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What happens?

Red first
19
76%
Pink first
2
8%
Simultaneous
2
8%
I can't tell
2
8%
 
Total votes : 25

Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Roland

OK let's put this one up to the vote. Study the footage below and give your opinion on what you see:

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Witz78

DEFINETLY glanced the edge of the red first.

cos the red was slightly glanced it only stated to move slowly but as all the topspin and pace was on the cueball it continued before fully striking the pink at full pace which made the pink move far quicker than the red which when watched at normal speed always plays an illusion on the naked eye that the pink must have been hut first as it moves far faster and further.

Just look at the white it keeps going in the same direction after it hits the pink, theres more than a balls space between pink and red so theres no way it seriously hut the pink spin back slightly glancing the red then spub forward again to chase the pink.

Clear cut as far as im concerned

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

at the time of the shot i had turned my head away was so did not see the original shot but having studied the shot last night in real time as well as in slow motion i have absolutely no doubt at all it was Red first.

mark williams sitting in his seat did not have a cat in hells chance of seeing what happened if we have to study footage to determine it and even then some ive read actually thought it was pink first. but it was clear cut for me red first.

at the angle of the shot + speed and the gap between the balls had pink got hit first the red at best would have moved towards the middle pocket straight on and not moved very far it was a run through shot so that is a no go straight away the red hit the black ball area.

also the red was ahead of the pink at the angle the cue ball moved so it had to pass the red to get to the pink so it could not be a simultaneous hit.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Roland

I would put my life on it being red first. I don't even see how you could possibly think it was pink.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

Sonny wrote:I would put my life on it being red first. I don't even see how you could possibly think it was pink.

i have no doubt in cold light of day Mark Williams will see it that way

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

king.kauto wrote:I would say it was simultaneous contact all day long, yes the red moved, at the same time the pink did too.

but how could it be simultaneous if at the angle of the shot the red was ahead of the pink it had to hit red first before reaching the pink

sonny time for shot maker me thinks.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Casey

Sonny wrote:I would put my life on it being red first. I don't even see how you could possibly think it was pink.


Yep, I agree. The angle the white was coming at it had to be red first.

The referee can't call a foul unless he is 100% sure one has been committed.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Roland

king.kauto wrote:I would say it was simultaneous contact all day long, yes the red moved, at the same time the pink did too.


Actually I put that in as a red herring because there's no such thing as simultaneous ;-)

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

id rank the possibilities like this

1 Red First
2 Hit both together
3 pink first

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Witz78

king.kauto wrote:I would say it was simultaneous contact all day long, yes the red moved, at the same time the pink did too.


it only appeared simultaneous because the way the red was just glanced by the time it started moving and was noticable to the eye, the white had already careered into the pink and sent it flying.

Its a bit like if you throw a feather of the edge of a cliff the split second before you throw a brick ;-)

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby GJ

A mentally tough player would have forgotten about it and moved on and concentrated on the rest of that frame and the remaining frames.

It was red first clear as day so for once i agree with witz :roll:

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

snooky147 wrote:Have watched and replayed countless times now. Definitely PINK first.

snooky thats impossible the Gap between the balls means the red would no way hit the black spot area if he hit the pink first.

in fact if you look at the shot he did play with top spin if he had hit the pink first there was enough gap between red and pink to suggest the red wouldn't even move.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby GJ

Me agreeing with witz should show how serious i am on this view

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Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby snooky147

Wild wrote:
snooky147 wrote:Have watched and replayed countless times now. Definitely PINK first.

snooky thats impossible the Gap between the balls means the red would no way hit the black spot area if he hit the pink first.


I have played it a frame at a time, just downloading some software so I can grab the relevant frames and study again, but for now I stand by PINK first.
Wild mate, you will have a pm later tonight.
RE_ our discussion of a week or so ago, have not forgotten.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

snooky147 wrote:
Wild wrote:
snooky147 wrote:Have watched and replayed countless times now. Definitely PINK first.

snooky thats impossible the Gap between the balls means the red would no way hit the black spot area if he hit the pink first.


I have played it a frame at a time, just downloading some software so I can grab the relevant frames and study again, but for now I stand by PINK first.
Wild mate, you will have a pm later tonight.
RE_ our discussion of a week or so ago, have not forgotten.

ive looked at it again and again and again and more i look i could almost convince my self it was simultaneous but at the angle the white is coming towards the balls i just cant see how the white managed to go past the red to hit both together it had to feather the red before reaching the pink surely ?

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Witz78

daft thing is we have a Hawkeye facility in snooker which to be honetst is a waste of time, its rarely used and is only for fans benefit to let them know if a player can see a ball or not which most of the time we know anyway.

Why not use it for these contentious decisions instead of tv replays, its used in tennis cos even slo-mo replays there and the human eye cant determine whether a balls in or not so Hawkeye would be ideal to sort out these arguments and instantly too, far quicker than the farce yesterday took.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Snooker Overdrive

I downloaded the footage and looked at every frame of the shot and both started moving in the same frame. So it is a simultaneous contact for me.

To those who say: there's no such thing as simultaneous contact. Of course one ball is always hit first but you if you can't tell with video footage what is hit first, in snooker it's simply both hit at the same time.

So that makes it a foul.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby hitman_ronnie1

Witz78 wrote:daft thing is we have a Hawkeye facility in snooker which to be honetst is a waste of time, its rarely used and is only for fans benefit to let them know if a player can see a ball or not which most of the time we know anyway.

Why not use it for these contentious decisions instead of tv replays, its used in tennis cos even slo-mo replays there and the human eye cant determine whether a balls in or not so Hawkeye would be ideal to sort out these arguments and instantly too, far quicker than the farce yesterday took.


yep.

embrace the technology. ;-)

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Wildey

Witz78 wrote:
Sonny wrote:Hawkeye isn't accurate enough to make calls like this.


how about old SW19 favourite Cyclops then? :john:

yes then we can have selby doing a Nastase and Williams doing a Mcenroe <laugh>

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Casey

Sonny wrote:Image

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Look at the top picture - it was 100% red first, it CANNOT have been a simultaneous hit or of hit the pink first.

Re: Red or pink first? You decide

Postby Sickpotter

Definitely red first, the cue ball couldn't have taken the path it took after contact had it been pink first, it would've gone more towards the corner pocket.


   

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