SVB v. Yapp: Why was this jump shot legal?

He shot the jump shot exactly as the definition describes.
My reading of the WPA jump shot definition does not preclude a scoop shot: with a scoop shot 1) the cue is elevated, and 2) with an elevated cue there is always a component of force in the downward/vertical direction, so you are in fact "driving the cue ball down into the playing surface" to some degree.

Slow cloth kills the game

If the first object ball is closer to the end rail, this is a standard three cushion shot on new cloth with clean balls. The cue ball follow acts like draw off that ball because it does not completely die or reverse on the first cushion. You can see something similar with "kick and stick" shots on new cloth, where the cue ball can return to the cushion from a ball two or three balls off the cushion.

The shot in the video requires "help".

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