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I don't know what you're trying to say with the word "frozen". What spin can make a ball travel 3 extra feet, even after all the momentum from the cue ball is gone? And even after a lot of the spin is lost, transferring from the CB, to the 1, to the 2nd row, to the 9? if he just broke with a certain spin, he'd have moved the 9 towards the corner pocket. ttps:// And that makes sense - if the rack is truly frozen, why would the 9 travel anywhere, when balls behind it stop it from moving forward, and balls to the left and right stop it from moving sideways? He breaks 18 times in a row, and the 9 doesn't move.

#Sardo billiards rack repair pro#

Here's a top pro using a template, which freezes the balls tightly. OK, then how would that work? what spin do you think causes this? In fact, a nine ball in the lower corner pocket can simply be the result of English You can make it move from other break angles, if the gap is there. It's not that relevant because the gap is the main thing that gets the ball moving, not the break angle. This is a simplified physics example and doesn't take into account angle of attack for the cure ball or cue ball spin that will invariably create force imbalances in the rack when struck.Īngle of attack is shown in the diagram, but it's true I didn't really discuss it.

Legal 9 on the break, where a lucky carom sends it to the side.

Notice the unnatural direction of the 2 ball, due to the gap.

Again the 4 moves pretty slowly here, due to the gap - 1:11.

Notice how slowly the 8 ball moves on the first break, because the 9 is not helping it.

as long as there's a gap.Īlthough it's hard to see without slow-motion, you can see certain similarities between various 9-on-the-snap videos: However the 9 on the break can happen if you break from the center, and even with a hard break on the same side. Note: In my image I'm showing how breaking from a certain angle gives the more "oomph" and sends it rolling towards the corner opposite the breaker. The opponent is responsible for making sure the rack is fair and doesn't help or hurt the breaker's chances of making a ball. Also if the opponent is racking for you, they may allow it, because it's not the breaker's fault he got a gapped rack, it's the opponent's. Basically, if it goes into one of those pockets it's considered luck, but if it goes in the lower corners, it's the result of cheating the rack. Or if it counts, it only counts in the sides and upper corners, NOT in the lower 2 corners.

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So for example if there's a gap just behind the 9, on the right side, the 9 is now free to move towards the bottom right corner pocket.įor this reason, in most tournaments, if it's rack-your-own, the 9 ball doesn't count on the break.

The only way it can move AT ALL is if there are gaps, which prevent the 9 from transferring that momentum to another ball. With 100% of the energy transferred, there's no energy left to allow the 9 ball to roll towards a pocket. What Joe figured out is that the 9 ball normally doesn't move because any momentum it has, is immediately transferred to the balls behind it. Traditionally, gaps in the rack are considered bad for the breaker, but once truly tight racks were invented (Sardo, Magic Rack, etc.) and once Joe Tucker released his "Racking Secrets" video, players started to understand what happens with a perfectly tight rack, and how certain gaps can actually help the breaker make balls. The 9 moves there because there was a gap in the rack. When you see a golden break where the 9 ball rolls directly towards a corner pocket, what you're actually seeing is the result of a bad rack. Thought I'd post this after seeing a recent post where some guy claimed he could make the 9 on the break every time, and he planned to use this "trick" to win tournaments.