snookering on the free ball

[ricochet]

My opponent accidently snookered me with his chosen free ball,I could not hit the ball on on any side and the ref called a foul,as he should have done.My question is if I could have hit the slightest of edges would the ref have called foul because do I need to hit both sides of the ball on?

Also point two is that if a player jumps directly over the ball on and then hits it off the cushion is this still a foul or has this rule been ammended

[Bigmeek]

Need to hit both edges or it is a snooker. Even if you can pot the object ball by hitting an edge sticking out it's still a foul.

[Souwester]

Ref your point 1: it's the same definition as for a snooker int he first instance, which gave rise to your opponent having the free ball.

Point 2: yes it is a foul to play a jump shot.

Extracts from the official rules - SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS - which may help:

16. Snookered
The cue-ball is said to be snookered when a direct stroke in a straight line to every ball on is wholly or partially obstructed by a ball or balls not on. If one or more balls on can be struck at both extreme edges free of obstruction by any ball not on, the cue-ball is not snookered.

(a) If in-hand, the cue-ball is snookered if it is obstructed as described above from all possible positions on or within the lines of the "D".

(b) If the cue-ball is so obstructed from hitting a ball on by more than one ball not on
(i) the ball nearest to the cue-ball is considered to be the effective snookering ball, and
(ii) should more than one obstructing ball be equidistant from the cue-ball, all such balls will be considered to be effective snookering balls.

(c) When Red is the ball on, if the cue-ball is obstructed from hitting different Reds by different balls not on, there is no effective snookering ball.

(d) The striker is said to be snookered when the cue-ball is snookered as above

(e) The cue-ball cannot be snookered by a cushion. If the curved face of a cushion obstructs the cue-ball and is closer to the cue-ball than any obstructing ball not on, the cue-ball is not snookered.


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19. Jump shot
A jump shot is made when the cue-ball passes over any part of an object ball, whether touching it in the process or not, except:

(a) when the cue-ball first strikes one object ball and then jumps over another ball,

(b) when the cue-ball jumps and strikes an object ball, but does not land on the far side of that ball,

(c) when, after striking an object ball lawfully, the cue-ball jumps over that ball after hitting a cushion or another ball.