can someone please explain the ball ranking and order of shots for the game of Snooker?
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red-any colour,red any colour and so on until all the reds are potted.\nthen yellow,green,brown,blue,pink and black-Finish.\nReds=1\nyellow=2\ngreen =3,\nbrown=4\nblue =2\npink =6\nblack=7\nTotal ''clearance ''= 147
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I have lost a lot of respect for the rules of pool.  There are too many different types of rules for different pubs.  It's impossible nearly to have a friendly game with a stranger in a pub you don't often visit.\n\nA lot of friends seem to have their own rules, it's stupid.\n\nI am a very good pool player but stop enjoying the game because I realised that the official rules are NEVER played by anyone.  I am the type of player who will be happy to play the opponent's rules - but still they get confused with THEIR rules.\n\nSo stick with snooker!  It improves your pool, it also only has one rule and you can not get beat by lucky drunk youngsters.  Snooker is a  man's game.  Pool is anyones game from my experience.\n\nTo be in a pool team, you're generally like to drink in that pub.\n\nTo be in a snooker team, you're generally known to be good!
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go to NZ they are the the current world champs!!Just kidding! When I played (while ago now) i always found it easier to defend by standing alongside your opponent. this sucked the opposition into thinking u werent defending and they always threw the ball to ure partner where you just cut her out and took the pass.Its about making the opportunities available but you effectively dictating the play.As I was a GA my main job was to stay out in the circle to encourage my team to give the ball to GS.Also stand right up behind ure defender then step back at the last minute to take the lofted pass over there heads.Becos you suddenly moved they normally fell or were wrong footed to jump. Try and anticipate your oppositions moves. that means think tactically and strategically to foil there attempts when defending. good luck.
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just like it sounds baby!  have you ever put "english" on a tennis ball or a pool ball?  You hit is in a certain area to make it spin. \nPool - the ball gets hit near the bottom to make it spin back toward you.  The side spin serve in VB makes the ball curve thru the air so it looks like one person should receive it and then it either lands in between players or goes to an entirely different player.  you need to practice it!  hit it on the right side (if you are right handed) and stand toward the right of the court. Do the opposite if you are left handed.
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# 4 Types of games (carom and pocket)\n\n    * 4.1 Straight billiards or straight rail\n    * 4.2 Balkline\n    * 4.3 Three cushion billiards\n    * 4.4 Eight ball\n    * 4.5 Nine ball\n    * 4.6 One pocket\n    * 4.7 Bank pool\n    * 4.8 Snooker\n\nFor the rules and a lot more information on pool see the article.
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I've seen two different setups that have worked really well.\n\nFirst one was called "The Loop" at my home course.  Everyone just goes out and plays their own ball, and then turns in their scorecards at the end of the round.  The players were divided into two pools - the A pool had all the guys who shot around 80, the B pool was the 110 shooters, in your case - and the scorecards are drawn so every A player is matched with a B player.  From there, it's the team's best ball on the hole vs. the field for skins.  Everyone plays hard because they don't know who their partner is until the end of the round...\n\nNow, if the teams have to be known in advance, try alternate shot.  Whoever drives on the first hole drives on all the odd-numbered holes; the partner drives on all the evens.  Automatic two-stroke penalty if someone hits twice in a row (including knocking in that three-inch putt after missing the five-footer).  Just make sure the teams involve one low and one high handicapper, or else it'll get ugly quick.
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the tables, the balls, the cues, the rules, there's loads of differences!!\n\nBilliards - http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/bar-billiards-rules.htm\n\nSnooker - http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html\n\nPool - 2 types:\n\n9 (black ball) pool - http://www.epa.org.uk/wrules.php\n\n8 ball - http://arseweb.com/rupe/pool/uk_rules.html\n\nEnjoy!
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Tricky question. I personally think that if you play snooker, pool or billiards the best cue is the one that suits you best. Steven Hendry was given a cue when he was either 12 or 14 and he won the world championship like, 5 times in a row using that same cue. Sadly, a couple of years ago he had to buy a new one because he went to play in Japan and his cue got broken by some clumsy baggage handling on the plane!
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It deals with geometry in that you have to set up proper angles and predict where the ball should end using multiple angles. It also deals with physics in that you have ot control how hard you calculate your shot in order to end in a specific location, as well as things like friction coefficients, ball speed, ball rotation and spin, energy transfer, energy loss, and other aspects that you normaly dont think about when playing  a rack in your local bar.
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English is called screw in England\n\n6 rail shot\nIt's an extra 2 rails added to a shot called 4 in the corner....\nFacing the end rail, from a bit left of the break spot aim the object ball a bit to the right of the center diamond the on the end rail(use a tad of left english). The object ball must strick the 2nd rail (long rail) between the side pocket and the corner pocket at the other end of the table. The ball goes six rails into the opposite corner. Shoot hard as hell!  If you make it put up you cue, pat youself on the back and go home a winner!\n\nSquirt is a deflection in the path of the cue ball right after being stuck by the cue. No one really understands the true cause; but it is more apt to happen using a cheap cre than a really good cue stick.
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4:\n1 vs. 4\n2 vs. 3\nwinners play\n\n5:\n5 vs 4\nwinner plays 1\n2 vs 4\nwinners play\n\n6:\n6 vs 3\nwinner plays 1\n5 vs 4 \nwinner plays 2\nwinners play\n\n7:\nnot too sure the best way to do that.
