Nonsense. They're "considered" just what they are: two balls in contact.To void the foul stigma on a frozen cue ball, the CB and OB must be considered a single entity.
Even though it was frozen with cue ball?
In normal play there is nothing to consider. Taken in context of the frozen ball exceptions, the rule is full of holes. As I recall, the rule has flip flopped a couple times over the years too.Nonsense. They're "considered" just what they are: two balls in contact.
"Behaving like" a single ball (both leaving the tip together) isn't the same as being "considered a single ball".
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Yes. The rule is that if you make the frozen object ball move by shooting the cue ball at least partly into it, then you get credit for hitting it, even though someone could argue that you haven't exactly hit it.The rule most people first learn about playing pool is you must hit your object ball.
But that doesn't apply when the balls are frozen.
Yes.Ok thanks , so the object ball has to move even though it is frozen to cue ball and a ball must hit a rail for it to be a legal shot
Didn’t know that about the carom rules….didn’t know it could be the player’s option.A small nit here PT.... It's a hit only if it is to the advantage of the player. Shooting away from black when on reds is not a foul.
And to complete the idea.... At carom billiards what happens with a frozen ball depends on the game. You are never allowed to shoot into a frozen ball and you are not even allowed to shoot into a frozen rail. In the case of the cue ball frozen to an object ball, what happens depends on the game. At 3-cushion, the two balls are spotted at the shooter's option. At another form, you can either shoot away or have all three balls spotted, and at another form all three balls are spotted without option.
I wish more people had this attitude. Good for you.The other team captain was so sure it wasn’t a
Foul , not worth fighting about
What Bob said. Shooting "away" is a snooker rule. You would be amazed what they call a push or double hit.
Is there a video of some of the problem shots that seem to have been uncalled push shots?there is a bigger discussion on the opposite actually, how often snooker players get away with push shots