On further reading of the tournament rules, paragraph C5 - 2 - b, the rules state "except as prohibited in section C 5 - 2 - c below, during your opponents inning you may quietly discuss ANYTHING you wish with your team. All discussion and communication must stop immediately when your opponents inning ends."
During my twenty five years playing BCA pool league and BCAPL, it has always been my understanding you may NOT discuss your game with your team at any time whether you or your opponent is at the table. Guess I need to contact Bill Stock on this question. What is your interpretation?
Lyn
Lyn,
The coaching rules for "team" play, where only
one person from the team is shooting in a particular game, has not changed. No coaching while the player is at the table.
The coaching rules for scotch doubles
HAS changed this year.
From the
2016 BCAPL National Championships Tournament Regulations
RULE C5-1a ... COACHING (Scotch Doubles)
Open communication/coaching
IS permitted between teammates during their turn at the table.
However,
the non-shooting player must remain in or at his/her chair and may not approach the table.
My guess is that the folks at CSI are trying to align the rules as much as possible with how the pros play. In the Mosconi Cup, scotch doubles teammates constantly talk to each other when they are at the table. But in an amateur event such as the BCAPL Nationals where referees are not scrutinizing every table, I feel that allowing coaching in scotch doubles will open up too many cans of worms.