racking without a spot

on the foot string

I put a tangent line on this cuetable layout,

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as you can see, the line goes through the second diamond
up from the foot rail and on the middle diamond on the foot rail.
The center of the head ball goes on this intersection.
Use the diamonds or spots on the rail if there's no spot.

-cOOp, spots cause bad rolls anyway.
 
yeah I encountered that problem with one of my matches at the junior nationals this year. you just have to do what coopdeville is showing and try your best to put it on the tangent line. well, thats what my opponent and I did.
 
In many respects the spot is more of a nuissance that an aid anyway. Always use the diamonds to set your rack as you KNOW they are in the right spot. Like was said you settle the balls on the head string and ensure the top ball is centered on that line then be sure the centre balls are in line with the short rail two diamonds.

If you find a spot that racks well and you have a pencil just trace a small curve at the top of the rack where the balls come to rest. Pencil is easy to remove at the end if you feel that would bother the room owner.
 
draw it. A spot is located at the intersection of lines which connect corner pockets with side pockets. That's the same location which is shown on the picture :) but could be easier to find. Use the diamonds to see the footstring as well.
 
berlowmj said:
I am encountering many tables without a spot. How do I orient the rack?
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I assume these are in bars, since pool halls usually have spots in place in my experience. As others have said, just mark the spot. I carry a Sharpie for such things, but a pencil works as well. The spot is in the obvious place, assuming the diamonds are on the cushions correctly. (I've seen a carom table with eight diamonds down the side, rather than 7 or 9, so it's not certain that the diamonds are in the right places.)

But on most tables, there is enough wear to the cloth that the location of the head ball is both obvious and forced. Put the head ball anywhere close and it will roll into the crater. Let it go where it will and put the rest of the balls to be tight.
 
I know some people take another ball and hit the head ball. But doesn't doing that cause a crater in the table that is freaking annoying.
 
Some of the places I've played it's no problem finding the spot, as the cloth is so worn it's actually gone. There's just a little 1" diameter hole in the cloth and you set your head ball right on the slate! I love these places!
 
mikev_wvufan said:
I know some people take another ball and hit the head ball. But doesn't doing that cause a crater in the table that is freaking annoying.
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The main cause of a head-spot (-ed. of course I meant either foot spot or head-ball-spot) crater is the fact that on smash breaks, the cue ball is often in the air when it hits the head ball which drives the ball down into the spot.
 
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thank you all

Bob Jewett said:
The main cause of a head-spot crater is the fact that on smash breaks, the cue ball is often in the air when it hits the head ball which drives the ball down into the spot.
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Its been so long sonce I have seen a spot, I forgot where it was. The only non-bar table to which I have access is at a recreation enter, where driving golf balls & card playing take priority over care of the tables. Thank you again!
 
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