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Aiming line: <\/strong>This is an imaginary line from the centre of the ball to be hit straight into the pocket it is being aimed at.<\/p>\n

Angled ball: <\/strong>This is a cue ball that is siting in the open mouth of a pocket in such a way that it cannot be struck with the cue directly.<\/p>\n

Baize: <\/strong>This is the woolen or felt cloth that covers the base of the table on which the game is played.<\/p>\n

Ball: <\/strong>This is a spherical resin object that is used to play the game. In snooker there are twenty-two balls on the table.<\/p>\n

Black ball: <\/strong>Also known as ‘the black’, this is the highest value ball on the table and is worth seven points. American Snooker will actually place the number seven on its surface.<\/p>\n

Break: <\/strong>This is the first shot taken in Snooker and is used to ‘break’ up the triangle of balls placed at the opposite end of the table to the cue ball.<\/p>\n

Bridge: <\/strong>This can be either a wooden structure or the hand of the player and is used to raise up the end of the pool cue when trying to take a particularly difficult shot.<\/p>\n

Century: <\/strong>Also called a century break, this is when a break creates one hundred or more points. To do so the player has to pot a minimum of twenty-six consecutive balls.<\/p>\n

Chalk: <\/strong>This is a powdery substance that is used to coat the tip of the cue making it less slippery by increasing the friction between it and the ball’s surface.<\/p>\n

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Cue: <\/strong>This is a wooden or fiberglass stick<\/a> of between 55-60 inches in length. The end is covered in material to create a tip with friction. This is the implement used by player’s to strike the balls into the pockets.<\/p>\n

Cushion: <\/strong>These are the edgings around the edge of the table. Usually made from a type of rubber, they cause the balls to rebound when sticking their surface.<\/p>\n

Dead ball: <\/strong>An older, more used ball with a dirty surface. It will not be as fast on the table and can affect the way other balls move when they collide with it.<\/p>\n

Fluke: <\/strong>A shot that had a positive outcome for the player who made it but the result was not what the player had intended.<\/p>\n

Foul: <\/strong>A violation of the rules of the game.<\/p>\n

Frame: <\/strong>The period occurring from breaking to a player winning. A match is made up of multiple frames.<\/p>\n

Match: <\/strong>The whole competition between two players with a specific number of frames.<\/p>\n

Miss: <\/strong>The moment a player acquires a foul by missing the ball entirely.<\/p>\n

Pocket: <\/strong>An opening in the sidewall of the table, into which the balls are aimed.<\/p>\n

Pot: <\/strong>To sink the ball in the pocket.<\/p>\n

Rack: <\/strong>Setting up the balls for the start of the game and the break shot.<\/p>\n

Shot: <\/strong>The turn of each player to use the cue to strike a ball potentially into a pocket. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sink:<\/strong> As with pot and pocket, to land the ball in one of the pockets.<\/p>\n

Snooker:<\/strong> To place the cue ball in such a way that the opposing player is unable to get a clean shot in a straight line at the ball they are required to hit.<\/p>\n

Whitewash: <\/strong>When a player<\/a> wins every single frame in a match with their opponent winning none.<\/p>\n

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