DaWizard
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FOULS IN POOL ... Everything You Need to Know
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What? No belly fouls?
Good point. I should have recruited one of my overweight team members to help me with a demo of this. They have drank much more beer than me over the years.
That was an obvious foul. It is one of the shots I feature and discuss in this video:
Many more can be found here:
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Here is an excellent discussion of the rules from the point of view of a head referee. It would be nice if every player watched this.
If you hit an opponent’s ball first, it is a foul, rewarding ball in hand to your opponent. But sometimes it is good strategy to play an intentional foul like this.
There is no 3-shot rule in 8-ball.
The counter does not reset, but you must be warned (before you shoot) that your next foul will result in loss of game.
The rules are available at https://wpapool.com/rules-of-play/
The part about three fouls (in Section 6) says in part:
The referee must warn a shooter who is on two fouls when he comes to the table that he is on
two fouls. Otherwise a possible third foul will be considered to be only the second.
Agree
% and thank you for the yet again informative videos and postings!!
You da mane, Doc!!
In a recent carom finals, there was an interesting situation. It could also happen in pool.
The hometown favorite came to the table after a close miss by his opponent that had a double kiss at the end. He got down to shoot, but he was going to shoot the wrong ball. The hometown crowd, seeing this, started to make a lot of noise. The player figured something was wrong and got up off the shot. Then he saw he was on the wrong ball.
If a single spectator had shouted out, ""Wrong ball!" you could eject them, but what do you do about most of the audience? And then there is the problem of whether a foul occurred.
In the end, the player used one of his time outs and then missed on purpose, shooting the correct ball.
Go to 1:48:40 in this video
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The hometown favorite came to the table after a close miss by his opponent that had a double kiss at the end. He got down to shoot, but he was going to shoot the wrong ball. The hometown crowd, seeing this, started to make a lot of noise. The player figured something was wrong and got up off the shot. Then he saw he was on the wrong ball.
If a single spectator had shouted out, ""Wrong ball!" you could eject them, but what do you do about most of the audience? And then there is the problem of whether a foul occurred.
In the end, the player used one of his time outs and then missed on purpose, shooting the correct ball.
Go to 1:48:40 in this video
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I watched this video recently on youtube.
And it made me realize i needed a refresher. While watching that video my first thought was "wait isnt that a push, are we allowed to do this?"
I watched your video at the start of this thread and it helped refresh my memory and clarify exactly what a push is. Even though i've played bca rules since the begining, some of the rules and fouls that don't come up in the average game can start to fade from memory. Or were never learned properly to begin with. For example I did not even know it was against the rules to have your cue on the table with having your hand on it.
Just a week ago a buddy was lining up his shot and used a piece of chalk to help, then walked back to the other side to shoot. I did not even know that was against the rules.
Thank you for your great video.
Dan
I watched your video at the start of this thread and it helped refresh my memory and clarify exactly what a push is. Even though i've played bca rules since the begining, some of the rules and fouls that don't come up in the average game can start to fade from memory. Or were never learned properly to begin with. For example I did not even know it was against the rules to have your cue on the table with having your hand on it.
Just a week ago a buddy was lining up his shot and used a piece of chalk to help, then walked back to the other side to shoot. I did not even know that was against the rules.
Thank you for your great video.
Dan
Watching. In before, "It's ok. they're frozen."
Most pool players don't read the rules, so you are not alone in not knowing some of the "details."
FYI, if you want to learn a lot more about throw and see many more useful throw shots, check out my online throw tutorial, especially these two videos:
You know whats funny, i actually have a small hand held bca rule rulebook in my pool case. probably from 20 years ago when we would argue about a rule.
You need to get a new book or use the online version here. The rules have changed in the last 20 years, and they will continue to change.
This video has a bunch of unusual foul/rule situations, along with some unusual shots.