Hopkins Q Skill Challenge
Play one rack of balls to warm-up.
Play 10 more Innings to determine your score.
Terms Used
Rack: To rack 15 balls on the foot spot.
Inning: One turn at the table. In general when you miss it is the end of
an Inning. Exceptions are noted below. The Inning score is the number of balls
pocketed in this turn at the table minus any penalties.
1. Rack fifteen balls on the Foot Spot, in any order, and place the cue ball on
the Head Spot.
A miscue or missing the cue ball completely, it is a foul. Re-Rack. Break again and subtract one from the Inning score.
If there is a miscue and contact with the
rack is made, player may choose to continue shooting, leaving the balls
where they lie and not take a foul.
On the break, if player scratches or the cue ball goes off the table, all balls made on the break stay down but do not count as points towards the Inning score.
If player does not scratch on the break, then
all balls made on the break count as one point each.
3. After the break, if player does not have a shot or player does not like the
shot, there are three options:
(1) Place the cue ball anywhere behind the Head String and shoot any ball above the Head String.
(2) Place the cue ball on either the Head Spot or the Foot Spot and shoot any ball.
(3) Place the rack over the cue ball (where it lies) and move the cue ball anywhere inside the rack and shoot any ball.
If any of these options are used,
subtract 1 from the Inning Score.
4. After the break, player proceeds to shoot, calling each shot. Try to run the
table, shooting the balls in any order until there are five balls remaining.
The last five balls must be shot in rotation (in numerical order starting with the lowest number ball).
Anytime the player misses a shot the Inning is over.
The first ten balls score 1 point each
The last five balls score 2 points each if made in rotation.
The maximum score per Inning is 20 points.
5. When there are six balls on the table and player pockets two or more balls in one
shot, they all stay down and are each worth 1 point. Shoot the remaining balls
in rotation, in which each ball is worth 2 points each.
6. Ten Innings is a session. In one session you can score a maximum of 200
points.
The score from five sessions (50 racks) is used for the Official
Rating.
The highest possible Official score is 1000 points.
Rating System For Balls Per inning
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Rank |
# Per Inning |
# in 10 Innings |
# in 50 Innings |
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Recreational |
0.0 - 3.0 |
0 – 30.0 |
0 - 150 |
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Intermediate |
3.1 - 6.0 |
30.1 – 60.0 |
151 - 300 |
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Advanced |
6.1 - 9.0 |
60.1 – 90.0 |
301 - 450 |
|
Developing Pro |
9.1 - 12.0 |
90.1 - 120.0 |
451 - 600 |
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Semi-Pro |
12.1 - 16.0 |
121.1 – 160.0 |
601 - 800 |
|
Professional |
16.1 - 18.0 |
160.1 – 180.0 |
801 - 900 |
|
Touring Pro |
18.1 - 20.0 |
180.1 – 200.0 |
901 - 1000 |
If the player made 2 balls in 1
Inning the estimated rating would be
Recreational.
If the player made 31 balls in 10
Innings the estimated rating would be
Intermediate.
If the player made 301 balls in 50 Innings the estimated rating
would be Advanced.
If there are less than 10 innings the player's Rank can be
estimated.
Divide the total score for the Innings played by the number of Innings played
and refer to column one
Hopkins Q Skill Data Collection Form for 10 Innings.
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Page last updated on 03/10/2008