In our local club tournament we have an open draw, but there is one guy I hate to get... for one reason. Between every frame he feels the needs to take 5-10 practice shots rather than just getting ready for the next frame.
I might be setting up the reds, and he'll be potting the baulk colours.
I might be setting up the baulk end, and he's practicing the black off its spot.
Worse still, if I go the toilet, every time I come back the table hasn't been set up and he's knocking balls about.
I know it doesn't sound like a huge thing but I feel he's gaining an unfair advantage. I played him a couple of months back and he missed a black off the spot which was pretty much frame ball, I got it and cleared up. Naturally, he takes about 5 practice shots on the black as I'm setting up for the next frame. Next frame, the miss is clearly out of his system and pots a good few blacks from the spot. Would he have been so confident had he not got the miss "out of his system", I doubt it.
Later in the same match, prior to the deciding frame, I had enough and asked if he would please stop practicing between every frame and just get on with things. The response was along the lines of "show me a rule that says I can't hit a couple of shots".
I looked up the rules the following day and was shocked to find nothing, surely there must be something and it isn't left to rely on good sportsmanship, is it?
Rules: Practice between frames
I might be setting up the reds, and he'll be potting the baulk colours.
I might be setting up the baulk end, and he's practicing the black off its spot.
Worse still, if I go the toilet, every time I come back the table hasn't been set up and he's knocking balls about.
I know it doesn't sound like a huge thing but I feel he's gaining an unfair advantage. I played him a couple of months back and he missed a black off the spot which was pretty much frame ball, I got it and cleared up. Naturally, he takes about 5 practice shots on the black as I'm setting up for the next frame. Next frame, the miss is clearly out of his system and pots a good few blacks from the spot. Would he have been so confident had he not got the miss "out of his system", I doubt it.
Later in the same match, prior to the deciding frame, I had enough and asked if he would please stop practicing between every frame and just get on with things. The response was along the lines of "show me a rule that says I can't hit a couple of shots".
I looked up the rules the following day and was shocked to find nothing, surely there must be something and it isn't left to rely on good sportsmanship, is it?
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