is picking up the chalk after a miss sharking?

This is a bad habit of mine. I tend to do this a lot but it's mainly out of habit and not me trying to shark the other player.
 
Just a bad habit

More than one piece on the table is a start. I like to have no more than 3 pcs. on the table, however, or things get cluttered.

There is absolutely no reason to pick up the chalk after a missed shot even if you are in the good habit of chalking before every shot. That being the case, sit down. You'll have plenty of time to chalk while you set your game plan when and if you get back to the table.

Rude is a great word. Intentional or unintentional is a mute point. Doesn't matter. No one should have to wait for you to finish chalking or be made to walk to another part of the table because of your bad habit.

I don't get fixated on this, but it can be annoying at times...THE WRONG TIMES! :cool:

What bothers me far more are those that place the chalk face down leaving chalk everywhere to get on your clothes while you're stretching for a shot. But, that's another thread.

Gene
 
We can send a man to the moon!,.................... but no one can invent a tip that won't ever need chalking, or shaping for that matter? Tables would stay clean, clothes too......and less skids!...my hands wouldn't turn blue, and the shaft on the cue would stay clean.....

Gerry
 
By all means get a pocket chalker. It solves several problems: it means you won't have to use inferior chalk, which some places put out to save a few pennies; you won't have to scratch your ferrule chalking with hollowed out chalk; the play of those who feel the need to chalk their cue while you are at the table will be negated.

Cuedog: "What bothers me far more are those that place the chalk face down leaving chalk everywhere to get on your clothes while you're stretching for a shot. But, that's another thread."

I could not agree more. That is very annoying. Add to that the irritating habit some morons have of slamming the chalk on the rail, which shatters the chalk and scatters fragments along the rails and on the table surface.
 
I use a pocket chalker too...mainly because I hate chasing down chalks from the other side of the table...my opponent can chalk away as much as he/she wants and it doesn't bother me one bit....
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vagabond said:
It is an illegal maneuver that causes distraction to your opponent.many times it is intentionally done by the low lifes,loosers,scum of the earth,evil players.Those acts that are considered as illegal ,sometimes are committed inadvertantly by innocent people.
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LOL Vagabond --- I think in most cases that hogging the chalk is done by the clueless, inconsiderate player. When you miss your shot the table and chalk is no longer yours. Compare it to the slob that keeps slapping the cube upside down and dusting the rails. Duhhh

When I know the intent is meant to pi$$ me off I'll often slip the chalk in my pocket after I've chalked. Later after he searches and asks for chalk a couple of times they begin to get it.:cool:
 
It's a pet peeve of mine, especially when there's only one piece of chalk on the table and I have to wait for my opponent to finish before I can chalk. Then again, I've seen a lot of people do it and IMO it's seldom intentional sharking or even a conscious decision. It's just routine. Still bugs me, though.

After your inning is over, you have no need for the chalk. Sit the f**k down and let me shoot.
 
As for sharking, some are and some just don't understand or care about etiquette.

I don't like the idea of sharing chalk much. In the pool leagues I used to play in Australia, placing chalk on the rail was a foul. It may be the same in snooker. Basically everyone carried their own chalk and used magnetic holders, special chalk bags or just kept it in their pockets.

Arguments still occured over players chalking their cues while their opponent was at the table.
 
There is an older player at my bar who shoots while still holding the chalk in his bridge hand. He shoots with an open bridge and he basically holds the chalk with his middle and ring finger tucked under his bridge while his palm is on the table. Somehow he does it but he is not a super player. Sometimes when he misses he walks away from the table and if there is only one chalk on the table you have to go ask him for it. It is annoying and I don't know how or when he developed that habit. Genius.
 
Gerry said:
We can send a man to the moon!,.................... but no one can invent a tip that won't ever need chalking, or shaping for that matter? Tables would stay clean, clothes too......and less skids!...my hands wouldn't turn blue, and the shaft on the cue would stay clean.....

Gerry
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a world without chalk would be horrible :( chalking my cue is so ingrained in my preshot routine I'd have to give up pool if there were no longer any need for it. inconsiderate people who take the chalk when it's not thier turn at the table don't bother me as I always carry my own. It's the @$%@ <insert body part here> who stand at the table and chalk up with the chalk on a string when it's your turn to shoot that really used to get under my skin. when I run across someone that does that now, I usually get the worst piece of chalk in my pocket out and hand it too them and tell them that "now they don't have to try pull the table over to thier chair"
 
UWPoolGod1 said:
There is an older player at my bar who shoots while still holding the chalk in his bridge hand. He shoots with an open bridge and he basically holds the chalk with his middle and ring finger tucked under his bridge while his palm is on the table. Somehow he does it but he is not a super player. Sometimes when he misses he walks away from the table and if there is only one chalk on the table you have to go ask him for it. It is annoying and I don't know how or when he developed that habit. Genius.
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I've been taught to do the same on both an open and closed bridge. It helps me keep a solid bridge and I don't break my bridge early...something that I had a propensity to do.
ruk
 
I've never understood why people take the chalk from the table when they miss. There are some players that do it all the time. It gets annoying having to ask for the chalk back every time they miss when it's the only chalk on the table. If I find myself in that situation, I'll usually go get another piece of chalk. I have been in situations where I thought my opponent was doing it intentionally, so I went and grabbed about 6 pieces of chalk and put them all over the table. That usually puts an end to it. :D
 
You should chalk before your next shot. Not after you miss. If you have your own chalk, its fine. But when you miss, the table and the chalk on the table are no longer yours. You are then interfering with the other persons turn at the table. It would be no different than if your opponent makes a shot and you get up and use the chalk and he would have to wait for you to finish chalking to shoot again. Very inconsiderate!
 
RiverCity said:
I personally have always carried my own chalk, and have had people get pissed when I pick it up as Im walking away from the table. Oh well. But calling it sharking is nonsense. Picking up the only cube of chalk for instance is bad etiquette, not really sharking. Picking up your chalk is neither.
If Im playing on a table with no chalk, Ill get my piece out and an extra for the opponent. My chalk is mine, I hate worn pieces of chalk, and dislike the way most others use chalk, I wear it down in a pattern, not drilling a hole.
People consider too many things sharking. If you are that easily distracted...... you need to work on your concetration instead of your jump shot..... :D
Chuck
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Most 3 cushion tournaments everyone has their own chalk and players aren't allowed to leave theirs on the table after they miss. I once saw a better player loose a game when the opponent kept taking the left chalk and putting it in his pocket or knocking it on the floor.... The guy was so busy trying to find his chalk he forgot the game.

Setting down a piece of chalk in front of your shot is just as bad a walking in front of your shot. Ya it's a chumps way of winning a game.
 
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