Welcome to snooker table specification
Above is an exact scale drawing of a full size snooker table.
Dimensions
A standard tournament snooker table
measures 11 ft 8.5 in by 5 ft 10 in
(3569 mm by 1778 mm), though commonly
referred to as 12 ft by 6 ft.. The height
from the floor to the top of the cushion is
between 2 ft 9.5 in and 2 ft 10.5 in (851 mm
and 876 mm)
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 90 mm (3.5 in), 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.
Cushions
The cushions (sometimes known as rails,
though that term properly applies to the
wood sections the cushions are attached to)
are usually made of vulcanized rubber
The Bed
The playing surface or "bed" of a good
quality snooker table has a base of
slate
and is covered with gree 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.
Markings
The
baulk
area is marked by a line drawn at 29 in
(737 mm) from the
bottom
cushion.
A semicircle with a radius of 11.5 in
(292 mm) centred on this line within baulk
forms
the "D"
in which the cue ball must be placed when
breaking or after the cue ball has been
potted
or shot off the table. The position of four
of
the
colours
are marked along the
long
string
(lengthwise centre) of the table,
perpendicular to the baulk line: the
spot,
or
black
spot, 12.5 in (324 mm) from the
top
cushion;
the
centre
spot,
or
blue
spot, located at the mid-point between the
bottom and top
cushions;
The
pyramid
spot, or
pink
spot,
located midway between the centre spot and
the top cushion; and the
brown
spot, located at the mid-point of the baulk
line. The exact placing of these markings
will be different on smaller tables, such as
a 5 ft by 10 ft pub table.
The Cloth
Billiard cloth
(sometimes erroneously called
felt)
is a specific type of cloth that covers the
top of the table's "playing area". Both the
rails and slate beds are covered with
21-24 ounce billiard cloth (although some
less expensive 19oz cloths are available)
which is most often
green
in color (representing the grass of the
original lawn games that billiards evolved
from), and consists of either a woven
wool
or wool/nylon
blend called
baize.
Most bar tables, which
get lots of play, use the slower, thicker
blended cloth because it can better
withstand heavy usage. This type of cloth is
called a
woolen
cloth. By contrast, high quality pool cloth
is usually made of a napless weave such as
worsted
wool, which gives a much faster roll to the
balls. This "speed" of the cloth affects the
amounts of
swerve
and
deflection
of the balls, among other aspects of game
finesse. Snooker cloth traditionally has a
directional
nap,
upon which the balls behave differently when
rolling against vs. toward the direction of
the
nap.
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