Take all of the weight out of your break cue

Bob Jewett said:
Someone commented above about follow through being important. It's not important in itself. Once the cue ball leaves the tip -- which happens after they travel together for about 1/4 inch -- what the stick does is irrelevant. Follow through is important because good timing, when you hit the cue ball at close to peak stick speed, naturally has good follow through.

A study of the mechanics of a group of about 20 pro players showed that on break shots, they were still accelerating the stick somewhat when it hit the cue ball. On their other shots, including power spin shots, tip-ball contact was at peak stick speed, when there is zero acceleration.
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That extra force or momentum not imparted on the CB during the break has to go somewhere. Follow thru perhaps??
 
Mensabum said:
That extra force or momentum not imparted on the CB during the break has to go somewhere. Follow thru perhaps??
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Right, but you could use a lot of muscle power to stop it quickly... Which is a bad idea because it will throw all kinds of weirdness into your stroke.

More to Bob's point, imagine having your cue chained to the wall behind you with exactly enough chain to hit 1/4" past initial impact... The cueball would react the same as a perfect follow through.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
... More to Bob's point, imagine having your cue chained to the wall behind you with exactly enough chain to hit 1/4" past initial impact... The cueball would react the same as a perfect follow through.
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True, except after the first shot you would be thinking about the chain and the stick being stopped suddenly, and your mind would be melting.
 
ShootingArts said:
Fortunately you didn't have to take a weather day. One Spring the weather had turned gorgeous, a rare several weeks of cool crisp sunny weather. A few days of this and it was affecting my crew. I would get a phone call, somebody would call in barely able to croak, "Boss, I don't think I can make it in today, I may die before lunchtime." Shee-yee-it, I don't care you are getting paid by the hour. The next day they come in 100% recovered from their bout of Spring fever!

After a few weeks of this I called in to my boss one day. "Sorry boss, I can't make it in because of the weather."

"What do you mean, the weather is perfect!"

"That's what I mean, too nice of a day to spend it inside DOW chemical!"

I damned near got fired. Everybody knew the only illness running through the crews was Spring fever but he got whiney when I told him that was why I was taking off. I did pick a dead day with nothing pressing and things laid out for the crew.

I had one guy that had more funerals to go to than anyone else I had ever seen. One day I asked him if he believed in reincarnation. A slow "No, not really." "You may have to start. You have already buried your grandmother three times lately and she is on the phone calling for you." He went into hasty 'splaining mode and his family got much healthier!

Hu
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Most bosses don't know how to deal w the honest man. They're so used to being lied to and all.
 
I’ve used heavy and light break cues. For me I’ve found that where the weight is makes a bigger difference. For example bought the stock BK Rush when it first came out and absolutely hated it. Couldn’t break well with it, didn’t like how it felt, etc., etc… had a knowledgeable friend watch me break 20 racks or so. He added one ounce and moved all the weight as far forward as he could on it. I exchanged the stock tip with a bulletproof tip. I love the damn thing now. I can shatter a rack if I want to now. I actually take a little off and try to control the cue ball more, control the break spread, and try to pocket my target balls. Works much better for me now. My friends always ask to use it too during BCA league night too. YMMV. Just what worked for me.
 
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