Rule of the Week - Breaking

December 17, 2024 12:17 AM

by San Diego APA

Rule of the Week - Breaking

December 17, 2024 12:17 AM

by San Diego APA

Situation: The breaking player miscues and stops the cue ball with their cue before it hits this rack, is this a foul?

The rack must be struck before a foul can occur.

Rule: Official Team Manual (OTM) page 45-46 section 3 “Breaking”: https://media.poolplayers.com/TMRB/Team-Manual-English.pdf

This section also covers:

Players physically unable to break and what happens.
Where the cue ball needs to be to break.
Legal and non-legal breaks.
When the break switches to your opponent.
Where the rack must be struck.
Soft breaking.

In addition, page 28 section 18 "Coaching" Note 3 states:

A team can only be charged with a time out after the rack has been struck in any individual game.

Note: a coach can help a player position the cue ball and even how to break and this isn’t a timeout.

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