In eight ball how do you break out balls that are clustered together and still maintain cue ball control?

Question

Should you hit the clustered ball hard or soft when braking out the clustered balls. And still maintain cue ball control. It seems to me that its kind of shooting for luck when after you make the objective ball you ram the cue ball into clustered balls. Also what do you think I should do when I played this girl for 10 hour of s*x what ever I want to do if I won.If she won she would have gotten alot of money . Well I won and now she doesnt want to honour that bet.

Answer 1

8-ball - Use top-spin. masse, carom, english, stroke length, power and follow-through to get the desired effect.

2-ball - your SOL.

Answer 2

I would hit it hard but use backspin to stop the ball from moving after contact

backspin = hit the lower half of the cue ball

Answer 3

You will not MAINTAIN cue ball control, you either will have it or not have it. Once you actually HAVE cue ball control, you will find your breakouts are much easier to master.

You also state that "after you make the objective ball........"  

The objective is not too make the object ball, but to make the object ball IN SUCH A WAY that you get the cue ball to the next position. This is cue ball control...making the balls ANY WAY you need to, to get "shape".

As to the second question, I suspect the girl had you pay for the game(s). So she already got what she wanted.

Answer 4

You should play a breakout just the same as you would play getting shape on any other ball.  You need to see the best angle to use to get shape on you next shot and then play the break out that way.  I know a lot of people who play BCA rules and use the ball in hand to make break outs because they can make a ball an create the angle that they want.  As far as cue ball speed you need to use the situation to determine what you will need to break out the cluster.  I try to only use the speed I need to make the object ball and get the break out.

Answer 5

Hit hard and low on the cue ball so it spins, then it's not going to bounce all over the other balls.

Answer 6

You have to have a little bit of trigonometric knowledge and tight control of your que stick.