Using a bridge
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Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that if this occurs while in your forward stroke to strike the cueball it is a foul.
If you are merely setting up for your shot and the impeding ball is NOT bumped into the cueball, your opponent has the option of replacing it where he/she feels that it belongs.
Edit: Upon further consideration, the above might only be the case if there is a referee present. Otherwise, it might just be cueball fouls only.
If you are merely setting up for your shot and the impeding ball is NOT bumped into the cueball, your opponent has the option of replacing it where he/she feels that it belongs.
Edit: Upon further consideration, the above might only be the case if there is a referee present. Otherwise, it might just be cueball fouls only.
Why Aren't Major Rules in a Sticky?
Here's the link to the rules. I don't know why it isn't in a sticky.
World Pool-Billiard Association
World Standardized Rules
You want page 6, "Fouls", where you'll find this:
6.6 Touched Ball
It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of any object ball except by the normal ball-to-ball contacts during shots. It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of the cue ball except when it is in hand or by the normal tip-to-ball forward stroke contact of a shot. The shooter is responsible for the equipment he controls at the table, such as chalk, bridges, clothing, his hair, parts of his body, and the cue ball when it is in hand, that may be involved in such fouls. If such a foul is accidental, it is a standard foul, but if it is intentional, it is 6.16 Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
and "Regulations", where you'll find this:
20. Cue ball fouls only
If there is no referee presiding over a match, it may be played using cue ball fouls only. That is, touching or moving any ball other than the cue ball would not be a foul unless it changes the outcome of the shot by either touching another ball or having any ball, including the cue ball, going through the area originally occupied by the moved ball. If this does not happen, then the opposing player must be given the option of either leaving the ball where it lies or replacing the ball as near as possible to its original position to the agreement of both players. If a player shoots without giving his opponent the option to replace, it will be a foul resulting in cue ball in hand for the opponent.
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cshots said:Under BCA rules when using a mechanical bridge, what is the ruling when your shaft just brushes the ball you are jacked up over? Is it a foul, or is the OB replaced back to its original position and the shooter keeps shooting?
thanks
Here's the link to the rules. I don't know why it isn't in a sticky.
World Pool-Billiard Association
World Standardized Rules
You want page 6, "Fouls", where you'll find this:
6.6 Touched Ball
It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of any object ball except by the normal ball-to-ball contacts during shots. It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of the cue ball except when it is in hand or by the normal tip-to-ball forward stroke contact of a shot. The shooter is responsible for the equipment he controls at the table, such as chalk, bridges, clothing, his hair, parts of his body, and the cue ball when it is in hand, that may be involved in such fouls. If such a foul is accidental, it is a standard foul, but if it is intentional, it is 6.16 Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
and "Regulations", where you'll find this:
20. Cue ball fouls only
If there is no referee presiding over a match, it may be played using cue ball fouls only. That is, touching or moving any ball other than the cue ball would not be a foul unless it changes the outcome of the shot by either touching another ball or having any ball, including the cue ball, going through the area originally occupied by the moved ball. If this does not happen, then the opposing player must be given the option of either leaving the ball where it lies or replacing the ball as near as possible to its original position to the agreement of both players. If a player shoots without giving his opponent the option to replace, it will be a foul resulting in cue ball in hand for the opponent.
pj
chgo
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