** Penalty of grams
*The penalty is as follows: If a player does not hit the target ball according to the rules when making a stroke, or scores a ball that should not be played, or the white ball goes into a pocket or flies off the table, or touches another ball, or otherwise violates the rules, then it is a foul. Players who commit fouls are penalized for a penalty of 4 points or more, depending on the circumstances of the foul. The penalty points are added to the opponent's total, while the total score of the player who committed the foul remains unchanged. After a foul, the opponent can choose to continue the hit, or let the fouling player continue to hit.
If the player does not try to clear the ball or deliberately fouls the ball in the case of ** gram, then it is considered a foul and did not try to foul the ball (foul and a miss). In this case, in addition to receiving a penalty, they will also be asked to re-stroke the ball, i.e., swing the ball back into place and allow the fouling player to try to clear the ball again. This requirement can continue until the fouling player releases the gram, or the opponent has overscored, or the referee deems that the gram cannot be solved. If a player commits three fouls in a row and doesn't try his best to hit the ball, and each time he doesn't hit the target, he loses.
There is no penalty for the first gram
No solution to the ** gram refers to an extreme situation where the player does not have any possible route or angle to hit the target ball at all in the case of ** gram and can only use a foul to break the deadlock. In this case, the referee will decide whether to judge whether it is unsolvable based on his own judgment and experience. If the referee thinks that there is no solution, then only a foul will be awarded, not a foul and a miss. In this way, the fouling player does not need to re-hit, but the opponent chooses to continue batting, or let the fouling player continue to hit.
The penalty of no solution is to ensure the fairness and reasonableness of the game. If a player keeps rebatting the ball without solving the game, it will cause an indefinite extension of the game, or let a single stroke of the game decide the outcome of the game, which is not sportsmanlike. Moreover, the appearance of unsolved ** gram is often accidental, rather than the embodiment of the player's skills or tactics, so too many punishments or rewards should not be given.
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