With its waistcoats, bow ties and shiny shoes, snooker is unsurprisingly a sport chock full of conventions and manners.
And while you’re unlikely to be punished for failing to abide by the etiquette the game holds dear, behaving in the following manner will definitely make you an unpopular customer.
1. Chalking during an opponent’s shot
2. Not tapping the table in recognition of a good safety shot
3. Failing to declare a foul
ICYMI: @Stuart__Bingham owned up to an invisible foul against Peter Ebdon to sacrifice a key frame… but still won the match pic.twitter.com/Eyy0kxRMof
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) April 17, 2017
Snooker players often declare a foul if they touch a ball and it goes unnoticed by the referee. The sport prides itself on that integrity, so don’t undermine it.
4. Challenging a referee’s touching ball decision
5. Deliberate fouling
6. Failing to clean up after yourself
7. Failing to raise your hand after a fluke
Another unbelievable fluke for Mark Williams! ✨#D88GermanMasters pic.twitter.com/d8tqekJTO8
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) February 4, 2018
Going to pretend that was deliberate? OK.
8. Refusing to concede a frame
9. Moving in the line of the shot
Phworrrrr ???
Stevens has gotta do better than that to stop @KyrenWilson ? #EurosportSnooker pic.twitter.com/d5uoumSPKn
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) April 22, 2018
Unless you’re both in on it for a giggle. Then it’s fine.
