 Snooker table, drawn to scale Image File history File links Snooker_table_drawing_2. ...
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Dimensions
A standard tournament snooker table measures 3569mm by 1778mm (11ft 8.5in by 5ft 10in). The height from the floor to the top of the cushion is between 851mm and 876mm (2ft 9.5in and 2ft 10.5in). Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12 feet × 6 feet) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. ...
Pockets A snooker table has six pockets, one at each corner and one at the center of each of the longest side cushions. The pockets are around 90mm (3.5in), though high-class tournaments may use slightly smaller pockets to increase difficulty. The amount of "undercut" in the pocket determines how easily a ball is accepted. Compared to a billiards table, snooker table pockets are rounded, while pool tables have sharp corners. This affects how accurate shots need to be to get in a pocket and on rail shots from one end of the table to the other. A billiards table with 6 pockets A billiards table or billiard table is a table on which carom billiards games are played such as three cushion billiards, straight rail (carambole) and balkline. ...
Cushions The cushions (sometimes known as rails) are usually made of vulcanized rubber. Vulcanization, or curing, of rubber, is a chemical process in which individual polymer molecules are linked to other polymer molecules by atomic bridges. ...
The bed The playing surface or "bed" of a good quality snooker table has a base of slate and is covered with green baize or worsted wool. The thickness of the cloth determines the speed, accuracy and responsiveness of the table to spin, thicker cloths being more hard-wearing but slower and less responsive. The nap of the cloth can affect the run of the balls, especially on slower shots. A snooker table traditionally has the nap running from baulk to the top end and is brushed and ironed in this direction. Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ...
Baize is a coarse woollen or cotton cloth, often coloured red or green. ...
Worsted is the name of both a yarn, usually made from wool, and the cloth made from this yarn. ...
Nap or nap can refer to: a short sleep. ...
Markings The baulk area is marked by a line drawn at 737mm (29in) from the bottom cushion. A semi-circle with a radius of 292mm (11.5 in) centred on this line within baulk forms the "D" from which the cue ball must be placed when breaking or after the cue ball has been pocketed or shot off the table. The position of four of the colours are marked along the centre of the table perpendicular to the baulk line: the Spot, or black spot, 324mm (12.5in) from the top cushion; the Centre spot, or blue spot located at the mid-point of between top and bottom cushions; The Pyramid Spot, or pink spot, located midway between the Centre Spot and the top cushion; and the Brown Spot, located on the mid-point of the baulk line. In baseball, a pitcher may commit a number of illegal motions or actions which constitute a balk. ...
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