Best explaination of the rules ive found. Really helps the bits I was missing. Especially coming from old 8 ball rules.

Thanks Michael for explaining the international rules so thoroughly, appreciate it immensely. Cheers mate.👍

Great explanation of the rules.👏

Thanks Michael. It is going to take me a while to make the conversion :). This video is a real help.

Just to qualfy one comment you made when you said that in England (or the UK) that a golden break and a golden duck is allowed to either win or lose on the break: that is only the case with Monday night pool ( as I call it). Monday night pool is a leque competition, it's first to 4 frames with a 20 minute match clock. This competition was a development of speed pool which used to be played with black ball rules but during covid they adopted the international rules format ( in the UK international rules is usually referred to as ultimate pool). The challenger series, however, is played on weekends full when full international rules apply with a longer match clock about 40 or 50 minutes, I think. There is no golden break or golden duck. I hope that clears that up. There is good prize money to be had if you're ever tempted to play in the UK. it's the same rules. The standard is possibly the best in the world. You can see some of these matches on you tube.

Great job champ! Much easier to learn from a demo like this.

Thanks mate for the video. Well isn't that awesome bought a beautiful Alcock pool table that suits world rules about a year ago. Guess Ill have to save up and buy a new table :) I can see that the pockets are "squared" off and I've heard that the cloth has no nap. What are the size differences if any. Also is the transition between the two different table an easy one or is it just a rule based change that I need to worry about. Keep the videos coming Thumbs up!!

Thanks m8ty 😎👍

Thanks for the vids 🎱👍 Is there anywhere I could view some examples of push shot fouls in iRules 🤔

You're a great teacher

What about winning the frame with a skill shot when your on the black only, ie can you pot the black onto a ball over the pocket and follow in with the black? Cheers for the video btw 👍👍

Great vid. Wish I’d found it sooner. If you use a combination shot to pot your opponents last ball and leave them snookered on the black, is this a foul shot (giving them ball in hand) or a legal tactic and just loss of turn?

Found this video very useful. With the change of turn shot, rather than running your ball on to the opponents, can you flick off your ball knocking the opponents ball in with the white?

Quite similar to american 8 ball world rules,except doing away with ability to play deliberate fouls,that is a good rule.

Get yourself over to the UK in the Ultimate pool tournament, your an excellent player and deserve to play in all top tournaments!!

Hi Michael, Could you please show us some examples of "push shots" under International Rules, or perhaps show us how to avoid them ?

I assume it's loss of frame if you pot the black after making initial contact with your object ball? Instead of loss of turn as it is when you pot an opponent's ball after initial contact with your own

At the start of a frame to decide suits, can you play yellow onto red and pot red without also potting yellow at same time, is that loss of turn and still open table?

On the break, can you also explain what happens if 2 balls pass the middle and a 3rd ball sits on or just over the middle line.

After the old snooker does your ball have to hit the cushion or is it ok if just the white hits the cushion

Hi Michael just a question about ball hitting the rail. When hitting my object ball and it doesn't hit a cushion but runs into other players ball which hits the cushion is that still a foul? thanks Gerry

At one of the pubs in Ireland I had white ball in hand & I was told that I cannot put the white ball anywhere behind the line even if I am breaking. There was an arc behind the centre of the line and they said white ball must go inside the arc, I've tried to check on the rules & I couldn't find it. How true was that?

een mixed things online but if I'm potting my final red and then canon and pot the black ball, is this a win or loss of frame?

What if the white ball is touching my ball. Can I play the white away so that it makes contact with the cushion

Is only a deliberate foul if you dont attempt to hit your own ball first? What if for some reason you hit your ball first but deliberately dont hit a cushion because you roll your ball into a pack of theirs to impede them for example?

What about the black ball? Do you have to nominate the pocket?

Is push shot a loss of frame or foul in international rules?

Opposition foul, i get ball in hand and 2 shots, is there free shot on the first. And when would i have ball in hand?

Question....Table broken red ball goes in. ( fair break 3 points gained ) Player aims for red ball and connects but misses. Fluke happens and a yellow ball goes in. .. What happens then?

I'm new to this and the "ball must hit a cushion" rule is confusing. Also, what happens if a ball doesn't hit a cushion? Is it just loss of turn?

I'm a woman and finding it hard to break any ideas to help me. Cheers

This all makes sense up until the change over shot at the end where a deliberate foul is played by potting the red and leaving the yellow over the pocket. If it is a deliberate foul then as explained earlier it should be loss of game surely. This has always been a pet hate of mine that you can deliberately foul and gain an advantage by doing so.

Very informative video but these international rules are crap, having to hit a cushion when snookered is a shocking rule because it encourages hit and hope shots and potentially flukes so it eliminates the skill of escaping snookers, handing over control of the table to the opponent after potting the black ball on the break is another terrible rule because it really penalises the breaker.

Is there a free shot after foul or just ball in hand?

I thought potting the 8 ball off the break was a win..in ultimate pool they call it the golden break..If they pot the black and foul off the break it,s a loss and they call it the golden duck

1. White ball goes off the table when breaking......ball in hand anywhere on the table. 2. No plants after breaking (red pots yellow and vice versa), you must pot the colour set you hit first. 3. Skill shot allowed on black ball. 4. Stalemate when no path (blocked) available to your ball. 5. Intentional fouls is loss of frame. 😁