DickP
Verified Member
Hey all-
At about 1:05 into the YouTube link below, Grady performs a side-break I've never seen executed before.
Basically, instead of placing the cue on the kitchen line alongside your pocket's side rail and kicking off the opposite side rail into the stack - the only way I've seen a side-break executed - he places the cue in the normal position for a traditional break and proceeds to kick at the stack from about two inches off the side rail. (Sorry, I'm not explaining this very clearly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7NjmBPsoI
His stated reason is to avoid a scratch on uncooperative tables. I'm familiar with striking lower down the stack to be ultraconservative, but I can't understand this break. It seems like the approach angle of the cue into the stack can't be more than a few degrees flatter than if he just shot directly at his aim point and avoided the kick altogether.
What am I missing?
At about 1:05 into the YouTube link below, Grady performs a side-break I've never seen executed before.
Basically, instead of placing the cue on the kitchen line alongside your pocket's side rail and kicking off the opposite side rail into the stack - the only way I've seen a side-break executed - he places the cue in the normal position for a traditional break and proceeds to kick at the stack from about two inches off the side rail. (Sorry, I'm not explaining this very clearly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7NjmBPsoI
His stated reason is to avoid a scratch on uncooperative tables. I'm familiar with striking lower down the stack to be ultraconservative, but I can't understand this break. It seems like the approach angle of the cue into the stack can't be more than a few degrees flatter than if he just shot directly at his aim point and avoided the kick altogether.
What am I missing?