If you think that the opening shot is called as a break or called shot-then you have a wrong conception, my dear! If you get the chance to perform the opening shot and you could not pocket any balls on the first go, then you may have a chance to shoot until you have successfully pocketed your object ball on the break. If you or your opponent pockets the opposite player’s targeted ball then the ball remains pocketed-and it would be considered as a foul. When you are striking the ball to make it a successful shot, you don’t have to inform specific details for example-the number of kisses and cushions.
The combination as well as bank shots are not mandatory but it should be a part of your responsibility to call the targeted ball and the desired pocket. Well, this is also not an exception! Winner of the coin flip will get the first chance to pocket the balls! So if you win the toss, you will lead the chance to break first!Ĭall Shot or break shot- you don’t have to specify the variant of the ball or the number of pockets if you are starting the game-so quite easy if you are the initiator! Your opponent may ask you about which ball you are targeting and then you might have to inform them. The one who wins the toss starts first – as you know tossing a coin to indicate who will start first occurs in most of the modern games. One player has to pocket balls of either the stripes or the solid color variants, while the other one has to choose the opposite variant obviously! If you can pocket all the balls of a variant then pocket the 8-ball then you will be declared as the official winner of the game! But trust me, only this rule would not help to master the game, which is being played in international levels as well.
The balls are categorized into solid colors from (1 to 7) and stripes (from 9 to 15). The balls are assembled in the table in a manner resembling the shape of a triangle with the 8-ball residing in the center. The aim of the game if you check the pool ball table then you will come across 15 balls (numbering from 1 to 15).