Help me jump!

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This is really open to anyone, but instruction from Pros is good too. I want to thoroughly understand jumping. I have jumped somewhat effectively in the past with my player and with my old Cuetec Mike Massey J/B.

Recently, I have gotten back into pool pretty seriously and I am just fubar'ing jumping. Now, I would like to practice it seriously.

So:
1) about what angle do I strike
2) how hard
3) am I striking way below center and the ball is kind of caroming off the tip, or am I striking it into the cloth more to get the bounce up?

Thanks, I'll ask more as this gets going.
 
The angle you use depends on what you need to accomplish. A steeper angle will give you more height but less distance. Start at around a 45 degree angle, and then work from there.
It's not so much how "hard" you strike the ball, but how quickly the cue is moving. Jump shots are as much in the wrist as anything. You are almost throwing the cue into the ball. That is why the dart stroke is the easiest jump stroke to learn.
Normally, you want to hit just slightly below center reletive to the angle of attack of the cue.
Obviously there is a little more to it than that, but that addresses your specific questions.

Steve
 
hope this helps.

OK, this might not be the best way to learn, but it will give you a nice start. you will use a striped ball to jump with and two others(one to jump one to pocket). place the object ball on the edge of one side pocket. then from the other side of the table place the impeding ball two ball lengths away from the stripe you place on the table to jump with(relatively close to opposite side pocket).

Place the stripe perfectly straight with the number facing you and the object ball(meaning if it were to spin with right or left english the only thing you would see moving would be the number.

the sweet spot ti hit will be in the stripe below the white on top and obove the number. when you stroke the ball you want to strike as if you were going to put your cue THROUGH the cueball(you will not hit the table dont worry, this is also why the dart method is easier to learn).

The angle you need to stike the ball is about 3/8 jacked up.

stance is up to you and only take suggestions you like. the rest is up to you.

p.s. sorry about paint images. my designs for this are missing
 

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How do you aim a jump shot?

Getting the cue ball up in the air is a big part of jumping. There is a lot of information available on how to do this. What is always missing, at least from what I've seen, is how to aim accurately.

Most students I've worked with can get within six inches of their target fairly easily, but are at a loss to fine tune their aim without further instruction. I offer a couple of suggestions and one seems to work well for most students.

Before I share this suggestion, I'd like to hear what aiming methods others are offering that work for their students. Don't get too excited. The suggestion isn't anything special and is probably what most use.
 
Mark,
The biggest problem I run into with teaching someone how to aim a jump shot is that their head is positioned differently that it is on a normal shot. For a right handes shooter, the head is always left of the cue rather than above it, so the perception of the shot is off. I usually try to have them line up the cue first, and then move into position to jump.
Steve
 
pooltchr said:
The biggest problem I run into with teaching someone how to aim a jump shot is that their head is positioned differently that it is on a normal shot.
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This is the biggest problem and can often be solved by aligning the shoulders to the shot line and stroking close and across the chest. Your head is turned 90 degrees to look down the shot line. There seems to be more room to get the cue under the eyes this way.

Since the cue is pointing down and the eyes are high, it's often difficult to see if you're aligned to the shot accurately. An effective way to align the cue accurately is to get into the shooting position and raise the tip to point the cue at the target, and then lower the tip to the cue ball while keeping it on the line between the two. Raising and lowering the tip 2 - 3 times seems to be enough to get the cue aligned accurately.
 
Good idea, Mark. I will give that a try next time I'm teaching a jumping student.
Thanks
Steve
 
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