In snooker, push shots and double contacts are not allowed. This particular double contact was performed by Judd Trump in a recent 2024 WSC match. The referee Terry Camileri was unaware that a foul had been committed. There is a very simple formula that all referees can use to identify a double contact: Quite simply if (A) the distance the cue travels through the white is greater than (B) the distance between the two balls then it has to be a double contact. This is because the white ball will always slow down when it meets the object ball and this allows the cue to catch up for a second contact. (This all happens in a split second of course.) In this video, we can see that A is significantly greater than B (around 5X greater in fact). This is an obvious double contact. Also, the second contact is a push (cue contacts white exactly when white contacts object ball). It has to be otherwise the ball would not have gone in the hole. The timing would have been off. So the referee could have called a foul for either a double contact or a push. Obviously, we can see that a foul has been committed here but a referee might have trouble spotting this because the player quickly withdraws his cue immediately after the shot. This is always done to disguise the push. (Note to referees: If you see this kind of rapid withdrawal in a potential push shot/double contact situation then just go ahead and call the foul anyway. Don't worry about A and B. This type of movement is most unnatural and it is only ever done to disguise a double contact and to deceive you.) *The 'Very fine edge' loophole* From the rule book: "Where the cue-ball and the object ball are almost touching, it shall not be deemed a push stroke if the cue-ball hits a very fine edge of the object ball.” Loophole: As there is no definition in the rule book for a 'very fine edge' the player can define it himself/herself in any way that suits them. So, technically speaking, it's only a foul if the referee says it is (but in this case he wasn't even aware that anything was amiss, lol). This video is for educational purposes only.
Пікірлер: 1