The way 9balll should be played...

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Mowem down

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Lag for break.
Rack 9 on the spot.
Rack balls in same order everytime, 153697248. 6or7 and 2or4 can be on either side.
Races to 7, 9, 11, 13
Call pocket, no nine on the break
If shooter misses incoming player can roll out or have the player that missed shoot from where they lay, he can not push.
If you call safe the incoming player has to shoot from how they lay.
After break you shoot again if you poccket a ball or not. unless you foul.
You can push after the break
Same player breaks twice in a row
Where you break from does not matter
3 balls past side pocket on break, make a ball and get 2 passed or make more than 1 ball.
Rack with triangle only
Breaker racks

Pro tourneys should be all balls foul. Cue ball foul only for hacks like me

I'm fine with winner breaks but some peole want to be sure and see both players have a chance.

Bigger tourneys should be longer races with the same guy breaking 3 racks in a row ( that way you can see a guy at least put the heat of a 3 pack on a guy ) win by 2.
 
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I like...loser breaks and rack your own any way you want.

No three foul rule.

And hit them hard and luck shots count.

Maximum one minute between shots unless you get a phone call from mom.:p
 
Are you saying if the shooter misses and it gets safe, I can pass it back to him and he's obliged to take it, even if it means kicking at it?

I can get wanting to remove lucky safeties, but if you miss it's often not your fault if the cue ball is hidden from the missed ball. The incoming player doesn't deserve to get shafted but maybe the shooter doesn't either.

What about incoming player can push after any miss, with the usual push options available to the guy who missed?
 
Mowem down said:
Lag for break.
Rack 9 on the spot.
Rack balls in same order everytime, 153697248. 6or7 and 2or4 can be on either side.
Races to 7, 9, 11, 13
Call pocket, no nine on the break
If shooter misses incoming player can roll out or have the player that missed shoot from where they lay, he can not push.
If you call safe the incoming player has to shoot from how they lay.
After break you shoot again if you poccket a ball or not. unless you foul.
You can push after the break
Same player breaks twice in a row
Where you break from does not matter
3 balls past side pocket on break, make a ball and get 2 passed or make more than 1 ball.
Rack with triangle only
Breaker racks

Pro tourneys should be all balls foul. Cue ball foul only for hacks like me

I'm fine with winner breaks but some peole want to be sure and see both players have a chance.

Bigger tourneys should be longer races with the same guy breaking 3 racks in a row ( that way you can see a guy at least put the heat of a 3 pack on a guy ) win by 2.
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Why??????????
 
Um, we have SBE10-ball for most of those rules.

And if you want to be able to shoot after the break - make a ball, or play Patrick Johnson's 9-ball rules (iirc).
 
These are oldschool 9/10 ball rules... These rules used to be used for 9 ball, but then the game changed so they created 10 ball instead to adopte these rules so they could have the same game they used it.

These are not new rules, just rarely used ones.
 
My Buddies and I play 8 ball, ball in hand for your opponent if you MISS a shot. Not just for fouls. Helps my buddies learn more about making balls and cueball control for shape.
 
Is the object of your rules, to take luck out of the game? I'm just curious as to your motivation for the rules changes. If it is to take luck out of the game, have you ever looked up Grady Mathews 9-Ball rules. You may find them appealing.
Here they are, explained by Grady.

"Grady's 9 Ball Rules
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I have had seven tournaments using these rules. The games were not slowed down and more than 90% of the players loved the rules.
One year at the US Open 9-Ball a vote was taken among the 99 players in attendance. 98 of them voted for my rules and everything went very smoothly.
Mike Sigel, Wade Crane, Nick Varner, and I, at the behest of the then MPBA, were commissioned to come up with the best rules. We worked independently of each other, yet with only minor differences we came up with pretty much the same rules. They were never used.
I think it's disgraceful for a player to miss a ball badly and win a game or a match because of it. My rules will again be used at our Senior tournament in Naples, Florida in June.
If anybody wants to see how they work in real tournament play my back pocket 9 ball tournament and the senior event that I had in Portland, Maine featured these rules. Accu-Stats has tapes from these tournaments. Without further ado, here they are:

It's call shot but it is not necessary to call obvious shots.
Only one ball may be called on one shot.
If the called ball is pocketed legally, everything else that might go is good.
If a plyer misses a called shot, his opponent has the option of taking the shot or having his opponent shoot again.
Nothing spots up except the 9 ball.
If a player calls "safe" and inadvertently pockets a ball(s), his opponent has the option of taking the shot or having his opponent shoot again.
A player may not call safe and pocket a ball.
While this is not a foul, remember that the opponent will have "option".
Players rack their own balls.
They may also have a friend rack the balls for them.
An opponent may not rack the balls.
The nine ball must be pocketed last to win the game.
Where not mentioned herein the general rules of pocket billiards shall apply. "


Peace....
 
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Good rules

The main rules needed are being able to give back slop safes and making it called pocket.

I am strongly for winner breaks. Packages are exciting. If you are down by a large margin, winning and holding the break is the best way to the winner'circle.When winner break is taken both of these exciting aspects of competition are lost. If a guy breaks are runs 7 out so be it.
 
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