8 Ball Breaking a Crooked Rack

Subsonic2u

Subsonic2u

No wonder I can't shoot
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Was reading a post about racking more forward or more back which got me thinking about this.

I'm sure we have all seen this. By a crooked rack, I mean a rack that is cocked to one side or the other. Hope u know what I mean. If u took a perfectly aligned rack and then moved the back to the right or left while keeping the headball still. I play in bar leagues and it happens a lot. :rolleyes: I have played some folks that always seem to have the rack cocked to one side or the other. Never perfectly aligned. Usually a person will always have a rack cocked to the same side each time they rack. I don't think they do it intentionally, their eyes just don't match up with their brain. :D Definately not future engineers, I hope. :D

Suppose u get a rack that is cocked to one side, but not enough to complain. Is there a benefit to breaking from one side or the other if the rack is cocked to the side? FROM THE BREAKER'S POINT OF VIEW: Let's say the left end ball on the back row is farther from the foot rail (cocked left), which side is more adventagous to break from?

A. For a full head ball hit
B. For a 2nd ball hit (generally used to make the 8 on the break)

Charlie
 
For the second ball break, Break into the side of the corner that is highest.

In your example since the left end ball on the back row is furthest from the foot rail, break to the right side.

You can get a fuller hit on the second ball.

For a head on break, I don't know if it matters at all.
 
In your example since the left end ball on the back row is furthest from the foot rail, break to the right side.

You can get a fuller hit on the second ball.


Hmm. :confused: From the breaker's view, the right side of the rack would b more hidden (turned away) from the breaker with the left side turned more full. I think u mean to break from the left side of the table as more of the rack would face the breaker permitting the fuller hit on the 2nd ball.

 
I normally break 8 ball straight up, and I don't care how the rack is positioned as long as it is tight, and I can hit the head ball straight up!
 
I think it actually hurts a bit... One of the corner balls likes to bank to a corner near you and with a crooked rack I don't think it'll go in anymore. I don't know if any other ball is helped. When I break in 8 ball one of the balls just behind the first ball goes in the side religiously, and this also wouldn't go in, so I make sure of the straightness.
 
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