After each shot one of these conditions exist and will determine who will shoot next. Is seven innings long. If a tie exists after seven innings, extra innings will be used to break a tie. When a player is able to knock out seven target marbles, he is declared the winner. Otherwise the player who has knocked out the most marbles after seven innings is declared the winner.
Players stand at one side of the court and shoot or roll their shooter toward a line.
A lag is used to determine who will shoot first or it may be use to determine the winner of a game that has gone through extra innings. Usually after three extra innings players lag to determine the winner of the game. When playing in the finals, this method should not be used to determine a winner. But today it seems that all of the school yards have black top on them. If you try to roll a marble on black top or even a sidewalk you will find that it doesn't roll like the old clay courts of yesterday.