snooker question

[stick8]

Hi guys&ladies; I was ask last night a question on snooker by a young man, saying i would know as i am so old!! but the question--- your have been snookered after your opponent faled. the old way was we could shoot noumbered ball as red ball abd contionue on , some play it as you are snookerd, and but shoot, i thought you can make him shoot again wnat is right is there a rule???? THANKS STICK

 

[Cameron Smith]

Hi guys&ladies; I was ask last night a question on snooker by a young man, saying i would know as i am so old!! but the question--- your have been snookered after your opponent faled. the old way was we could shoot noumbered ball as red ball abd contionue on , some play it as you are snookerd, and but shoot, i thought you can make him shoot again wnat is right is there a rule???? THANKS STICK

All of them.

If your opponent fouls and leaves you snookered on a red, you can shoot a colour as a red ball, choose to kick (inadvisable) or give shot back to your opponent.

 

[Nick B]

yes if you can't see both sides of 'any red' then you can:
a: Take color ball a single (red), re-spot and shot any color for it normal value.
b: Make opponent shoot again from where it lies.

Nick

In a refereed match if you hooked your opponent (legally) and he kicked and missed and the ref felt that it was to HIS advantage how they ended up or he didn't make "enough of a effort" then he would replace the ball(s) and make you shot again (and pay penalty points like normal).

 

[Boro Nut]

After any foul you can always elect to play from the position you are left in, or ask your oponent to play the shot from that position. In the amateur game (depending on skill level) it's not usually reasonable to have the balls replaced to their original positions for your oponent to replay the shot unless a deliberate foul has been played.

In all instances if you are snookered following a foul by your oponent you have the option to elect to take a free ball, which can be any other ball not 'on'.

American rules are subtely different. Nobody knows why. But in the real rules a snooker means you cannot hit the extremities of the ball 'on' playing in a straight line because you are obstructed by a ball that is not 'on'. For instance, say one red is partialy snookered by the pink, but the only thing stopping you hitting the extremities of the red behind that one is the first red in front - that is not a snooker, and you can't take a free ball.

It's not a snooker if you're obstructed by a part of the table after a foul, like the curve of a pocket. In this instance, if you cant hit all extremities of the ball 'on' you have the option of playing from hand (the D).

It's not a snooker when playing from hand if you can shoot unobstructed (by a ball not on) from any single point in or on the D.

If a free ball is nominated, in all instances you MUST hit the nominated ball with the first impact, or it's a foul. Nor may you snooker your oponent behind a nominated (free) ball (it's a foul) except when only the pink and black remain.

In all instances both the nominated ball and any balls 'on' are legally pottable. If the free ball is taken in place of a red, and the nominated ball and other reds are potted in the same stroke, then all balls potted are scored (as reds).

If the nominated ball is taken in place of a colour, then both the nominated ball and ball 'on' are legally pottable in the same stroke, but only one of them is scored. (Not sure if this hasn't been changed). The nominated ball is respotted and the ball 'on' stays off the table.

Boro Nut