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STANDARD FOULS:-STANDARD FOULS ARE TO BE CALLED BY THE REFEREE AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR AND THE FOULED FLAYER IMMEDIATELY LOSES CONTROL OF THE TABLE. THE REFEREE THEN AWARDS TWO VISITS TO THE OPPONENT.
1) POTTING THE CUE BALL OR IN-OFF, THE INCOMING PLAYER PLAYS FROM THE BAULK.
2) PLAYING FROM OUTSIDE THE BAULK WHEN OBLIGED TO PLAY FROM THE BAULK.
3) POTTING AN OPPONENTS BALL. ( EXCEPT WHEN IT IS THE PROPERLY NOMINATED BALL FOLLOWING A FOUL SNOOKER OR FOUL JAW SNOOKER.)
4) FAILING TO CAUSE THE CUE BALL'S INITIAL CONTACT WITH A BALL, TO BE WITH A BALL ON.
5) ACCIDENTALLY STRIKING THE CUE BALL WITH ANY PART OF THE CUE OTHER THAN THE TIP.
6) ACCIDENTALLY STRIKING AN OBJECT BALL WITH ANY PART OF THE CUE.
7) PLAYING A SHOT BEFORE ALL BALLS HAVE COME TO REST FROM THE PREVIOUS SHOT.
8) PLAYING A SHOT BEFORE ALL BALLS THAT REQUIRE SPOTTING HAVE BEEN SPOTTED.
9) A) TOUCHING THE TABLE WHILE HAVING A CIGARETTE ( LIT OR UNLIT) IN HAND OR MOUTH....B) CAUSING A CIGARETTE ( LIT OR UNLIT) TO TOUCH THE TABLE OR ENTER THE SPACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TABLE....C) TOUCHING THE TABLE WHILE HAVING A BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN HAND....D) CAUSING A BEVERAGE CONTAINER TO TOUCH THE TABLE OR ENTER THE SPACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TABLE.
10) TOUCHING THE TABLE WHEN NOT IN CONTROL OF THE FRAME....EXCEPTIONS: WHEN A PLAYERS TURN IS FINISHED, THAT PLAYER HAS A MAXIMUM OF 10 SECONDS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TABLE.
11) NOT MOVING AWAY FROM THE TABLE WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF THE TIME THAT ALL THE BALLS STOPPED MOVING FROM THE FINAL SHOT OF A TURN AT THE TABLE.
12) COACHING:- DURING A FRAME, A PLAYER IS REQUIRED TO PLAY WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY ADVICE FROM OTHER PERSONS RELATING TO THE PLAYING OF THE FRAME. SHOULD A TEAM MEMBER OF A BONE-FIDE SUPPORTER OR A PLAYER OFFER ADVICE, THE REFEREE WILL ISSUE A "FIRST AND FINAL WARNING" TO THAT PERSON THAT A REPETITION WILL RESULT IN THE PLAYER BEING PENALISED VIA A STANDARD FOUL. BECAUSE IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REFEREE TO HEAR IF A STATEMENT MADE BY A PLAYER IS ADVICE, THE REFEREE MAY ISSUE A FIRST AND FINAL WARNING ON THE GROUNDS THAT ANY STATEMENT MADE BY A PLAYER OTHER THAN GENERAL BARRACKING, IS DEEMED TO BE COACHING.
* IN A TOURNAMENT SETTING A FIRST AND FINAL WARNING MAY BE GIVEN ONCE ONLY, BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DAY'S PLAY AS A BLOCK WARNING TO ALL PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS.
13) LEAVING THE PLAYING AREA WITHOUT PERMISSION. IF A PLAYER NEEDS TO LEAVE THE PLAYING AREA DURING A FRAME OR MATCH, "TIME OUT" MUST FIRSTLY BE GRANTED BY THE REFEREE.
14) PLAYING A SHOT AFTER NEGLECTING TO NOMINATE A CHOICE OF COLOUR WHEN THE OBLIGATION AND RIGHT TO DO SO EXISTS.
