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Cushion Caroms

Cushion caroms is a carom-billiards context on a pocketless table. With three balls and a cue, players score caroms while using one or more cushions before the scoring contact depending on the variant.

LevelVariant FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Cushion caroms is a carom-billiards context on a pocketless table.

Geeignet für Fits if you like cue sport without pockets, you want to learn angles, spin and cushion reading, you mean cushion caroms as a carom context rather than pool/snooker.

Cost Low to medium: club/table time, cue and balls usually on site. Table time, club fee, own cue and event entries depending on level. A billiards club with carom tables is useful. Pocketless tables are not available in every pool/snooker hall.

First progress Basic stroke and simple angles come after several sessions; consistent runs take much longer.

Fitness level easy

Was du brauchst

Pocketless carom table, three balls, cue, chalk and rule variant for one-cushion or three-cushion.

First steps

Start on a carom table: practise ball path, follow/draw, cushion angles and simple caroms separately.
Look for a billiards club with carom tables, UMB/national carom context or three-cushion training group.

Look for a billiards club with carom tables, UMB/national carom context or three-cushion training group.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags carom, billiards, cushions, cue-sport, cushion-caroms, precision-sport, prazisionssport, praezisionssport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Use the cue ball to score legal caroms while involving the required cushion(s).

Teilnehmer

Usually individual; team formats possible by event.

Teamgröße

1v1 as standard.

Spielfeld

Pocketless carom table with three balls.

Dauer

To target points, innings or match format.

Wertung

Points for legal caroms; cushion requirement by variant.

Gewinnbedingung

Reach target points or match score first.

Ausrüstung

cue
three carom balls
pocketless table
chalk

Wichtige Regelpunkte

no carom
missed cushion requirement
foul shot
wrong ball

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)

Union Mondiale de Billard Union Mondiale de Billard · federation · high
World rules of carom billiard East European Billiard Council · rules-guide · medium
How to Play Carom World Confederation of Billiards Sports · official-guide · high