Audience Sharking (Unintentional, but INSANE?)

I just messaged Lonnie Fox-Raymond (the voice of the WPBA) about this, as soon as she responds I will post it here.

Lonnie replied in record fashion. If a player were to stand up in that situation and point something out the timekeeper would, in fact, have the ability to reset the shot clock.

What beginner pool tip do you wish you learned sooner?

A good practice routine to teach you tight control of the cue ball is to place all 15 balls scattered around the table but not too close to the rails.

Shoot any ball you want but you have to make all 15 without the cue ball touching another ball or any rail. The only balls that can move during the shot are the cue ball and the object ball.

If you miss or touch a rail or another ball, you lose and must start over with 15 balls.

Audience Sharking (Unintentional, but INSANE?)

It’s not like the woman got up in the middle of her stroke. She had the option to back off until the woman left or sat down, then reset with her preshot routine. Even if there was a shot clock, I would think this would have resulted in a reset shot clock.

Again, I agree with the fact that she had the opportunity but, you can't say you've never been distracted and didn't stand up and reset. Another example for me is: I was in a scotch double tournament a couple of years ago and my partner and I were the highest rated team in the event. Well, we're playing the second highest rated team (third match, both undefeated) and it's hill-hill and I'm on the 9B. 9B is on short rail, 2 inches off center diamond, CB is locked on the rail at the 2nd diamond up, as I get down our opponents are sitting on the bench directly in my view giving each other condolences because it's over then one of them stood up and I looked up at him, looked at the OB and pulled the trigger - missed. Sometimes we just don't do the right thing - but - the people watching should have some common courtesy. Especially in the situation mentioned in this thread, they should've known better.

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