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Pool Breaking - New Tips For Pool Breaking In Billiards

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Fall Out Of The Gap
Here are hot new tips for bettering your pool breaking, instantly, from Matt Sherman, your Guide to Pool & Billiards at About.com.

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Fall Out Of The Gap - If there are any gaps behind the front six balls in a full rack of 15, well, that makes breaking anything in challenging - check the rack carefully here

Get The Best Pool Breaking Equipment - By which I mean, make sure the balls are uniform - discolored balls or even differently colored balls from a cheap hall means inconsistently sized balls, and smaller or larger balls don't touch and create rack gaps

Think Like A Baseball Professional - A baseball hitter puts his weight on his rear foot and steps into the stroke

No Bridge Too Far - Make your bridge length as long as possible, if it so lengthy that you miscue on the break once every four or five times, it's too far - get right onto that head string!

Leave Your Foot In Place - Everyone wants to jump into the air and fly like the pros on the break with power - try to leave your front foot down on the ground and watch as your weight naturally shifts to take your body into the air!

Speed When You Need - Rather than accelerating at the beginning of the break stroke, remember, it's when your near contact with the cue ball that you want to crush your stroke forward Set Your Golf Club [Pool Cue] first - Just as a pro golfer places their club behind the ball, and then their body after, you should set your cue stick on the break line of aim to begin, and then set your body in place, to avoid twisted mishits Steady As She Goes, Mr. Sulu - Forget rocking back and forth before the final break stroke, and just pull back and through - so you may concentrate on an accurate hit Cheat - Push the cue ball subtly past the head string so your opponent cannot see you just before you actually take the break stroke - even a tiny amount forward gives a hugh advantage in power - but you may get your thumbs broken for this stunt if caught, which is what you deserve, cheater!

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