SNOOKER

Snooker may be the most common type of billiards when browsing sports channels on TV. It is possible to get a lot of pleasure when the colored balls on the green ground are sent to the holes by well-dressed players. But what exactly is snooker? When you get into the details of the job, you will encounter a game that is much more complicated than it seems and requires high skill. In this article, we will inform you about snooker, a sport that has become increasingly popular in recent years.

History of Snooker

   Snooker, a very popular sport lately, is known to be played for the first time by British army officers in India in the 19th century. In the 20th century, we witnessed the game’s continuous increase in popularity and its peak in the eighties. Important figures in the history of sports have also played a big part in this rise. Joe Davis, known as the ‘Father of Snooker’, Alex Higgins, who loved the game with his great charisma, Steve Davis who won everything in his way, Stephen Hendry who succeeded even more than him, and the enthusiastic genius Ronnie O’Sullivan contributed to the development of this sport as the best.

Snooker Terms

   You should know the snooker terms to better understand what we will tell you in the rest of the article. Now let’s explain the terms to you one by one.

• Frame: The name given to a game in a match.
• Pot: To send the ball into the hole called a pocket.
• Safe kick: A hit to avoid positioning the ball, not thrusting it.
• Snooker: Hiding the target ball to make a mistake on the opponent.
• Rest: The apparatus used by the player to hit the ball in positions that he cannot reach.

Snooker Equipment

    Now that you know the history and terms of the game, let’s introduce you to the equipment used in the game. Snooker is played on tables just over three and a half meters tall and about 180 centimeters wide. Players usually use billiard cues 140-150 centimeters long. Most of the top division challenges, defined as ranking tournaments, have a fixed dress code. This includes a suit with a vest, a shirt closed with a bow tie or tie, and leather shoes. Every player without a disability must strictly follow these dressing rules.

How to Play Snooker?

    You know the terms about the game, the history of the game and the necessary equipment, now we can tell you how the snooker is played. There are 15 red balls and six colored balls, one of each, on the snooker table. White is the ball the players hit. The main purpose is to get points from the table by putting a color right behind it after throwing a red inside. Until the red balls are over, the colored ones are taken out of the pockets by the referee and put into their place. This allows players to series construction. The player who reaches the points that his opponent cannot reach, wins the game called “frame”. A certain amount of frames received according to the score format of the match also determines the winner. In other words, a match played over nine frames ends when one of the sides reaches five frames. The point we need to examine carefully at the point of gaining frames is series construction, which is the primary way of generating points on the table. Yes, there are 15 red balls, but these balls, each worth only “1” point, actually do not mean much on their own. Coloreds that need to be thrown right after them have higher point values. Black is worth seven, pink six, blue five, brown four, green three, and yellow two points. The main goal is to reduce the remaining score on the table by proceeding through the red, colored, red and colored route. This means that after a point your opponent will drop the frame. Of course, the concept of ‘snooker’, which gives the game its name, is the biggest exception here. If the player does not have enough points on the table, he can drop snooker with a defensive hit, waiting for his opponent to make a mistake. There are penalties starting from four points for mistakes such as not touching the next ball, touching the wrong ball or putting the white into a pocket. In this way, one party can earn points that are not actually on the table, and can win the frame that looks like it is actually gone.

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