A cribbage only counts when the paired balls are pocketed in succession in the same . Where a player pockets a first paired ball and is thus "on a cribbage", if the companion ball is not pocketed on the next stroke, the shot is a foul and the unpaired balls of any cribbages not completed are to the . If the foot spot is occupied, balls are spotted as close as possible to the foot spot on the stretching back from the foot spot to the .