Rule question
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world pool association rules
yes it is a foul to let go of the cue
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6.12 Cue Stick on the Table
If the shooter uses his cue stick in order to align a shot by placing it on the table without
having a hand on the stick, it is a foul.
yes it is a foul to let go of the cue
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6.12 Cue Stick on the Table
If the shooter uses his cue stick in order to align a shot by placing it on the table without
having a hand on the stick, it is a foul.
Gonna depend on what rules you play by. One rule book very recently, last year or so, made it legal. I think BCA but I have just read about it a few times on here. If you do a search on here you can probably get better details. Try Bob Jewett as the user in an advanced search, I'm pretty sure he was in some of those threads.
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Always been a foul as long as i've played.
Not only a foul but in some joints somebody might steal it. lol
You are allowed to use your cue as a pointing device, you are not allowed to use it as a measuring device.
I think the player should be able to use his hands, arms, and cue to line up shots in any way he chooses.
Players sometimes measure the distance of a ball from a cushion with their cue and then form the mirror image on the other side of the nose of the rail. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes line the cue up with diamonds to find the 2:1 simple kicking ratio. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes place their cue tip on the cloth in the "inch and an eighth" position. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes hold the stick over the object ball and on the line to the pocket so they can more easily visualize the tangent line off the OB. Should that be illegal?
Golfers sometimes use their putters as plumb bobs. Is that forbidden? Should it be? A club is not built or intended to be a plumb bob.
Players sometimes measure the distance of a ball from a cushion with their cue and then form the mirror image on the other side of the nose of the rail. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes line the cue up with diamonds to find the 2:1 simple kicking ratio. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes place their cue tip on the cloth in the "inch and an eighth" position. Should that be illegal? Players sometimes hold the stick over the object ball and on the line to the pocket so they can more easily visualize the tangent line off the OB. Should that be illegal?
Golfers sometimes use their putters as plumb bobs. Is that forbidden? Should it be? A club is not built or intended to be a plumb bob.
To plumb bob with your putter, you still have to hold the golf club so your hand has to contact the club.
I agree that this is a foul, if the cue it laid down on the table.
That is why you carry your cue to its resting place and pick up the jump stick from its resting place in one move.
you cannot take your hand off it and have it on the table
You all are forgetting about the part in those rules that says “use his cue stick to align a shot…” It isn’t a foul, under those rules, to lay your stick on the table to go get an extension.
Under CSI league rules it’s not even a foul to lay the cue down to align a shot (Section 1-3 use of equipment).
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The foul is if you use the stick "in order to align a shot by placing it on the table without having a hand on the stick." (WPA 6.12) Just putting it on the table while you go get something or go to the restroom in not using it to align a shot and should not be a foul.
The BCA rules referenced the WPA rules, you cant let go of the cue. The BCAPL/CSI rules say your hand does not need to be held. That must be a recent change, I generally review the rules periodically and have never seen where you can let go of the cue.