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GENERAL TERMS OF THE GAME           

APEX BALL – This is the forward-most ball in the rack.  All balls must line up behind the Apex ball and be pressed together so that they are touching each other.             

CUE BALL – The cue ball is the solid white ball on the table and is used to strike the object ball, the ball you want to put in a pocket.            

FOOT SPOT – The place on the table where the APEX ball in the rack is positioned.  It is located on the side of the table where the balls are returned and is the center of the 2^nd pair of diamond markings.  This is also the place where              

FOUL – A player must cause the cue ball to contact a legal object ball and then pocket a numbered ball or cause the cue ball or any numbered ball to contact any part of the rail. Failure to meet these requirements is a foul.  Below are some examples of a foul.

(a)    It is a foul if on a stroke the cue ball fails to make contact with any legal object ball.

(b)    It is a foul (scratch) if the cue ball is pocketed.

(c)     It is a foul to strike, touch or in any way make contact with the cue ball or any object balls in play with anything (the body, clothing, chalk, mechanical bridge, cue shaft, etc.) except the cue tip in the execution of a legal shot.  Any object ball moved during a standard foul must be returned as closely as possible to its original position.           

HEAD STRING – A small area of the table, opposite from where they balls are/were racked, behind the second pair of diamond markings on the length of the table.  Imagine an invisible line connecting the two diamonds across the table.  This is the head string area.            

INNING – The term used to describe when both players have completed their turn.  Each player’s inning is over when they do not pocket a ball.             

OBJECT BALLS – The numbered ball you are expecting to drop into a pocket.               

POCKET – The 6 places on a pool table where the balls drop.  There are 4 corner pockets and 2 side pockets.

RACK – The positioning of the balls on the table before a break.  A triangle is usually used to position the balls for most pool games.  However, in 9-ball a diamond shaped rack may be used. 

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