androd
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I need a good diagram app for pool, anyone know one ?
The ones I had no longer work.
The ones I had no longer work.
Thank you, Bill........it has been interesting. While I appreciate the reasons offered up, and some are very creative in their justification, I don't believe any have overcome the natural advantage of reach that breaking to the "correct" hole carries with it. You'll note that I tried to remove any pocket peculiarities that would favor one pocket over the other. I prolly could'a done a better job of that, maybe by saying that no other factor should be considered other than the breaker's handedness.Darmoose kicked off this fascinating thread with a question - 'Can anyone explain . . .?' Well, he must be happy today, after so many people have explained it for him. Surely it has been established by now that there is a right side from which to break a rack of one-pocket, and also another side - the left side? Or is it the wrong side? I feel certain that when Joe Blow is breaking he doesn't believe he has chosen the wrong side, but there are many variables that have helped him with his decision, and a lot of them have been noted by the responders here.
A table can have unique influences - the pocket, the roll, the banking rails, light and shadow. His opponent might have a bias or a weakness that can be exploited. Is the breaker adept at stretching and shooting over an over-long bridge, and is he comfortable with the mechanical bridge? Can he switch hands like Bata or go behind his back like Django? And above all, does he just like breaking from this side? Does he do it better? Common sense has been cited and conventional wisdom, pro players have been called by name, their breaking preferences examined and critiqued.
Has anything been decided? No, thank goodness, but it has been a fine forum that may continue for a while longer, and the initial question has discovered a lot of people who could explain. You did good, Darmoose.
ha ha.....that's good, Rod. On old dogs learning new tricks, try up is down, or left is right, or inside-out is outside-in, or the one we all know...less is more....I need a good diagram app for pool, anyone know one ?
The ones I had no longer work.
I agree. Whatever temporary advantage breaking to one side or the other gives you, it all evens out during the play of the game.breaking from one side or the other has no correct or incorrect side. If it works for you than it’s correct
I need a good diagram app for pool, anyone know one ?
The ones I had no longer work.
You’ll talkI'm not telling you that secret
They can in New Orleans. They allow 300 lb. guys to climb up on the table to shoot...The shot that's above is the one no one can reach from the off side, right handers can walk up to the shot slice it in and possibly break the stack.
left handers can not reach this shot, even Wilt Chamberlin.
I've read this post a few times, if it was meant to be funny ? I didn't get the joke.ha ha.....that's good, Rod. On old dogs learning new tricks, try up is down, or left is right, or inside-out is outside-in, or the one we all know...less is more....
My bad, Rod. You are known to have a good and somewhat dry sense of humor, and not prone to pontificating with lots of words. You had previously agreed with me that there is a correct side to break from in one pocket. Since you posted this in this thread about the break, I took your above quote as a humorous and somewhat sarcastic comment on all the reasons why you and I are wrong, implying that you needed to rethink your gameI need a good diagram app for pool, anyone know one ?
The ones I had no longer work.
That's kewl !My bad, Rod. You are known to have a good and somewhat dry sense of humor, and not prone to pontificating with lots of words. You had previously agreed with me that there is a correct side to break from in one pocket. Since you posted this in this thread about the break, I took your above quote as a humorous and somewhat sarcastic comment on all the reasons why you and I are wrong, implying that you needed to rethink your game
Doesn't make as much sense to me now. I was prolly drinking at the time...the old dog reference was not about you, but just us old dogs having to learn anew things we thought we knew....... .......that's the best I can splain it.....
I do see from your diagram and latest post.......you haven't changed your mind.....and neither have I..