9-ball Break Lesson by Johnny Archer
Johnny Archer teaches me the 9-ball break shot and I get the 9 ball on the break. This video was recorded during a visit by Earl Strickland and Johnny Archer to my home in Del Mar, CA for the purpose of giving me a few pool lessons. I video recorded the entire event (about 3+ hours), so there will be more video coming soon. For more videos and blog, see poolshooter.blogspot.com Video recorded at FastMikie’s Fun House, Del Mar, CA
nice break!
9 ball off the break is not that hard compared to the 8 ball off the break
In Johnny Archers “Johnny Archer Break Technique Slow Motion ” it shows Johnny’s Cue Ball hopping back. Most of the Pro Players have a slight hop in their Break Shot.
In this video, the 9-Ball rack is on an angle, aiding the pocketing of the 9-Ball. I’m sure that was an accident.
Johnny is a great player & does have a hard hitting break shot. Good Luck to him & all the PROs…
JA gives student a very “friendly” rack….
johnny archer is definately one of the greatest 9 ball players ever, i seen this guy crush so many people in georgia. much respect for mr. archer. and as for the guy saying that he dont agree with mr archers lesson, take into consideration that archer is player of the decade, world champion and us open champion, can you say that mr. i dont agree with johnny archer?
more mass, less speed, more control, more movement of all balls but the cue.
Many wish to see the cue ball continue to move, thinking it will create more…opportunity. The trade off is the position of the cue after you “get one in” if you cue is not controlled, you are “hoping” you will have a shot from where the cues randomly ends up.
@fastmikie69 exactly. thinking of it as pure energy transfer explains it better. if you have a thin cut on a ball, you’re hitting “less” of the ball, therefore less energy gets transferred onto the object ball, and subsequently more energy gets retained by the cueball therefore causing the cue to travel further in order for the energy to dissipate. Same goes for the break. If you hit the object ball directly, more energy gets transferred into the rack, for a more powerful break.
@staaayfocusedmang Actually, what Mr. Archer is saying is perfectly correct if you consider that he means that the cue ball should hit the 1-ball as squarely as possible, so that the centers of both balls are aligned in the direction of travel. This means that ALL of the energy of the cue ball is expended into the rack. Yes, you are correct that the balls are round and that you can not have MORE or less ball touching, but it is the energy which is under discussion here.
What Mr. Archer says there just cant be right. A ball is rounded…so how can a ball can possibly hit “more” of another ball? I am talking about the world of “micro” or might even be “nano” I am not denying anything what you learned. And if you think you improved, thats great! when you think why a ball hop, its because the rack and the cue ball has no where to escape the power of the shot u made,,,so it goes up. just like when an accident happenes,,,your hood crash up.
Whenever you see the cue ball hop after the break, you’re seeing wasted energy. The higher the hop, the more energy is being thrown away.
The most efficient hit is when the cue ball contacts the 1 ball dead center – left-to-right, AND top-to bottom.
The break in this video is a great example of a proper break. The cue ball stayed on the table, and rebounded back out to the center of the table, where he has the best chance to have a shot.
looks like a black crown maybe
more importantly NICE fnnnnn TABLE
The 9-ball will not go directly in the pocket with a perfect rack. If the rack was set perfect the 9 ball should slide forward on impact with all the balls 1/2″ on a 0 angle approach at 24 mph. then 1-8 release away from the 9 on the tangent lines.
i could probably post a million word comment on this video, but why waste my time.
long story short, this video made me subscribe
thanks for the video mike. i always just thought it was cool when the cueball hopped up. i think ill slow my break down a bit then, maybe get a better lay.
Johnny is not trying to show me how to pocket the 9, just to hit the 1-ball squarely as possible, and that it is better to hit the cue ball slower and more squarely than it is to hit it faster with less control. We didn’t talk about percentage of 9’s that go on the break, but I have heard it is about 3% of the time (1 in 30-odd breaks), but that depends a lot on the player, the table, and the conditions.
wow!!! to have hall of famers like earl n johnny in ur house would be cool enough but to get tips n get to play them would be awsome. nice break by the way mate u held the cueball very well n got a nice spread and ofcourse the 9ball went in. is this style of break hes taalkin to u about designed especialy to try n pot the 9? if so did johny give a rough idea of how many times he manages to pull it off??
Johnny is saying to hit the 1-ball as full as possible, and to take power off the shot so that I have more control in hitting the cue ball squarely and fully into the 1-ball. Johnny is saying to hit it at 70% of maximum speed, and if I hit the ball squarely, then I’ll get a better break than I would if I hit harder, but with less control.
i didnt understand what he was talking about. with 70% hitting the ball? anyone please explain! thank you in advance.
Good for you!
My purpose in posting the video was not to show off the fact that I made the 9 on the break, but to share the lesson from Johnny Archer.
Yes, a lot of luck involved in sinking the 9 on the break. Happens once in about 30+ breaks, from what I hear. But in order to get lucky, you still have to hit the one ball right, or you don’t get the action.
Being an eight ball player all my life I can”t grassp the concept of what make a better nine ball player .I have a lot of problems with the stragidy. Its the Idea of haveing the same ball to play defence against.
Nice video.
One time I was playing a friend for money and sunk the nine 3 straight times in a row. We never played nine ever again.
Archer……1999 us open winner… nice pro pool player