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Playing doubles at the club yesterday a situation arose regarding a free ball.
I have attached an image of how the balls were placed at the time.
I had failed to get out of a snooker and therefore a foul was called. Our opponents said that it was a free ball but I disagreed. Me and my partner did allow the free ball because we were unsure as to what was correct.
The opponents used the usual argument that they were unable to hit the very extreme edges of the green, i.e. at the diameter of the ball.
I disagreed on the basis that even if the black and brown balls had not been next to the green, they still would be unable to hit the very extremeties of the green. My argument was that because of the close proximity of the cue ball to the ball on, the two extreme points that could be hit had changed, i.e. narrowed. Therefore on the basis that both of these points on the object ball could be hit, even with the black and brown balls being where they were, then it was not a free ball.
Any thoughts will be appreciated, even if I'm wrong 😂
Free Ball question 01_03_2025.pdf
I have attached an image of how the balls were placed at the time.
I had failed to get out of a snooker and therefore a foul was called. Our opponents said that it was a free ball but I disagreed. Me and my partner did allow the free ball because we were unsure as to what was correct.
The opponents used the usual argument that they were unable to hit the very extreme edges of the green, i.e. at the diameter of the ball.
I disagreed on the basis that even if the black and brown balls had not been next to the green, they still would be unable to hit the very extremeties of the green. My argument was that because of the close proximity of the cue ball to the ball on, the two extreme points that could be hit had changed, i.e. narrowed. Therefore on the basis that both of these points on the object ball could be hit, even with the black and brown balls being where they were, then it was not a free ball.
Any thoughts will be appreciated, even if I'm wrong 😂
Free Ball question 01_03_2025.pdf
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