In the case of pool games, the number of balls might change depending on the direction given to the game, but mostly, pool includes a full set of sixteen balls of 2 1/ 4 inches in diameter, where eight of them are color numbered from one to eight, and the other seven balls have a stripe of color and are numbered from nine to fifteen; finally there’s a white cue ball. Each ball is worth its own number in points, so it’s beneficial to sink the higher-numbered balls. In the event that the line below the foot spot is full and the bottom rail interferes with a spotted ball then balls are to be spotted on the same line, but above the foot spot. None of them are numbered. 6.6.1 Use of an illegal technique: However, if the shooter employs an illegal technique to their advantage, such as pushing, intentionally double-hitting, use of anything other than the cue tip to shoot, or an illegal prolonged cue contact to wedge/trap, direct or redirect the cue ball or any object balls, such as within the stack or jawed pocket, these acts are considered serious fouls.

However, on a stroke when any other foul is committed (such as a push shot, double-hit or illegal ball contact), any balls scored into the opponent’s pocket are to stay down and be counted for the opponent. However, if a player runs off all the balls on the table without reaching a winning score, then all such balls are spotted immediately (all at once, not one ball at a time), and the shooter continues their inning. 6.4 Owing balls: If the offending player has no balls to spot, then they will owe one for each such scratch, which must be repaid by spotting at the end of the first inning or innings in which they score. All owed balls must be repaid before any pocketed balls count towards a player’s game score. Players may use jump shots in One Pocket as long as they are performed with the player’s own standard playing cue using legal jumping techniques as defined in General Rules.

Specialized jump cues are not permitted in One Pocket. Jump cues are not allowed in One Pocket. 6.1 Cue ball fouls only: When a referee is not presiding over the match, One Pocket may be played whereby disturbing a single object ball is not a foul, as long as there is no effect on the shot. 6.5 Ball off the table: Driving either the cue ball or an object ball off the table is a foul, whenever either comes to rest off the playing surface, or comes in contact with anything other than the table itself while airborne. In fact, playing our billiards games is like having an entire billiards hall at your fingertips! Most games are played about the same way as for steel-pointed darts, except that the throwing distance is 8 feet for soft-tip machines. The other four pockets are neutral. Pool, or at least in straight pool, players score points by shooting the balls into the table’s pockets. Snooker tables, often daunting in size, offer a unique challenge, Variations of Billiards whereas carom tables focus purely on cushion shots without pockets. The simplest form of carom involves striking the cue ball to make contact with both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball in a single stroke.

When stroking towards a ball in close proximity to the cue ball, a double hit foul is indicated when the cue ball is driven immediately forward through the contact point, or immediately forward through the carom tangent line, without first exhibiting the pause and accelerate action of legal follow or draw. With advanced skill, it is possible to play close proximity shots without committing these common double hit fouls. Resuming play before the opponent has returned from an approved time out, or leaving the playing area during the shooter’s ongoing inning are both considered unsportsmanlike. Players may play safe to the same rail as many times as they wish, as long as either the cue ball or at least one object ball is driven to a cushion after the cue ball contacts an object ball. There is no option to ‘call a safety’ in One Pocket; if a player legally scores a ball into their own pocket they must shoot again.