snooker rule question

[BobTfromIL]

I play occaionally and need some help with a rule.

In a frozen ball situation an example follows:

Only colors left, frozen to the green with the yellow still in play, if you play away from the green and do not hit the yellow is it a foul? if you do hit the yellow is that a foul?

If you on the green and frozen to it must you play away or is it possible to shoot the green ?

Thanks

 

[Scaramouche]

I play occaionally and need some help with a rule.

In a frozen ball situation an example follows:

Only colors left, frozen to the green with the yellow still in play,

if you play away from the green and do not hit the yellow is it a foul? Yes

if you do hit the yellow is that a foul? No

If you on the green and frozen to it must you play away or is it possible to shoot the green? Must play away. You are shooting the Yellow, failure to hit it is a 4 point foul, or more if you hit the the blue, pink or black instead.

If the green is the lowest ball remaining, you must play away. You can contact any other ball without penalty. Pocketing any other ball is a foul.

Thanks

Basically, you must shoot away from a ball when the cue ball is frozen to it. If the frozen ball moves it is a foul.

The frozen cue ball is simply an obstruction and you have to find a route to contact whatever ball is on, be it red or colour, without first hitting an obstruction. The game is called Snooker.

The Rules
http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/40/8d/0,,13165~167232,00.pdf

 

[Bob Jewett]

Basically, you must shoot away from a ball when the cue ball is frozen to it. If the frozen ball moves it is a foul.

The frozen cue ball is simply an obstruction and you have to find a route to contact whatever ball is on, be it red or colour, without first hitting an obstruction. The game is called Snooker.

The Rules
http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/40/8d/0,,13165~167232,00.pdf

Another way to phrase it is that you get credit for hitting a frozen ball you play away from if it is to your benefit and are not penalized for playing away from a ball that you should not contact. A small correction to the above: if the referee is satisfied that the movement of a frozen ball was not caused by the striker, no foul is called. An example would be if the ball settled slightly after the cue ball was shot away.

 

[BobTfromIL]

Thanks, those rules were a little clearer than the ones I previously looked at.

 

[acesinc1999]

... A small correction to the above: if the referee is satisfied that the movement of a frozen ball was not caused by the striker, no foul is called. An example would be if the ball settled slightly after the cue ball was shot away.

I just had this happen to me about a week ago; touching red ball, ball on is red, I had to cue over the red I was shooting away from so I was jacked up and actually looking directly at the cue ball when I struck it. I was astounded to see the touching red ball really wobble quite a bit after the stroke as it settled into the cloth. I did not call a foul on myself because I KNEW that I did not touch that red; it just moved of its own accord. The balls can be like a house of playing cards sometimes, "leaning" on each other, then you move the cue ball and the frozen ball settles into a dimple.