object ball

Nobody gets a letter if the object ball goes in a pocket on a serve.

Here, players can strike and pocket any object ball on the table.

An object ball not pocketed is left on the table.

The shooting player must also call the pocket where the object ball will drop.

The dot travels down the line from the pocket to the object ball.

Fouls: If you do not hit the object ball it is considered a push.

The stick drives the cue ball into the object balls.

"The snake shot": Fifteen object balls are placed across the table.

Object ball: A ball which is going to be rushed.

All players use the same target object ball (the 1 ball).

If the object ball moves, it is considered a "push shot" and a foul shall be called.

Balls must be pocketed in rotation, starting with the One, as the object ball.

Balls pocketed via combinations off of the object ball are legal.

The cue ball is driven by the stick to hit a number of object balls in succession.

A more popular variation is known as pool, using 15 object balls to be knocked into the table's pockets.

With the exception of a double kiss, if the object ball comes to rest, the current shooter loses a life.

If no object ball is contacted, one point is deducted.

If the ball is released from the near side of the table to the object ball, the shooter gets a letter.

Failure to hit the lowest-numbered object ball first (or at all)

Reciprocally all the other ball on the table (regardless of their number and color) can be treated as object balls.

The server gets only two attempts to hit "the object ball" otherwise the opposing team receives a point and control of the serve.

I may look at the path from the pocket through the object ball, but I hardly do that anymore.

The common 15-ball championship game uses a white cue ball and colored object balls numbered 1 to 15.

The object ball itself is also worth points:

The chances of random shots hitting the object ball into the pocket are much much less.