C. Definitions.
- SHOT: A Shot begins
when all balls stop moving from the previous shot. A player Plays a Shot
by striking the Cue Ball with the tip of the cue. A Shot ends when all
balls stop moving from the current shot.
- PLAY: To Play and
Object Ball is to play a shot that results in the Cue Ball's first contact
with another ball to be with that Object Ball. To Play the cue ball is to
strike it with the tip of the cue.
- BALL ON: At any time
during a frame, a ball On is any Object Ball that the player may play
without incurring a penalty.
- POT: A ball is Potted
when it leaves the bed of the table, enters a pocket and remains in that
pocket.
- VISIT: A Visit
comprises one shot or a series of shots. Each visit lasts until the player
fails to pot a ball On. (Or until a foul is committed or the frame ends).
- TURN: A players Turn
at the table comprises one visit or, after most fouls committed by the
opponent, two visits.
- FRAME: A Frame is one
game of Eight-Ball Pool between two players or two pairs of players. A frame
is played from the opening break and usually through until the Eight-Ball is
potted. (Note: there are other ways that a frame may end - see Loss of
Frame).
- MATCH: A Match is a
predetermined number of frames of Eight-Ball Pool between two players, two
pairs of players or two teams of players.
- PLAYER IN CONTROL: A
player (and the player's partner in doubles) is deemed to be In Control of
the frame from the time that the balls stop moving from the final shot of an
opponent's turn until the balls stop moving from the final shot of the
player's turn. There can be no instance, once a frame has commenced, that
someone is not in control.
