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Dam sure new to me anyway and I been playing for many a year.

The other night there is stranger in my pool hall. It happens, but if the place is has less then twenty people in it and most are regulars, the strangers always catch an eye for a minute or two. I imagine this is pretty common...I believe I've heard it referenced "clocking speed" here a time or two.

Straight away I know this guy is pretty dam good and settle in to watch him play one of our regulars. There is no bet, no smack talk, just freindly banter as this guys runs out pretty fn regularly....really moving the rock well well needed. Otherwise just fast and loose and win...repeat.

On one of these outs he gets stuck (dont know the table thing dammit) but basically its three balls all a row.All about 8 inches apart. The 8 is closest to the pocket. The six is behind it and the cue in behind the six.

Basically the 8 is 8 inches in front of the 6 and blocking the hole.

Dude (stanger) calls this..."I'm gonna jump the cue...make it land on the six...and make the six jump the 8".

Now< I had been watching closley for about an hour,but keeping it real casual before this shot came up. For this I had to snap to attention. Did this guy say what I thought he said??

Then it happened...raggity ass house cue and all...he jumped the cb off the table. It lands on the six. The six leaves the table and jumps the 8. I swear it.

As a point of fact he did miss the hole by about two inches. It was the most amazing miss I have ever seen.

Anybody got that one in the shot library??
 
I've seen it happen unintentionaly before but never on purpose.
 
Thunderball said:
Dam sure new to me anyway and I been playing for many a year.

The other night there is stranger in my pool hall. It happens, but if the place is has less then twenty people in it and most are regulars, the strangers always catch an eye for a minute or two. I imagine this is pretty common...I believe I've heard it referenced "clocking speed" here a time or two.

Straight away I know this guy is pretty dam good and settle in to watch him play one of our regulars. There is no bet, no smack talk, just freindly banter as this guys runs out pretty fn regularly....really moving the rock well well needed. Otherwise just fast and loose and win...repeat.

On one of these outs he gets stuck (dont know the table thing dammit) but basically its three balls all a row.All about 8 inches apart. The 8 is closest to the pocket. The six is behind it and the cue in behind the six.

Basically the 8 is 8 inches in front of the 6 and blocking the hole.

Dude (stanger) calls this..."I'm gonna jump the cue...make it land on the six...and make the six jump the 8".

Now< I had been watching closley for about an hour,but keeping it real casual before this shot came up. For this I had to snap to attention. Did this guy say what I thought he said??

Then it happened...raggity ass house cue and all...he jumped the cb off the table. It lands on the six. The six leaves the table and jumps the 8. I swear it.

As a point of fact he did miss the hole by about two inches. It was the most amazing miss I have ever seen.

Anybody got that one in the shot library??
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I've used it before as a position shot.

Playing a guy last pocket 8 ball, I was playing like Gawd, getting out from everywhere, and my opponent starts soft breaking on me. He was basically just rolling the CB into the rack. He moved no more than two balls off the pack when he broke, and left me about 10 degrees off straight in on the one ball I could see.

I jumped the CB to land on top of the OB, which went, and the CB bounced a foot high off the OB and landed in the middle of the pack, and I ran out.

He quit me after that runout. :D

I had just learned the IDEA of the shot from reading one of my Eddie Robin books on One Pocket less than a week before.

I have seen Rich Geiler shoot that shot, only he shoots a little easier version of it where he only needs to jump the space between two balls instead of a full ball.


Russ
 
that's in a 1 pocket book i saw a few months back. i hear bucktooth shot it on someone (except the ball went over the stack not just 1 ball) and got out from there
 
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I have seen teh shot a few times. Similiar to jumping a ball out of a rack when doing a trick shot.
Here is a shot once years ago.
I was the 8 and was hooked. the 8 didnt have a clear line due to the 9 and 10.
I jumped the stripe landing on the 8 making it jump the edge of the 9.
This was in APA regionals and I had called time just o explain to my Capt what I was doing and if it was legal. We asked the other guys and off I went.
Here is the shot

CueTable Help

 
Yea thats a known shot, a very good one too.

