The rules state "On all shots, player must cause the cue ball to contact an object ball, and then the cue ball or object ball must contact a cushion." Ok....does that mean that after I pocket a ball, the cue ball must contact a cushion?
Below it the entire list of rules:
RULES OF PLAY
A legally executed shot, conforming to the requirements of "Scoring", entitles the shooter to continue at the table until he fails to legally execute and score on a shot. On all shots, player must cause the cue ball to contact an object ball, and then the cue ball or object ball must contact a cushion. Failure to do so is a foul. At the completion of each shot, any pocketed object balls are spotted on their same positions as at the start of the game. If the appropriate position is occupied, the ball(s) in question remain off the table until the correct position is vacant after a shot. If, however, the 1 ball would be held out as a player with exactly 100 points is to shoot, the balls are all placed as at the start of the game, and the player shoots with cue ball in hand behind the head string. When a player scores his 90th point, the shot must score the number of points exactly needed to reach 90; if the shot producing the 90th point also scores a point(s) in excess of 90 for the player, the shot is a foul. When a player is playing for points 91 through 100 (which must all be scored on caroms solely), it is a foul to pocket an object ball on a shot. When a player is playing for his 101st point, it is a foul if the cue ball fails to contact the 1 ball, or if the cue ball contacts any other object ball. When a player pockets the cue ball on an otherwise legal shot, and according to the special requirements given in "Scoring" for counting the 101st point, pocketing the cue ball on such a shot on the 101st point is not a foul. Player loses the game if he fouls in each of three consecutive
Below it the entire list of rules:
RULES OF PLAY
A legally executed shot, conforming to the requirements of "Scoring", entitles the shooter to continue at the table until he fails to legally execute and score on a shot. On all shots, player must cause the cue ball to contact an object ball, and then the cue ball or object ball must contact a cushion. Failure to do so is a foul. At the completion of each shot, any pocketed object balls are spotted on their same positions as at the start of the game. If the appropriate position is occupied, the ball(s) in question remain off the table until the correct position is vacant after a shot. If, however, the 1 ball would be held out as a player with exactly 100 points is to shoot, the balls are all placed as at the start of the game, and the player shoots with cue ball in hand behind the head string. When a player scores his 90th point, the shot must score the number of points exactly needed to reach 90; if the shot producing the 90th point also scores a point(s) in excess of 90 for the player, the shot is a foul. When a player is playing for points 91 through 100 (which must all be scored on caroms solely), it is a foul to pocket an object ball on a shot. When a player is playing for his 101st point, it is a foul if the cue ball fails to contact the 1 ball, or if the cue ball contacts any other object ball. When a player pockets the cue ball on an otherwise legal shot, and according to the special requirements given in "Scoring" for counting the 101st point, pocketing the cue ball on such a shot on the 101st point is not a foul. Player loses the game if he fouls in each of three consecutive