15) PLAYING A PUSH SHOT OR DOUBLE HIT OF A TYPE DEFINED IN "O" PUSH SHOTS AND DOUBLE HITS.
16) FAILING TO PERFORM A LEGAL SHOT ( SEE "G" LEGAL SHOT)
17) AFTER BEING AWARDED A FOUL SNOOKER OR FOUL JAW SNOOKER. PLAYING AN OPPONENTS BALL WITHOUT FIRST NOMINATING THAT BALL.
18) PLAYING A SHOT WHILE NOT HAVING AT LEAST ONE FOOT TOUCHING THE FLOOR.
19) FAILING TO PLAY AWAY FROM A TOUCHING BALL.
20) A BALL REMAINING OFF THE TABLE.
21) PLAYERS BODY OR CLOTHING TOUCHING ANY BALL.
INTERPRETATIONS:- 1) TOUCHING THE CUE BALL:- FOLLOWING A FOUL, THE REFEREE WILL RECOVER AND HAND IT TO THE INCOMING PLAYER. IF THE PLAYER TOUCHES OR RECOVERS THE CUE BALL IT IS A STANDARD FOUL.
2) CATCHING OR PREVENTING THE CUE BALL FROM DROPPING. IF THE CUE BALL IS IN PROGRESS OF GOING IN-OFF AND THE PLAYER CATCHES THE CUE BALL IN THE POCKET OR PREVENTS THE CUE BALL FROM FALLING, THE FOLLOWING WILL APPLY:
IT WILL BE A STANDARD FOUL, IF NO OTHER BALLS WERE TOUCHED OR MOVED BY THE PLAYER DURING HIS.HER ACTION TO CATCH OR PREVENT THE CUE BALL FROM FALLING.
3) IN CONTROL OF THE TABLE:- DURING ANY GAME, WHEN A PLAYER ( AND HIS/HER PARTNER IN DOUBLES) ARE IN CONTROL OF THE TABLE, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS A SHOT. THE PARTNER IS ALLOWED TO TALK TO, OR TOUCH THE PLAYER IN CONTROL WHILE HE/SHE IS ADDRESSING THE CUE BALL. HOWEVER, THE PARTNER MAY NOT TOUCH THE TABLE WHILE THE PLAYER IS ADDRESSING THE CUE BALL.
4) CIGARETTE OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN HAND: NO PLAYER IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE TABLE WHILE HE/SHE HAS A CIGARETTE OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN HIS/HER HAND. IN DOUBLES, WHEN A PLAYER'S PARTNER COMES TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS A SHOT, THE PARTNER MAY NOT TOUCH THE TABLE, OR ENTER THE SPACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TABLE, WITH A CIGARETTE OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN HAND. IF A PARTNER APPROACHES THE TABLE WITH A CIGARETTE OR BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN HAND, BUT DOES NOT TOUCH THE TABLE OR ENTER THE SPACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TABLE, THE PLAYER WILL NOT BE FOULED.
5) PUSH SHOTS:- MOST SHOTS COMMONLY KNOWN AS PUSH SHOTS IN THE GAME OF SNOOKER ARE ALLOWED IN THE GAME OF 8 BALL POOL. ANY SHOT PLAYED WITH SPEED WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A PUSH SHOT REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THE CUE TIP MAY HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CUE BALL MORE THAN ONCE.
THE ONLY TIME A REFEREE CAN FOUL A PLAYER IS WHEN THE REFEREE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FOUL WITH THE NAKED EYE, SO IF A SHOT IS PLAYED WITH SPEED, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE REFEREE TO SEE THE FOUL.
L) NON STANDARD FOULS:- NON STANDARD FOULS ARE TO BE CALLED BY THE REFEREE AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR AND THE FOULED PLAYER IMMEDIATELY LOSES CONTROL OF THE TABLE. THE REFEREE WILL THEN IMPOSE THE RELEVANT PENALTY. NON-STANDARD FOULS ARE SO CALLED BECAUSE THE PENALTY AND/OR OPTIONS OF THE INCOMING PLAYER MAY VARY.
