Summary

At some point during a game of snooker or a break it will become necessary to try and split the pack of balls open that are still in their original set, for the break to continue. Disturbing the pack of red balls can be done when trying to pot a red but is more often done when potting a colour first to more or less guarantee being on another red ball to continue the break. Trying to split the reds when potting another red ball is often the wrong way to achieve the split because you have less chance of being on a coloured ball to carry on the break. This is shot is best used whilst potting a colour. Here are the four most used approaches to best disturbing the reds.

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