If you’re breaking, it’s most important to hit the center of the cue ball. This is one key component of generating speed and action on the rack. If you’re hitting with too much power, you will have inaccuracies and hit the cue ball off-center. This will prevent the cue from transferring all the energy to the cue ball. The cue ball will not only have less energy but also deflect off the line, due to the applied side spin. You won’t hit the first ball on the rack dead-on. This will once again fail to transfer 100% of the energy to the rack. Therefore, a less powerful attempt can make you more accurate, and at the same time, generate more energy at the rack.

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01:33 Solution
02:35 Practice
03:15 Analyse
04:19 Racking
04:50 9 Ball Break
05:58 Center Table

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24 Comments

  1. Why do some people hit the cue ball off a piece of fabric when breaking? Is this legal in tournament play?

  2. The most useful thing I take away from this video is this: "On an 8-ball break, make sure the cue ball doesn't hit a rail after the break."
    That right there will ensure you hit dead center accurate hit and also have good speed control so the cue ball doesn't skeeter-skatter all over the table.
    Will need to practice this.

  3. I hate that players that rack for others are not meticulous about the racks. I have a friend I always play with that always criticizes my break but as I noticed, he was being pretty sloppy with the racks and when I mention it, it’ll become an argument. Its not that serious but always ruins my mood.

  4. ok man I'm not even a min in and that first example was horrible If Im going to hit a break with force in no way ,shape , or form am I going to stand up lol or put down masse on the cue ball smh its like you tried to do the worst example possible most people who break with force do none of what you showed just the ones who really don't know anything

  5. I remember how Paul Newman could hear the crack of Tom Cruise's break behind him in The Color of Money and was ljke, "That kid has one hell of a break". That influenced me.

  6. Let’s not forget you’re breaking on a worsted felt, it’s going to have a better spread than your traditional ole bar room green tables.

  7. I've been shooting for over 30 years, including some professional events and I have NEVER seen a 9 ball rack done with the 9 ball centered on the dot. Also, I have seen a rack of balls that had a smaller ball in it and the only way to get a tight rack with that ball would be to put it on a corner so it only touched 2 balls, everywhere else in the rack it touches at least 4 balls

  8. Are you allowed to keep playing after the break in 8 ball or do you have to pot one? Seems kind of random if a ball goes in and leaving the cue ball in the middle of the table might give a great chance to the opponent

    Searching online for rules is so unhelpful. Seems like there are as many versions of the rules as there are balls on the table

  9. I feel like I may not be on par, but wouldn't a smart pool player on break, not break the balls? Knowing they would have little control over the outcome, they could use the placement of the cue around the balls to a position, to render a less beneficial outcome for the opponent, having more control overall, by not creating chaos, but directing it, for a more likely outcome, chaos, neither players can ultimately control. It is a game of precision and wit, not a game of chaos.

  10. I don’t believe that the one ball gets smaller over time. I’m going to require some evidence before I swallow that one.

  11. You do realize that that we know that you used upper English on the break which causes the ball to fly off the table. Secondly, breaking is completely random. I have broke a rack and dropped 7 balls before. I have also dropped the cue ball on break by hitting the same area with trying to hit the in the same spot with the same English. There truly isn’t any real right or wrong way to break. The break is purely random. What you should be training on is individual shots like the infamous straight shot or riding the rail passes the side pocket without getting titted. Also you don’t want to leave the cut ball at the center only because if you miss you set up your opponent to run the rack.

  12. What is the one thing to hope for on your break?

    Where do you truly aim? Just to the side of the head ball- like aiming to the side of the head pin, in bowling?
    I hear that you answered that fairly close to the beginning.

  13. Its like golf,,the slower you hit it,the further it goes,,,it isnt,it just feels that way,because of timing,,the trick is,to feel like you,re keeping the white of golf ball in contact with the tip or club for as long as possible,,,giving the energy time to be imparted into the object ball,without it simply bouncing off.

  14. so is it wise to keep breaking the the ball like jeffrey de luna so that you can send almost all the cue balls into the pockets?
    is this wise or smart or a good play to always do????

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