Glossary · equipment
Apron
The sloped area between the ball track and the pockets, where the deflectors sit.
In context
When the ballequipmentBallThe small ball launched along the track against the rotor. Modern balls are ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.Read full → leaves the track it crosses the apron, hits a deflectorequipmentDeflectorOne of the metal obstacles on the apron that scatter the falling ball. Also: canoe, diamond, pin.Read full →, and tumbles into the rotorequipmentRotorThe spinning part of the wheel that carries the pockets.Read full →. This is where predictability ends.
Did you know
Wheel makers call the deflectors “canoes” for their shape; eight is standard, four vertical and four horizontal.