what's your nine-ball break like?

PocketPooler

PocketPooler

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Where do you position your cue ball for your nine-ball break?
What ball do you typically pocket?
Where do you leave your cue ball?
How does your break vary or what changes do you make based on table size?
 
PocketPooler said:
Where do you position your cue ball for your nine-ball break?
What ball do you typically pocket?
Where do you leave your cue ball?
How does your break vary or what changes do you make based on table size?
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1.) side rail break mostly
2.) try to make the 1-ball in the side pocket
3.) try to park whitey on the center spot
4.) adjust speed and starting point to pocket the 1-ball
 
Blaine B. said:
Break from the side with vengeance.
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For me, it depends on the rack and table. If we're using magic racks on the normal spot, I break from the side rail and hit the 1 very full, which should pocket the wing ball on the side I'm breaking from and send the 1 toward the side opposite from the side I break from.

If it's a crappy rack that's inconsistent, I put the cue ball about 8-10 inches from the rail and bust 'em.
 
I'm at that point where if I get ball in hand , I usually get out. Every time I get my break down on the 9', (wing ball on opposite corner, cue to rails back to headspot and one ball back in headstring area) , I screw up when breaking on 7' or 8' table. I can usually get the one ball either to pop off the rack and go one rail into the side on 7' & 8', but that forces me to play shape on a two ball that is anywhere in the rack; thus leading to no consistent start to my run. I need to avoid trying to pocket the one, and play shape for it instead. I find it most difficult on the 7' with the reduced space of playing area. I usually end up with the one on the head rail, and the cue ball, while on its way to the headstring, gets jammed up on the way leaving me anywhere but where I need to be. I'm at the point to where I need to be running out consecutive racks , maybe even small sets, but if even on bad day and not able to run out, I still must have absolute control over table to prevent opponents from running out on me consistently. This only can happen with consistent reliable break that I can't get on the small tables... driving me nuts...
 
Break from near the center with just enough side on whitey to arc off the one ball and into the side like a vacuum dredge. I have got this down to a tee!
 
Mine is all over the road.

I like to think I'm hitting it fairly consistently, medium-to-firm speed, cue just right of center by an inch or two.

Some nights I get one of the back balls, every time. Other nights, not so much. This week, I had the 9 rattle the back left pocket four times in a row.

I play 9-ball in the same room each week, but on any of 17 different tables. And they all play just that much differently...

Makes me that much more impressed by those who consistently make the same ball.
 
My nine ball break is louder than the crash of Mjolnir! It's more amazing than the final moments of a dying star! Willie Mosconi said himself that it was more radical than a Formula 1 at top speed!

Usually I break dry though.
 
Usually 1 diamond right of center, hit soft, right wing ball goes in right foot pocket. I would like QB to stop in the center of table but it seems to go wherever it wants to. Im thinking I should maybe get a new QB. :thumbup:
 
Well.... if you actually enjoy 9-ball

PocketPooler said:
Where do you position your cue ball for your nine-ball break?
What ball do you typically pocket?
Where do you leave your cue ball?
How does your break vary or what changes do you make based on table size?
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- I position the cue ball about a ball width off the left rail because I am right handed and it feels more natural to break from that side. If I were a lefty. I would break from the right side... less obstructive. I put the ball as close to the head string as possible.

- I usually pocket one of the wing balls in one of the corners depending on how I hit the one ball.

- I use dead stop english or a very tiny bit of draw to back the CB off the stack to let the magic happen. The CB is usually left trickling back to the middle of the table. Sometimes you get splash our of the stack that tosses the CB around, not much to be done about that unless you use a touch of follow which will send the CB forward a bit to avoid the unpredictability as it occupies the space where the balls once were. If it is a tight tight rack, you run the risk of the 9 ball not moving at all and you will be frozen against it.

- I play on Adult sized table unless there is no choice. When I do play on teen or child's table, I play just to play, not really trying all that hard since it offends me to do so. I would imagine that you just use the appropriate strength stroke ( teen aged or child's stroke).

Regards,

Lesh
 
Yup, about 1 diamond to the right of center with varying speed trying to make the right wing ball. When I am breaking well, the 1 ball comes down table toward the lower left pocket. Hopefully, my CB was not deflected much from center table. This way I have a shot if I make a ball.
 
My 9b break on a barbox is experiment in scratching. Doesn't matter where I break from, I'll usually find a way. On the big table, wing ball. Now, 8b on the other hand..
 
Break from the side rail. Decent speed, great spread. 1-2 balls on the break. Cueball in the side pocket.
 
Magic rack:
Break from the side, ~12 mph? Hit a little below center, like a firm stop shot that draws back a bit.
Make the wing ball and hope for a shot on the 1 in the side, or the corner depending.

No magic rack:
If I'm dead nuts serious I check the rack before choosing which side to break from.
Depending on the gaps I move a little closer toward center (though still usually outside the break box).
Hit ~15 mph trying to still make the wing ball.

Not so serious, ~18 mph from the side and just hit square and hope the one
bounces 2 rails to end up close to the corner nearest me.

If I get desperate and can't make a wing ball, I hit about 2/3s full (cutting to my side)
with low outside, and try to play the one in the side.

Watching the last mosconi cup has cured me of breaking from the center forever.
The stats tell the story... it flat out doesn't work. Good rack or not.
 
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