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Phillips, Owen (27 November 2013). "Barry Hearn: World Snooker chief on 'how he saved the sport' ". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015 . Retrieved 31 January 2019. Snooker has faced criticism for matches taking too long. [122] In response, Matchroom Sport chairman Barry Hearn introduced a series of timed tournaments. The shot-timed Premier League Snooker was held between 1987 and 2012, with seven players invited to compete at regular United Kingdom venues, and was televised on Sky Sports. [116] Players had twenty-five seconds to take each shot, with five time-outs per player per match. Although some success was achieved with this format, it did not receive the same amount of press attention or status as the regular ranking tournaments. [122] This event has been taken out of the tour since 2013, when the Champion of Champions was established. [123] The event saw players qualify by virtue of winning other events in the season, with 16 champions competing. [124] [j] Baxter, Trevor (26 January 1999). "Obituary: John Pulman". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019 . Retrieved 31 August 2012. The option of placing the cue ball anywhere on the table prior to shooting, in a game of pool. Usually only available to a player when the opposing player has committed some type of foul under a particular game's rules [1] [5] :32,36 (cf. the free throw in basketball by way of comparison). See also in-hand for the snooker definition. A common variation, used in games such as straight pool and often in bar pool, is ball-in-hand "behind the head string", also "behind the line" or "from the kitchen", meaning the ball-in-hand option is restricted to placement anywhere behind the head string, i.e., in the area of the table known as the kitchen. ball-on World Championship Roll of Honour". World Snooker. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021 . Retrieved 18 February 2021.

BBC - The BBC Story - July anniversaries". 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013 . Retrieved 1 March 2022. WWW Snooker: Tournament Diary 1998/99". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019 . Retrieved 16 September 2019. World Snooker | About Us | Referees | Michaela Tabb | Michaela Tabb". World Snooker. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 . Retrieved 27 February 2022.Non-professional snooker (including youth competition) is governed by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF). [133] Events held specifically for seniors are handled by the WPBSA under the World Seniors Tour. [134] [135] [136] World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is a WPBSA subsidiary that organises events and playing aids in snooker and other cue sports for people with disabilities. [70] Snooker is a mixed gender sport that affords men and women the same opportunities to progress at all levels of the game. While the main professional tour is open to female players, there is also a separate women's tour organised by World Women's Snooker (formerly the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association) that encourages female players to participate in the sport. [70] The winner of the World Women's Snooker Championship now receives a two-year tour card to the main professional tour. Ding compiles maximum at Masters". BBC Sport. 14 January 2007. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007 . Retrieved 31 January 2019. Top professional players compete in regular tournaments around the world, earning millions of pounds on the World Snooker Tour, a circuit of international events featuring competitors of many different nationalities. The World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters together make up the Triple Crown Series, considered by many players to be the most highly valued titles. Although the main professional tour is open to women, female players also compete on a separate women's tour organised by World Women's Snooker. Competitive snooker is also available to non-professional players, including seniors and people with disabilities. The popularity of snooker has led to the creation of many variations based on the standard game, but using different rules or equipment, including six-red snooker, the short-lived " snooker plus", and the more recent Snooker Shoot Out version. To cue straight in snooker you’ll need a good stance. This will help eliminate any unnecessary movement during the shot.

Horsburgh, Lynette (29 March 2019). "Women still snookered by loopy men-only rule in 2019? Give us a break!". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019 . Retrieved 5 September 2019.Snooker is played by two independent players or by more than two players as "sides", e.g. four players constituting two sides of two players. [68] :16,33 That said, if you want to start anywhere you should work on your aiming skills and your stance and cue action. Aiming is the most important as you can hit a well aligned shot badly and still pot it, but you won’t pot a well cued shot that has been aimed badly. American pronunciation of snooker". Macmillan Dictionary. op. cit. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013 . Retrieved 19 March 2012. You need to factor in all of these things BEFORE you get down to play the shot as adjusting your aim while already down on a shot is a big no-no. MacInnes, Paul (10 February 2004). "Thatch of the day". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016 . Retrieved 16 September 2019.