Trying to get rack your own implemented in a certain league

[OneIron]

Leave a gap between the 9 and the ball behind it. 9 goes to the corner opposite where you break from. That is part of why some tournaments don't count the money ball when made in the lower 2 corners.

Cool! I gotta try that...

 

[Tony_in_MD]

Rigging an 8 ball rack to pocket the 8 on the break is just as easy as rigging a 9 ball rack to pocket the 9 on the break. The problem is that it is harder to make the 8 because of more balls on the table causing more random collisions.

You have to leave a gap between the head ball and the second row of balls (on one side or the other) of the 8 ball rack. Break from the side rail on the side of the gap, and you are trying to hit the second ball of the 8 ball rack as full as possible (the gap there makes that easier)

If you hit it good, the 8 ball comes out of the top of the rack and is in play uptable, to any one of 3 pockets (both corners or the opposite side)

Hitting it good is one thing and even if you do another ball can collide with the 8 prior to it rolling into a pocket.

How can the self-racker in 8 ball manipulate the rack to his advantage?
-making it easier to pocket the 8 ball? I wouldn't know how that's done.
-by not mixing up solids/stripes properly to create easier layouts? maybe

To me there's no problem with rack your own 8 ball. 9 ball, well that's another story and I love to rack my own.

Oh and since it was brought up Magic Rack is a major interferance. It traps balls withing the rack continually, especially in 9 ball. I could not imagine the problems using it in 8 ball on a barbox, balls would be all over it.