What is the miss rule in snooker?
Guest2244 And, I believe, if a player "misses" twice, he is told by the referee that the third miss would mean he loses the frame. Report (0) (0) | earlier Guest5866 The miss rule can be applied by the referee if he is of the opinion that the player has missed a ball that a professional should be able to hit. The rule is simple it is the application of it that is complicated. The idea is to prevent a situation where a player is snookered and instead of really trying to hit the object ball he plays it in such a way that he misses the object ball and loses 4 points but leaves his opponent in bad position. One of the problems with it is that the snooker may be so difficult that even a top player may have great difficulty in hitting the object ball but even in this situation the referee will very often call a miss. Report (0) (0) | earlier Guest5102 A miss is when the cue-ball fails to first contact a ball on and the referee considers that the striker has not made a good enough a
