I've been asserting if you take away the trick cue
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You sir are a genius!
One out of thirty times is a great way to be correct.
Deflated footballs, golf wedges without grooves, cored bats.....
...lots of things aren’t allowed.
Some jumping devices were banned long ago...butt jumps, shaft jumps....
...deeming some equipment illegal is not unknown at pool.
I like “Jump with the cue you’re playing with.”
I agree. I don't think the jump cue should be considered a natural progression within the sport.
I've seen him attempt using one. Lol...
I do too. Thats why I like med-firm to hard tips and stiff hitting shafts.
Hahaha...me too.
Different game. Would you let golfers use an air cannon that you could dial in from 500-10 yards?
I learned to jump with a full cue in 89. Meucci came out with a jump cue about 90 if I remember correctly. Never used one until about 2000. Know there were a few of them in the pool room about that time.
I don't find them to be a bad thing personally. It is a shot you have to practice to be good at, like any other shot. From what I've seen, the guys that complain about them tend to play 1 pocket, or other games where jumping isn't done.
If you are going to take away jump cues, may I suggest going back to heavy cue balls and thick cloth. Was a better game with those two things as well. Add cues that weighed at least 20 ounces, wood shafts, ivory ferrules, thick butts, and smoking.
I don't find them to be a bad thing personally. It is a shot you have to practice to be good at, like any other shot. From what I've seen, the guys that complain about them tend to play 1 pocket, or other games where jumping isn't done.
If you are going to take away jump cues, may I suggest going back to heavy cue balls and thick cloth. Was a better game with those two things as well. Add cues that weighed at least 20 ounces, wood shafts, ivory ferrules, thick butts, and smoking.
I used to bet I could break 90 with a five iron and a putter....and always won.
PGA players could bet on breaking 80 with a nine iron and a putter...
...at least I would bet on it...and that’s on a PGA course...they are awesome.
Not sure any of the folks he's beaten would have made it any closer with a jump cue, lol, from the matches I've watched him in this tourney. He's been rolling.
Edit: maybe Shaw would have hit a better shot on the one example, but maybe not.
Anyway, he got past the hot seat!
Nothing but longer, thicker shafts in the finals - pool studs!
Edit: maybe Shaw would have hit a better shot on the one example, but maybe not.
Anyway, he got past the hot seat!
Nothing but longer, thicker shafts in the finals - pool studs!
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Your correct!
Most, not all but, most people who are against jump cues or even break cues are people that grew up playing 14.1, 1hole, 15 ball rotation etc...etc.
Like many, I'm very proficient with a jump cue. I practice jump drills:
Jump draw
Jump follw
Jump and stop
Jump stun
Jump masse
Jump into a kick/bank
Etc...etc
To me, kicking is even easier than jumping and more dependable. It just takes more table time to master, that's all.
Jumping on the other hand, IMO is much, much easier for the novice to learn when compared to the time it takes for them to learn to be a proficient kicker.
Since I'm one of the people who had much rather see my opponent kick, well, I would gladly burn my jump and break cues if everyone else did.....gladly.