What's more common?
- Thread starter phatkee
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Flip again
Why don't people lag anymore to see who breaks?
Would they rather have a 50% chance of winning the flip vs having the skill to out lag their opponent?
Is this a serious response? The coin won't do any damage to the felt. It only weighs a few grams.
Good question, ive wondered that too. Lagging takes some skill, rather than a gamble on a flip.
Maybe people have just gotten too lazy to take 30 second to lag...lol
30 seconds for a lag? Wow that is hitting em real S....L.....O................W.
The coin damaging the cloth post is definitely a serious response. In my home pool room there is even a framed poster I'm 80% sure published by Simonis. (it's been a few years since I saw it). Anyway, one of the cloth care instructions it states is to not flip a coin on the table as it will cut the cloth.
Maybe a silver dollar flipped high in the air. A coin has to land on the table.
Personally I'd rather lag but to help speed up tournaments a flip is ok.
It depends on house or tourney rules but BCA says you lag for the break.
I suppose you could contest a coin toss & try to enforce the rule book but the TD has the final say. If its 14-1 or 1 pocket the lag should be mandatory unless players agree to flip.
Rod
Personally I'd rather lag but to help speed up tournaments a flip is ok.
It depends on house or tourney rules but BCA says you lag for the break.
I suppose you could contest a coin toss & try to enforce the rule book but the TD has the final say. If its 14-1 or 1 pocket the lag should be mandatory unless players agree to flip.
Rod
In my own experience, I would say that 80% of the time, if not more, my opponent and I lag for the break in the tournaments and leagues that I have played in locally. And as far as i'm concerned lagging for a break should be the only way to decide who starts a competitive game/set in any tournament or legaue setting. That makes the lag as essential a skill as the break or any other shot that can occur on the table. I actually have a lag drill that I use to practice my skill, and keep a record of how effective my lag attempt average is.
Either you don't play much or you have way too much time on your hands. 
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I'm serious.I seen a guy flip a coin in the air and as it came down he batted
it with his hand so it was under his palm and said to his opponent''heads or tails''?When the guy responded and he lifted his hand there was a small
cut in the cloth.Coins are rigid,and it seems more responsible to flip it on the floor or lag for the break.Since its not my property I would rather not take the chance and respect it.