It comes up the most in one pocket, When your opponents ball is close to the pocket and you want to scratch the CB to make his ball spot up. If the scratch is low percentage then you can jack up and jump the CB into the OB and jump the OB off the table....then it spots up and you owe one. Usually only happens in end game situations.

Another good shot is the jump cut.

Picture a cut shot that is just a bit more than 90 degrees so you can't make it, you can jump the CB up and drop it on the top side of the OB and it will "cut" the OB in...it can also be used to make a shot like that when another ball is blocking the one you want to make. The CB just clears the impeding ball and drops on the OB and manages to make and impossible cut shot possible....its a very crafty shot.
 
There is some real control of a flying rock in the posts above. Hell I'm happy for elevation and going in the direction aimed is a huge bonus. lol

I figured some folks here would have seen/used this one. Pretty dam cool if its brand new, as it was for me when I saw it.

The Nutz no doubt.
 
Jimmy Reid shows this shot on "No Time for Negative". I've used it a few times. Great shot when you're stuck!
 
poolplayer2093 said:
that's in a 1 pocket book i saw a few months back. i hear bucktooth shot it on someone (except the ball went over the stack not just 1 ball) and got out from there
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That's exactly the shot I learned this from. It was Bucktooth's choice for his greatest One Pocket shot ever..

Russ
 
sheffield6 thats the shot...hell...its even the 6 and the 8 (in reverse but still).

Very cool.
 
New shot for me. I'll have to see if I can put some time into making it.
 
I'll shoot it every once in a while... usually while playing a ring game where it's all-out offense. I only shoot it if the cue ball is within about 2 feet of the object ball and object ball only has to jump the edge of a ball. If it's positioned right, I can jump the object ball over another object ball. Jack Hines shoots this shot where he launches the object ball over a rack of balls into the corner pocket! :p
 
shot is also shown and explained on "mastering pool" DVD set with Mika Immonen. The DVD's Nathan Moulon (sp?) here produced and sells. If Im not mistaken, it's on disc 3. Ruthless shot.
 
It's a standard trick shot that's been around a long time. Usually for shows, I'll put the object ball inside the rack, guaranteeing there's no way out except to jump. Nigh impossible to control though. I had the shot come up in an 8-ball match before when my friend left me safe. I ended up rattling the ball in the jaws, but impressed the onlookers nonetheless.
 
I was playing a set once and won the flip. I broke and was left looking clearly at the one with no pocket.

CueTable Help


I saw an opportunity to jump the one into the side and clear an impeding ball for shape. I thought surely if I make it this guy will freeze up. I hit it perfectly including the shape. I looked to see the expression on the guy's face and he wasn't even watching.
 
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I've heard of the shot, but never seen anyone use it in a competitive circumstance.

A variation that I have used, though, is when you jump the OB off a rail, which makes it much easier to get the necessary elevation to clear your obstacle. This shot, for instance, is not nearly as difficult as the one in the original post. You elevate so that the OB hops into the nose of the cushion, and bounces upward over the obstructing ball:

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-Andrew
 
I didn't read the rest of the posts in this thread because I'm lazy and stupid.

But it sounds to me like you're talking about an object ball jump. Its not a common shot and is likely a 'last resort' for those who know how to do it. Not easy at all. But yeah. Its pretty cool looking.

I watched Pete Ohman drill 3 of these in a row 4 years ago at VF. It was pretty cool to see.
 
mia said:
I didn't read the rest of the posts in this thread because I'm lazy and stupid.

But it sounds to me like you're talking about an object ball jump. Its not a common shot and is likely a 'last resort' for those who know how to do it. Not easy at all. But yeah. Its pretty cool looking.

I watched Pete Ohman drill 3 of these in a row 4 years ago at VF. It was pretty cool to see.
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I was at Pete's house a few years ago and he did it 3 or 4 times in a row. Needs to be a pretty straight shot and clearance for both balls in order to have a realistic chance of making it. More practical use is when you have a small gap and want to just jump the ball thru the gap. That I have seen and done on more than one occasion.
 
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