A miscue on the break. Player double hit the cue ball. Here is another great article written by my colleague Fred Johnson for the Colorado VNEA newsletter. He does seem to miscue on the break a lot... Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading and learn something.      Snooker and Carom, two old dogs at the pool games, are playing each other in league play. Carom is breaking. As she is addressing the cue ball for the break, and is making forward stroke motions, Carom accidentally taps the cue ball forward all with her stick. As the cue ball is moving forward, Carom hits the cue ball a second time, hitting the racked balls hard, and breaks the rack wide open. Snooker declares a foul, and much to his surprise, Carom acknowledges the Foul. However, they do not know what the options are for Snooker. You are the referee called to the table. You make the call!!!! There could be a number of options here.  Under Rule H. 10., a double hit on the...

A miscue on the break. Only 3 object balls contacted a rail.      Here is a great article written by my colleague Fred Johnson for the Colorado VNEA newsletter. Fred has a great writing style. I hope you enjoy reading and learn something.      Carom is breaking and miscues on the break. The cue ball hits the rack and three solids jump out and hit the rail, but ONLY three object balls hit the rail. Snooker, being the attorney dog that he is, looks at the score sheet and determines that he only needs three balls to win the round and win totals. Snooker starts to shoot at the three solids, which will be easy shots, when Carom tells Snooker that he must re-rack the balls since four object balls did not go to the rail, and that Snooker can then break or he can have Carom break again. Snooker simply ignores Carom and promptly shoots the solids down declaring the round won and total won. Carom is upset and calls a Referee – YOU. You make the call!!!!    ...