The break

MaryD said:
Hey :)

The breaks are legal under the rules we use (APA nine ball and house / player agreed rules at the home hall), I'm just not hammering everything all over the place. We almost always play nine ball. I never have an issue with the number of balls contacting rails (short of miscueing, which I don't do more than anybody else - less than many, actually).

OTOH, I haven't heard anyone mention the number of balls crossing center table, at all. Do you have more info on that?

Thanks,
Mary
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It's a UPA rule. The anti-Deuel rule. You must either drive 3 balls past the side OR for every ball pocketed, one less need pass the sides. Otherwise, it is a foul.
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
It's a UPA rule. The anti-Deuel rule. You must either drive 3 balls past the side OR for every ball pocketed, one less need pass the sides. Otherwise, it is a foul.
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That's new on me. Very cool. I'll keep an eye on that.

Thanks...

M
 
mjantti said:
Hmm, interesting. I named 3 top breakers of choice: Yang, Archer and Bustamante. And they all are really skinny and quite short :)
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Um... Johnny isn't short! I believe he's about 6'... hard to gauge, though, because everyone is tall next to me :p
 
I don't agree with this Anti-Deuel rule. Corey has developed an effective break that even other players try to copy, albeit unsuccessfully. This game is also about adapting. What next? No jumping because some players are better at it?
 
Sweet Marissa said:
I don't agree with this Anti-Deuel rule. Corey has developed an effective break that even other players try to copy, albeit unsuccessfully. This game is also about adapting. What next? No jumping because some players are better at it?
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I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of things one can do it take away the advantages to an effective break (ie., alternate breaks, loser breaks, etc.).
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of things one can do it take away the advantages to an effective break (ie., alternate breaks, loser breaks, etc.).
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I like the rule the shorter opponent gets the break... ;)

Shorty
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
Interestingly, nobody has said Frankie Hernandez! Many argue he has the most powerful break.
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I think we were talking who has the best break, not the most powerful. I've seen for instance Larry Nevel break as hard as anybody can, but he doesn't reach the sama level with cueball control as the other top players. IMHO, same goes with Frankie.

And to some ppl there, I think Archer is short. I'm 6'5" ;) Thanks for the info anyway.
 
mjantti said:
I think we were talking who has the best break, not the most powerful. I've seen for instance Larry Nevel break as hard as anybody can, but he doesn't reach the sama level with cueball control as the other top players. IMHO, same goes with Frankie.

And to some ppl there, I think Archer is short. I'm 6'5" ;) Thanks for the info anyway.
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That's my point. I don't think anyone could name more than 3 people who break as hard (or harder) than Frankie though nobody mentioned him.
 
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