The objective is to hit the cue ball so that it strikes one or more object balls, either driving them to a pocket, or at least making them hit a cushion. A scratch is a term used to denote a foul, and broadly refers to hitting the cue ball into a pocket or driving it off the table. What does ball-in-hand mean? The standard foul penalty is that the next player gets the ball in hand , and quite literally too. It means for the next shot, you can just pick up the cue ball with your hand and place it wherever you like on the table.
How much freedom he is allowed in choosing where to put the ball depends on the type of league and its rules. But in professional leagues, it is usually the whole table. Committing a standard foul and giving your opponent a ball in hand is bad as it is. If you do that, you lose the game!
Yeah, you heard right. Game over! What if you scratch on the cue ball by hitting it into a pocket? Well again, depending on the exact situation it can mean different things. The first possibility is that you sink the white ball on the break the beginning of the game. At least not in professional style leagues.
This means that the other player is still free to decide if he wants to shoot solids or stripes regardless of any object balls you may have pocketed because you scratched. But in some bar leagues, they have a rule stating that scratching on the break means automatically losing the game.
Now that can be really embarrassing! If you scratch on the cue ball anytime in the middle of the game you lose your turn and you will get a penalty. The penalty is that the opponent gets the ball in hand. Usually, by professional league rules, he can place the ball anywhere on the table. The ones manufactured in Singapore are actually psychic. The Magic 8 Ball is no more psychic than a coin toss. There are no known forces tying the movement of the sided die inside the ball to anything you say in its vicinity although if you speak loudly enough, maybe you can make it vibrate a little.
An 8 ball also commonly called eight ball is approximately an eighth of an ounce ranging from 3 to 3. The Magic 8-Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an eight-ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is currently manufactured by Mattel. Eight Ball is a call shot game played with a cue ball and fifteen object balls, numbered 1 through One player must pocket balls of the group numbered 1 through 7 solid colors , while the other player has 9 thru 15 stripes.
On each shot the first ball the cue ball contacts must be the lowest-numbered ball on the table, but the balls need not be pocketed in order. If a player pockets any ball on a legal shot, he remains at the table for another shot, and continues until he misses, fouls, or wins the game by pocketing the 9-ball. Pool balls are used to play various pool games, such as eight-ball, nine-ball and straight pool.
Some games such as nine-ball do not distinguish between stripes and solids, but rather use the numbering on the balls to determine which object ball must be pocketed. Carom, or French, billiards One of the white balls plain or spot serves as the cue ball for each player, the red ball and other white ball serving as his object balls. In a variety of the game called three-cushion billiards, the cue ball must also touch a cushion or cushions three or more times to complete a carom.
Pool Balls are made out of polyester or phenolic resin. Phenolic resin, the better material, is used only by 1 ball maker worldwide, Saluc which manufacturers the Aramith brand of billiard balls.
A safety shot is defined as a legal shot. Any ball pocketed on a safety shot remains pocketed. It is a foul when a player scratches on the break, or deflects the cue ball prior to hitting the racked balls.
The incoming player receives Cue ball in hand behind the headstring. When placing the cue ball in position, any forward stroke motion contacting the cue ball will be a foul, if not a legal shot. Coaching is a foul. Any member of a team called for coaching will result in a foul on the team member shooting. After the cue ball makes contact with the frozen ball, the shot must result in either:. A ball which is touching a cushion at the start of a shot and then is forced into a cushion attached to the same rail is not considered to have been driven to that cushion unless it leaves the cushion, contacts another ball, and then contacts the cushion again.
An object ball is not considered frozen to a cushion unless it is examined and announced as such by either the referee or one of the players prior to that object ball being involved in a shot. Only opponent may replace the ball moved as closely as possible or leave it where it rests. If the shooter replaces the moved ball, it will be considered a foul. With cue ball in hand, touching any object ball with the cue ball is a foul or touching any object ball with your hand while touching the cue ball is a foul.
After a scratch on a legal break, if a player positions the cue ball completely and obviously outside the kitchen and shoots it is a foul. Only the players involved may call a foul. In the event of a foul call, the opposing player receives cue ball in hand anywhere on the table. This means that the player can place the cue ball anywhere on the table the cue ball does not have to be behind the headstring except on opening break or immediately after a foul on the break. A player must stop shooting when a foul is called.
If a player refuses to yield to a foul call, the opposing captain may protest. The game is played with one cue ball and 15 numbered object balls. You do not have to touch or move the marker if it is already at your intended pocket E. PLAY 1. Pocketing the 8-ball when it is not the legal object ball except on an opening break. Pocketing the 8-ball on the same stroke as the last of his group of balls. Jumping or knocking the 8-ball off the table at any time.
Pocketing the 8-ball in a pocket other than the one designated. Fouling while pocketing the 8-ball in the designated pocket. Third infraction of the slow play rule. Not correctly marking the pocket while pocketing the 8-ball. LEGAL SHOTS On all shots exception: page 11C and on the break , the shooter must hit one of his group of balls first and 1 pocket any group ball, or 2 cause the cue ball or any other ball to contact a rail.
Failure to make a legal shot as noted above.
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