Question for the rule guros

[3andstop]

Here's a memory tip that might help:

The rack of balls are roughly the size of a human head.
Find the rack of balls on the table and you have found the table's head.

After that, finding the foot should be easy.

no, thats bass ackwards. Where the rack goes is the foot.

 

[nick serdula]

Easy

You break from the head of the table. Look at your feet while you are racking and you are at the foot of the table. Your head is over the head railbreaking. Your feet are under the foot rail racking.
You guys make simple stuff sound complex.
If the rock is in the rack it goes behind the line in hand.
A object ball in the rack goes to the head spot allowing you to play behind it to still achieve a break shot from between it and the head rail into the side pocket and smash or play safe if you wish. Both balls in the rack both things happen. The 15th ball would be treated as any other ball behind the line.
Nick

 

[Bob Jewett]

does anyone know a good way to remember which is the head and the foot of the table. No, serious. I've been playing 14.1 for forty years and still can't remember.

On a snooker table, the short cushion where you rack is called the "top" cushion.

 

[Derek]

Another racking question. I sank the 14th ball but played lousy position, glanced off the 15th ball, and the cue landed in the rack area. The 15th ball is out of the rack area and maybe 6 inches off to the side of that rack. So the rule is to locate the cue ball in the kitchen and leave the 15th ball in position.

So looking at my faux pas in position play, it appears that I'm much better off leaving the cue in the rack area than the position I was trying to accomplish with some difficult inside english.

Lacking any experience from watching straight pool matches, am I correct to assume:

- That it's still my turn at the table with the cue ball in the kithcen? I don't have to give up my turn because I landed the cue ball in the rack area?

- I now appear to have a much better breakout shot, so it must be strategic to sometimes leave the cue ball in the rack area to gain a better angle on the 15th ball, although it's a longer shot?

Thanks.

 

[Scottster]

YES and YES!

Lacking any experience from watching straight pool matches, am I correct to assume:

- That it's still my turn at the table with the cue ball in the kithcen? I don't have to give up my turn because I landed the cue ball in the rack area?

- I now appear to have a much better breakout shot, so it must be strategic to sometimes leave the cue ball in the rack area to gain a better angle on the 15th ball, although it's a longer shot?

Thanks.

Yes it is still your shot with BIH behind the head string.

Yes it can be a strategy to leave the CB in the rack area for a better break position.