That's the best advice you could receive when learning jump shots. In case you don't have a piece of pool cloth to use, I suppose several layers of folded A4 paper would also do the trick, accepting the heat and saving the cloth underneath.
Post a video of you making some sweet jump shots. Since it's not hard to learn.
i get those marks also when i practice draw/stop shots with the cue ball close to the rail and jacked up
My home table is no jump house rules.
Some pool rooms insist you do that for break shots too. It works for protecting the cloth, but because it's a "spongier" surface it might make the CB jump more than it normally would - just so you're aware.
I know how to jump a ball. Actually pretty decent at it! That's why I called you out, it's definitely harder to learn than you make it out to be. Any dummy can get over a ball, that doesn't mean they can jump.
Practice is key to getting better, Dr. Dave’s U-tube on jumping boot camp, like how to jump, jump well, and advance jumping.
Pool isn't the cause of the stress around here...
That's great feedback. Thanks for being a part of my life.
Charles, I see dart jumping as about 6% of positive pool, They took scoop jumping away from the games because they were destroying cloth, I think this was because of drunks only, All those years scoop jumping was just fine and did not destroy the cloth... Many old of pool were taken away from pool and are no better today... I'm old and was taken away and I'm no better today... Guy
Remove the cloth this mite help...
Have you ever noticed that dart jumping takes away from mass'e, I wish jumping was not allowed... I can just imagine how much money has been spent on dart jumping... It took us many years to learn how to properly scoop jump...My earliest tip from a pro was use the chalk. A cube of chalk as an obstacle. A clean jump over a cube would equal half a ball. Start small don't expect to jump a full ball right away. That was before jump cues. The feel for altitude and velocity and spin all take practice practice practice. Once I could accurately and consistently make the shot over a cube it was time to stack 2 cubes. Which was not quite a full ball. So a 3 cube jump was the final test.
Oh yeah one other thing was practice my jump on the table at the tavern.
