SDPL - Amended BCA Rules
The rules and bylaws of the San Diego Pool League are available to you at the links below. The Bylaws of the League relate to the officers of the league and the standard operation. The Match Policy and Procedures and the Amended BCA Rules of Play are the rules that the SDPL enforces during regular season play.
Should you have any questions regarding the rules or bylaws, please contact a board member or plan on attending a regularly scheduled Board Meeting.
1.38 BALL IN HAND PLACEMENT -
1.38 BALL IN HAND PLACEMENT -
1. When you have ball in hand, you may use your hand or any part of
your cue, including the tip, to position the cue ball. If you use your cue
stick to place the cue ball, any action which would be a legal stroke will
be considered a shot, and must meet the requirements of a legal shot or
it is a foul.
2. Once you have picked up the cue ball to take ball in hand, it remains in
hand until your next stroke. After it has been picked up, the cue ball may
be placed, picked up again and replaced successive times until that
stroke is taken.
3. Immediately after a foul, when you are picking up the cue ball the first
time to take ball in hand (as opposed to placing the cue ball or picking it
up again for successive placements before the next shot), the provisions
of Rule 1.33.1 apply to touching or disturbing a single object ball with the
cue ball or your hand. You may request that a referee, during a play-off
match, pick the cue ball up for you immediately after a foul.
4. When placing the cue ball, it is a foul to touch any object ball with the
cue ball or your hand which holds the cue ball. "Hand" is defined as
including the wrist up to a point where a wristwatch would normally be
worn. If the foul involves only a single object ball your opponent has the
option of restoration as described in Rule 1.33. If more than one object
ball is involved, there is no restoration option.
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SDPL Amended Rules
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1 GENERAL RULES -
1.1 PLAYER RESPONSIBILITY - -
1.10 SUSPENDED PLAY (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - -
1.11 GENERAL TIME OUT (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - -
1.12 LAG FOR BREAK (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - -
1.13 BREAKING SUBSEQUENT GAMES OF A MATCH (PLAYOFFS ONLY) - -
1.14 RACKING PROCEDURES - -
1.15 DEFLECTING THE CUE BALL WHEN BREAKING - -
1.16 SHOT CLOCK PROCEDURES (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) -
1.17 CALLING BALL AND POCKET - -
1.18 LEGAL STROKE - -
1.19 LEGAL SHOT - -
1.2 ACCEPTANCE OF EQUIPMENT - -
1.20 OBJECT BALL FROZEN TO CUSHION -
1.21 CUE BALL FROZEN TO OBJECT BALL OR CUSHION - -
1.22 PENALTIES FOR FOULS - -
1.23 FOULS NOT CALLED - -
1.24 MULTIPLE FOULS - -
1.25 ONE FOOT ON THE FLOOR - -
1.26 BALLS IN MOTION - -
1.27 FAILURE TO CONTACT LEGAL OBJECT BALL FIRST - -
1.28 SCRATCH - -
1.29 BALLS JUMPED OFF THE TABLE - -
1.3 USE OF EQUIPMENT - -
1.30 PUSH SHOT - -
1.31 DOUBLE HIT - -
1.32 MISCUES - -
1.33 DISTURBED BALLS (CUE BALL FOULS ONLY) - -
1.34 JUMP SHOTS AND MASSÉ SHOTS - -
1.35 POSITION OF BALL - -
1.36 SHOOTING WITH BALL IN HAND BEHIND THE HEAD STRING (Deleted) -
1.37 - (Deleted) -
1.38 BALL IN HAND PLACEMENT - -
1.39 ILLEGAL MARKING - -
1.4 CUE STICK REQUIREMENTS - -
1.40 DELIBERATE FOUL - -
1.41 COACHING TIME OUT - -
1.42 NON-SHOOTING PLAYER REQUIREMENT - -
1.43 CONCESSION OF GAME - (Deleted) -
1.44 CONCESSION OF MATCH - -
1.45 UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - -
1.46 SPOTTING BALLS - -
1.47 JAWED BALLS (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - -
1.48 NON-PLAYER INTERFERENCE - -
1.49 BALLS SETTLING OR MOVING SPONTANEOUSLY - -
1.5 STARTING TIME OF MATCH - -
1.6 PLAYING WITHOUT REFEREES - -
1.7 BEGINNING OF GAME OR MATCH - -
1.8 NO PRACTICE ALLOWED DURING MATCH (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - -
1.8 NO PRACTICE ALLOWED DURING MATCH (PLAY-OFFS ONLY) - (2) -
1.9 STOPPING PLAY - (Deleted) -
2.1 THE GAME - -
2.10 LOSS OF GAME - -
2.11 STALEMATE - -
2.2 8-BALL RACK - -
2.3 8-BALL BREAK REQUIREMENTS - -
2.4 8-BALL POCKETED ON THE BREAK - -
2.5 TABLE OPEN AFTER THE BREAK - -
2.6 ESTABLISHING GROUPS - -
2.7 CONTINUING PLAY - -
2.8 SAFETY PLAY / NO CALL / NO POCKET - -
2.9 SHOOTING THE 8-BALL -
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