Professional Carrom game

   
   

• Each team or player assigned a color coin and can only pocket that color coin.
• Pocketing the queen must be followed by pocketing another coin on the same strike.
• The red 'queen,' can be pocketed at any time after sinking your first piece but must be sunk before your last one. After pocketing the queen, you must sink one of your carrommen, thereby 'covering' it, into any pocket in the next shot, or she is returned to the center spot.
• Once the queen is covered, whoever clears all their carrom men first wins the 'board'.
• The winner of a board collects one point for each of the opponent's carrom men left at the finish and three points for the queen if covered by the winner (if covered by the loser, no-one gets those points). No more points are collected for the queen after your score reaches 21.
• A game consists of 25 points.
• Sinking the striker costs you one piece and your turn. But, if you sink a piece in the same shot, then two come up and you do not shoot again.
• After sinking the striker, your opponent places the due piece(s) within the center circle. If you haven't sunk one yet, you owe one.
• If while shooting for the queen you also sink one of your carrom men in the same shot, the queen is automatically covered, no matter which went first.
• If a piece jumps off the board, it is placed on the center spot. If pieces land on end or are overlapping, they are left that way.
• If the center spot is partially covered when replacing the queen or a jumped piece, the piece should cover as much red as possible. If totally covered, the piece is placed opposite the next player behind the red spot.

Total-Point Carrom game

 

• Total point carrom is a variant of point carrom, in which the black carrom men are worth 5 points and the white ones are worth 10 points.
• The red queen is assigned 50 points and must have a subsequent carrom men pocketed after it.
• To win, a player must receive all the carrom men on the board.
• After the first round the player or team with the lowest score puts all their carrom men in the center.
• The others must match this score in the center and the players play for the carrom men in the center.
• They repeat this until one team or player has all the carrom men.
• This style of play is widely accepted in many areas of India and Pakistani.

Point Carrom game

 
     Point Carrom is a variant that is popular with children or an odd number of players. Game play is as described above with a variation. Players are allowed to pocket carrom men of any colour.

• Carrom men of black colour are assigned 1 point and white colour are also assigned 1 points.
• The red queen is assigned 3 points.
• Pocketing the queen must be followed by pocketing another carrom man on the same or subsequent strike.
• The first player to reach 25 points is declared the winner.
• If no player reaches 25 points, the player with the highest points is declared the winner. If the scores are tied, a tie-breaker must be played. Players who are tied (in points) select a colour. They are allowed to pocket carrom men of an alternate colour only on rebound.
• This style of play is common in some areas of East Asia.

Family-Point game

 
     Simple-Point Carrom is a variant that is very popular within children, seniors, women or an odd number of players. Players are allowed to pocket carrom men of any colour. A majority of people play by the following simple rules:

• The objective of play is to use a striker disk with a flick of the finger to make contact with and move lighter object coin into one of four corner pockets.
• Typically Black color coin gives 5 points, white/khaki color (or non-black) coin gives 10 points and Red color coin (Queen) gives 25 points to Corrom man/woman.
• Pocketing the queen must be followed by pocketing another coin on the same strike. To get Red color coin (Queen) points, one needs to put additional coin (of any color) after queen. If covering queen attempt fail, queen will be put back to center of board.
• Highest number player or team will win.
• Sets of 1, 3 or 5 are common.
• With points system, if one team/player gets queen points at early stages, still other have good chance to win by earning more points.
• This style of play is widely accepted in many areas of South Asia and quite popular with house wives.

Standard rules and regulations OF CARRAM BOARD

The ICF promulgates International Rules of Carrom (also termed "The Laws of Carrom") ICF acts as the governing body of carrom. The organisation also ranks players, sanctions tournaments and presents awards. ICF has many national affiliates such as the All-India Carrom Federation, Australian Carrom Federation, and United States Carrom Association.

The toss

Order of play is determined by the process of "calling the carrom men" or "the toss". Before commencing each match, an umpire hides one black and one white carrom man in his hands. The players must guess which color carrom men are being held in each hand. The player who guesses correctly wins the toss.

The winner of the toss must either choose to strike first or to change sides (from white to black) and give up the opening break. No option to pass this decision to the other player is available. If the player chooses to strike, the loser can change sides, but if the winner chooses to change sides the loser must strike first. The player taking the first shot (or break) gets to play white. The opponent plays black.

Shooting

The aim of the game is to pot (or pocket) one's nine carrom men and the Queen before your opponent. A successful pot entitles the player to shoot again. This means that, like pool and snooker, a player may pot all his pieces and cover the Queen from the break without his opponent being given the chance to shoot. Any player pocketing the Queen is required to cover it by immediately pocketing one of their carrom man on the entitlement shot. If after potting the Queen the player fails to cover it then the Queen is returned to the center of the table. It is illegal to pot the Queen after the last piece since the Queen must always be covered. The player is allowed to shoot with any finger, excluding the thumb (known as "thumbing" or a "thumb shot" or a "thumb hit").

Crossing the diagonal lines on the board by coming in touch with it, or pocketing the striker is a foul. A player needs to ensure that his striking hand does not infringe/cross the diagonal lines aerially/physically. A player committing a foul must return one carrom man that was already pocketed. If a player pockets his striker, he has to pay a penalty. This penalty is usually 10 points.

