Billiards foul or not?

Question

actually 2 questions---when you get down on a shot and your stick hits a ball other than the cueball b4 shooting your shot is it a foul ....and if not does the ball get moved back.....also the same question but after hitting the cueball?

Answer 1

it is, if your cue hits any ball other than the cue ball it is a foul. Hence the name 'cueball'

Answer 2

Tech no to the first part to be reset by ref

Q ball yes hit q ball considerd a shot

Answer 3

When that situation comes up when I've played pool, the player committing the foul loses his turn, and the other player gets to place the cueball anywhere he likes behind the line for his next shot.  The balls "struck" weren't moved back.

Answer 4

Here's the appropriate rule from the BCA (Billiard Congress of America) website.

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1.16.1  CUE BALL FOULS ONLY

When a referee is presiding over a match, it is a foul for a player to touch any ball (cue ball or object ball) with the cue, clothing, body, mechanical bridge or chalk, before, during or after a shot. However, when a referee is not presiding over a game, it is not a foul to accidentally touch stationary balls located between the cue ball and the shooter while in the act of shooting. If such an accident occurs, the player should allow the Tournament Director to restore the object balls to their correct positions. If the player does not allow such a restoration, and a ball set in motion as a normal part of the shot touches such an unrestored ball, or passes partly into a region originally occupied by a disturbed ball, the shot is a foul. In short, if the accident has any effect on the outcome of the shot, it is a foul. In any case, the Tournament Director must be called upon to restore the positions of the disturbed balls as soon as possible, but not during the shot. It is a foul to play another shot before the Tournament Director has restored any accidentally moved balls. At the non-shooting player’s option, the disturbed balls will be left in their new positions. In this case, the balls are considered restored, and subsequent contact on them is not a foul. It is still a foul to make any contact with the cue ball whatsoever while it is in play, except for the normal tip-to-ball contact during a shot.

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It's a little confusing, I realize.  It doesn't directly address a "friendly" game with no officiating.  Still, this is the rule to base your opinion on.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.