Jon Kucharo Breaking @ 2000 US Open (Full Speed) #2

[TommyD1410]

I played in the Open that year,and hit balls on that table before the tournament started. Anyone that thinks that table was loose is uninformed.

The pockets were 4 1/2 out in front,close to 4 1/4 at the slate drop,with the typical hard GC facings. It was noticably tighter than a pro-cut Diamond,other than the slate not being as deep. Tommy D.

[89Slh]

huge break for sure but with the table of today its better to break softer..

the tables of that time were looser..

[cks119]

Iid rather have the cue ball in the centre of the table with a softer break.

[de23Emil]

@cks119 i agree.

[cspedrick94]

wow he didnt pocket one freakin ball

[TommyD1410]

The truth is that even though he didn't make a ball there,that hitting the balls that hard and flush is going to make a ball WAY more often than not. When you play his speed behind a break like that,you take your opponent,almost regardless of level,out of the equation. Unless he just flat misses,it's almost like playing the ghost. I watched him that week practicing,and he hit every single rack like that for 2 hours straight,and he never scratched except for other balls kicking it.

[balimoon06]

Any of you who know better want to play the guy $ome ;-)?

[locorossco]

The ball jumping in the air that high takes a LOT of power out of the break. He could have hit them half as hard and not jumped the cue ball and gotten better results =/

[KKisforever]

no need for all that body action to do a decent break with decent power.

[phixxwutwut]

hes not hitting them at a decent speed with decent power, hes hitting them extremely hard and is following through a tremendous amount to achieve this amoutn of power. of course you dont need to do this to break relatively well.

[KKisforever]

true. :)