You also don't need a glove because you're really never going to break hard.
You also don't need to worry about deflection as you're rarely going to shoot hard and the tips are small to boot.
Jumping full stick or otherwise isn't a concern because you can't jump, although you see this rule bent from time to time for light masse shots (I guess it's entirely up to the ref).
It's kind of pointless to compare American pool to any other game when the equipment does have to handle higher velocity.
What I find interesting is that 3 cushion players haven't adopted some of the equipment for a better reference. I used to play 3 cushion solely and if I was 1/5th as good as I used to be I would be looking at a glove at the very least. However, while I've been told the UMB allows gloves, the only players I see using them are usually in the ACBC.
I see carbon fiber break sticks in Chinese 8-ball now, but still haven't seen one as a playing stick, although I don't feel they are needed here just like in Snooker. But magic racks seem to be common place now.
Unless you're playing a game where higher velocities can be useful, I'm not sure if you would need a better reference than any old stick.
There is 1 exception though, Russian Pyramid. Lower deflection in that you'd think would be more useful than any other game on the planet, but I've never personally played it and very rarely see videos of it (but deflection in that has to be _VERY_ real).
