Unknown break shots?

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luv1pocket

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Does anybody know any unusual break shots that aren't well known that work good like uptable breaks or side pocket hangers.
Just looking to get more break shots into my game that might come up every once in a while.
 
luv1pocket said:
Does anybody know any unusual break shots that aren't well known that work good like uptable breaks or side pocket hangers.
Just looking to get more break shots into my game that might come up every once in a while.
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Well, I suspect that you are not quite ready to try the shots in the videos. I would add to those: from stuck on the foot cushion, jump over the full rack to make a ball by the side pocket and go off the head cushion to break the rack.

A more standard one is this, also a favorite of Irving Crane. You get towards the end of a problem rack and your only hope for a break ball is one in the rack that will be spotted on the head spot. The trick is in where Crane positioned the cue ball. He often did it like this:

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The pattern would usually be as shown. With a half-ball cut, and outside follow, the cue ball would bend forward just enough to miss the side pocket and the side spin would take it to the rack between the two head balls. The cue ball would then go on to the side cushion and spin out to the middle of the table. It was scary to behold. Crane could probably have called his next shot most of the time.

Most players would leave the cue ball roughly near the center spot to go two cushions out of a head corner to the rack. You have far more margin of error for your cue ball leave that way, but Crane seemed to have no problem leaving himself perfect for the shot above time after time.
 
I will post a video of crazy breakshots.
1 with break ball on end rail 1-2 inches from pocket.Shoot cb into corner
ball with draw and r or l .Break rack,cb goes to rail,cuts break ball in.
2 Bank ball off cushion near side,cross side,cb hits first 2 balls in rack.
3 cross banks to corner and bank to corner.
Now that I have promised I need to deliver,Jack
 
Bob Jewett said:
George Rood showed me a shot similar to the ones you show off the side of the rack but off the bottom instead. I'm afraid I don't remember the exact positions, but it looked impossible.
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I learned that last shot in my video from Cowboy Jimmy Moore. The legendary players of yesteryear were extremely creative and extremely resourceful. They redefined "impossible".
 
I was playing equal offense, not quite 14.1 but similar. My play is poor enough that I frequently end up with unconventional shots. Here is an example.
5 rails to get on the break shot.
http://vimeo.com/27268478
 
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