If you could change one rule, what would it be?

[Master Blaster]

I tried this last season and it worked ok if i was drawn first or second, after that it was a struggle and even more so if they put snacks on the bar

Venue owners would have to put on kebabs for players.

[sharkster63]

I would make the rule that if you snookered yourself on all colours and it is imposible to hit one without a foul, you lose the game. None of this push shot and hit it hard enough rule, that is just a bunch of baloney.

[andy carson]

Venue owners would have to put on kebabs for players.

bonus! save having to stop the taxi on the way home

[mikeyd100]

I'd make it a foul if you take more than 20 seconds for a shot

Peter Ebdon is crying as we speak - well type anyway.

[GeordieDS]

Venue owners would have to put on kebabs for players.

We played at a club last season who put on three large pizzas one of which was a kebab pizza,they also had chips as well

[GeordieDS]

Peter Ebdon is crying as we speak - well type anyway.

Yeah but Ronnie is doing the Lambada

[brazil70]

There is already the gimmick "shoot out" tournament which is on the clock which is more than enough. I suggest take up chess if want a time limit.

[billabong]

There is already the gimmick "shoot out" tournament which is on the clock which is more than enough. I suggest take up chess if want a time limit.

In chess it's not a single shot time limit from the start, is it ?

Usually you have a certain ammount of time to play a certain ammount of moves

( i.e. 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, etc ). but I know what you mean.

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[GeordieDS]

There is already the gimmick "shoot out" tournament which is on the clock which is more than enough. I suggest take up chess if want a time limit.

The thread asks what rules would you change! Which part of this cant you understand?

[pottr]

I think the rules are fine...

Like Dean says, the un-gentlemanly conduct rules could be clearer but even then, without expert knowledge of the rules they would still be open to interpretation...

I'd like the miss rule in local league play to either be abolished or 'must hit' like the pros... Again... it's too grey.

There's one rule in the pro game which I feel is harsh. You rarely see it, but if a guy turns up without his chalk or forgets something from the dressing room he needs 'sand paper, mini butt etc' he's docked a frame... Very harsh from my eyes.

[ghost121]

Roll up snookers are often disproportionately rewarding for what is often poor positional play on the shot before. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing them go. And something has to be done about the miss rule, too harsh as it stands, although I am not sure what you would replace it with. Maybe a cap on the number of points you can lose?

[Master Blaster]

Roll up snookers are often disproportionately rewarding for what is often poor positional play on the shot before. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing them go. And something has to be done about the miss rule, too harsh as it stands, although I am not sure what you would replace it with. Maybe a cap on the number of points you can lose?

I agree with this change. After a roll up, the miss rule comes in to play and we can see a pro try and get round the angles with side on the ball like 8 attempts before hitting the pack. Just a waste of time and too harsh. If the player uses another ball to then lodge behind a ball creating a snooker, that involves a bit more skill; e.g. playing off the yellow and snookering behind the brown. Rolling straight up kills the game and this was why pool rules were changed, to discourage time being chewed up.

[brazil70]

I'd bring in the rule from pool about having to hit a cushion with any ball, after cueball contacts a ball
( unless you pot a ball )

Roll up snookers are often disproportionately rewarding for what is often poor positional play on the shot before. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing them go. And something has to be done about the miss rule, too harsh as it stands, although I am not sure what you would replace it with. Maybe a cap on the number of points you can lose?

Nice to see an agreement about the rollup, as for the miss difficult to put a cap on it as have to think it through, however I did read somewhere a suggestion that the non offending player could have and extra option of a free ball regardless if snookered or not after the miss to pot or play safe off, eg could pot pink (1pt) then black, red etc. also a 7pt penalty for any foul would be interesting.

[vmax4steve]

I agree with this change. After a roll up, the miss rule comes in to play and we can see a pro try and get round the angles with side on the ball like 8 attempts before hitting the pack. Just a waste of time and too harsh. If the player uses another ball to then lodge behind a ball creating a snooker, that involves a bit more skill; e.g. playing off the yellow and snookering behind the brown. Rolling straight up kills the game and this was why pool rules were changed, to discourage time being chewed up.

It's already there in the snooker shoot out, any ball to contact a cushion on every shot or a pot, meaning the cue ball can contact a cushion before contacting a ball on.

[DeanH]

There's one rule in the pro game which I feel is harsh. You rarely see it, but if a guy turns up without his chalk or forgets something from the dressing room he needs 'sand paper, mini butt etc' he's docked a frame... Very harsh from my eyes.

not sure about there being a rule for this and be docked a frame, ?
the infamous scenario with Maguire/Murphy, if I recall correctly was that Maguire did not do the break off shot and ran off to get the chalk; know if he had played the shot then asked for a "time-out" to get the chalk that would have been ok.
I am not sure which rule this scenario came under? anyone?
Don't want to hijack this thread, anyone link to the previous thread on this scenario?

Like when Trump's tip puffed up, he did the break off shot and then was allowed the 15mins(10?) to retip his cue.