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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Handicap as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A scoring method that evens the chances between players of varying skill levels. In billiards and other cue sports, a handicap works on a similar concept to a handicap in other competitive sports. If you are a player of a lower skill, you may be given a handicap so that you are playing with equal chances of winning. An example is that in a race to ten, you may automatically start at 3 wins and your better opponent may start a 0 wins. The APA and the BCA both have specific methods and rules for handicap assessment.
You play in the APA? What is your handicap?
The handicap definition was entered on 3/13/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:22 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to skill level. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: handicapping, wild, wild handicap, weight, wild 8 for more on the meaning of handicap.
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