Shane's draw break

[poolnoob]

iirc, Chinese 9 ball requires 4 ball tp pass head sting for it to be legal. Opponent can choose to re break if deemed illegal. 3 consecutive illegal break is a lost of 1 rack

 

[KS25-06]

I do not play in tournaments for the very reason of CS refs. I do not see how any one could call Shane's break soft. He scattered balls all over the table and made one in the corner pocket. Soft Break my rear!!!!!

 

[Get_A_Grip]

I do not play in tournaments for the very reason of CS refs. I do not see how any one could call Shane's break soft. He scattered balls all over the table and made one in the corner pocket. Soft Break my rear!!!!!

I agree. Shane's draw break is not a soft break at all. But my speculation and what I think some don't like is any kind of CONTROLLED break. Where a player can control that the 1 ball ends up in front the the upper right pocket and the cue ball lands with a shot on the 1 ball and where the cue ball is rarely hit by another ball, giving the player one easy run out after another.

The refs and the tournament organizers would likely never admit this, but that is what I think is going on behind the scenes.


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[eg9327]

Anyone who insists on no soft breaks is a crybaby anyway. "Gee. Somebody is using physics and strategy against me in a game ALL about physics and strategy. Waaah! No fair!"

 

[eg9327]

Just like the NFL got to be annoying. Eliminating the kickoff run back, and tying a pair of pink panties to the quarterback ended my interest in the game.

Well, the pink panties were nice, but the rest not so much!