Who had the greatest Break in History?

Francisco Bustamante, Larry Nevel, Wade Crane, Earl Strickland, Shannon Daulton, Mike Sigel, and The Russian get my vote!
 
CreeDo said:
Boy, you aren't kidding.

People who haven't seen this video (of a 9 pack!) should do themselves a favor. He hits it so square, the CB hops straight back towards his tip about 18 inches and just dies. Three balls fly in and he's off to the races. It's sickening really. Just sort of stands up and does a very slight non-flashing kick at the end like he's using a toned down version of his break. But you can see from the speed of the balls flying away that this is no soft break.
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But there is a racking template in use. Hard to compare the old/ new.
 
Well, I can't argue the magic rack improves his odds of making three balls. But when you see that hop-back-and-die action, that's a very nice hard controlled break, similar to what shane uses. Even without the magic rack, I would be shocked if he comes up dry much with that break.
 
For sheer velocity of impact, Deluna, David Howard and SVB have impressed me the most. I never got to see Crane in his prime but it really sounds like he was quite impressive if he is being mentioned in the same breath as those other guys.

The break shot is one of the areas of pool where in the last 30 years its changed alot. There is so much more analytical dissection of the break by players. I think any mention of greatest breaks in the history of pool has to mention the guys like corey, joe tucker and donny mills who have really made an impact on the way pool is being played.
 
JAM said:
Francisco Bustamante, Larry Nevel, Wade Crane, Earl Strickland, Shannon Daulton, Mike Sigel, and The Russian get my vote!
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Sigel had a monster break, he gets my vote.:grin-square:
 

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watchez said:
Corey Deuel - only person I know they changed the rules because of.

Next question.
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I believe it was due to the Sardo rack being so consistent and Corey's slow break or could they have changed it because they didn't want Earl walking out of any more finals. lol
 
Power?...not needed

Brozif said:
I was always very impressed by the way that Francisco Bustamante broke. His stroke went completely out from his bridge fingers and then back thru with such power! It was bordering on violent! Yet he would squat the rock in the center of the table. Back in those days (80's), you had to break hard because of the felt and the rails. They're nothing like today when you can slow break and still get a good spread.
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This new cloth and conditions has made breaking and playing in general MUCH easier....they have, in effect, took away some of the most impressive aspects, Power & Stroke imho ... it's better watching ladies golf than finesse pool :boring2:
 
$TAKE HOR$E said:
Evgeny Stalev has a pretty sporty 9 ball break. SVB would almost have to be favored in 10 ball.
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JAM said:
Francisco Bustamante, Larry Nevel, Wade Crane, Earl Strickland, Shannon Daulton, Mike Sigel, and The Russian get my vote!
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Agreed -- Evgeny Stalev has a CRUSHING break. I've never heard this type of sound come out of a rack from anyone else:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4#t=9m20s

That casual "wind up" of his back arm -- like a clock spring -- is very unique as well! I've not seen anyone else break like that -- just wind up the back arm, cock it, and "drift forward" with the body while unleashing that cocked spring.

-Sean
 
sfleinen said:
Agreed -- Evgeny Stalev has a CRUSHING break. I've never heard this type of sound come out of a rack from anyone else:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4#t=9m20s

That casual "wind up" of his back arm -- like a clock spring -- is very unique as well! I've not seen anyone else break like that -- just wind up the back arm, cock it, and "drift forward" with the body while unleashing that cocked spring.

-Sean
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Like Bustamante and Ellin, Evgeny breaks hard but whitey hits rails.
When Shane and Billy Johnson break, you can lay odds that whitey
doesn't hit a rail...therefore very little of the energy of the cue-ball
is wasted by cutting the 1-ball.

Same way the great golfers hit long drives, accuracy first.

I'm gonna put Earl from the 90's in the mix with Shane and Billy.

But I still like Billy Johnson's break the best, he tended to hit it
like a normal shot...he could do it for hours.
 
Brozif said:
I believe it was due to the Sardo rack being so consistent and Corey's slow break or could they have changed it because they didn't want Earl walking out of any more finals. lol
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Actually, I remember Corey from his days in Columbus - before Sardo. He was just as good with his soft break, but it could take a very long time for him to accept a rack as good before he would break.
 
mosconiac said:
To save everyone some time, here's some time-marked youtube clips of Stalev.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4&feature=player_detailpage#t=561s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4&feature=player_detailpage#t=719s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4&feature=player_detailpage#t=978s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4&feature=player_detailpage#t=1895s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCG3q2PDa4&feature=player_detailpage#t=2248s
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mosconiac:

This is very cool that you went through the effort to do this!! Thank you!

FYI, you do know that YouTube's timemarking system doesn't have to be using purely "seconds," right? Instead of tacking "#t=561s" (561 seconds) onto the URL, you can specify minutes/seconds, like this: "#t=9m21s" (9 minutes, 21 seconds).

Just thought I'd share that, because I know it must be a pain to have to convert the minutes/seconds format you see on the YouTube video time gradient slider to pure seconds.

Hope that's helpful!
-Sean
 
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