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Carom Billiards is a type of billiard game played on a billiard table with no pockets. It is an extremely technical and precise game that requires much skill.
Three balls are used (except in Four Ball where a second, darker, red ball is also used) - one red bell, one white ball without spots and one yellow (or white ball with two diametrically opposed spots). The balls are roughly 2-3/8" diameter (metric equivalents range from 61mm to 65.5mm depending on the set; four ball sets are usually the largest).
If the shooter's cue ball and his opponent's cue ball have both jumped the table then the shooter's cue ball spots first.
The preferred order for the red ball is: foot spot, head spot, then center spot.
If both object balls have jumped the table then they are spotted as above beginning with whichever can occupy it's primary spot.
There is a limit on safety play in Carom billiard rules. A player may not play safe in consecutive innings. If a player does play safe in consecutive innings it is a foul and does not relieve the consecutive inning limitation on safety play (his next turn at the table is then also considered to be playing from safety).
A legal safety requires a ball, cue or object, to contact a cushion after the player's cue ball has contacted an object ball. Failure to meet this requirement is a foul.
All fouls carry a deduction of one point from offender's score as a penalty. (Note: International competition does not have the point penalty on fouls unless they're deemed intentional.)
The following are fouls for which the penalties are described under unsportsman like conduct
This version of the general carom billiard rules was at one time published by the BCA, however today, they no longer sanction this game. For the current version, see the world standardized rules of carom billiards by Union Mondiale de Billard. (coming soon).
The official carom billiards rules article was posted on 4/13/2009 8:00:00 AM and updated on 4/13/2009 8:00:00 AM. The official carom billiards rules article was edited by Billiards Forum Editor.
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Carom billiards dates back to the 1700s. During the 1700s, the French invented the game of Carambole. It was documented in many forms, and in its various incarnations, balkline was the predominate carom discipline from 1883 to the 1930s. In the early versions (1700s-early 1800s) the objective was to hit both of the opponents white ball and also a third red ball with the cue ball at a single stroke. Over its history Carom Billiards has been documented in an insane amount of variations. By 1810, tables without pockets at all were being made by the French. This trend quicly emerged as the norm across all of Europe (except for the British Isles). This is illustrated in "The Billiard World" published by American Dudley Kavanagh in 1869, which noted: "Here and in Spain billiards tables have four pockets, in England six and in France and the rest of Continental Europe none". The variants include 8.2, 10.2, 12.2, 13.2, 12½.2, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1, 18.2, 28.2, 38.2, 39.2, 42.2, 45.1, 45.2, 47.1, 47.2, 57.2 and 71.2 balkline. It declined in the early 1900s when it was surpassed in popularity by three-cushion billiards and in North America, pocket billiards. Balkline is still not very common in the United States, however it continues to enjoy popularity in Europe and the Far East.
The official carom billiards rules are predominently observed in North America..
The governing body for official carom billiards rules is the Union Mondiale de Billard.
Official Carom Billiards Rules belong to the carom billiards category of cue sports. Carom billiards is a class of cue sport games played on a pocketless carom billiard table.
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what is the bed height of a European carom table, and why is it not the standard 31 inches as set by the USBA ?
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