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Balls must be played in order (for the primary ball colours, this is blue, red, black, and yellow), and this order of play is maintained throughout the game. In partnership play, all members of a team must stake out, and a player might choose to avoid staking out (becoming a Rover) in order to help a lagging teammate. Players start at one stake, navigate one side of the double diamond, hit the turning stake, then navigate the opposite side of the double diamond and hit the starting stake to end. "If we can gather this community and better all of them, then that only benefits everybody - it’s a positive experience," Williams said. Mechanical engineering senior Justin Williams joined the billiards club with Kincaid last semester and handles most of the technique training during weekly practices. Kincaid has been playing for 15 years, starting in high school, but said he’s learned a lot from being part of the club and learning from other members. Association croquet is played between two individuals or teams, each playing with two balls. Unlike association croquet, balls are always played in the same sequence (blue, red, black, yellow).

Hoops are contested in a fixed order, with a point awarded to the owner of the first ball to pass through the hoop in the correct direction. The object of the game is to be the first to strike each of their balls through all six hoops in both directions, in a fixed order, and to strike the central peg. Like association croquet, the object of the game is to be the first to pass each of their balls through all six hoops in both directions and to strike the central peg, for a total of 26 points. In all forms of croquet, individual players or teams take turns to strike the balls, scoring points by striking them through a hoop. A player earns a single extra shot by scoring a hoop point (hitting the striker's ball through a hoop), or two extra shots by causing their ball to contact another ball - an action called a "roquet".

When a roquet is made, the player may pick up their ball and place it in contact with the roqueted ball. The 10-ball double elimination tournament that took place in February involved billiards teams from universities across Texas, and everyone on the UTD team competed individually. Varner, Nick (February 2008). "Killing Me Softly?: The Outbreak of the Soft Break Threatens the Game of 9-ball". Billiards Digest. Salvatore, Nicholas (February 2, 2010). "What Is Slatron on Pool Tables?". The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon is famous for its lawn tennis tournament, but retains an active croquet section. However, that game of pyramid pool was played at this time in England with fourteen reds instead of fifteen. Pub pool usually consists of minor local variations on one of these two standardised rule sets. They have hosted a couple of local One Pocket tournaments. I know who would know -- Sal Bevilacqua, What is a billiards club who loves One Pocket and used to own a room. Well the best room for players in RI would have to be Snookers. I don't know of a room in Worcester anymore, but there is a room in Abbington MA that is player oriented. There is an especially large interest in competitive success among players in Egypt.

After this, players elect at the start of each turn which of their two balls to play for the duration of that turn. In the American game, roqueting a ball out of bounds or running a hoop so that the ball goes out of bounds causes the turn to end, and balls that go out of bounds are replaced only nine inches (23 cm) from the boundary rather than one yard (91 cm) as in association croquet. If playing individually (Cutthroat), the first player to stake out is the winner. "I kind of feel like we have some of the out of the ordinary sports compared to a traditional university. It was in the corner and I just had to make the small cut and I guess the guy I was facing was like ‘Good game, this is over cause it’s an easy cut.’ He walked up to me, shook my hand and it completely threw me off," Nguyen said.