Can someone tell me the reason that sometimes the balls will cluster along one rail when you break second ball?
Second ball clustering
- Thread starter tonythetiger583
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Most people dont hit them hard enough on second ball breaks. If you hit the ball full with speed on a tight rack clusters dont form as often.
Even when I'm hitting hard, every so often, like 70% of the rack will pile up along the rail on the same side I broke from.
I think it is something you will have to live with if you hit that second ball. I have used that break a lot for many years and the same thing happens to me. In my case, the speed of the breakshot doesn`t matter, balls still clump up on the rail.
There are a few different ways to hit second ball. If the table is doing the side rail clump when I hit a little below center to send the cue ball back through the center of the stack, I change it up. If im not able to hit the second ball accurately enough or get the rack tight I will hit it with inside to go 2 rails back through the pack, sometimes it helps. I really think it has to do with the fact that you cant transfer enough of the cue ball energy into the rack. I haven't broke second ball in quite a few years. Head ball is way more effective.
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Because you are pushing the balls to the same side, so they all go in the same direction opposite of your hit. Never mapped it out, but just going by what happens when you hit from one side instead of center it would make sense.