tips on MAX power on the break
- Thread starter EL'nino
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Wassup, Kid?!
I have posted this here before and cannot take credit for the idea, but one thing that has helped my break lots is: When aiming/ finding your contact point on the 1, look at the base of the ball, not the face, as it is the true center.
Adding power is only good when accuracy does not suffer.
-pigy
I have posted this here before and cannot take credit for the idea, but one thing that has helped my break lots is: When aiming/ finding your contact point on the 1, look at the base of the ball, not the face, as it is the true center.
Adding power is only good when accuracy does not suffer.
-pigy
When I am breaking my hardest, with reckless abondonment, I line up the cue and CB with where I wanna hit the OB just like a regular shot but I focus on the cue tip hitting the CB in the exact spot where it need to hit it. By concentrating on hitting the CB instead of the OB, trusting that I am lined up right still, I can put all my power into the stroke and now worry about getting a misscued shot.
C
Creep
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I just use a lighter cue to get more speed which gives me more power for my break. I shift my weight to my front foot when breaking and push off with my rear leg, kinda like Archer. Watch the pro's break, you'll learn alot. With 8-Ball I just hit the rack with a firm stroke and make a corner ball.
I liked the mechanics, stance, and set-up presented by Doomcue.
I would like to add that it helps to be really relaxed in the shoulders. If I want to break hard, I like to think "slow, relaxed, and long" on the way back. The more relaxed your shoulders are throughout the the stroke the more speed you can generate without losing control.
Chris
I would like to add that it helps to be really relaxed in the shoulders. If I want to break hard, I like to think "slow, relaxed, and long" on the way back. The more relaxed your shoulders are throughout the the stroke the more speed you can generate without losing control.
Chris
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Concentrate on the 9ball on the last 2 strokes and your power will go beyond the 1 ball where the power is needed to the 9ball. Reyes old coach told me that one and it works like magic.
fast larry
Banned
I'll have a DVD out on this subject alone in March. I hold the world record on the break pocketing 8 balls on the snap. The key to the break is not power or how hard you hit or how fast you move the cue. Get rid of that now, it does not work.
It does not work in Golf either on the drive, you are taught to never rip it with all of your beef. You hold back 20% in your back pocket and only hit with 80% of your power. Its the same with the break in pool. Accuracy is your prime concern, not how hard you can blast them. Hit the one pure, then spread and balls pot, I can achieve that using 60% of my power.
How to hit the one pure and repeat that will be on the DVD.
It does not work in Golf either on the drive, you are taught to never rip it with all of your beef. You hold back 20% in your back pocket and only hit with 80% of your power. Its the same with the break in pool. Accuracy is your prime concern, not how hard you can blast them. Hit the one pure, then spread and balls pot, I can achieve that using 60% of my power.
How to hit the one pure and repeat that will be on the DVD.
Back in the '80's, I believe Jean Balukas won a break competition against the men. She said that it was not how hard you hit but how much stroke you put on the cb. I believe this is probably the same thing FL is talking about? Let me know if I'm missing something FL.
The key to the break is hitting the one ball 100% solid full in the face, total eclipse variety.
90% is no good. You strive for 100% full hit.
Do it with whatever power level allows you to do this consistently.
Thats it!
90% is no good. You strive for 100% full hit.
Do it with whatever power level allows you to do this consistently.
Thats it!
fast larry
Banned
EL'nino said:
Late March I will be taking the power source pool school to the NE for clinics and private lessons. I will have 3 DVD's for release then, I have now released the subjects: (1) A collection of my greatest trick shots. (2) The Draw. (3) The Break. (4) The follow and my super secret postion patterns that lead to being a run out monster.
The intro prices on them will be 40% off just to get them rolling and I'll be signing each one purchased. You can buy them then off of my web site or catch me at one of the pool school locations and get your copy autographed. Hartford Ct 3-19 NYC 3-22-23
Hopkins Expo 3-25-28 Phil, Pa 3-29-30 Wash DC 3-31 4-1
Charlotte NC 4-2 Augusta, Ga 4-5 to 4-9 Hong Kong 6-1 Singapore 10-1.
fast larry
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ZigZag Master said:
You got it, that's the secret. I can take a little apa 3 lady and teach her this concept and she will out break and out spread the balls over the master blaster guy all day long. The break is an accuracy thing, not a power thing.
the break ...
I know, but when you are little growing up, and only got to 5'7" full grown, and had to figure out some way to get more power into your break so the balls would actually reach a couple of rails, it puts you into a certain mindset. I try to get myself away from 'the whip' break all the time.
When it is working it is good, when it isn't, it just isn't ... (it is kind of like a upside down catapult with a little side action with my weight coming forward on the break). So I tell myself to just stay down, keep my stroke straight like I shoot normally, and follow through. I am pretty stong for my size, exercised all my life.
Well, I did that last night and only made 3 balls on the break of 8 ball.... so why do I keep going back to the 'whip' break ... I will tell you why because long ago, I used to break and balls would be going towards a pocket and stop short 2 or 3 inches from the pocket, so I drilled it into my head that I needed just a little more power in my break to get those balls to and in the pockets ... that's why ... I have always known that accuracy was a big factor, but I got tired of seeing those balls slowly roll up in front of the pockets for my opponent to pocket easily on his first turn ...
Now I get told quite frequently that I break awfully hard for someone my size, even when I stay down on the ball and don't try to catapult my break .... I think you get hooked on the sound of that massive power break and the balls slamming into the pockets .. yes, it must be that .... don't you think ... <grin>
I worked a full year on my break, shortened up my stroke on the break, worked on accuracy and consistency, and it has paid off, more money won, more tournaments won, including the 2003 Kansas State BCA Championship and my team also won the team championship. I can run the balls as well as anybody, and I really don't care if I make 1 or 6 balls on the break, just so I have a good spread so I can go to work ....
I know, but when you are little growing up, and only got to 5'7" full grown, and had to figure out some way to get more power into your break so the balls would actually reach a couple of rails, it puts you into a certain mindset. I try to get myself away from 'the whip' break all the time.
When it is working it is good, when it isn't, it just isn't ... (it is kind of like a upside down catapult with a little side action with my weight coming forward on the break). So I tell myself to just stay down, keep my stroke straight like I shoot normally, and follow through. I am pretty stong for my size, exercised all my life.
Well, I did that last night and only made 3 balls on the break of 8 ball.... so why do I keep going back to the 'whip' break ... I will tell you why because long ago, I used to break and balls would be going towards a pocket and stop short 2 or 3 inches from the pocket, so I drilled it into my head that I needed just a little more power in my break to get those balls to and in the pockets ... that's why ... I have always known that accuracy was a big factor, but I got tired of seeing those balls slowly roll up in front of the pockets for my opponent to pocket easily on his first turn ...
Now I get told quite frequently that I break awfully hard for someone my size, even when I stay down on the ball and don't try to catapult my break .... I think you get hooked on the sound of that massive power break and the balls slamming into the pockets .. yes, it must be that .... don't you think ... <grin>
I worked a full year on my break, shortened up my stroke on the break, worked on accuracy and consistency, and it has paid off, more money won, more tournaments won, including the 2003 Kansas State BCA Championship and my team also won the team championship. I can run the balls as well as anybody, and I really don't care if I make 1 or 6 balls on the break, just so I have a good spread so I can go to work ....