Try this opening break...

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CueAndMe

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I found a pretty consistent position to play the opening safety break. It worked pretty well for me time and time again. The corner ball that the cueball contacts dies close to the foot rail rather than bouncing up for a shot. I have a 12mm tip. I don't know if that matters. I also would think you'd have to experiment depending upon your particular cue's pivot point to account for deflection.

1- Place the cueball on the head string 1 full ball width from the 1st head rail diamond toward the long cushion.
2- Place your bridge pivot point even with the long rail 1st diamond.
3- Aim center cueball directly at the object ball edge.
4- Leaving bridge in place, pivot about 1 1/2 tips for outside english, and 1 tip low english
5- Don't aim from here, just stroke with enough speed for cueball to fall on head rail cushion.

The cueball swerves on this shot significantly, and the extreme english rolls off of the corner ball, keeping it from picking up much spin or speed.

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Sorry, Jeff, what the hell is a pivot point? Is that one of those aiming methods? For my break shot I place the CB at 1 point/1 point and aim as if I'm cutting the right corner ball into the left corner pocket using high right and medium speed. I get a pretty consistent break out of it with the cue ball hitting the long rail and then dying on the end rail. I saw Danny D's video where he says to hit it low but in my opinion hitting the CB low with any english makes the swerve bigger and less controllable. Yeah, I know he's a world champion but that's my opinion on using low english on a 14.1 break shot.
MULLY

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The problem with high right, for me, is that you don't get enough spin on the cueball. With plenty of spin, there's a gentle brushing of the object ball. This also keeps the struck object ball from spinning in the direction of the corner pocket off of the rail.
The cueball is also driven its distance more by spin than initial speed.
Are you serious about the pivot point of the bridge? If so, it's where the cue rests on your bridge.
The reason I posted this shot is that it always sets up the same. Except for your initial center to edge alignment, there's no aiming. It's the same shot that you can use over and over again for the rest of your life.
 
Hmmm, I'll give this a try. And yeah, serious about the pivot point thing. When people use the word pivot I get the image of turning your cue left or right with your bridge in place. When I use english I set up on the ball where I want to hit it. If I'm wanting to use high right, for example, I set up on the ball with my tip at high right.
MULLY
 
Dave Nelson said:
I did. Cost me a 2 point penalty. Won the match though.

Dave Nelson
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Sorry Dave. I'll refund you the points if we ever have a chance to play one another.
 
mullyman said:
Hmmm, I'll give this a try. And yeah, serious about the pivot point thing. When people use the word pivot I get the image of turning your cue left or right with your bridge in place. MULLY
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Yeah, that's basically what I'm suggesting. The half ball aim is easy to find, and then the pivot and low takes care of the rest.
 
bluepepper said:
Sorry Dave. I'll refund you the points if we ever have a chance to play one another.
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Jeff
Now you owe me 4. I tried it again and got another 2 point penalty. When could we get together for a game? On second thought, I'll wait till I pile up some more penalties.

Dave Nelson
 
Didn't you learn from our President's speech:

"Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again"

Well, shame on....uh....one of us.
 
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