This Keeps Happening

[straightline]

No, not racking the balls the exact same way every time. I just used the 4B, 5B, and 6B as the example in this diagram. It could be any of the balls.

And it might look yummy but going from the 4B to the 5B is the key shot in this rack. Doesn't look like there is much there to me. I know I could not get this out. Maybe Efren or SVB could, who knows.

Something wrong with a solvable problem?

BM mentioned Corey. 5, 9 IOW.
Even if you land wrong on the 4, you could billiard the 9 and/or shoot the 5 in the other side.
If I'm shooting well, there's a 4/6/9 trilliard that will send the balls to the sides of the table and leave you the 5 in the side or the 5 in either corner if the CB gets away.

 

[iusedtoberich]

The outsville rack is the worst one. Hard to get a tight rack.

However, one of the balls staying near the 9 is very common with a soft break and a template rack. Some players play it on purpose, as it leads to short games with an early 9 combo. That's the Corey comment earlier in the thread.

If you are breaking hard like 1990, you shouldn't have it, and it means you are not racking them good.

 

[ShootingArts]

https://pad.chalkysticks.com/c908e20.png

I use the Outsville template for breaking racks of 9B. And as you all know I have been breaking those racks on my new Diamond Professional. The issue is that I usually end up with about four balls all close together as shown in the diagram. In this case it's the 4B, 5B, 6B, and 9B. The 6B blocks the 5B into the upper corner and the 9B blocks the 5B into the bottom corner. Thus position from the 4B to the 5B is very difficult. All these balls so close together has been making runouts very difficult for me.

My question is simply - is this normal for a template?

r/DCP

Sir,

Carefully place the cue along one cushion of the table. Step back, pour a glass of the highest proof stuff you have, a drinking glass full! The last thing you need is to discover you need a ten dollar template when you have spent ten grand installing a new table!

Like others, I don't see that table is that bad. Looks fine from Louisiana!(grin)

I suggest running four ball racks or running six ball racks from where the cue ball stops, make a ball or not. Do this at a brisk pace for an hour or two. I think you need to unlax and let things happen.

Hu