Well I consider myself a Student of the game & I can see myself improving.
There is one Hurtle that I'm having trouble with with Jumping up.
It's not all the Time.
I have read numerous article on it & it doesn't seem to have helped.
I guess the reason I'm having so much Trouble with it is I'm not conscience of it.
I know a lot of you have gone through this yourself or know someone who has.
If I can fix this issue I believe my game will go up a ball maybe two !!!
A lot of struggle with that - here is a short video that I made a few years ago that addresses that issue and provides some remedies.
Staying Down and Following Through
Some will say the you missed the shot because you jumped up.
Perhaps, but... perhaps your subconscious is making you jump up because it knows you are going to miss the shot & it, you, are trying to save it.
Personally I think is more often the second scenario than the first.
Do you jump up on every shot? No.
Do you jump up on shots that you make? Probably not.
That tends to tell me that the second scenario is the more likely one.
Many on here talk about a pre shot routine but the post shot 'routine' is rarely talked about.
It golf, to teach good balance, students are told to hold their finish until the ball hits the ground.
Well, something similar might be good for you.
Shoot the shot & hold the cue & everything else in the finish until you hear the ball go into the pocket.
Do a complete session of hitting shots at slow pocket speed & do not even look at the pocket but just hold the finish & listen. You might even close your eyes until you hear it.
Later you can do the same thing, but watch the ball. It IS important to see how the ball comes out of the collision & to see how any miss actually misses.
Well, that's my take & suggestions.
Good Luck with getting rid of the Peek A Boo.
Check out your eye pattern.
When a player looks at the cue ball last they might have a habit of "looking up" real quick. That snaps your head up.
Another tool is to always check your cue tip before rising.
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Jumping up does not cause someone to miss.
Just an excuse.
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I posted one of my early posts here for the same reason, the dreaded jump up. There's some great info in the posts that I quoted above. In fact, Blackjack's and Randy G's advice is what kept me going on the path to improvement. I followed their advice and went to see a BCA instructor. The most useful tool that I gained was the ability to self analyze and make adjustments from a fundamentally basic setup.
I jumped up horribly. It has taken me years to work out the problem. I feel that I have progressed 10 times faster than everyone else in spite of this. I still jump up but very in frequently. I know now how to handle it best.
I jump up because my subconscious knows that I'm doing something wrong or I'm doing something it doesn't like. Once you get used to listening to your inner self (he only talks in feelings) you will learn when to stop completely and start all over again. If not, the result is the jump up. I believe that there is wisdom in English's post above.
Poolguy4u is right, the jump up is a symptom of something else. Fix the problem not the symptom.
You also should get a pre shot routine. This will help you analyze your problems(mental, visual, physical). Visualize the shot before you get down and follow the same mental, visual and physical routine each time until you isolate a problem and then modify your routine.
If you stay with it, I bet you are going to find out that the dreaded "Jump up" is not a bad thing but instead a gift that if used properly will give you a great advantage over you opponents.
The last bit of advice is that you have to put your game under stress. Entering tournaments or something similar will do this. If you improve fast, keep finding people better than you to play to challenge you. It will bring out the flaws in you game quicker so you can correct them faster.
Two good books are, The Pleasures of Small Motions and the Inner Game of Tennis.
Good luck. It's a journey worth embarking on.