Opening break shot in 9ball pool Video How To's
Posted On Monday, December 10, 2007 at at 1:27 PM by WorldWideClasified.com
Cameras love 9ball pool for a reason: in a game where you can declare victory after a single shot and leave your opponent drooling over the pool table in idleness, the first minutes of the game have magnetizing power. As if the opening break shot of a billiard game is not nerve-racking enough, in 9ball, the suspension is super sized. Will the breaker manage to pocket the 9-ball on the first shot? Will the opponent even get the chance to shoot?
As opposed to what mean youtube commenters tend to think, making an explosive, one-minute opening break shot in 9ball does not have much to do with luck. It has nothing to do with force or power either. In the next chapters you'll be able to find out how a great 9ball opening break shot can be done. But before, here is a visual example of what we are talking about:
[Opening break shot in 9ball pool]
Top 9ball pool players manage to pocket a ball on the opening break shot and immediately afterwards clear out the table. How the hell do they do it? As implied earlier, they don't do it by hitting the cue ball violently. On top of a risk of scratching and/or having the ball/s jump off the table, in most cases, it is less affective than a restrained shot, whereby the shooter has as much control as possible over the cue ball.
These words were meant to emphasize how NOT to break in 9ball.
Now we get to How to Break in 9ball Pool:
• Make sure that the balls in the rack are tight and frozen. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the 9-ball to break out of its comfortable place at the middle of the rack.
• The cue ball should be placed down the head string. However, it is not recommended to shoot from the head string and straight towards the 1-ball.
• Tune your state of mind to pocket a ball in such a way that will break the ground for the next, easier shot.
• And remember, violence will take you nowhere; concentrate and take control over your cue ball.
• After all these preparations, hit the cue ball slightly above center in an attempt to contact the 1-ball. In the best case scenario, the cue ball will flick through the 1-ball and then stop dead. (In a better than best case, you'll be clearing off the cushion in less than two minutes…Something like that:)