Technique help

[RTaylor692]

I am just starting to get back into the game after a few years absence. I have played a little in that time and have developed a problem. In 9-ball, I used to break from one diamond in and one diamond up on right side of table. It was a very good break for me. Now, however, I am having a problem with the cue ball jumping off the table. My question is what am I doing to cause this? I know it must be in my stroke or where I am hitting the cue. I just don't know what to do to fix it. HELP!!! Also, what kind of break do you guys use? Where do you break from and what kind of english? Any help will be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.

Ron

 

[Cameron Smith]

You are probably hitting the cueball with a jacked up cue. When you shoot down on the cueball with a force it makes it jump, even if you can't see it. Doing this makes your break LOOK powerful, but it's really not. You need to keep your cue as level as you possibly can.

As far as my break, it really depends on the table I am playing on. You can't have your one spot to break because every table reacts differently. One of the tables I generally practice on requires me to break a few inches to the right of the centre spot, centre ball hit.

 

[cheemagun]

I am just starting to get back into the game after a few years absence. I have played a little in that time and have developed a problem. In 9-ball, I used to break from one diamond in and one diamond up on right side of table. It was a very good break for me. Now, however, I am having a problem with the cue ball jumping off the table. My question is what am I doing to cause this? I know it must be in my stroke or where I am hitting the cue. I just don't know what to do to fix it. HELP!!! Also, what kind of break do you guys use? Where do you break from and what kind of english? Any help will be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.

Ron

try a more level follow thru rather then snapping.

 

[BVal]

I am just starting to get back into the game after a few years absence. I have played a little in that time and have developed a problem. In 9-ball, I used to break from one diamond in and one diamond up on right side of table. It was a very good break for me. Now, however, I am having a problem with the cue ball jumping off the table. My question is what am I doing to cause this? I know it must be in my stroke or where I am hitting the cue. I just don't know what to do to fix it. HELP!!! Also, what kind of break do you guys use? Where do you break from and what kind of english? Any help will be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.

Ron

It might be something as simple as not hitting the 1 ball square, especially if you break really hard. I don't jump it off the table too often but when I do that is the reason.
When I break I either break from the left one diamond in and just over one diamond up or the same thing from the right. If niether of those is working I will go just over one diamond up and just off center. I always try to hit the cue ball dead center or just a hair below - more times than not the cue ball will hit the head ball and come back about 1-3 feet and stop. I just have to make sure I hit the head ball square.

 

[DelaWho???]

You're probably trying to put too much on the CB and are losing good mechanics. Take a little off of it and focus on a solid hit rather than crushing the rack. Break at like 75-80% power and work your way up from there as you gain control of your stroke. You might be dropping your elbow imparting unintended top on the CB.

Just a couple of thoughts..

McCue Banger McCue

 

[pooltchr]

If the cb is jumping off the table, it's because it is in the air when it hits the rack. If your stroke and accuracy are right, you might try moving the cue ball back toward you a couple of inches. If the ball is on the table when it hits the rack, it shouldn't become airborne.
Steve

 

[Island Drive]

It might be something as simple as not hitting the 1 ball square, especially if you break really hard. I don't jump it off the table too often but when I do that is the reason.

Exactly:
This is a simple correction, just approach the shot a little more left or right depending on which way whitey is flying. The same applies when your consistently missing a certain shots during a game. Its best to commit 100% and miss and learn than to not commit 100% and make the shot, why, because your not developing sameness from shot to shot. Once you do its easier to figure out where your mistake lies and much quicker to build muscle memory. Hope this helps out.

 

[worriedbeef]

what you are probably doing is hitting the one ball slightly to the left of square (or right if breaking from the left). it flies off the table easier that way.