Glossary of cue sports terms

src: upload.wikimedia.org

The following is a list of traditional English terms used in three prominent sports disciplines: billiards carom (or carambole) referring to various carom game played on pool table without pockets ; swimming pool (billiard pocket) , which shows a number of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker , is played on a large pocket table, and that has its own sporting culture different from the pool. There are also pocket/carom hybrid games like English billiards.

Video Glossary of cue sports terms

Definition and language

The term " billiards " is sometimes used to refer to all sports cues, to a particular class of them, or to those specifications such as English billiards; this article uses the term in its most common sense unless otherwise noted.

The "English" and "English" labels as applied to entries in this glossary refer to terms originating in the United Kingdom and are also used in countries that are quite recently part of the United Kingdom and/or are part of the Commonwealth of Nations , as opposed to US terminology (and, often, Canada). The term "America" ​​or "US" as applied here refers to the use of North America. However, due to the dominance of US terminology in most internationally competitive swimming pools (as opposed to snooker), the US term is also common in the context of aggregates in other countries where English is at least a minority language, and the US (and borrow France) the term dominates billiard carom. Similarly, the English term dominates in the snooker world, English billiards and black balls, regardless of the nationality of his players.

The term "black ball" is used in this glossary to refer to the black sphere and the eight ball pool as it is played in the Commonwealth, as an abbreviation. Blackball was chosen for lack of ambiguity (the "ball of eight balls" was too easily confused with the corresponding "eight ball"), and the globes globally standardized by a recognized body of the International Olympic Committee, World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA); meanwhile, the ancestors, the eight-ball pool, are mostly folk games, such as North America. bar pool , and As long as the rules have been codified, they have done so by competing authorities with different rules. (For the same reason, the glossary information about eight balls and nine balls draws mainly on stable WPA rules, as there are many competing amateur leagues and even professional tours with different rules for these games.)

The ball is placed in front of a group of tortured ball object (that is, go to foot spot .

around table

In a carom game, a shot that attempts to score a goal, the balls call three or more pillow , usually including short rails

.

around houses

Used in snooker to describe path that sphere cue must retrieve and exit from baulk as a result of poor play position , specifically appear around baulk color of 3 or more cushion , usually on the shoot on blue to finish on red as a result of completing low on blue.

Maps Glossary of cue sports terms

B

back

Just like cut back

A cut shot where if the line is taken from rail behind title < target span = "View entry on this page in Ã,§ ball object" id = ""> ball object , perpendicular to the rail, the object ball will be out of line with respect on pocket being targeted.

support

Same as calf .

spin back

Also backspin , back-spin , reverse spin .

Same as draw . View the illustrations in spin . Contrast lap top .

bag

Primarily English. Same as .

baize

Rough woolen fabrics used to cover billiard tables, usually green. Sometimes called felt, based on the similarity in appearance, though very different in cosmetology.

balance point

The point, usually about 18 in. from the bottom cue , where the gesture will balance when resting in one hand.

balk

Also space balk .

1. An area defined on a pool table by one or more balklines . In the eponymous game of billiard boralline, there are eight balks defined by perpendicular balklines, where only a set number of caroms may be scored before at least one ball must leave the area. In the previous (and short-lived) "champion" game, there are four triangles, one at each corner, defined by single diagonal lines. Do not be confused with baulk , but see the second definition.

2. An area defined on the billiards table, in games like swimming pool, snooker, English billiards and bagatelle, by one balkline (drawn or imaginary) that runs across the table near head ( bottom ); precisely where depending on the type and size of the table. Balk this is where the cue balls are placed in lagging to lead, to make the opening breaks shots, and sometimes for other purposes, depending on the game. The use of "balk" is very technical, and rarely used in practice. In the pool, this area is called kitchen and divided from the rest of the table by string head , while in snooker, English billiards and blackballs it is somewhat different and bounded baulk , defined by baulk line . In the baulk table, which has a" D " in baulk, and on the billiard table with break box in the kitchen, actual area to shoot is even smaller than the embankment or kitchen, respectively - a drip in balk.

balkline

Also the balk line .

1. A line drawn horizontally from a point on the billiard table to the corresponding point on the opposite rail, thus defining a region (a balk ). In epony balkline billiards there are four balklines, drawn parallel and usually 14 or 18 inches from the table pads, dividing it into nine compartments or divisions, out of which there are eight balks. where only a number of numbers can be printed before at least one ball has to leave the area. Do not be confused by balk , the second definition.

2. Previously, in "the champions' game", a line drawn diagonally from long to short rails on the corners of the table, define triangular entries balk space in each.

