Except if it's ZBT like someone else said you should not be breaking cymbals that frequently, or even at all (hot debate in the drum community).
One good way to hit cymbals properly, especially crashes, is to have them not totally horizontal and making a "woosh" movement rather than a straight attack.
Another secret about drums in general is that, counterintuitively, hitting them hard often choke the sound rather than making it louder (all about projection).
One good way to hit cymbals properly, especially crashes, is to have them not totally horizontal and making a "woosh" movement rather than a straight attack.
Another secret about drums in general is that, counterintuitively, hitting them hard often choke the sound rather than making it louder (all about projection).
And it's the best instrument there is ;)