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DrCue'sProtege said:

I use the Outsville template for breaking racks of 9B. And as you all know I have been breaking those racks on my new Diamond Professional. The issue is that I usually end up with about four balls all close together as shown in the diagram. In this case it's the 4B, 5B, 6B, and 9B. The 6B blocks the 5B into the upper corner and the 9B blocks the 5B into the bottom corner. Thus position from the 4B to the 5B is very difficult. All these balls so close together has been making runouts very difficult for me.

My question is simply - is this normal for a template?

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What do they do when racked with a regular triangle rack?
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Am I correct in seeing all 9 balls still on the table? Seems a bit unusual that using a template you aren't dropping a wing ball.

Check the template alignment to make sure you have it positioned and aligned as well possible. After that rack the balls the same way every time in an attempt to consistently "see" the spread after the break. You are working with a number of variables so try to be as consistent in your testing as possible.
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David in FL said:
It's not really a problem if the 5 ball is somewhere else is my point. For instance if the 5 and 7are swapped, is it still a problem going from the 4 to the 5?

Maybe I'm still misunderstanding though...
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No, of course not. But if - IF - is like the biggest word in the dictionary.

And also, at times with those few balls clustered together it can make getting around them really difficult. Sometime you only have one spot to get to so you can obtain position on the next ball.
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Justin Bergman is on a mission

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maha said:
they are already beating players in ping pong. similar things for robots. and won a marathon.

but i hope you are right.
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I just watched that ping pong robot. I don't consider that autonomous. When you have to have a specific table in a specific location with a fixed robot, that isn't autonomous in my opinion. I would mean a robot going to a table with balls that aren't pre-known able to autonomously move around the table, make shot selections etc...
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DrCue'sProtege said:
No, not racking the balls the exact same way every time. I just used the 4B, 5B, and 6B as the example in this diagram. It could be any of the balls.

And it might look yummy but going from the 4B to the 5B is the key shot in this rack. Doesn't look like there is much there to me. I know I could not get this out. Maybe Efren or SVB could, who knows.
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It's not really a problem if the 5 ball is somewhere else is my point. For instance if the 5 and 7are swapped, is it still a problem going from the 4 to the 5?

Maybe I'm still misunderstanding though...
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David in FL said:
That was my thought... 👍

OP, are you racking in the exact same numerical order every time? Pattern racking?

To my eye even if I'm not out, that's a pretty yummy looking rack after the break.
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No, not racking the balls the exact same way every time. I just used the 4B, 5B, and 6B as the example in this diagram. It could be any of the balls.

And it might look yummy but going from the 4B to the 5B is the key shot in this rack. Doesn't look like there is much there to me. I know I could not get this out. Maybe Efren or SVB could, who knows.
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