1) FAILURE TO PERFORM A FAIR BREAK ( SEE F)
2) FAILURE TO PLAY A SHOT WITHIN 60 SECONDS OF THE TIME THAT THE BALLS CAME TO REST FROM THE PREVIOUS SHOT
3) POTTING THE CUE BALL ON A FAIR BREAK.
4) OPPONENTS BALL FALLING INTO A POCKET WITHOUT BEING HIT. ( SEE V)
M) SERIOUS FOULS:- SERIOUS FOULS ARE TO BE CALLED BY THE REFEREE AS SOON AS THEY OCCUR AND THE FOULED PLAYER IMMEDIATELY LOSES CONTROL OF THE TABLE. THE REFEREE WILL REPLACE THE BALLS AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE POSITIONS THEY WERE IN BEFORE THE SERIOUS FOUL WAS COMMITTED AND AWARD TWO VISITS TO THE OPPONENT.
1) PLAYING A SHOT OUT OF TURN ( ACCIDENTALLY OR DELIBERATELY)
A) A PLAYER WHO PLAYS A SHOT AT ANY TIME DURING A FRAME WHEN THE RIGHT TO DO SO DOES NOT EXIST HAS PLAYED OUT OF TURN. FOR EXAMPLE, A PLAYER WHO PLAYS A SHOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLAYING A FOUL OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER A REFEREE HAS CALLED FOUL ON THAT PLAYER, HAS PLAYED OUT OF TURN.
2) DELIBERATELY STRIKING A BALL OTHER THAN THE CUE BALL WITH THE TIP OF THE CUE.
3) DELIBERATELY CAUSING ANY BALL OR BALLS TO BE MOVED IN A MANNER OTHER THAN THAT WHICH MAY RESULT FROM PLAYING A NORMAL SHOT.
4) DELIBERATELY STRIKING THE CUE BALL WITH OTHER THAN THE TIP OF THE CUE.
5) DELIBERATELY CAUSING THE CUE BALL TO JUMP OVER ANY BALL. ( IF THE CUE BALL LEAVES THE BED OF THE TABLE AND MISSES AN OBJECT BALL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK HAD THE CUE BALL NOT LEFT THE TABLE ON AN OTHERWISE IDENTICAL SHOT, THE CUE BALL IS DEEMED TO HAVE JUMPED OVER THAT OBJECT BALL.)
6) DELIBERATELY INTERFERING, BY WORD OR ACTION, SO AS TO DISRUPT AN OPPONENTS PLAY.
INTERPRETATIONS:- A PLAYER TOUCHES A BALL WITH THE SLEEVE OF HIS/HER SHIRT AND THE REFEREE CAUL FOUL, TWO VISITS, ONE SECOND LATER THE PLAYER PLAYS A SHOT:- IT IS A SERIOUS FOUL, THE PLAYER HAS PLAYED OUT OF TURN, THE REFEREE MUST REPLACE THE BALLS AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE POSITIONS THEY WERE IN, BEFORE THE SHOT WAS PLAYED AND AWARD TWO VISITS TO THE OPPONENT.
ANY BALLS POTTED MUST ALSO BE REPLACED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS.
2) CATCHING OR PREVENTING THE CUE BALL FROM DROPPING:- IF THE CUE BALL IS IN PROGRESS OF GOING IN-OFF AND THE PLAYER CATCHES THE CUE BALL IN THE POCKET OR PREVENTS THE CUE BALL FROM FALLING, THE FOLLOWING WILL APPLY:- IT WILL BE A SERIOUS FOUL, IF ANY BALLS WERE MOVED OR TOUCHED BY THE PLAYER DURING HIS/HER ACTION TO CATCH OR PREVENT THE CUE BALL FROM FALLING
3) PLAYING OUT OF TURN:- A PLAYER WHO PLAYS A SHOT AT ANY TIME DURING A FRAME WHEN THE RIGHT TO DO SO DOES NOT EXIST, HAS PLAYED OUT OF TURN.