What are your local rules for 9 ball
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Although I never understood why jump shots are allowed but push shots after the break aren't. APA has some oddball rules.
Also, you almost need a CPA to keep score. Innings, safes, balls made, dead balls, etc. But it does make for a good game.
Well, jump shots with your playing cue, but not with a jump cue, are allowed.. makes it kinda tricky, but skillful. As for pushouts, I asked my LO about that, too.. she basically said it's just another thing that would benefit the higher skill level players the most and they try to make the game more inviting to people that are most likely to play - the mid-range and below. That's understandable and I don't mind a little more challenge.
The scoring can be a little intensive, but sometimes it gives you something to do between matches.
In non-APA 9-ball rules, the shooter has the option to Push as the first shot immediately after the break. If the shooter calls it, he/she does not have to hit the lowest ball first and does not have to hit a rail.
The incoming player (i.e., the one that did not push) then has the option of accepting the table as is or giving it back to the other guy.
Hahaha! The hubby and I started tracking our innings for the first time last night. We played 16 matches. I won all of them with (thanks to my handicap). He had 10 deadballs I had 1. I didn't track safeties (I just forgot). But every once in a while... My numbers didn't line up. (Loren 3 Eric 2, but there's 3 balls on the table and I should have 4
). I always gave him the extra points. There was no saving him though. :rotflmao1:
As you get used to it, keeping score becomes.....well, not easy, but not difficult.
You track total dead balls, doesn't matter whose they were. So long as your total scores of both players, plus total dead balls add up to a multiple of ten, you know you're ok. Of course that's when you find that you missed one somewhere.... When we started our 9-ball division, many of us would mark the ball number above the tally mark on the scoresheet (in small writing, of course), just we could make sure we got them all. And if we missed one, it was easier to figure it out ("who made the 3?" for example).
Sounds complicated, but it actually isn't that bad, once you get used to it. The biggest challenge is paying attention, so you don't miss anything. Unlike scoring 8-ball, where you can have a conversation with someone and still keep score. Scoring 9-ball requires attention.
Again, don't let that stuff throw you. Go play and have fun. The score keeping comes with time and practice. Good luck.
I've been told the same thing but it doesn't explain jump shots being allowed. That definitely favors the better player. Seems like both would be allowed. Or neither.
I think the push out may actually benefit the weaker player more than the veteran. SL8 plays an SL3 and breaks the rack wide open but leaves the opponent blocked. The SL3 is unlikely to be able to jump or kick and make a clean hit. He fouls and the SL8 gets BIH and runs out. Even a poor push may have gotten the SL3 back to the table.
The curious part to me is why jump shots were ever allowed in a league that's supposed to cater to low to mid ranked players. Gotta be a story there.
Seems like whenever I was keeping score, everyone in the room wanted to drop by and chat. My team eventually banned me from keeping score. Which was probably a good thing.
Haha Yup! there's a few people who will need to be put on a leashSeems like whenever I was keeping score, everyone in the room wanted to drop by and chat. My team eventually banned me from keeping score. Which was probably a good thing.
but I won my match!!! Yup made all 19 points I needed to win. 
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Thanks! :lovies:
Banks, reiterating, NO APA here in Bremerton. Closest would probably be Tacoma!!!
Gerry S