pink

[cm59]

when setting the balls up i push the triangle forwards and stop then lift it off and put the pink on its spot it usually ends up about 5 mm from the reds is this right or should it be closer or further away and is there a better way of doing this as i have to guess when to stop as i cant see the pink spot

[DawRef]

The pink has to be as close to the apex red as possible without touching it. The easiest way is to place the pink on its spot then roll it to one side so there is enough room for the triangle. Set the reds and the roll the pink back onto its spot. That is the way I was taught.

[DandyA]

or wooden triangles are designed to do it perfectly ... put the outside edge of the triangle on the pink spot - you may think the 3 thick bits of wood inside the 3 corners of the triangle are simply to hold it together, which of course they are ... but rather cleverly, they also happen to be half a ball's diameter deep ...

so put the nose of the triangle on the pink spot, lift it off, roll the pink onto it's spot and hey presto, you're done

guess these new fangled plastic triangles are much the same

[mooneyy]

IMO the best and easiest way to set up the reds is to:

1. get rid of the triangle and
2. Do it by hand. Works great after two or three practice racks.

I usually end up with all the reds frozen to each other and just enough
space between the red an the pink to put a sheet of paper between them.

[jedicho]

At my local snooker club they have the black plastic racks and I have the pink on it's spot then bring the rack of reds up very close so that the rack just flicks the pink as I lift it and it rocks back onto its spot

[JohnnieB]

when setting the balls up i push the triangle forwards and stop then lift it off and put the pink on its spot it usually ends up about 5 mm from the reds is this right or should it be closer or further away and is there a better way of doing this as i have to guess when to stop as i cant see the pink spot

If you set up the reds as close as possible to the pink without touching it, you can't then pot the pink unless the nearest red hasn't moved. This doesn't seem to be the situation in televised tournaments. Does a different rule apply there?

[JohnnieB]

Sorry - I know you're not supposed to reply to your own postings but can't see how to edit previous posting. There was a typo in my last posting : "hasn't" should have been "has" - should have read:

If you set up the reds as close as possible to the pink without touching it, you can't then pot the pink unless the nearest red has moved. This doesn't seem to be the situation in televised tournaments. Does a different rule apply there?

[barracuda911]

No different rule.
The pink can't be potted into the corner pockets past the traingle of reds.

[Krypton]

And not into the middle because the reds are blocking the contact point needed...