jump cue question

[Myrtle_04]

what's the difference between putting a jump cue together and breaking down a break cue? Why would a tournament have a rule to do one and not the other?

 

[Tom In Cincy]

no one cares what you do when it is your turn at the table.

Just don't be fiddling around in your chair while your opponent is at the table shooting. Very unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[Myrtle_04]

There's a rule that says no jump shafts. I guess that means you can use a jump cue, but you can't break down a break cue to just the shaft. Why?

 

[cueman]

There's a rule that says no jump shafts. I guess that means you can use a jump cue, but you can't break down a break cue to just the shaft. Why?

People are able to throw the shaft like a dart at the cue ball and jump balls that are almost frozen to the cue ball. This is why they made the rule of about 40 inches minimum on jump cues. It made jumping too easy for experienced shaft jumpers. There used to be little jump rods that were very fat and only the length of a shaft and those were super easy to jump with also. Those two things led to the no shaft jumping rule.

 

[Tom In Cincy]

There is a rule for the minimum length of a cue to shoot shots. 40 inches is the minimum.

Nothing that I am aware of in the World Standard Rules that says "no jump shafts" If you come to a table and shoot with anything less than 40 inches, you have committed a foul.

There's a rule that says no jump shafts. I guess that means you can use a jump cue, but you can't break down a break cue to just the shaft. Why?

 

[Myrtle_04]

People are able to throw the shaft like a dart at the cue ball and jump balls that are almost frozen to the cue ball. This is why they made the rule of about 40 inches minimum on jump cues. It made jumping too easy for experienced shaft jumpers. There used to be little jump rods that were very fat and only the length of a shaft and those were super easy to jump with also. Those two things led to the no shaft jumping rule.

Thanks for the info. Its in a set of rules for a tourney I want to enter.

 

[poolpro]

The rule about breaking down a cue is mostly directed at the shark move of a player breaking down his cue while it is his opponents turn. As when your opponent is shooting the money ball or has an easy pattern to get out, many players will try to put more pressure on their opponent by making a big show out of breaking their cue down. They are making the statement that it is soo easy that you couldn't miss, and want to try and hurry up the player or cause them to make an error. It is a last ditch effort and is considered unsportsmanlike conduct.


Notice the rule actually stipulates that it is a forfeit if the player even ATTEMPTS to break down his cue. You do not have to even disassemble the cue to forfeit.



We used to have a house rule like this apply to the opponent grabbing the rack and holding it over the table or swinging it about, etc. To me it is the same thing, I wonder why the rules do not have something like this as well?



Jw