Touching Ball on color
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I had a discussion regarding touching ball.
Situation: after potting a red, there is a touching ball with a color (let's say yellow). The striker now has two options: declare ball on yellow and play away, or go for any other color.
Now the question:
Opinion 1: if the striker nominates yellow, he only has to play away, but he can also hit any other ball first (not potting it). So the same rule as touching ball on red when red is on.
Opinion 2: if the striker hit any other color first (intentionally or by accident), he must nominate it before, as stated in rule (c)(iii). If he nominates yellow to play away from it but hits another color first, it is a foul. This is a different behavior than with touching ball on red when ball on red (with ball on red it is not even possible to explicitly nominate a color), so this is why rule (c) (iii) comes into play here.
From the rules:
8. Touching Ball
(c) Providing the striker, in playing a stroke, does not cause any touching object ball to move, there shall be no penalty if:
(i) the ball is on;
(ii) the ball could be on and the striker declares they are on it; or
(iii) the ball could be on and the striker declares, and first hits, another ball that could be on.
What do you think - who is right? Opinion 1 or 2?
Thanks,
Markus
I had a discussion regarding touching ball.
Situation: after potting a red, there is a touching ball with a color (let's say yellow). The striker now has two options: declare ball on yellow and play away, or go for any other color.
Now the question:
Opinion 1: if the striker nominates yellow, he only has to play away, but he can also hit any other ball first (not potting it). So the same rule as touching ball on red when red is on.
Opinion 2: if the striker hit any other color first (intentionally or by accident), he must nominate it before, as stated in rule (c)(iii). If he nominates yellow to play away from it but hits another color first, it is a foul. This is a different behavior than with touching ball on red when ball on red (with ball on red it is not even possible to explicitly nominate a color), so this is why rule (c) (iii) comes into play here.
From the rules:
8. Touching Ball
(c) Providing the striker, in playing a stroke, does not cause any touching object ball to move, there shall be no penalty if:
(i) the ball is on;
(ii) the ball could be on and the striker declares they are on it; or
(iii) the ball could be on and the striker declares, and first hits, another ball that could be on.
What do you think - who is right? Opinion 1 or 2?
Thanks,
Markus
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