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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of In Hand as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
The term "in hand" has two uses in the context of cue sports. It can be a slang term used to shorten the term "ball in hand" in a non-snooker context. In the snooker context, in hand refers to allowance for the next player to be able to place the cue ball where he or she pleases within the confines of the D. This action is done either at the beginning of a snooker frame, when a cue ball has been forced off of the snooker table, or when the cue ball has been potted.
What are the rules now? You get to play "in hand" because Jim knocked the cue ball from the table and his inning ended.
The in hand definition was entered on 11/12/2007 6:02:15 PM and was updated on 11/12/2007 6:02:15 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to game rules. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor.the term In Hand has some origin and/or history information on file. Wikipedia See also: cue ball in hand, ball in hand for more on the meaning of in hand.
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