Shooting Over/Across A Template

[gregcantrall]

The stains that could be blood tended to elevate my Fight or Flight condition level. Situation awareness is a survival skill.
A favorite Cole story as told to the cab driver:
Cole was up about 15 hundred playing in the Deep South. The pick up truck with gun rack full and seat full parking in front of glass entry provoked Cole's request, "How about I just give You all your money back and leave?"
Crickets "How about I give your money back and all of mine and leave?" Deal struck.

You gotta know when to hold 'em. You gotta be able to

 

[muskyed]

I never thought of a paper towel, I use a regular piece of paper out of a small note pad

Cleans the ball when breaking, ha ha.

 

[fuggles]

If your opponent leaves it on the table, can't you remove it?

Most rule sets say the shooter can remove the template. When there are 2 balls on the rack then it may not be removed depending on a referee or rule set.

 

[The Renfro]

Has anybody had any experience in shooting over/across a template? From what I have seen in tournaments if a template is used it is automatically removed from the table after the break. But does anybody ever just leave the template on the table and shoot over/across it when playing? Even if you are just practicing on your own?

If so, has anybody ever known the template to throw balls off? Or cause the CB or OB to lose it's line or spin?

r/DCP

p.s. and to the Forum's #1 idiot please refrain from posting in this thread. Your ridiculous comments and lies are getting old. And I mean OLD!

The Accu-Rack is polyester and not plastic and can be played over without issue unless the ball is going super slow... They had a WNT event at Legends in Jax a few weeks ago and if you watch the vids lots of players didn't bother to remove it and just shot over it... Plastic templates cause many issues not just that one.....

 

[straightline]

Most rule sets say the shooter can remove the template. When there are 2 balls on the rack then it may not be removed depending on a referee or rule set.

Do they allow lifting balls without the placers?

 

[boogieman]

I remove it ASAP after the break. I don't like it, it's a visual distraction. I don't want to see extra stuff on the table and I also don't want my opponent to have more info to triangulate with.

And there's nothing worse than when the occasional ball rolls off over it or it causes a ball to snuggle up and freeze to another. I've seen the CB roll off of it and freeze to the back of another ball, completely snookering the player. It's rare but if you play enough you will see all kinds of oddities.

I'll take the extra 5 seconds not to chance it.

 

[fuggles]

Do they allow lifting balls without the placers?

I haven't seen a rule prohibiting that. In my experience players either agree to it or get a ref.

 

[Black-Balled]

I remove it ASAP after the break. I don't like it, it's a visual distraction. I don't want to see extra stuff on the table and I also don't want my opponent to have more info to triangulate with.

And there's nothing worse than when the occasional ball rolls off over it or it causes a ball to snuggle up and freeze to another. I've seen the CB roll off of it and freeze to the back of another ball, completely snookering the player. It's rare but if you play enough you will see all kinds of oddities.

I'll take the extra 5 seconds not to chance it.

But we're just as likely to see a good roll from the template as a bad roll, no?

Accentuate the positive! Go for it!!