Rules of snooker satisfied that the player was only positioning the ball, and not playing a shot or preparing to play one. When a player commits a foul, the opponent receives penalty points equal to the value of the ball "on", the value of the highest valued ball involved in the foul, or 4 points, whichever is greatest. When multiple fouls are made in one shot, only the most highly valued foul is counted. Penalty points are therefore at least 4 points and at most 7. Not hitting the ball "on" first is the most common foul. A common defensive tactic is to
Snooker world ranking points 2010/2011 February 2011, after the Welsh Open, and the points accumulated from the Welsh Open during the 2008/2009 season were dropped. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Snooker world ranking points 2010/2011 Snooker world ranking points 2010/2011: The official world ranking points for the 97 professional snooker players in the 2010/2011 season are listed below. The total points from the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons were used to determine the rankings at the start of 2010/2011 season. The rankings set the official seedings at the start of the season and at three further points during the season. The total points accumulated by the cut-off dates for