In the league I've been playing we do not allow changing the cue stick between shots. I thought this was a standard rule but I cannot find any reference to it. WPA rules for 14.1 are lame. They don't talk at all about equipment. So is this really a rule? If so by which governing body? I thought maybe it was a BCA rule.
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I have read that rule somewhere, but I can't find it anywhere.
I think it's generally meant for jump cues (jump shots are allowed in 14.1 with your playing cue)
and masse cues and break cues, etc..
I think it's generally meant for jump cues (jump shots are allowed in 14.1 with your playing cue)
and masse cues and break cues, etc..
I think CSI rules may forbid jump cues at 14.1 but the World Standardized Rules do not limit cues in any discipline. Some leagues and events have their own bans.
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Back in the day, if you broke your cue apart, you were conceding.
Masse shots were not allowed and jump shots weren't in anybody's vocabulary.
Miscues were scratches.
Clandestine partners were referred to as being "in the wax".
You never racked your own.
Placing a rack over or near an object ball or on the table to see if its in the rack was not allowed.
Cue ball fouls were a scratch. Object ball fouls you lost your turn but not a point.
Spots were added in at the beginning of the game; not deducted from the total.
Three scratch rule was always in effect and it was your job to inform your opponent that they "were on two".
If you fail to do that, they played on.
Some of these were house rules at Sky Top Billiards in Brooklyn NY; which, by the way, was often frequented by George Balabushka.
Joe
Masse shots were not allowed and jump shots weren't in anybody's vocabulary.
Miscues were scratches.
Clandestine partners were referred to as being "in the wax".
You never racked your own.
Placing a rack over or near an object ball or on the table to see if its in the rack was not allowed.
Cue ball fouls were a scratch. Object ball fouls you lost your turn but not a point.
Spots were added in at the beginning of the game; not deducted from the total.
Three scratch rule was always in effect and it was your job to inform your opponent that they "were on two".
If you fail to do that, they played on.
Some of these were house rules at Sky Top Billiards in Brooklyn NY; which, by the way, was often frequented by George Balabushka.
Joe
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“Back in the day”, the issue of changing cues never came up, since no one ever had more than one. We could ‘hover’ with the rack, but not place it (room owners would never allow drawing on the cloth). Likely that shouldn’t have even been allowed though, since it probably qualifies as ‘improper use of equipment’. OB or CB, any foul was a scratch. A miscue by itself was never a scratch, since the referee (your opponent) couldn’t be sure of ferule contact back then, and the shooter (who always received the benefit of the doubt) couldn’t either. Of course, many times a miscued CB never got to a rail, etc., thus the ’scratch’.
Where I learned, the table guys always marked the head string, long string (from the spot to the foot rail), and the triangle outline as the last part of changing the cloth. The rules require the triangle outline to be marked. If that rule is violated, you do the best you can by any means to determine in/out of the break ball.
IMHO, any rule requiring marking the cloth is rather silly. The referee (generally, your honorable opponent), decides (to the best of his ability) where balls are spotted, whether a ball is in the kitchen or in the rack, etc. If you want to risk leaving a break ball too close, and a clumsy ref disturbs it while racking…tough luck for you. It goes to the headspot.
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Skills not practiced, soon disappear. Grade school kids once all typically mastered long division. Without a calculator, now few adults could likely do simple addition.
It's absolutely the standard way all major tournaments were run back in the 70s and 80s. It's according to the official rules.
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WPA rules 1.3 Player’s use of equipment:
”(a) Cue Stick – The player is permitted to switch between cue sticks during the match, such as break, jump and normal cues. He may use either a built-in extender or an add-on extender to increase the length of the stick.”
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”(a) Cue Stick – The player is permitted to switch between cue sticks during the match, such as break, jump and normal cues. He may use either a built-in extender or an add-on extender to increase the length of the stick.”
Rules|WPA Pool
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