Pool Table Foot Spot Installation

The foot spot on a pool table is a small, adhesive circle that marks where you should position the peak ball in the triangle or diamond when you're racking the balls to start a game. It's also where you place a ball that has been knocked off the table, to put it in play again. Most sporting goods stores and billiards shops sell packages of spots to use on your table.

Things You'll Need

  • Yardstick
  • Chalk (optional)
  • Pool table spot
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Instructions

    • 1

      Choose which end of the table will be the foot. If you have an automatic ball return, it is at the foot end of the table. If your balls stay in the pockets when they're sunk, either end can be the foot.

    • 2

      Count up to the second diamond from the foot rail of the table; there are diamonds on both sides of the table. Lay the yardstick down from diamond to diamond, straight across the table.

    • 3

      Gauge the approximate center of the table width-wise, and use a moistened finger to slightly darken the felt in a short line along the yardstick at this point. You can also use a very light chalk mark, if you wish.

    • 4

      Lay the yardstick lengthwise down the table, perpendicular to the foot rail where the middle diamond is. It should intersect your darkened or chalk mark.

    • 5

      Stick your pool table spot at the intersection.