Squatting The Rock

[CJ Wiley]

The key incentive is a shot on the 1-Ball, or 2-Ball if the 1-Ball goes in.

I was watching a video from December 1994 of Reyes and Bustamante at the Sands tournament in Reno earlier tonight and I kept track of the number of times these two players parked the CB right in the middle of the table. Now bear in mind these guys were in their primes at the time and the match went 25 racks with Bustamante winning 13-12.

Having said that, only four times were they able to squat the CB near the middle of the table. A couple of other times they came close but it got kicked around. 4 times in 25 racks.

I hear a lot of people, in person and on here, talk about how you have to park the CB right in the middle if you want to consistently win. I have a bunch of other Accu-Stats videos and I am going to watch them and see how many times players such as Varner, Archer, Strickland, Hall, Wiley, Griffis, actually are able to park it right in the middle.

Romford Slim, Steve Davis, made a comment once that its almost impossible to do with all the balls flying around the table. Maybe my break shot isn't that bad after all.

r/DCP

Parking the cue ball in the center of the table on the break is no different than on any other shot.....it depends where the one ends up if it's effective or not.

Making the one-ball and the cue ball come back at the same speed is ideal.....even if they go all the way back to the breaking end rail. The key incentive is a shot on the one ball, or two ball if the one goes in on the break.

When the one is going in the side, it's prudent to see where your opponent is racking the 2 ball and play the quadrant of the table where the 2 ball is likely to end up. This isn't an exact science, although you can improve your odds with knowledge of trends.

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

Since the mass of the rack is so much greater than the mass of the CB, the CB bounces back some on a pretty square hit. A little top spin stops it.

pj
chgo

Okay, I see. But that's not the preferred place to leave the CB in. You want it back to the center of the table. But if you can stop it right next to the 1B that would be a good thing to.

DCP

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Okay, I see. But that's not the preferred place to leave the CB in. You want it back to the center of the table. But if you can stop it right next to the 1B that would be a good thing to.

DCP

It normally bounces back closer to center table before stopping with top spin.

pj
chgo

 

[Hits 'em Hard]

Okay, I see. But that's not the preferred place to leave the CB in. You want it back to the center of the table. But if you can stop it right next to the 1B that would be a good thing to.

DCP

I'm almost certain at this point in time you're just trolling us. Hit the cue ball in the center and try and get as square of a hit on the head ball as you can. The cue ball will bounce back and should rebound off the head rail. That application of just a bit of top forces the cue ball to climb the head ball and become air born. The air born cue ball is still traveling back toward you so the top helps hold it in place. I think you're just beating yourself stupid and going crazy by attempting to believe playing at a AAA speed without the knowledge and stroke to do so is possible.

 

[dr_dave]

Topspin?

Seriously???

Others have already answered these questions.

FYI, video demonstrations of all of the effects are clearly demonstrated in the videos on the break squat resource page. If you haven't seen them yet, check them out.

Regards,
Dave

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

Altogether in the three matches I have watched so far its 12 out of 65. That's around 18% for the total.

r/DCP

Just finished a couple of more AccuStats videos. Varner vs Archer and Strickland vs Griffis.

In the 11-9 Varner win over Archer they were able to park the CB five (5) times. In the 11-4 Strickland win over Griffis it was three (3) times. That's eight (8) times out of 35.

Altogether that is 20 out of 100. I believe that equates to 20%.

r/DCP

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

I finished watching another AccuStats video. This one was the Archer vs CJ Wiley Sands match. I believe CJ won this one 11-6. Of the 17 breaks they were only able to squat the CB four (4) times.

Grand total is now 24 out of 117. That equates to 21%.

That's actually a little higher percentage than what I would have guessed when I started this little project.

r/DCP