How to Prevent Racking Balls on Wrong End?
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Don't sweat it. I've seen bangers rack 8 ball on the 3 cushion table
I've seen them dump a tray of balls all over the 3 cushion 5 x 10 and the ask where the pockets are. Many times, not just once in a while.
I've seen them chalking a house cue that has no tip on it too.
See my joke about slow 1 pocket games hehe.
"Some new players started a game of 8 ball on a 3C table. Still got done faster than the 1 pocket game on the next table".
If there is a ball return system, it makes racking easier to rack near the ball return.
If there are drop pockets on the table, aiming away from glass windows might matter but other than that, I don't think it really matters. I had a 9' table with drop pockets. I broke full racks both ways with no problem.
Don't sweat it. I've seen bangers rack 8 ball on the 3 cushion table
This^^^^^and play on it for 10mins all the while the guy(mister cool) is explaining to the 2 girls how to play the game and how good he is. You can't make this stuff up.
Jason<----never understood why people put a spot on the headstring?:shrug:
-never understood why people put a spot on the headstring?:shrug:[/QUOTE]
Spotting a ball on the head string can come up in 14.1
Seen people get on the snooker table, look at the balls and go get a set of pool balls from the adjacent pool table
Spotting a ball on the head string can come up in 14.1
Seen people get on the snooker table, look at the balls and go get a set of pool balls from the adjacent pool table
It's not well remembered, but the reason for a spot on the headstring is for straight pool, and the only time it comes into play is when both last object ball and cue ball are in the rack.
The cue ball then has to go on the spot on the headstring, and the object ball is located as close to the center of the table as possible. Pretty easy to sight it, with the spot on the headstring. There is so little 14.1 play these days, it's almost a footnote, but that's really the only reason for it.
All the best,
WW
I think playing on tables with sharpie lines drawn on the cloth would be far more distracting than what end other players are breaking from.
YMMV
You are right, Wildwing, It’s not well remembered - - by you. Before you play some Straight Pool - check the rule book for “ Special Racking Situations”. What you stated is incorrect. There are several special cases - but as far as the one you cited - if both cueball and last object ball are in the rack - the cueball is in hand behind the head string and all fifteen balls are racked together( 15 th ball on footspot)
Agreed for a home table that no lines are needed, but in a poolroom, particularly for tournaments, it's very helpful. Most of the better known table mechanics that recover poolrooms mark the crosshairs through the center of the footspot and usually draw the headstring line as well.
The horizontal crosshair line which doesn't need to be extended more than a couple inches beyond each side of the spot, lets you know if you're racking the head ball high, low, or right on the spot. The vertical crosshair line which should extend below the bottom of the rack, visually helps you confirm that you're racking the balls squarely and not tilted.
Of course, any good table mechanic is going to ask the owner / manager what lines they want to have on the table, but I know for myself, that is what I want. We do use virtually the same color sharpie as whatever the table cloth color is, so it blends in better with the cloth.
You are correct, but I'm quite sure that if the last OB is in the rack and the CB is not, that last OB is placed on the headspot, the 14 balls are racked, and CB is in play, I'm quite sure.
That is a good suggestion. One of the places I used to play used to do just that along with taking drink and food orders.
And if the cue ball is in the rack and the object ball is in the kitchen at 14.1, the cue ball goes on the head spot and you can shoot at the object ball behind the headstring. And sometimes you use the center spot.