This is a brief guide on how to play snooker. It is not too hard to understand the basics, although there are a lot of more obscure rules attached to the game which you can also learn if you wish. But this is a rudimentary guide on how to play snooker and so we are just looking at the main areas of concern so that you play the game and enjoy it.
1. Snooker, on a full table, has a total of 15 red balls and 6 colours to pot with the white cue ball. If you were to clear the table in one swoop, the highest score you could get would be 147. Don`t expect to do this anytime soon!
2. You get 1 point for every red ball you pot, with the others in the following order: yellow 2 points, green 3, brown 4, blue 5, pink 6 and black 7.
3. To start scoring you must first pot a red ball and then follow this with any of the colours, then a red ball again followed by any colour and so on. The reds stay in the pockets but the colours are re-spotted. When all the reds have been potted, after the shot on the last red you can select any colour to pot, which if it is potted gets re-spotted, and after that you must pot the yellow, then the green, then brown, then blue, then pink, then black.
4. When it is your turn at the table, you stay there until you either miss a shot or play a foul shot. It is then your opponents turn to play.
5. A foul shot can be due to a number of things. Among them are missing the colour you were supposed to be playing, potting the wrong coloured ball, having the cue ball go into the pocket, hitting another ball of the wrong colour first, going off the table with the cue ball, or touching one of the balls on the table with your hands or arm.
6. You lose 4 points if you play a foul shot on a red, but if you are playing a colour such as blue, pink or black or if you are playing a red and you foul by hitting or potting one of these colours, you lose 5 points if it is the blue, 6 points if it is a pink, or 7 points if it is a black.
7. It is important once you have learnt how to play snooker that you adhere to its rules and play the game fairly and correctly so as to uphold the fine traditions of the game.
8. The player who scores the most points once all the balls have been potted is the winner.
9. You use chalk to dust the cue tip on your snooker cue which helps to prevent any bad contact with the cue ball.
10. If you cannot reach the cue ball with your cue, you are allowed to use a rest to hold the cue whilst you play your shot.
These are the main rules you need to know on how to play snooker.
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