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How to play pool: Master Your Break Shot
By Fast Larry Guninger
Q: A player writes about how to play pool and break:
Last night I broke 57 times. I had 7 chances to run out. Of
those opportunities there were 2 spreads that needed perfect
cue ball placement, too tough for me. Perhaps Efren could
have done it.
Once I ran out. Once I got hosed when the '7' ball skidded on
me and missed dropping. Three times I just messed up,
although once the last 3 balls were in kinda difficult spots,
somewhat close together.
I'm still learning how to play pool. I dunno, does that seem
like a normal percentage? Not in my mind it doesnt, oh well.
A: Fast Larry Responds.
The above was question about how to play pool and how to
break.
How do I know if my break is good or not, most frankly do not
have a clue.
Most of the leagues don't know how to play pool and the
breaks I see after the balls spread are so poor a pro could not
run the table.
With out mastering the break, you will never learn how to play
pool like a master.
You must accomplish 3 things:
(1) Make a ball and stay at the table. You can¡¯t win sitting in
the chair.
(2) Spread the balls well so no 2 balls are touching, move at
least 7 balls up table past the side pockets at 8 ball.
(3) Get a shot so your run can begin. At 9 ball you must
control the cue ball and one ball together putting the both up
table.
It does you no good if you break and spread them perfectly.
You need to learn how to play pool right and go into each
play session and record your break stats. How many times a
night did you break, now many times did you perform all 3
perfectly, produce the run out table, how many times did you
actually run out.
2 out of the 3 is no good, you must learn to do all 3.
You need to chart these 3 stats so you can see if your break is
improving and if your run outs are getting better as well.
Charting your progress while you learn how to play pool will
speed up your progress. How many of you are doing that
now, actually have a gauge, how you are you doing, going
up, going down or stuck in place.
Don¡¯t shoot your messenger, I am telling it like it is, but I am
trying to help you learn how to play pool and get this game of
yours moving.
You must study your break and learn how to play pool right to
realize what I just told you, pal, and your break probably is
terrible and you don¡¯t know it. Now accept that. Now do
something about it.
If you are like most when you are first trying to learn how to
play pool, you are only trying to hit the rack as hard as
possible and if you do that you think you are doing the right
thing. That is completely wrong.
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