@JME Not using BCA rules. It's spotted on the foot spot or rebreak. But using no rules "bar rules" then yes. Once you get used to playing BCA rules there's no going back to bar rules.
@Enteng Kabisote i never checked my break speed. But it is important to have a very press rack, a solid straight stroke(which also means u have to hit your tip where u are aiming for) and hit the cueball square in the rack.
Half tip over center. And hit the rack square in the face. The little follow spin should slow down the cueball wich bounces back from the rack when u hit it square. So it should stop near center table.
now, with that flex, if you can strike the cue ball high, and follow through low, it will have the effect of like using you finger to push down on the ball and pop it out. ...mike siegel does that. Its the break you hear that sounds like a shotgun in the color of money, that makes paul newman turn his head. power+flex+popout