3. The type of carambol pool game, called billiard balkline, is created to remove run in a straight rail that relies on repetitive nurse shoot .

ball-and-pocket

Same as call-shot .

ball-in-hand < >

Also give the ball in hand . Placement options give the ball anywhere on the table before shooting, in the game of billiards. Usually only available to players when the opposing player has done some kind of foul under certain game rules (see the free throw basketball by comparison). See also in hand for snooker definition. Commonly used variations in games like straight pools and often in bar pool , are balls in hand "behind the head string", also "behind the line" or "from the kitchen", which means the ball-in-hand option is limited to placement anywhere behind head string , that is, in the table area known as kitchen .

ball-on < span id = "balls-on">

Not always hyphenated. Plural: ball-on . Also on [-] balls .

Pool, almost always a variant of eight balls, played by bar player on bar table . The pool bar has rules that vary from region to region, sometimes even from place to place in the same city, especially in the US. The wise players thus ensure understanding and approval of the rules before engaging in game money under the bar rules. The general difference between a pool bar and an eight-ball tournament is the lack of foul , deletion of a number of violations, and (with the set number of balls) requirement that most aspects of the shot become called (include pillow and other object ball to be contacted) not just target ball and . The pool bar has evolved into a "nitpicky" version especially to make the game last longer, because the pool bar is usually played on coin-operated tables that spend money per game rather than per hour. Competitive league pools that are played in bar tables, however, usually use international, national or local/regional league rules, and not what is usually meant by a "pool bar". Do not confuse the game with the pool bar.

table bar

Also box bar , pub table , store table , < b> coin-operated table , coin-op table .

The baulk line and . Thus, it is also the middle of the flat side " D ".In snooker, same as brown spots . Compare head place .

bed

The flat surface of a table, exclusive of pillow . The bed is covered with a billiards like a pillow. The play area of the table consists of the bed except where the pillow covers the bed, ie all the beds in between pillow . The quality beds are made of fine slate, though very cheap desks can use particle board or plywood. The earliest bed is just the wooden table surface where the game is played.

is in stroke

View In stroke .

under

Used in snooker refers to position sphere cue . This is the "under" object ball if off-straight on over the cushion the imaginary line side for the straight pot (eg he will want to finish under black to go to red s). This may seem counterintuitive, see above for explanation.

big

Also big bigs , bigger balls , .

In eight balls, to shoot striped suit ( group ) balls (9 to 15); "You're big, remember", "you big ball" or "I have a big one". Compare stripes , yellows , high , overs ; contrast little . Not to be confused with the concept of cube billiards from big balls .

big ball

The karmic billiard metaphor, this refers to a ball of objects positioned and approached in such a way that the almost loss will soar from the pads and still score. As if as if the ball is bigger than usual, making it easier to contact. Usually the ball a few inches from the rail is a big ball, but only when approached from the corner and if all the prerequisite rails have been contacted. A ball near the corner can effectively be as wide as a foot. Not to be confused with the terms eight ball "big ball". In older English usage this concept is referred to as a "big ball". See also " big pocket

big pocket

Billiard pocket and sometimes snooker term (inherited from billiards of carom by the way " big balls ", above ), This is a metaphor for a very difficult shot to miss for some reason, most often because the object ball is positioned in such a way that it is almost wrong on one side is likely to cause the ball to bounce into the ball object from the rail and pocket it anyway, or ball else positioned in such a way that if the target ball is not straight, it still tends to enter from other balls in kiss . As if pockets, for one shot, it has become bigger. This term can also refer to the angle of shot in the direction of the pocket, especially the side pockets; the pocket is said to be "bigger", for example, on a shot that is only 5 degrees from a straight angle, rather than a 45 degree angle which is much more probable about one of the bearing and bouncing points.

billiards

Also billiard shot .

1. Any portrait where ball cue is object ball to hit the ball of another object (with or without contacting the cushion for a while).

2. In certain carbik billiards games such as three-bearing, a successful attempt to create a sci-fi billiard shot under the rules for the game (such as calling three pillows with a white ball at a time execute billiards). Failed scoring attempts will, in this context, not be called "billiards" by players of such a game even if it meets the more common first definition.

billiards

1. In the US, Canada, and in many different countries and languages ​​(under various spellings) as well as historically, it generally refers to all sign sports;

2.Ã, sometimes referring to carom games only compared to billiards pocket (especially in US and Canada);

3. In English terminology, it mainly refers to games known throughout the world as English billiards.

Also swimming goggles , snooker specs , etc.

Special glasses made for sports gestures, with high lenses, are set very high, so when the head is lowered over the cue stick to aim, with the nose pointing down, the eye can still see through the lens instead of passing through it. They are very popular among snooker players (especially, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor).

black ball

Also black .

Source of the article : Wikipedia