legal one pckt break?
- Thread starter alphadog
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My understanding is that you can bank the cue into the stack and that a lot of people do that to push the balls to their side.
I bet someone with more experience will chime in shortly though, so just wait a minute. You'll get more answers than you will know what to do with.
I bet someone with more experience will chime in shortly though, so just wait a minute. You'll get more answers than you will know what to do with.
No, all that is need is for a ball to hit a rail after contact.
From onepocket.org rules:
2.2 The opening break begins with ball in hand behind the head string. On the break, the cue ball may contact either a cushion or any ball in the rack first, but in either case, after contacting at least one ball, an object ball must be pocketed, or the cue ball or at least one object ball must contact a rail, otherwise it is a one foul penalty. As long as a legal stroke is employed from behind the head string on the break, the incoming player must play the balls where they lie – there are no re-racks for a pocket scratch or failure to contact a cushion or pocket a ball on the break.
2.2 The opening break begins with ball in hand behind the head string. On the break, the cue ball may contact either a cushion or any ball in the rack first, but in either case, after contacting at least one ball, an object ball must be pocketed, or the cue ball or at least one object ball must contact a rail, otherwise it is a one foul penalty. As long as a legal stroke is employed from behind the head string on the break, the incoming player must play the balls where they lie – there are no re-racks for a pocket scratch or failure to contact a cushion or pocket a ball on the break.
Same in other rule sets
Likewise under BCAPL (CSI) rules - contacting cushion first OK. Also the same in the version of 1P in the current BCA book. World Standardized Rules do not address 1P.
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On a side note - anyone know someone in charge at onepocket.org? The DESPERATELY need some site updates. Their "Play" page refers readers to lessons with Grady...seriously??? An oversight I know, but really - c'mon!!!
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Likewise under BCAPL (CSI) rules - contacting cushion first OK. Also the same in the version of 1P in the current BCA book. World Standardized Rules do not address 1P.
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On a side note - anyone know someone in charge at onepocket.org? The DESPERATELY need some site updates. Their "Play" page refers readers to lessons with Grady...seriously??? An oversight I know, but really - c'mon!!!
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