Shane just drew it back into the corner pocket on the break. Let's see if he keeps using this break now.
He switched to more of a power break. Drawing that cueball precisely between the side and corner pockets on the break is very tough to do.Shane just drew it back into the corner pocket on the break. Let's see if he keeps using this break now.
It depends on how hard you hit the break. Drawing the CB between the two pockets is fairly easy to control (IMO) if you're breaking as softly as Alcano did in 2006. Of course, accuracy degrades the harder you hit it.He switched to more of a power break. Drawing that cueball precisely between the side and corner pockets on the break is very tough to do.
Why would a soft break result in a foul? At most it should be loss of turn.... just like the 3 point rule.Hmmm. Well in Shane's practice match his opponent took ball in hand. I guess that he convinced Shane that the draw break was a soft break. Interesting...
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.9B has gotten pretty annoying with its break rules. If you made at least 1 ball, everything should be Gucci.
Ha. I just thought about it. I misstated that. He didn't take ball in hand, he just took over and played the cue ball where it was.Why would a soft break result in a foul? At most it should be loss of turn.... just like the 3 point rule.
Ha. I just thought about it. I misstated that. He didn't take ball in hand, he just took over and played the cue ball where it was.
It doesn't actually take that much power to draw off of the break: since the pack has 9X as much mass as a single ball, drawing to the rail off the break is much easier than drawing the same distance on a normal shot. Ronnie Alcano was breaking pretty soft with this break in 2006.If someone draws the cue ball all of the way back and it hits the top rail, to me, that's not a soft break. What, the ref expects someone to draw it all of the way to the top rail and back to the middle of the table for it to be a legal break? That's seems nutty.
If I remember correctly, Corey's true soft break and he barely hit the balls and the cue ball stayed no higher than the center of the table. Hitting hard enough to draw to the head rail is at least a decent swing at the rack.It doesn't actually take that much power to draw off of the break: since the pack has 9X as much mass as a single ball, drawing to the rail off the break is much easier than drawing the same distance on a normal shot. Ronnie Alcano was breaking pretty soft with this break in 2006.
Corey wasn't trying to draw the cueball - he was aiming for no movement on the cue. If he wanted to, he could have drawn it with not much power.If I remember correctly, Corey's true soft break and he barely hit the balls and the cue ball stayed no higher than the center of the table. Hitting hard enough to draw to the head rail is at least a decent swing at the rack.
I can see it now: guys perfecting 18mph+ breaks that just barely clip the 1 ball, sending the cueball exactly where they want it, effectively allowing a "soft" break.If they're going to play it that way, there are plenty of ways to do it other than subjective estimation. Hell, the Predator break app used to measure the speed would be better than what they're doing. Set minimum speed at say... 18 miles an hour.
I'm pretty sure that "you gotta hit 'em hard" was the rule at the US Open 9-ball for a few years."Subjective" Rule in a major world tournament? Hmmmmm.
Ditch 9b in favor of 10b. 9b and all its breaking bullshit is lame.
Or...... an indication that the players are doing their homework.... and leaning how to break. Why should players be punished for hard work? Just another view of it.If you have to keep changing the rules of a game all the time (box break, 9-ball on spot, no-soft-break, 3-balls above the head string,...), it is indicative that the game is the problem, not the rules thereto.
If this is the attitude of "pool" as a whole, they would not be changing the rules "all the time".Or...... an indication that the players are doing their homework.... and leaning how to break. Why should players be punished for hard work? Just another view of it.