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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Professional Foul as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A professional foul is a sort of deliberate foul committed by a player whereby the balls are left in a safe position. A professional foul reduces the risk of a player providing a game winning opportunity to his or her opponent. The miss rule invented primarily because of the professional foul possibility.
What a loser. No, that was a professional foul. It was done on purpose as a method of safety for the shooting player.
The professional foul definition was entered on 12/30/2007 5:56:45 PM and was updated on 12/30/2007 5:56:45 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: flagrant foul, professional foul, foul, fault, deliberate foul, back scratch, miss, miss rule, intentional foul, take a scratch for more on the meaning of professional foul.
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