Racking 9 ball

[wontonny]

I was watching the Mosconi Cup and I noticed that when the rack was racked, they had the 9 ball on the spot at the 2nd diamond causing the rack to be closer to the player. Ever since then I noticed that i had been racking with the 1 on the spot. Which way is the correct way? I'm assuming the way they do it in the tournament is.

 

[Tbeaux]

I was watching the Mosconi Cup and I noticed that when the rack was racked, they had the 9 ball on the spot at the 2nd diamond causing the rack to be closer to the player. Ever since then I noticed that i had been racking with the 1 on the spot. Which way is the correct way? I'm assuming the way they do it in the tournament is.

No...you're doing it right.

 

[Tbeaux]

Sometimes they specify doing it like at Mosconi to prevent the pros from making too many balls on the break, more often it is used because the spot has a divit and the rack won't rack right.