What is a push shot?

Answer 1

Under BCA rules this applys after the first shot after the break on 8 and 9 ball.....the shooter (breaker or opponent) can decide to take the shot or just "push out" with this first shot.....you would push for example if you don't have a very good shot on the object ball....you might have to kick at it and then if you foul your opponent would have a "ball in hand"......or suppose that you break making a ball.....you do not have a good shot on the 1 ball and the 9 is hanging in the pocket....if you miss he gets :ball in hand" ...lines up the 1 to the 9 and then hollars....."rack em loser!!"......you could instead call a "push:"(some call it a "roll out") and you knock the 9 in leaving at the same time a hard shot on the 1.......never ever pass the push out back to your opponent.....he had something in mind when he did this and will come right back at you with a worse shot to you....always shoot it and leave him hard if you can't make it!!

Answer 2

This is the definition according to wikipedia:

For much of its history nine-ball rules allowed participants to "push out" multiple times during a game, meaning any player could call a "push-out", and then hit the cue ball to any area on the table without being penalized by normal foul rules. This manner of playing nine-ball is considered "two-foul." However, once a push-out was called and executed, the incoming player had the right to shoot or give the inning back to the opponent. If the player shooting the resulting shot fouled, the other player would have ball-in-hand. Hence the name, "two-foul." "One-foul" became popular in the 1970s as play turned more aggressive for the early televised matches. This version of nine-ball awarded ball-in-hand on any cue ball foul. A rule variant, which started to sweep the sport of nine-ball in the mid-1980s, restricted the push-out option to once per game and only to the inning immediately following the break. This change profoundly affected the way the game was played. By about 1990 this new push-out rule had become ubiquitous and it and any additional rules appended to it were collectively referred to as "Texas Express" rules, so called because of the supposed state of origin and the speeding up of the game. Today, Texas Express push-out rules dominate the way nine-ball is played and is the variant incorporated into the official rules maintained by the BCA.

Answer 3

I need to make a distinction between a "push shot" and a "push out". Mickey Mantle covered what a "push out" in 9-ball is very well. I'm going to cut and paste the definition of a "push shot" from the BCA website.
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3.24 PUSH SHOT FOULS
It is a foul if the cue ball is pushed by the cue tip, with contact being maintained for more than the momentary time commensurate with a stroked shot. (Such shots are usually referred to as push shots.)
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This is under the General Rules of Pocket Billiards section. M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.

Answer 4

a push shot is when the tip of your cue contacts the cue ball twice, or continuously in any one shot. e.g. if the white is touching the object ball, and you play the white into the object ball, it counts as a push shot. -you would have to hit the white away from the object ball. as soon as the tip of the cue comes into contact with the cue ball, you are deemed to have hit the object ball already, because they were touching. if you play into the object ball, you are in effect 'pushing' the white. if there is a gap between the cue ball and the object ball, and you play the cue ball into the object ball, and the tip of the cue is still in contact with the white when they hit each other, that too is a push shot. to sum up, if the cue is still in contact with the cue ball when it hits an object ball, it is a push shot. if the cue comes into contact with the cue ball after it hits an object ball, it is still considered a push shot. both are fouls in snooker

Answer 5

less than a width of a peice of chalk between cue & object ball if cue follows direct path of o-ball its considerd a push cue tip stays in contact with cue ball or double hit cue one of BCAs ideas they have a few???