Statement from The Legends of Pocket Billiards

[ChrisinNC]

Do you need me to break this down for you so you can understand the difference between head and foot on a pool table that is identical at both ends?its clear to me you can't answer the question, so let me put it to you another way.

You walk into a pool room, check out the balls, take them over to a pool table, and set the balls down in the middle of the table. The table has no foot spot put on it yet, and there's no name plates on the rails, so which end are you going to rack the balls at, because the table don't have a ball return, it's all drop pocket.

The end that has the rack on the hook! A lot of our novice customers in here don’t know the difference and get confused by the foot spot, thinking that spot is where you set the cue ball on to break from.

Even though the end of the table where the rack is on the hook which is the end with the foot spot and the crosshairs clearly drawn, they still take the rack to the other end of the table and estimate where the head ball should be placed when they rack them, then they walk all the way around the table to put the rack back on the hook. Never ceases to amaze me!

 

[Cameron Smith]

The end that has the rack on the hook! A lot of our novice customers in here don’t know the difference and get confused by the foot spot, thinking that spot is where you set the cue ball on to break from.

Even though the end of the table where the rack is on the hook which is the end with the foot spot and the crosshairs clearly drawn, they still take the rack to the other end of the table and estimate where the head ball should be placed when they rack them, then they walk all the way around the table to put the rack back on the hook. Never ceases to amaze me!

I’ve seen that a lot too. Tangentially related, the other habit is to dump all the balls on the table and then spend time going around the table collecting them again. If only the balls came pre-collected in some sort of carrying device…

 

[iusedtoberich]

I've seen a group take the pool balls to the carom table and break

 

[mr3cushion]

I've seen a group take the pool balls to the carom table and break

Now that would be a 'Circle Jerk!' LOL!

 

[Dan White]

I've seen a group take the pool balls to the carom table and break

I saw that once, too. The best part is when they realize there are no pockets!

 

[maha]

if you stand on your head then your feet don't become the head.

you cant have it both ways.

the correct way to find the head of the table is to stand in front of the side pocket and look to your right that will be the head.

 

[maha]

ive seen bangers put the balls on the billiard table a few times and even rack them.
are they stupid

and ive seen pool players lose all their money and all they can borrow in a game they cant win.
are they more stupid than those they laughed at.

 

[Shuddy]

if you stand on your head then your feet don't become the head.

you cant have it both ways.

the correct way to find the head of the table is to stand in front of the side pocket and look to your right that will be the head.

 

[Bob Jewett]

No need to be confused. It's very simple geometry. Of course, his description only works on a right-handed table.

 

[Brookeland Bill]

A lot of tables I've worked on don't have a label, so then what?

Where is the spot located Einstein? Figure it out.

 

[Dan White]

No need to be confused. It's very simple geometry. Of course, his description only works on a right-handed table.

Now I know why I'm not running more balls. I'm using a left-handed pool cue on a right-handed table. Thanks! 715 here I come.

 

[realkingcobra]

Where you rack the balls is called the foot, where you break from is called the head. Obviously on a drop pocket table, you can switch at any time.

I'm going to repeat my question on more time for all you smarta$$ who think you're smarter than I am hense all your sarcastic, stupid answers.

A pool table, with drop pockets, NO Ball return, that just had the cloth changed, has NO spot on it yet, and NO name plate on ANY rails, NO score counters, NOTHING!

WHICH END IS THE DAMN HEAD AND WHUCH END IS THE DAMN FOOT????

Now READ, READ, AND READ AGAIN if you must, THEN ANSWER the question, which seems to damn smart for any of you to figure out!!! If you give up, I'll answer it FOR YOU!!!

 

[realkingcobra]

No shit Sherlock! I'm not aware and really don't care if the table was Drop or Box!

I made an 'accurate' statement.

No, you made a sarcastic statement, and assumed the table was a ball return thus a ball box, when I SPECIFICALLY said it was a drop pocket table, and DIDN'T HAVE A BALL BOX!!!

 

[puma122]

I'm going to repeat my question on more time for all you smarta$$ who think you're smarter than I am hense all your sarcastic, stupid answers.

