Scoop Jump
- Thread starter Cornerman
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that's funny !!!!!
Yeah, you gotta love those places/players. If you even think about playing a safety they'd shoot you, but if your last ball is in the kitchen they always seem to scratch. 
Believe it or not many moons ago I would shoot jump shots by hitting extremely low on the cue ball but not with any scooping action. My bridge hand would stay firmly planted on the table & I could swear that there was no miscue, though I may have been wrong, but you could not hear any miscue. I used a soft tip & a firm pop stroke. Back then, at least in the local APA & BCA it was not illegal or they were not enforcing it. All of a sudden many players are trying it but miscueing & then the scooping started. Then one year it was illegal or they started enforcing it. Since then I've only made one jump shot the new legal way on the 8 for the win.
Since I'm not such a good jumper, I'd think I'd go along with Earl & vote to outlaw jump shots.:wink:
Regards &
Since I'm not such a good jumper, I'd think I'd go along with Earl & vote to outlaw jump shots.:wink:
Regards &
Last week playing APA 9-ball, the other team's 8 & 9 left for a rock concert so I had to play a 4.
The 4 was going to scoop the ball, and it took me forever to explain why you can't scoop it.
I didn't care if he made the shot because I was already ahead 36-2, but it's like playing hillbilly pool.
The 4 was going to scoop the ball, and it took me forever to explain why you can't scoop it.
I didn't care if he made the shot because I was already ahead 36-2, but it's like playing hillbilly pool.
Night gets better! APA is on the next table! I didn't even recognize it!
And then... Wait for it... The DJ that nobody was listening to was actually doing KARAOKE!!! And the bikers are a line dancin'!!!
Paradise by the Dash Coors Light!
Freddie <~~~ can it get any better?
Did he do it with a oversized cueball?
Oh yeah he DID!!!
Damn thats badass right there!!
I was behind to a SL9 one night last session 30-0, then 37-3 and I caught a gear and came back and won it 46-73 (we both needed the 9-ball for the win and I got bad shape on it and decided to go for the long bank instead of playing safe, and I nailed it). I got moved up to a SL7 the next week.
Fred.......gotta love them bar players, eh??? Smart move though keepin' your face intact :thumbup:!!!
Maniac
Back in college, safeties were considered dirty pool. You only get ball in hand behind the kitchen only if your opponent scratch. There were no penalties for not hitting the ball. If the cue ball was too close on the rail, you had the right to move it one away 1 inch with the butt of your cue.
Yeah, you gotta love those places/players. If you even think about playing a safety they'd shoot you, but if your last ball is in the kitchen they always seem to scratch.
I dont even know what to say to half the stuff on this thread.....***scratches head*** 
I find in places like these the guy is often haggling about/constantly clarifying what rules you are using to play for a particular situation, especially when its your shot. I don't care and just nod and smile and say "ok buddy, whatever you play by, thats how we play, no problem". The look I get in return seems like they are peeved that I'm not arguing back, at least a little bit, as though its bad form to just accept their opinion without putting up a fight.
Oh yes. My constant refrain in a bar is, "what rule do you play by in XYZ situation?" It costs me a few wins but saves a lot of arguments and potentially bad situations.
This kid wasn't coming back, I felt bad.
He was texting his captain just to complain while I was shooting.
I even coached him on his timeouts trying to help :grin-devilish: and I still won 65-7.
Ouch, that must've smarted.
Not trying to derail/hijack the thread, but I once saw a woman SL3 beat a new male player (started as a SL4, of course) 20-0 for the 9-ball match. When it was over, the guy just walked out of the bar, left his cue and case and was never heard from again. Just flat gave it up on the spot. True story.
Maniac