While it is perfectly legal to pocket a ball in a neutral pocket or in the opponent’s pocket, doing so does not entitle the shooter to continue their inning, unless on the same stroke they legally pocket a ball into their own pocket. It shall be a foul for the incoming shooter to accidentally touch an object ball with the cue ball while placing it in a ball in hand situation. 6.6 Intentional fouls are an accepted part of One Pocket tactics as long as they are played by use of a legal stroke, such as by lightly touching the cue ball with the cue tip; by rolling the cue ball to a new location without regard for legal contact with either an object ball or a cushion; by pocket scratching the cue ball; or by using a legal jump technique to force the cue ball off the table. If two or more balls are equally close to the head string, the highest numbered ball would be spotted. Otherwise, be more clear that even though miscues almost always involve sliding and secondary contact, they are not called as fouls unless there is clear visual evidence of a foul (and provide examples).

Typically, any owed scratches are indicated by placement of a small coin on the rail top adjacent to the offending player's pocket. All owed balls must be repaid before any pocketed balls count towards a player's game score. The first player (or team) to legally score eight balls into their own pocket wins the game, whether they pocket their game-winning ball by their own shot, or as a result of their opponent’s shot. Standard handicaps are created by adjusting the required winning score for either one or both players, either for all breaks or for specified player's breaks. Tests are stored in directories that correspond to the test's prefix. However, on a stroke when any other foul is committed (such as a push shot, double-hit or illegal ball contact), Pool rules any balls scored into the opponent’s pocket are to stay down and be counted for the opponent. Also, any balls pocketed in the opponent’s pocket on a stroke that ends in either a pocket scratch or with the cue ball off the table are not to be counted for the opponent, and are to be immediately spotted. There are no ‘ties’, and it does not matter which ball drops first, as long as they both drop as a result of the same stroke.

All balls pocketed in the shooter’s pocket as a result of a stroke that includes a foul do not count for the shooting player and are to be immediately spotted, along with the standard one ball penalty. The other four pockets are neutral pockets, and any balls pocketed in a neutral pocket are spotted at the end of the shooter’s inning. 6.2 Any scratch or foul results in the end of the shooter’s inning, as well as a standard one ball penalty. Administrative law isn't like that at all - there's a lot of very complex case law as well as important academic articles. That said, I enjoyed it enormously and learnt a lot more about College as a result. For more info and examples, see "Legal Fouls" (BD, Nov ‘ 16) and "A Modest Proposal" (BD, January, ’06). We'd also have been in trouble for having more than ten people in a room at once without permission - the PoP's definition of a 'party'.

I felt justified in asking the odd silly question - having been subjected to them myself. For a foul to result from failure to legally strike a rail after contacting a frozen ball, the ball in question must be inspected and designated as frozen prior to a player’s shot, otherwise the ball is not considered frozen. 3.1 A player’s inning continues only as long they pocket a ball or balls in their own pocket on a legal stroke. Currently, if an OB bounces out of a pocket and lands on the playing surface, play continues as if the ball were not pocketed. However, if the CB bounces out of a pocket, it is a foul if any balls in the pocket are touched (which might be a judgement call, for example if the CB bounces off the back of the pocket with lots of balls in the pocket). As long as a legal stroke is employed from behind the head string on the break, the incoming player must play the balls where they lie - there are no re-racks for a pocket scratch or failure to contact a cushion or pocket a ball on the break.