Sorry if this has been asked before, what happens if the white ends up in a possition where it can't legaly be hit? Say, up against a cushion with 2 other balls touching it and hemming it in.
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I think he is trying to imagine a snooker position when there is no valid escape to play.. I don't know the answer, but it's always one of those questions that keeps coming to my mind..All the way Mark J!!
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Originally Posted by flame View Postplease clarify,(white cannot be legally be hit)
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Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. The white is resting against the cussion, and there are 2 reds touching the white. The reff declares touching ball on both reds, so the player cant legally hit either of them, or play away from them (because the white is also touching the cushion). D'you see what I mean?Last edited by PatBlock; 10 May 2010, 07:43 PM.The fast and the furious,
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Originally Posted by flame View Posti presume you mean ball impossible to hit(object ball),in this situation the striker must hit the cue ball with enough power to hit the object ball if it was not impossible to hit & in the right direction to hit the object ball, yes it would be a foul.
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Originally Posted by flame View Posthope this answers your question to your satisfaction,sorry for misunderstanding your original post.The fast and the furious,
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I think what the OP is trying to say is that the touching balls are both balls 'on' and therefore it is impossible to play away.
The answer simply is that the stroke would be an automatic foul (but not a Miss, because you've obviously first made contact with a ball on).
This might just be a case that a stalemate was developing, unless you chose to force the cue-ball through the touching reds into a safe position.
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Originally Posted by Souwester View PostI think what the OP is trying to say is that the touching balls are both balls 'on' and therefore it is impossible to play away.
The answer simply is that the stroke would be an automatic foul (but not a Miss, because you've obviously first made contact with a ball on).
This might just be a case that a stalemate was developing, unless you chose to force the cue-ball through the touching reds into a safe position.
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Originally Posted by Quackers View PostI can't see how this position could arise, but I was under the impression that the player must "attempt to hit the ball on". Maybe that's old-fashioned nowadays but that terminology is in my mind from somewhere.
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Quackers, the situation described by the OP, is that he is left with the position when he comes to the table that the cue-ball is ALREADY touching two balls that are 'on', such that he can't play away from them, because the cushion prevents this. Therefore, any shot he plays will automatically be a foul.
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You come to the table and this is the situation, both reds touching the white.Attached FilesThe fast and the furious,
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