Drills for jump cues?

boogieman

boogieman

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I've searched to my ability and can't find much on this. I want to get a bit more serious about jumping. Does anyone have drill ideas, or a way to "gamify" it? They don't have to be complicated drills or anything, but I'd appreciate any thoughts on this.

The only thing I can think of is different length jump combined with different english for position but only after proficient with center ball.
 
Although masse shots are worse than jump shots, both are not great for the cloth. At a pool room, we used to wait until the cloth was scheduled to be recovered the next day before practicing jump and masse shots. Hard break shots too.

Even more-so if it's your home table. Why prematurely age your cloth?

But yes, we still have to practice jump shots, so what do we do? Well, out of respect for the equipment, we do it sparingly. Just like with any shot--- you can practice letting the ball run through, stun, or draw back after jumping at different lengths. Make pocketing the ball your priority. Shoot a few each day, and definitely not repeatedly in the same spot.
 
If you want to learn how to "JUMP" a Cue Ball over Object Ball it is not hard to understand the mechanics of how to Jump, and mistakes that prevent it from happening consistently.

BEST advice I can share is Dr. Dave has done several U-Tubes on Jumping, he is very good at teaching, his communication skill are easy to understand most of what he teaches.

Here is link to his U-Tube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@DrDaveBilliards


Search the subject you want to master, and then Practice is your skill builder.


Good Luck.
 
Once someone becomes confident they can comfortably and consistently hop over a ball, I start them on basic accuracy by jumping a ball with the intent of pocketing the cue ball in each of the 6 pockets.

I place a blocking ball on (or a bit below) the spot with the goal of working around the table pocketing the cue ball in each pocket.

It provides shorter shots that require an effort not to jump off the table, mid length shots that require accuracy to the side pockets, and longer shots that require care not to swerve off target..
 
If you have spare table cloth laying around, or the next time you change your table cloth, cut off a small strip from the old one before throwing the rest away, and keep that saved for jump/masse shot practice. Place the strip under the CB and the actual cloth on the table won't take almost any damage.
 
I can only recomend getting an extra piece of cloth to practice with. I bought one of them jump balls and that seemed to help. If you have a very good stroke helps too.
 
I have a bunch of the Outsville sharkskin table protectors if I do something repeated from the same spot. I have pretty much zero worries about the cloth. I can jump, I just want to get to the point of being deadly at it. I'll set up various shots and follow/stun/draw like Fran advised.

It's not so much that I have problems jumping, it's just that any error is magnified 10X while jumping so you really have to hit it pure, which can be odd depending on where you have to bridge and such.
 
boogieman said:
I have a bunch of the Outsville sharkskin table protectors if I do something repeated from the same spot. I have pretty much zero worries about the cloth. I can jump, I just want to get to the point of being deadly at it. I'll set up various shots and follow/stun/draw like Fran advised.

It's not so much that I have problems jumping, it's just that any error is magnified 10X while jumping so you really have to hit it pure, which can be odd depending on where you have to bridge and such.
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Even though you've got those table protectors which are great, you still have to test yourself on the actual playing surface. Use the protectors, but I'd still go a couple of shots a day without them if you can. I don't know about you, but as a sensitive player, I've gotten tripped up by some pretty tiny differences between practice and competition playing conditions.
 
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