Dennis "Whitey" Young
Verified Member
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8DueASY5E3VFZf9c8 For information; WPA when the ob is frozen to the rail the cue ball does not have to hit the rail if the ob dribbles in an out of contact with the rail, no other rail contact or pocketing of ball is required.
Note:
1. I wanted to go over this with the members for I am realizing that players may not know that a simultaneous hit of object ball and rail is a legal shot, and no further rail contact or pocketing of the ball is required. There might be some players that think you have to contact the ob first and then contact the rail, and not know about the simultaneous hit rule. This is understandable for rule making bodies have neglected to emphasize this. Bcapl has it in their AR's, hard to find.
2. Now, if the cb contacts the rail first prior to contacting the ob then a rail must be legally contacted by the cb or ob, or a ball pocketed.
Note; see the difference in contacting simultaneously vs. rail first!
3. When the cb and ob are frozen to the same rail then to shoot directly into the ob would IMO constitute a rail first contact and thus rule line 2 would kick in.
This scenario is interesting, for no one has depicted this shot before in their general rules, and I am very interested in what our members think the legal requirements of this shot should be, or is.
For general info, Bcapl is the general rules that govern DCC and they do not allow the ob to dribble in and out of contact with the same rail it was frozen to, to be a legal shot.
This is general ideas of what constitutes a legal shot when the ob is frozen to the rail, for discussion.
Whitey
Note:
1. I wanted to go over this with the members for I am realizing that players may not know that a simultaneous hit of object ball and rail is a legal shot, and no further rail contact or pocketing of the ball is required. There might be some players that think you have to contact the ob first and then contact the rail, and not know about the simultaneous hit rule. This is understandable for rule making bodies have neglected to emphasize this. Bcapl has it in their AR's, hard to find.
2. Now, if the cb contacts the rail first prior to contacting the ob then a rail must be legally contacted by the cb or ob, or a ball pocketed.
Note; see the difference in contacting simultaneously vs. rail first!
3. When the cb and ob are frozen to the same rail then to shoot directly into the ob would IMO constitute a rail first contact and thus rule line 2 would kick in.
This scenario is interesting, for no one has depicted this shot before in their general rules, and I am very interested in what our members think the legal requirements of this shot should be, or is.
For general info, Bcapl is the general rules that govern DCC and they do not allow the ob to dribble in and out of contact with the same rail it was frozen to, to be a legal shot.
This is general ideas of what constitutes a legal shot when the ob is frozen to the rail, for discussion.
Whitey
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