A pool table, with drop pockets, NO Ball return, that just had the cloth changed, has NO spot on it yet, and NO name plate on ANY rails, NO score counters, NOTHING!

WHICH END IS THE DAMN HEAD AND WHUCH END IS THE DAMN FOOT????

Now READ, READ, AND READ AGAIN if you must, THEN ANSWER the question, which seems to damn smart for any of you to figure out!!! If you give up, I'll answer it FOR YOU!!!

It is nice to see we've moved on to much more important topics. It felt like the pocket size thing had run it's course.

My guess, if their is no ball return, and there is no counters or name plates, there is no difference. Pick which ever side you want to break from.\ That's the head end, and the other side where you rack, is the foot.

If I am wrong, I will go so far as to say you are smarter than me when it comes to pool tables. I'll not concede on you are smarter than me overall, but you don't care, I don't care, and I'm guessing nobody on this forum cares as this is a pool forum, not a IQ test...

 

[realkingcobra]

The end that has the rack on the hook! A lot of our novice customers in here don’t know the difference and get confused by the foot spot, thinking that spot is where you set the cue ball on to break from.

Even though the end of the table where the rack is on the hook which is the end with the foot spot and the crosshairs clearly drawn, they still take the rack to the other end of the table and estimate where the head ball should be placed when they rack them, then they walk all the way around the table to put the rack back on the hook. Never ceases to amaze me!

I must have asked to hard of a question for most of the intelligent people here on AZB. If you walk up to a pool table that has NO distinguishing differences from the head or foot of the table, THEN the head or foot end is WHICH ever end you want to rack and and break from at that time. Someone else later make come up to that very same table and rack the balls at the OTHER ends. 14.1 has a foot AND head SPOT, and sometimes even a CENTER spot!!! So, again, with no spots, or spot at both ends, its PLAYERS choice to rack and break from EITHER END!

 

[JusticeNJ]

Also, if you've ever worked in a pool hall with a plate glass window front, you know that customers will always break toward the window no matter how you orient the table, where the ball return is, and no matter what kind of signs you put up.

 

[rjb1168]

I must have asked to hard of a question for most of the intelligent people here on AZB. If you walk up to a pool table that has NO distinguishing differences from the head or foot of the table, THEN the head or foot end is WHICH ever end you want to rack and and break from at that time. Someone else later make come up to that very same table and rack the balls at the OTHER ends. 14.1 has a foot AND head SPOT, and sometimes even a CENTER spot!!! So, again, with no spots, or spot at both ends, its PLAYERS choice to rack and break from EITHER END!

Who gives a crap!

 

[mr3cushion]

No, you made a sarcastic statement, and assumed the table was a ball return thus a ball box, when I SPECIFICALLY said it was a drop pocket table, and DIDN'T HAVE A BALL BOX!!!

You're an 'Idiot' one more time!

 

[Johnny Rosato]

I'm enjoying the hell out of this thread.

I mentioned this last night to the most logical thinking patron at one of our local
American Legions Posts and all the bickering going on here.

This guy is really bright, brags that he went almost all the way through the 8th grade.
I explained about the pictures of the calipers on the pockets of the WR table and all the controversy
it has caused. He asked his wife for her car keys and right there on her keychain she had a little
"Stanley Powerlock" 3' tape measure and he walked over and measured a pocket on one of our Valley
tables, looked over at me and grinned like a butchers dawg and asked why y'all didn't do that.

Here's a link to the tape measure exactly like the one he used. $6.99 on Amazon ~

https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-39-130-4-Inch-PowerLock-Tape/dp/B00002X2HB/ref=asc_df_B00002X2HB/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309755258559&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3434141376599805711&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012561&hvtargid=pla-608123851107&psc=1

 

[realkingcobra]

Also, if you've ever worked in a pool hall with a plate glass window front, you know that customers will always break toward the window no matter how you orient the table, where the ball return is, and no matter what kind of signs you put up.

Again with the ball return? I never once mentioned the orientation of the pool table did I? And let me also add, I've NEVER seen a broken window caused by the cue ball coming off the table, not in 40 years of working on pool tables! I HAVE however seen them THROWN through windows!!