       

all about carrom THE QUEEN

   The red coin (or disk or seed) is called the queen. The queen is the most powerful carrom piece. During board setup, it is placed at the centre of the circle. In accordance with the ICF rules, pocketing the queen adds 3 points to the player's total score. The dimensions of the queen must be the same as those of other carrom men.

• The player must pocket the queen and subsequently pocket a carrom man of the player's own colour. This is termed covering the queen.If player by mistake pockets cover of opposite team then player has to owe queen to defending player, or a due is fined.(Rules vary in some variants)
• If the player fails to pocket a subsequent carrom man, the queen is replaced at the centre of the circle.
• If the player pockets his or his opponent's last carrom man before pocketing the queen, he loses the game. (In some variants, the carrom man is placed back on the board)
• If while shooting for the queen you also sink one of your pieces, the queen is automatically covered,no matter which went first.

models of carrom board

SUPERB: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the carrom board:                675 x 675 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        45 x 30 Playing Surface Area:                                  585 x 585 Playing Board Thickess:                                 6 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                    5.5 Kg. MONITOR: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the carrom board:                750 x 750 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        45 x 35 Playing Surface Area:                                  660 x 660 Playing Board Thickess:                                  6 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                     6.5 Kg. EXCEL: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the carrom board:                825 x 825 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        45 x 35 Playing Surface Area:                                  735 x 735 Playing Board Thickess:                                  6 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                     9.0 Kg. AMATEUR: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the carrom board:                835 x 835 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        50 x 40 Playing Surface Area:                                  735 x 735 Playing Board Thickess:                                   8 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                    11.0 Kg. CHAM JUMBO: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the Carrom board:   985 x 985 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:      125 x 50 Playing Surface Area:                                  735 x 735 Playing Board Thickess:                              20/24/28 mm     Net Weight Approx.:                                  26.0/27.5/29.0 Kg.PION: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm:Overall Size of the carrom board:                885 x 885 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        75 x 50 Playing Surface Area:                                  735 x 735 Playing Board Thickess:                              8/12/16 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                 17.0/18.5/20.0 Kg. BULLDOG: Overall Dimension of these model of carrom board are in mm: Overall Size of the carrom board:                935 x 935 Main Border Frame Width x Thickness:        100 x 50 Playing Surface Area:                                  735 x 735 Playing Board Thickess:                              16/20/24 mm Net Weight Approx.:                                  22.5/24.0/25.5 Kg. POPULAR: In popular range we are manufacturing carrom in three carrom frame size width x thickness i.e. 35mm x 35mm, 50mm x 35mm, 65mm x 35mm. Playing Surface Area                    735mm x 735mm Playing Board Thickness              4mm/ 6mm/ 8mm Net Weight Approx:                     6.0/7.0/ 8.0/10.0 Kg.

all about carrom

    Carrom is played using small disks of Wood or Plastic known as carrom men, sometimes abbreviated c/m. The pieces are also known as seed, coin orpuck. Carrom men are designed to slide when struck and are made with a smooth surface that allows contact with the board when the pieces are laid flat. They are struck by a Striker of standard specification which is larger and heavier. Carrom follows similar "strike and pocket" games, like pool, with its use of Rebounds, Angles and Obstruction of opponent's pieces.

A carrom set contains 19 pieces (striker not included) in three distinct colours. Two colours to represent the player's pieces and one colour for the Queen. The usual colours are white (or unstained) and black for the player's and red for the queen.

ICF approved pieces must have a diameter of no more than 3.18 cm and no less than 3.02 cm. The pieces must be at least 7 mm and at most 9 mm thick. The pieces have a plain, rounded edge. The mass of the pieces is within 5 g and 5.5 g. Some of the largest exporters of carrom boards are in india e.g. precise, surco, syndicate sports and paul traders.

Origin of carrom board and Equipmen

    The International Carrom Federation (ICF) was formed in the year 1988 in the city of Chennai, India. The formal rules for the Indian version of the game were published in 1988. In the same year the ICF officially codified the rules. The game is very popular throughout South Asia mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal etc. and has gained some popularity in Europe and theUnited States where it has been introduced by the Indian diaspora. The board and pieces can be bought in Europe or the USA and are usually imported from India. The most expensive boards are made to a high standard with high quality wood and decorations though cheaper boards are available.

The game is usually played on a board made of plywood. The dimensions of the standardised game is a 29 inches (74 cm) square playing surface on a board of lacquered plywood. The edges of the playing surface are bounded by bumpers of wood, and the underside of each pocket is covered by a net which is 10 cm² or larger.

The objective of play is to use a striker disk with a flick of the finger to make contact with and move lighter object disks called carrom men, which are thus propelled into one of four corner pockets.

carrom

Carrom (also known as Karrom) is a "strike and pocket" table game of Eastern origin similar to billiards and table shuffleboard. It is found throughout the East under different names though most non-eastern people know it by the East Asian name of Carroms (or Karrom). It is very popular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and surrounding areas. In the Indian sub-continent, many clubs and cafes have regular tournaments. Carrom is very commonly played within families and other functions. Different standards and rules exist in different areas.