To push or not to push... Stephen Maguire, Welsh Open 2007

It is the Murphy-Maguire quarter final match on the Welsh Open (Newport, 2007). Some people say that Maguire made a push shot here, but the referee (Jan Verhaas) didn't call a foul and neither did Maguire. He went on to win the frame and eventually the match.

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[elrick2kay7]

jan varhass is one off the best referees in snooker today so i think he would off known if it was a push or no and he didnt call a foul so it obvouisly wasnt a push

just my view off it

[147FAIZAN]

100% push shot

[1478ball]

obviously a push shot

[Mitjitsu]

@2itinter A push shot is when the cue, white and object ball are all in contact at the same time.

[Mitjitsu]

It doesnt' look like a push, but it does seem like a push based on the way the white traveled.

[1478ball]

you gotta be blind or know nothing about snooker if you think that is not a push shot!! jan varhass not to call that has gone down in my books, its 100% no doubt clearly a fluke, look how to cueball travels lol , this video is only poster for idiots who like to debate, for a snooker player is soo clear its not worth mentioning again!!

[1478ball]

@mwashinski a push shot is classed as a double hit

[ginner321]

It's not a push, although it really looks like one. Imagine the non-object red isn't there, and imagine the speed the ball would travel towards the center pocket? Now imagine if it also near-instantly glances the other red? It will have a lot of momentum still, but it will have straightened up. Not a push.

[mwashinski]

It's not a push shot. It's a double hit.

[sarbasov]

definitely a push. I wonder why referee did not see it, because cueball cannot move forward so intensively without pushing.

[timmy2000devil]

deffo a push!

[ccfook2123]

a push shot..... im sure

such a short distance between the cue ball and red ball for cue to follow through