Snooker rules and refereeing
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  • Rules you must understand as a player
    • The Break
    • Frame, Game or Match?
    • Who takes the top scorer
    • Keeping score
    • When is the Frame over?
    • Understanding the 'Miss'
    • Understanding the 'Three Miss Rule'
    • Angled Ball (Pocket hook)
    • Seven Point Fouls
  • How do I .....
    • Rack the balls
    • Respot the colour balls
    • Re-spot the cueball after a Miss
    • Use the Ball Marker
    • Handle the rests and other furniture
    • Organise a tournament
  • So you don't like the call; now what?
  • Some information on the Equipment
    • The cue
    • The Balls
    • The Chalk
    • Videos about the table
    • The Cloth >
      • "Double Shaved"
    • The Spots
    • Scoring Software
    • Pocket Templates circa 1996
  • Guides for the Referee
    • Referee’s Guide to Positioning by Steve Fletcher
    • Referees Guide to What to Say, and When to Say it by Clive A Brown, January 2012
    • Calling the score
  • Variations of the game
    • The six -red game
    • Snooker Shoot Out
    • The 900 rules
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.. I've done this .. Michaela picks up the cue ball

.. Been here, too

.. Infamous call, but he was correct. This caused a re-interpretation of the rule.

.. Jan gets  confused and interrupts dott

.. Tough ball replacement after miss

.. Alex Higgins argues with the referee

.. I'm the ref on this one .. watch carefully at 5:05

.. Michaela gets tough

.. Jan Verhaas forgets to respot the black

.. Mark Selby invites the r​ef to play his shot

​..Michaela interview
..Michaela respots black on blue spot
..Brendan Moore has trouble replacing the balls