Billiards Rack

Billiards play is really popular as a good billiards game gives joy and fun and can be kind of opportunity for socializing. The billiards has different tools and good to know how to use them in the proper way, e.g. the rack… 
I’m pretty sure everybody knows what a billard rack is. It is that triangular thing that is used to arrange billiard balls at the beginning of every game. Each game has unique rules for racking.

Usually it is the foul spot of the pool table that is used as the apex. The proper position to place the racked balls is marked by the foul mark which is a small marking. While it is arranged the yellow ball 1 will be placed at the apex and the ball 8 will be placed in the middle while all other balls will be placed in random order. Sometimes the balls are placed alternating with a solid and a striped ball, this is mostly seen in amateur competitions. Two things to watch out for are that the apex stays on the foul mark and the opposite side sits parallel and near to the table end. It is important that the balls are packed tightly together or when the break shot is made they will not break properly. Push the balls toward the apex with the tips of your fingers so they are packed tightly.

Depending on the game the order of the balls in the billiards rack varies although the steps to racking the balls are the same. Such as for straight pool the 1 ball is placed at the right corner and the 5 ball is placed at the left corner. The rest of the balls may be in any order. Where a game of bank pool and one ball is played the billards rack can be placed at random.

Ideally a diamond shaped rack is used for a game of nine-ball billiards but there’s nothing wrong with using a triangular billiard rack as well. When using a diamond- shaped billiards rack, one of the two opposing corners that have smaller angles serves as the apex, having the rack aligned so that the opposing corner is pointed directly at the closest end of the table. The 1 ball is always placed at the apex because in the nine-ball game the cue ball must strike the lowest numbered ball on the table first on each shot, whilst the remaining balls can be placed in random order in the rack.