Plants or Combination Shots on Red Balls

1/15/2008 2:23:24 PM

Plants or Combination Shots on Red Balls

Can you do a cannon shot to pocket a red ball off of another red ball in snooker? I've searched for this answer but am unable to find one. Maybe I'm not searching hard enough.

I just want to know if you can strike the cue ball to hit a red ball that in-turn hits another red ball to be sunk.

Are such combination shots in snooker a foul, or is this a legal combination shot in snooker?

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This question relates to the following billiard rules:

Snooker Rules

Plants or Combination Shots on Red Balls

Replies & Comments

Fenwick on 1/16/2008 2:50:38 PM
That would be perfectly legal, the same as if you hit a red on to a color which then knocked another red into a pocket.

Answer from snookergames.co.uk.

user1200407004 on 1/16/2008 7:26:39 PM
Cheers @Fenwick,

Thanks for your time and effort to find an answer.

That's a top site too.

billiardsforum on 1/19/2008 10:01:22 PM
To add to @Fenwick's previous answer...

In snooker, a combination shot is sometimes called a "plant". Plants (combination shots) can be played on reds at any time and are considered legal in snooker.

Plants cannot be played on coloured balls. For example, if you pot a red ball, and are now shooting at the pink ball, the cue ball must hit the pink first and it is the only ball that can be potted. If a red ball or another coloured ball drops into a pocket incidentally, it is a foul stroke.

Plants or Combination Shots on Red Balls

Title: Plants or Combination Shots on Red Balls
Author: user1200407004
Published: 1/15/2008 2:23:24 PM
Last Updated: 4/10/2019 4:35:38 PM
Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)