The Rules

A red ball has to be potted alternately with a coloured ball untill all the red balls have been cleared from the table. After this, the colours must be potted in ascending order of their value.

yellow - green - brown - blue - pink - black

Fouls

Foul shots generally incur a penalty of 4 points, which are added to the tally of the opposing player. Fouls can take place for a number of reasons including a player striking the ball with boot feet off the ground. At least one foot has to be on the floor at all times. A foul involving a high scoring colours incurs a penalty to the value of the colour, so a foul on the black ball incurs a 7 point penalty.

• Striking the cue-ball more than once
• Striking when both feet are off the floor
• Playing out of turn
• Playing improperly from in-hand, including at the opening stroke
• Causing the cue-ball to miss all object balls
• Causing the cue-ball to enter a pocket
• Playing a snooker behind a free ball
• Playing a jump shot
• Playing with a non-standard cue