BCA Players League 8-ball rules USAPL

In this video I go through the essential 8-Ball rules for the BCA and USA pool leagues.
CueSports International (CSI)
Billiard Congress of America (BCA)
Link to the full set of BCAPL & USAPL 8-ball rules
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:40 The Game
01:15 Racking
02:26 The Break
02:55 Illegal Break
03:09 Scratch on the Break
03:18 Balls Jumped of Table During the Break
03:34 8-ball Break
03:59 Breaking Softly
04:24 Pattern Racking
05:00 Establishing Groups
05:34 Open Table Combinations
06:10 Pocketing Multiple Balls
06:15 Balls Jumped of the Table
06:18 Illegal Pocketed Object Ball
06:23 Inning End
06:28 Calling Shots
07:55 Legal Stroke
08:16 Legal Shot
09:37 Object Ball Frozen to the Rail
10:25 Safety Play
11:50 Shooting the 8-ball
12:40 Disturbed Balls
14:46 Jump & Masse Shots
15:23 Cue Ball Frozen to Object Ball or Cushion
16:25 Marking the Table
17:00 Non-Shooting Player
17:35 Calling Fouls
18:32 Foul Penalties
19:08 Coaching
19:54 Ball In Hand Placement
20:48 Miscellaneous Fouls
21:21 Rules Not Covered
22:13 Conclusion

[@MSPcraps]

Great info. There are a few differences between my regular league play and BCA. Thanks!

[@40grit1]

These rules are very complicated and very precise. (9:50) A frozen ball may be struck and no ball go to a rail and it be a legal shot. You could pocket a ball. 🤯

[@billiards4U]

Yeah, caught that after I uploaded the video.

[@terrythomas4407]

This was helpful. Are you brushing up for the big tourney? Best wishes!

[@stevemiller1159]

The BCA league I play in 2 coaching opportunities are allowed, with only one person as a coach, it also must be a team mate that is an active player in the match. Some teams have more than 5 players, one or more will sit out that week.

[@jhanink]

I think my comment was deleted, but I wanted to give a followup. WPA rules (used by CSI/BCAPL) doesn't specifically say it's a foul, although that might be implied. WPA open table section 2-5 says "The table is always open on the shot after the break and remains open until groups are
established. When the table is open, all object balls except the 8-ball are legal object
balls. For combination shots, a ball of one group may be contacted first to pocket a ball
of the other group. The 8-ball may be part of such a combination if it is not the first ball
contacted by the cue ball." This seems to imply that hitting the 8 first is a foul, but it could be interpreted in a more limited way that it just can't hit first to establish groups, which is what BCA rules state.

[@billiards4U]

1-19 Legal Shot (AR p. 87)
1. For a shot to be legal, the first ball contacted by the cue ball must be a legal object ball, or a simultaneous hit with a legal and illegal object ball may occur. After that contact: a. b. any object ball must be pocketed, or; any object ball or the cue ball must contact a cushion. It is a foul if one of those requirements is not met.

[@jhanink]

@@billiards4U I think it comes down to what's legal on an open table, which is a special case. I also wanted to mention that CSI owns BCAPL but not BCA. And CSI seems to use WPA rules for 8 ball. It's the "BCA" and "WPA" that appear to differ on whether it's legal to contact the 8 first on an open table. BCA says it's fine. However, in neither case is it allowed toward establishing a group. I'm still looking for a definitive answer if there is any circumstance in which it's not a foul to contact the 8 ball first on an open table under CSI rules.