almost like he's throwing a punch!
 
Holy hell thats a hard break!!
Thanks for taking the time to put the vid together Colin, very very helpful. I can't wait to get to the pool hall tomorrow!
 
Hi Colin,

I got a chance to work on it a little. Just standing more upright, moving my grip hand forward about 4 or 5 inches, and allowing my upper arm, shoulder and elbow to swing back added a ton to my break. What was limiting me was a my pinned elbow. As you could tell from my video's I play with a pinned elbow, so that is a habit that works against me in the break.

I'll work on the timing move next and see how it goes. What's amazing is how big the break is with such little effort. The visual image you showed is worth a thousand words.

I'm glad I posted my video's of my crummy break. This will help me become a more competitive player. Thank you, awesome stuff.

Chris
 
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