United States. National Resources Committee (1941). Research: A National Resource. Chalk in small cubes is applied uniformly to the cue tip permitting the players to strike the cue ball off centre on purpose in order to impart a spinning motion, called "side" in Great Britain and "English" in the United States. Not to be confused with the disk-flicking traditional board game carrom, which is sometimes played with a small cue stick. See the Nine-ball § Derived games section for the game. It is the most-played form of competition pool in the world, though not for professionals, among whom nine-ball dominates. To "aim for the profession side of the pocket" is to slightly overcut a difficult corner-pocket cut shot, to cheat the pocket, rather than undercutting, especially in nine-ball. A discipline of carom billiards, players aim to recreate a portion of 76 pre-set shots of varying difficulty against an opponent. Erring too much in this direction is "missing on the professional side of the pocket." It is so called because experienced players understand that on a thin cut, overcutting the object ball to a corner pocket will far more often leave the object ball in an unfavorable position, i.e. along the short rail for the incoming opponent than will an undercut, which often leaves the object ball sitting in front of or nearby the pocket it had been intended for on a miss.

It was getting late so we decided to meet up the next day for a more serious session. There's more - get this : it came down to the FINAL BALL of the final rack of the final of the world championship. In some games such as straight pool, a foul results in a loss of one or more points. In straight pool, a third successive foul results in a loss of 16 points (15 plus one for the foul). In some games, three successive fouls in a row is a loss of game. In addition, some variations of the game allow the player to pot one of the opposition's balls, on the first visit only, what is billiards without the loss of a "free shot". And for FREE! Yes, I have decided to make it a free download for anyone, and everyone, as a way of saying "THANK YOU! Also free shot. A situation where a player has fouled, leaving the opponent snookered. In many pool games the penalty for a foul is ball-in-hand anywhere on the table for the opponent.

See the Eight-ball and Eight-ball pool (British variation) main articles for the games. The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool. The labels "British" and "UK" as applied to entries in this glossary refer to terms originating in the UK and also used in countries that were fairly recently part of the British Empire and/or are part of the Commonwealth of Nations, as opposed to US (and, often, Canadian) terminology. There are 112 clubs in New Zealand, affiliated with 19 associations. In mathematical billiards the ball bounces around according to the same rules as in ordinary billiards, but it has no mass, which means there is no friction. A violation of a particular game's rules for which a set penalty is imposed. BCA Rules Committee (1992), pp. The ABP is led by some notable names, e.g., Johnny Archer, Mika Immonen, and Rodney Morris, in a committee of top players unified under a common purpose: To elevate the sport of pocket billiards and to protect and to assist in the well being of every player.

The reason this isn’t at the top of the list is that it’s hard to explain and not everyone can simply feel the difference. You can always use shims. These colored balls can vary, but they are typically yellow, blue, pink, green, brown, and black. They are numbered 1-15. Numbers 1-8 are solid colored balls, meaning the whole ball is one color except for the where it is numbered. It remains open until one player legally pockets any called ball other than the 8 after the break. September Issue: I was SO excited to get to interview the awesome professional player Dennis Hatch! This is a very popular topic in billiards forums, pool halls, and well, probably every pool player I know at least once became curious as to what type of cue the master uses. I don’t personally know Efren. Or it could be successfully running the rack. Also apex ball, apex of the triangle, apex of the diamond or apex of the rack. If the cue ball fails to touch an object ball, it is counted as a foul. Sometimes interchangeable with scratch, though the latter is often used only to refer to the foul of pocketing the cue ball.