Ball contact with the cue stick, foul?

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You are along the right side of the table, shooting the cue ball at the object ball on the left side of the table. In your follow  thru, you contact with your stick another ball to the right of where the cue ball was, actually knocking it into a pocket...place it back? Or foul, ball in hand?...the ball contacted/potted was not in the line of the actual follow thru....the opponent, with his body english, waved the stick to the right after contacting the cue ball.

straight_shooter526 · Accepted Answer

It's true that it depends entirely on which rule set you are playing by.  I've never understand why just about everywhere else in the world, they play foul on all balls.  Cue ball fouls only opens things up to a whole lot of confusion.  If you even touch a ball that you shouldn't have touched, it should be a foul with ball in hand to the opponent.  My opinion.

life_loverfl · Answer

It depends on what set of rules you're playing by. In the APA (Amateur Poolplayers Association) the ball (and any other balls arbitrarily moved as a result of what happened) would simply would simply be put back in their original location before the next shot, yours or the opponent. And by the rule, the opponent is supposed to place the ball(s). In your case, it was NOT a ball in hand foul.

Anonymous · Answer

yes that's a foul

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