Legal Break Shots in 9 Ball Pool

Video Transcript

"In this next clip, I'm gonna show you the definition of a legal break shot for nine ball. Breaking for nine ball. You won the lag, the first break you have to shoot the line. You have ball in hand behind the head line, which is that line that goes across on the spot. You have the ball behind the spot. You have to hit the one for it to be a legal break shot. You have to either one, hit the, que ball must hit the one ball first and you must either pocket a ball or four balls out of the nine must hit a rail. It's a legal break shot. Let me show you the two different scenarios. On this first break, I'm going to break and make a ball on the break, which will be a legal shot. So there you see, I made a ball on the break. It's a legal shot, I continued to play. You would actually look for the lowest ball on the table being the one. That would be the first object ball you hit. Let me show you a still a legal break in this next scenario. The second scenario is when you break hitting the one ball first, cause it's the lowest ball and four balls hit a rail. Now remember, the first break where I pocket a ball enables me to keep going. It's a legal shot and I get to keep playing. This is a legal shot where it's not a foul, but I don't get to keep going cause I didn't sink a ball. Let me show you how to hit the balls, four balls hit a rail and not making one on the break. So there, there you see there's a legal shot. Nothing went in, but four balls hit a rail. Come back, I'm going to show you what an illegal break shot is."