BCAPL "ball in hand" error or poor choice

tatcat2000 said:
Not so much. Under both BCAPL and WSR, any part of the tip may be used, including the "front" or "top", depending on how you want to describe it. The test for a foul is a "forward stroke motion" of the cue. However, I don't recommend the practice. BCAPL 1-38-1 and WSR 1.5 second sentence apply.

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This always worries me enough that I'll tell my opponent, (if I choose to adjust the position of the CB with my stick) "I'm adjusting", kind of like in chess. And make sure he acknowledges it. Generally, I won't adjust with the stick unless I'm already stretched out on the shot, and don't want to go around to move the CB again. Too easy to have an "oops" with the stick, and then hand the CB back.
 
One final public apology to the OP...and bad again on me and my original post and my post #20 (I didn't pay attention to his terminology of "shot begins".) OP's proposed language is, in fact, almost perfect. The new edition reflects the information. We did stick with "stroke" instead of "shot", but there is now a reference pinning down the moment of tip contact.

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A player with BIH has a lot of leeway to place the CB, get down on the shot and take warm up strokes, come off the shot and re-locate the CB, etc.

So the way the rule will be written it will clear it is a foul for a player with BIH to make contact with the CB during a warm up stroke, correct? I mean it's always been that way since the definitions of shot and stroke say nothing about intent (to put the CB in play).
 
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DogsPlayingPool said:
A player with BIH has a lot of leeway to place the CB, get down on the shot and take warm up strokes, come off the shot and re-locate the CB, etc.

So the way the rule will be written it will clear it is a foul for a player with BIH to make contact with the CB during a warm up stroke, correct? I mean it's always been that way since the definitions of shot and stroke say nothing about intent (to put the CB in play).
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Yes. There is no change in intent - just some slightly more specific language.

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tatcat2000 said:
One final public apology to the OP...[...] OP's proposed language is, in fact, almost perfect. The new edition reflects the information[...]

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Thanks for the courtesy of your later replies. I know and appreciate the effort it takes to write good rules.
 
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