Dr. Dave offers some break shot advice and shows the best pro break shots of all time from the games of 9-ball, 10-ball, and 8-ball, featuring Shane VanBoening, Corey Deuel, Jeffrey De Luna, Jeffrey Ignacio, Alex Pagulayan, Thorsten Hohmann, Evgeny Stalev, and other pros.
Table of Contents:
0:00 – Intro
0:18 – 9-Ball
1:46 – — “golden break”
3:15 – — soft break and pattern racking
4:18 – 10-Ball
5:26 – 8-Ball
6:04 – — 2nd-ball break
6:27 – — soft 2nd-ball break with pattern racking
7:43 – Wrap Up
8:01 – —- break shot montage
CORRECTION:
– The 8-ball 2nd-ball break pattern racking diagram at the 6m52s point shows the rack upside down. Here’s the corrected illustration:
Supporting Resources and Source Videos:
INTRO:
how to get a tight rack:
break strategy and technique advice resource page:
Pool Break Shot Technique Advice – How to Break – from Vol-III of the BU instructional DVD series:
Shane VanBoening Break Technique Analysis by Dr. Dave:
How to Train a Pool Table for Accurate and Consistent Ball Racking – How to Rack the Balls:
9-BALL:
9-ball break resource page:
9-Ball Break Strategy and Effects:
9-BALL BREAK STRATEGY, Under All Rules:
Alex Pagulayan:
Jeffrey De Luna’s BEST breaks!:
LUCKY POOL SHOTS! US Open 9-ball 2017:
Billiards Pool US Open 9-Ball Championship: Stalev v Kiamco:
ABN Dream Challenge 2018 – USA vs Russia – Day 2, Part 2:
9-Ball Rack Manipulation and Breaking Cheats:
9-Ball Challenge – Bowman vs Deuel:
2014 CSI USBTC 9 Ball: Corey Deuel vs Dennis Orcollo:
9-ball Side Soft Break, and Corey Deuel Pattern Racking, an excerpt from VENT-I:
10-BALL:
10-ball break resource page:
Interesting And Weirdly Symmetric 10-Ball Break By Corey Deuel:
SVB 10-ball break:
Alex PAGULAYAN vs Shane VanBOENING / 2018 West Coast Challenge 10-Ball!:
Jeffrey Ignacio’s Monstrous Break vs Carlo Biado! MUST SEE!!!:
Jeffrey De Luna’s BEST breaks!:
8-BALL:
8-ball break resource page:
Dr. Dave 8-Ball RUN-OUTS and BREAK ADVICE:
Perfect 8ball break – Amazing rack:
2014 CSI USBTC 8 Ball: Corey Deuel vs Stan Tourangeau:
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