Well, as I look at the picture of the player using this bridge, the player is holding onto the handle...
Hand held jump bridge
- Thread starter Bob Jewett
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FTR, the EZ Jumper is legal in CSI play. In CSI play, pretty much anything that has a groove/loop for guiding the cue is probably going to be legal, as long as it does not support the bridge hand off the bed of the table (like the "Jump Buddy" - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/jump-buddy-handheld-bridge-billiards-244127994 ).
Dumb rule. There's no scaled entry fee/payoff for differently statured players.
Correction, labeled and sold by Predator. Predator is a “brand”, they don’t make anything, not tables, not cloth, not balls, not cues or shafts, not chalk. They get crap made by others and brand it and sell it.
Let's respect the industry
Predator sells the factory defects and its helps the industry reduce money loss.
I visited a new carom room and the tables were not competition spec and the heating was not proper.
Any factory process with high production has defects, 100% quality satisfaction is unrealistic at large scale.
Billiards business spend a lot to put their products on display, they are already in debt.
A handheld jump bridge is good, it make you want to shoot more close up and using a short bridge.
Pool needs a foul shot, or free throw, or penalty kick.
The jump shot sells pool well.
Predator sells the factory defects and its helps the industry reduce money loss.
I visited a new carom room and the tables were not competition spec and the heating was not proper.
Any factory process with high production has defects, 100% quality satisfaction is unrealistic at large scale.
Billiards business spend a lot to put their products on display, they are already in debt.
A handheld jump bridge is good, it make you want to shoot more close up and using a short bridge.
Pool needs a foul shot, or free throw, or penalty kick.
The jump shot sells pool well.
Same guy running for Pres? MPGA(Make Pool Great Again)
Flakeandrun
Well-known member
right - 'Made possible by Predator'
Curving around or over, both are doing the same thing, not going in a straight line.
While one stays n the table the other leaves but returns really makes no difference. After all hard break shots the cue ball leaves the table also.
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Don't ban jumping...ban jump cues.
VNEA
Devices Are Not Allowed For Jump Shots
OFFICIAL RULES OF CUESPORTS INTERNATIONAL
1-3 Use of Equipment CSI reserves the right to prohibit any equipment it deems untested or inappropriate, or that has not been evaluated by the CSI National Office.
1. You are responsible for all equipment and accessory items you bring to the table (AR p. 79). You may not use equipment or accessory items in a manner other than their intended use.
e. You may not shoot while using any item to support or elevate your bridge hand. You may hold chalk in your bridge hand while bridging, but the chalk may not be used to elevate your hand off the table.
Devices Are Not Allowed For Jump Shots
OFFICIAL RULES OF CUESPORTS INTERNATIONAL
1-3 Use of Equipment CSI reserves the right to prohibit any equipment it deems untested or inappropriate, or that has not been evaluated by the CSI National Office.
1. You are responsible for all equipment and accessory items you bring to the table (AR p. 79). You may not use equipment or accessory items in a manner other than their intended use.
e. You may not shoot while using any item to support or elevate your bridge hand. You may hold chalk in your bridge hand while bridging, but the chalk may not be used to elevate your hand off the table.
Hardly…..in the first instance, you cause the ball to leave the table to clear a obstructing object ball
that may have been intended to block you as a safety play by your opponent by leaving the CB in
that position. Balls can accidentally pop up off the table, like the cue ball on a break shot, but it is
not intentional and generally doesn’t damage the cloth. In golf, it used to be called a stymie but the
rules were modernized and courses avoided having the greens needlessly damaged jumping a ball.
A masse on the other hand is extreme spinning of the cue ball and spinning the cue ball is really just
extreme English driving the cue ball around the obstructing OB. But the CB never loses contact with
the cloth. A different shot than leaving the table but I’ll concede both can accomplish the same task.
Both are legal shots, unless tournament, or house rules, stipulate otherwise to protect the table cloth
which is expensive to start with & costly to install. It’s no wonder that both are generally frowned upon.
Depends how deftly it's done.
On the OT, you don't need a special anything; just something to hold your hand at the required height. This should also include an appropriate stool.
On the OT, you don't need a special anything; just something to hold your hand at the required height. This should also include an appropriate stool.
Got that right, some can't even understand that.
Whether the cue ball masses around on the table or curves in the air it's still going around the object ball.
Flakeandrun
Well-known member
Gadgets. WE NEED MORE GADGETS. The new Predator Laser-sighted, shoulder-braced, jump canon.
To re-hash my previous comment... We can't go under it, we can't go over it. We're going to have to go through it... Honestly, If you get in the gym, and hit it hard enough, you can traverse through the obstructing ball.Got that right, some can't even understand that.
Whether the cue ball masses around on the table or curves in the air it's still going around the object ball.
Jumps and Massés are cool as shit. They add more to the game than they take away.
Oh yeah. Forgot.