Where is the rule banning the "lift stroke" and the "sideways stroke" for close balls?

[Bob Jewett]

,,, we allow almost straight up and down masse shots and jump shots that may or may not be more vertical than forward. so that is not being consistent.
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Forward is defined as the direction from the bumper to the tip. It is in the plane of the cue stick.

 

[maha]

which seems wrong for the most part. using forward motion as a deciding factor.

you can shoot straight down on the cueball but not straight up.

but could line up behind the cue ball and stroke towards it and when at its lowest point raise up just like the illegal shot, but the majority of your stroke was forward action. as what the rule seems to state. i think anyway.

just stirring the pot on the plethora of new rules or tournament rules that are constantly changing pool.

 

[straightline]

Were I a player, I'd stick to making custom games. Unless of course, I didn't feel like it.

 

[maha]

ive been playing for a long time and almost never even have had a discussion about whether a shot is legal or not.

and none of the new rules they put in one pocket has ever been needed that couldn't be worked out in a minute between parties.

 

[jay helfert]

At least the way I shoot it, the cue is aimed at my belly button, and if I slip...
But usually I don't shoot it that hard.

It's obvious you are not familiar with this shot. Done correctly, using only one hand holding the ferrule it is a very easy shot to execute. The butt of the cue lays on the table. The actual stroke is a delicate little tap, no sweeping up and down or swiping sideways.

All the physics in the world won't teach you everything about pool. I learned from the masters, not from calculators or the like. You learn something new every day!

 

[skogstokig]

Ferrel is a word, but I think it's used only very rarely to mean a sleeve that prevents splitting. It is listed in one dictionary as an archaic variant of ferrule. It's generally confusing to use archaic variants.

Did you know that the Y in Ye Olde Shoppe should be pronounced "th" because it represents the archaic English letter "thorn": þ? Some people want to bring it back, or as they put it: Bring back þe letter þorn!

i didn't know that, interesting. makes sense considering english and icelandic are the only germanic languages that use th/þ (rather than d).

 

[GideonF]

which seems wrong for the most part. using forward motion as a deciding factor.

you can shoot straight down on the cueball but not straight up.

. You actually can shoot straight up. Dr Dave has a video where the CB is in the jaws of a pocket with the mesh pockets and you can actually shoot though the gaps in the mesh pocket and hit the underside of the CB.