Racking for One Pocket???

When I watch videos of the pros racking. Some of them just rack em up and others move the balls in some kind of order. Is there a preferred way to rack the balls for a One Pocket game?
Thanks.

Bob, this thread I started about the corner ball generated some racking discussion you might find interesting: http://www.onepocket.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12781&highlight=corner+ball+leaking

Bob Farr said:

When I watch videos of the pros racking. Some of them just rack em up and others move the balls in some kind of order. Is there a preferred way to rack the balls for a One Pocket game?
Thanks.

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Just to be clear, Bob, the only legitimate option a player has when racking is the location of individual balls. Some prefer to have mostly stripes on the side where they are most likely to go toward their pocket because they think stripes are easier to sight on when aiming.

A "legal" rack has to be square with every ball frozen to the best of the racker's ability, and if the opponent is not satisfied that's the case, he has the option to call for a re-rack (before the break. )

LSJohn said:

Some prefer to have mostly stripes on the side where they are most likely to go toward their pocket because they think stripes are easier to sight on when aiming.

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That's a cool thought I had not considered. I always tend to prefer a stripe (breaking in 14.1 for example).
Thanks John. You probably just ruined me. Now i have something else to be anal about. :frus

sneakynito said:

That's a cool thought I had not considered. I always tend to prefer a stripe (breaking in 14.1 for example).
Thanks John. You probably just ruined me. Now i have something else to be anal about. :frus

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It's only for those with serious ball-pocketing insecurities

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Many of the players at Hard Times Sacramento (Including me) rack the side you are breaking to with stripes. The thinking here is the solids, especially the one ball, are smaller and harder to freeze because of the beating they take in rotation games. We get to use newer balls for tournaments so it is not an issue, but the older balls for daily use are a little beat up.

Thanks everyone for your responses. Very interesting and some useful info. I've been been racking with the one or five ball on the head and the eight or six ball second for contrast.
I will start putting the stripes all on my side now because I like to shoot the stripes as I seem to see them better.