OK, this is a short guide designed to teach some basic 8 ball rules, a system of how to play pool for beginners. If you have no idea how to play pool, of where to start, this guide should help get you going. It is focused on clarifying the more important rules of 8 ball pool, as played in leagues or tournaments. Any new player working to pool better pool should really strive to utilize these standard rules as opposed to the dumbed-down house rules they’re often exposed to by friends and family.
I’ll be discussing the head-spot and foot-spot, and their uses; the rack, and how to organize the 15 balls properly; what a table scratch really is, as well as a foul, and the penalties that go with them; what a called shot is; what a legal shot is; and how you might win, or lose, when the 8 ball drops into a pocket.
Head-spot & head-string
OK, the head-spot is marked 1/3 of the way along the table on the centerline that runs lengthwise between the head-rail of the table and the foot-rail. This is spot most people place the cue ball before breaking the rack. What a lot of beginner players don’t realize is that it isn’t necessary to break from exactly that spot. A player can choose to break from anywhere at all behind the head-string, which is the line running through the head-spot from side-rail to side-rail.
The most common misuse of the head-string is when someone enforces ‘house rules’ for a scratch in a pocket, at which time the next player to shoot is forced to put the cue ball somewhere behind the head-string and shoot out-and-away from that side of the table. This is a poor rule that actually benefits the player who scratched more than the player who gets to shoot, and will be discussed later. The truth is that the only time a player needs to place the cue ball somewhere behind the head-string is during his own break, or when he is ...
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