I'd call that a miscue. Is a miscue a foul?
No it isn't. Savy players can miscue on purpose in situations where a normal stroke wouldn't get the same results
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I'd call that a miscue. Is a miscue a foul?
No it isn't. Savy players can miscue on purpose in situations where a normal stroke wouldn't get the same results
Practice your stroke
Usually when you double hit the CB on a scoop you can feel it and should call the foul on yourself.
It’s not always a double hit on a scoop, and sometimes it is. You can usually feel
It or hear it. Occasionally it’s not possible to determine.
Good luck
Fatboy
Back in the bar room 8 ball days, intentional yet accidental looking miscues were a prized talent. :thumbup:
Which rule books? Just curious. I don't think I've ever seen this in any rule book. Intentional miscues, yes, but not unintentional miscues, unless the miscue results in a bad hit or no hit or a scratch. Maybe that rule has changed and I should brush up on all the rules to make sure nothing else has changed.
Maybe we need a rule that you can’t benefit from a miscue. That might be easier to determine than your intent.Back in the bar room 8 ball days, intentional yet accidental looking miscues were a prized talent. :thumbup:
Maybe we need a rule that you can’t benefit from a miscue. That might be easier to determine than your intent.
pj
chgo
There some other rare situations where a miscue is a good alternative.With modern rule sets, the only really beneficial intentional miscue is the scoop jump. ...
Seems you could get a similar result (artificially soft hit) by miscuing to the side (at the CB's edge) with a normal stroke. I'd call that an intentional miscue foul.There some other rare situations where a miscue is a good alternative.
At snooker, where intentional miscues are not only allowed but applauded, miscues are used to get very soft hits on the cue ball by lining up with the tip partly outside the cue ball. The ball goes more or less perpendicular to the stick line.
The pool technique for a similar situation is the "stick lift" in which the tip is placed on the cloth under the edge of the ball and then the stick is lifted straight up to get a very soft contact. This is currently ruled a foul because it is not a "stroke" which is defined as a forward motion of the cue (along its axis) but the shot is also a miscue (tip slips on ball).
Seems you could get a similar result (artificially soft hit) by miscuing to the side (at the CB's edge) with a normal stroke. I'd call that an intentional miscue foul.
pj <- never thought to try it
chgo
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger - I saw a pro do that in a tournament (Parica? Tadd? - Los Angeles, ~1993).Great advice FB. Hell I've scooped a cue ball over my object ball, which at the time, was unfortunately the 8 ball, and right into the pocket (on the fly) that the 8 ball was supposed to go in.
Is a miscue a foul?
Usually not.No it isn't.
Then it would be a foul.Savy players can miscue on purpose in situations where a normal stroke wouldn't get the same results