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Ball Terminology:\n* Red = basic object ball that is red in color\n* Ball color = any ball that is not red in color\n\nWhen there are still red balls on the table:\n1. your 1st shot on every turn must be a red(any red ball is ok).\n2. You must first pot a red to gain access to potting any ball color you wish. (the pocketed red shall remain in the pocket)\n3. Before potting a ball color, you must 1st state what color you are taking, and if any other ball(colored or red) goes on your attempt to take your chosen ball color, it will be regarded as a foul. (the pocketed ball color shall be taken out of the pocket and returned to its original spot at the table)\n4. This process is repeated until all red balls are pocketed.\n5. In the event that a ball is missed, the cycle is renewed with the shooting player required to pot a red ball 1st.\n\nWhen all red balls are gone:\n1. balls are pocketed in this order - yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black\n\nFoul Rules:\n*** Cueball must make contact with object ball first otherwise, foul is committed( Penalty: 4pt or corresponding pt value of 1st ball hit, whichever is higher)\n1. If the cueball does not hit anything on the table, the ahooter's opponent may choose to take the shot, pass, or ask the shooter to redo the shot(taking the white to its original place before the shot took place)\n2. If the shooter commits a foul and the opponent has no clear path to an object ball, he may be allowed to take a freeball(any ball on the table). The freeball will take the pt of the original object ball.\n3. other basic rules apply(e.g. cueball pocketed, accidentally nudging any ball on the table, etc)\n\nBall quantity, points and orig spot(looking from the side opposite the arch):\n= RED(15) - 1pt each (in a triangle formation just below the PINK)\n= YELLOW(1) - 2pt (left side of BROWN)\n= GREEN(1) - 3pt (right side of BROWN)\n= BROWN(1) - 4pt (midpoint of the line connecting the arch\n= BLUE(1) - 5pt (center of table)\n= PINK(1) - 6pt (above the reds)\n= BLACK(1) - 7pt (below the reds)\n\nA game ends when:\n1. A player resigns because there are not enough balls on the table to make up for the opponent's score; OR he does not have enough options to execute a good snooker to force the opponent into a foul.\n2. All reds and ball colors are pocketed.\n\nWinner:\n- The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!
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scores 1 point for potting first red\n\nscores -7 point (foul) for shooting red again, instead of colour\n*Rule 12d-iii\n(12d) A penalty of seven points is incurred if the striker:\n(iii) plays at Reds, or a free ball followed by a Red, in successive strokes,\n\nTurn ends, net minus 6 points.\n\nOpponent can play or, make you shoot again.\n\n\n****I can't imagine anyone having played 25 years and not yet know the rules.
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on. \n\nthis answer provided by: Internet_Professor\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AgZKwWiLBpWHkgb7xuemvlwezKIX?show=AA10505536
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It depends on the game you are playing, but there are two very popular games played on the standard pool table.  Eight ball features15 balls one being the black eight ball, seven solids and seven stripes.  The object is to sink all of your balls (either solid or stripes) in any of the six pockets before sinking the eight ball.  A player may continue shooting until he misses a ball.  If a shot cannot be made, then it is to the players advantage to "hook" his opponant leaving the cue ball in a spot where a shot is difficult or impossible, thus regaining control of the game.\n\nNine ball is played with the balls numbered 1 through 9.  The object is to sink each ball in numerical order, sinking the nine ball last.  Each ball is worth one point, the nine is worth two.  In competative pool, players have to reach a certain number of points before their opponant. In tournament play it often goes by games won-like the first to win eleven games, as opposed to recording points.  A player may win the game early if they sink the nineball using the numbered ball they are hitting.  For example if I am shooting the one ball, I can hit the one into the nine and pocket it, winning the game.  Strategy is important in nineball, along with cueball control.  It is a great game to play to practice banking, hooking, and cueball control.\n\nBesides these two games there are other variations that can be found, and many bars have their own house rules. In an unfamiliar place it is a good idea to check what the rules are before play.
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Straight pool - 15 \n(clear rack on break)\ngood luck though! :)\n\nSnooker - 15 \n(pot all the red balls in one shot)\ngood luck though :)\n\nEnglish Billiards - 2 \n(winner and cannon combined)\nhappens often!
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Like basketball, the game is played on a hard court with scoring rings at both ends, and with a ball resembling a basketball (but lighter, smaller and slightly softer in construction). The rings, whilst of similar height and dimension to basketball hoops, do not have a "backboard". The field is divided into thirds which regulate where individuals in each team are allowed to move, and two semi-circular "shooting circles" at each end from within which all scoring shots must be taken.\n\nThere are seven players on each team, who are given nominated, named positions (and in competitive netball must wear "bibs" or "patches" showing the abbreviations below indicating that position). They are only allowed in certain areas of the court, as described below:\n\nNetball positions \nPosition Name Abbreviation Opponent Areas permitted \nGoal Shooter GS Goal Keeper Attacking goal third including shooting circle \nGoal Attack GA Goal Defence Attacking goal third, shooting circle, and center third \nWing Attack WA Wing Defence Attacking goal third and centre third, not shooting circle \nCentre C Centre Everywhere except shooting circles \nWing Defence WD Wing Attack Defensive goal third and center third, not shooting circle \nGoal Defence GD Goal Attack Defensive goal third and center third, including shooting circle \nGoal Keeper GK Goal Shooter Defensive goal third, including shooting circle \n\nBy the combination of the above, only the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter are able to score goals directly.\n\nNetball rules do not permit players to take more than one step in possession of the ball. Consequently, the only way to move the ball towards the goal is to throw the ball to a teammate. The ball cannot be held by one person for more than 3 seconds at any one time. This, combined with the restrictions on where players can move, ensures that everyone on the team is regularly involved in play. Defence is restricted -- not only is contact not permitted, but players must be at least three feet (90 centimetres) away to defend, meaning that hard physical contact is rare. If contact is made, the ball must be passed to the team against which the penalty was committed.\n\nA game is played in 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, with an interval of 3 minutes between the first and second and third and fourth quarters and an interval of 5 minutes at half time. There is up to 2 minutes of time allowed for each injury.