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I'm by no means an expert on the rules of snooker, but I've always been pretty confident in answering any questions I might be asked in terms of the rules.
However, just watching Jud now when he played a red and finished touching the black, the ref informed him of the fact and asked him to nominate. Jud nominated the brown and played a simple safety.
All of that I understand, but the situation got me thinking. I know that a player cannot snooker directly behind the nominated ball. But if Jud had nominated the black, and still played the same shot, i.e. into the brown, would that have been a foul? I suspect that it wouldn't, as he is deemed to have already played the ball he nominated, i.e. the black he was already touching.
But in that case, what was the point of nominating the brown if he could have played exactly the same shot by nominating the black?
What I'm trying to say is, a player is touching black. So if he nominates the brown and (for whatever reason) fails to hit the brown, the ref will call a foul. So why would a player just not simpy nominate the ball he's touching, so that even if he failed to hit any of the other colours, due to a miscue or whatever, it wouldn't be a foul, as he would be deemed to have already hit the nominated ball.
However, just watching Jud now when he played a red and finished touching the black, the ref informed him of the fact and asked him to nominate. Jud nominated the brown and played a simple safety.
All of that I understand, but the situation got me thinking. I know that a player cannot snooker directly behind the nominated ball. But if Jud had nominated the black, and still played the same shot, i.e. into the brown, would that have been a foul? I suspect that it wouldn't, as he is deemed to have already played the ball he nominated, i.e. the black he was already touching.
But in that case, what was the point of nominating the brown if he could have played exactly the same shot by nominating the black?
What I'm trying to say is, a player is touching black. So if he nominates the brown and (for whatever reason) fails to hit the brown, the ref will call a foul. So why would a player just not simpy nominate the ball he's touching, so that even if he failed to hit any of the other colours, due to a miscue or whatever, it wouldn't be a foul, as he would be deemed to have already hit the nominated ball.
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