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| katolin007 |
Posted - 04/29/2010 : 12:46:51 PM
On page 1 of the APA 8-ball & 9-ball Game Rules Booklet, in item 2) Racking, it states "...Balls are racked with the front ball ON the foot spot...". I am teaching my lower Skill leveled players on how to give the opponent a proper rack. I always put the front ball on top of the foot spot. Since some of my players are short I have them put the front ball on the foot spot first then put the ballrack over the front ball and put the rest of the balls in the rack. Press tightly and usually they get a tight rack. I understand that there are times the foot spot is dinged so bad that the foot ball rolls off. So my question is this, does ON the foot spot literally mean on top or does some portion of the front ball have to be over the foot spot. There is not much of the front balls actual surface that can touch the foot spot unless it is sitting right on top of it.
One of my lower skilled players (having been tought my method) asked her opponent to please rerack and make sure the front ball was over the foot spot. She was told by the opposing team captain that as long as any part of the front ball is touching the spot it is fine and she has to accept the rack. I interjected and said regardless of the interpretation of what "on the foot spot" was (which I am here to find out), the shooter has the option to ask for a re-rack.
The captain said it was not fair. I chose not to argue the point and asked my player to accept the rack and to show her opponent later how she was taught to rack and request the same type of courtesy. The other player complied and admitted, no one had ever taught her how to rack.
"Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't be mean in saying it." - Kato Lin |
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| josepha |
Posted - 05/06/2010 : 3:53:44 PM
For the record many different sources say the same thing...apex ball of the rack is located on the foot spot...
To start the game, the object balls are placed in a triangular rack. The base of the rack is parallel to the end rail (the short end of the pool table) and positioned so the apex ball of the rack is located on the foot spot. The balls in the rack are ideally placed so that they are all in contact with one another; this is accomplished by pressing the balls together from the back of the rack toward the apex ball. The order of the balls should be random, with the exceptions of the 8 ball, which must be placed in the center of the rack (i.e., the middle of the third row), and the two back corner balls one of which must be a stripe and the other a solid. The cue ball is placed anywhere the breaker desires inside the "kitchen".
When racking the balls a triangle must be used, and the apex ball is to be spotted on the foot spot. All the balls must be lined up behind the apex ball and pressed together so that they all have contact with each other.
The balls are racked in a triangle at the foot of the table with the 8-ball in the center of the triangle, the first ball of the rack on the foot spot, a stripe ball in one corner of the rack and a solid ball in the other corner.
The fifteen object balls are racked as tightly as possible in a triangle, with the apex ball on the foot spot and the eight ball as the first ball that is directly below the apex ball. One from each group of seven will be on the two lower corners of the triangle. The other balls are placed in the triangle without purposeful or intentional pattern.
AMJ |
| katolin007 |
Posted - 05/03/2010 : 11:23:00 AM
Thank you Derrick, Steve and Torsten for your insight 
Continue to shoot straight and play well.
"Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't be mean in saying it." - Kato Lin |
| Torsten |
Posted - 04/30/2010 : 8:37:34 PM
Just an opinion here, but as long as the rack is tight and the head ball is somewhere close to the spot, that should be good enough. I've played against people who were not happy with my rack and wanted to rack it themselves. That's cool. Still, if all the balls are frozen together and the rack is reasonably close to where it should be, that ought to be fine. We are not on ESPN and the competition should be friendly.
That said, you have an obligation to your opponent as your friendly competitor to try and give a good rack. Nobody wants to play on a table where the balls are all messed up.
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| stevelobdell |
Posted - 04/29/2010 : 2:00:09 PM
I'm a newbie. Only my 3rd season. But I've been taught to rack where the head ball is covering the foot spot. Anytime I've seen where whether it be me or another team, place the head ball not center on the foot spot, a re-rack has always been asked. |
| D-RACK |
Posted - 04/29/2010 : 12:56:16 PM
Kato- First off "Hi Buddy" how u doing!!!
2nd- Your player can ask for a re-rack as many times as they want. I watched 2 senior SL both 9's spend 2 min per rack if need be until they were happy. Finally after there match was holding up the tournament the LO came over and told them both to rack there own...
I dont know verbatim the rule but as long as your not asking for a re-rack to SHARK your opponent get they way you want and happy hunting!!!!!!!!!
D-RACK |
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