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Carom Billiards

Carom billiards is a cue sport on a pocketless billiards table. With three balls, the player's cue ball must contact the other balls and, depending on discipline, cushions; angles, spin and pace decide.

LevelVariant FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

Representative sports image for Carom Billiards — Bjorn Erik Pedersen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source

Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Pocketless cue sport with three balls and carom/cushion tasks.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like calm precision, angles and tactical position play.

Cost Low to medium: table time, cue rental and club/venue fee. Own cue, table time, coaching, league/event fees. Billiards club with carom/three-cushion tables. Do not mix pool, snooker and carom rules.

First progress Simple carom quickly; reliable runs and three-cushion take much practice.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

pocketless carom table
three balls
cue
chalk
club or billiards room

First steps

find carom table
practise basic stroke
play direct caroms
learn cushion angles
approach three-cushion slowly

Billiards club, three-cushion/carom group, UMB/national-federation club or billiards centre.

Keep cue and ball area clear; play calmly without abrupt table movements.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Billiards carom, Straight rail billiards, One cushion billiards, Carom three cushion, Balkline billiards, Billiards Carom

Tags carom, billiards, cue-sport, no-pockets, carom-billiards, precision-sport, prazisionssport, praezisionssport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score carom points through legal cue-ball contacts.

Teilnehmer

Individuals or teams/doubles.

Teamgröße

Singles are typical; team formats possible.

Spielfeld

Pocketless carom billiards table.

Dauer

By point target, innings or match format.

Wertung

A carom scores when the cue ball completes the required contacts.

Gewinnbedingung

Point target or higher match score.

Ausrüstung

pocketless table
three balls
cue
chalk

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul stroke
wrong ball
missing contact
cushion requirement missed

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS)

How to play Carom World Confederation of Billiards Sports · sport-guide · high
Carom Rules Union Mondiale de Billard · official-rulebook-pdf · high
Carom Billiards Topend Sports · sport-guide · medium