Who came up with the idea for a short jump cue? Who invented the jump cue? Who made the first jump cue?
Jump cues
- Thread starter donny mills
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Ron Vitello?? I think he invented the jump rod.
Pat Fleming I believe. Joss, Huebler and Meucci all had "jump" cues out long before there were any such things as jump rods. I made my own jump handle for my McDermott shaft in 1990 after seeing the Mike Sigel video where he demonstrated the Joss jump cue.
As far as I know it was Pat Fleming who discovered or came up with the idea of using a short handle attached to a shaft for the purpose of jumping balls.
Good topic. Now can I get a bet down on how long it takes the thread to DEVOLVE into another debate about the merits of jump cues?
As far as I know it was Pat Fleming who discovered or came up with the idea of using a short handle attached to a shaft for the purpose of jumping balls.
Good topic. Now can I get a bet down on how long it takes the thread to DEVOLVE into another debate about the merits of jump cues?
Glendale
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Donny, it was Heath who invented the first short jump cue in 1991 - in his clearwater basement - Then Bobby and Eggy started spying on him through his window and stole his invention. Heath is now taking them to court to sue the hell out of them!
Jump cues are just a part of the game evolving from the old rules, where you could push out if someone hooked you on accident.
Glendale
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Well, I'm one of those guys who's not a fan of evolution. I'm annoyed at myself for using a computer right now :angry:
Lol sir! I think you are right.
Jay Flowers was working up some prototypes around the mid 80's.
i am with you. the first ones i remember seeing were the meucci sj line of jump cues.
The Flowers / Hueblers were the first manufactered I'd seen in the late 80's.
There's a Szamboti jumper somewhere I think dates to the 70's.
I am sure someone "discovered" jumping was easier with a shorty, either a sawed off house cue, or some borrowed 3C player's masse cue.
I am no historian, but they seemed to fade in around the late 80's. Most of the pro's on the FL Tour were carrying a reg'lar cue to break with, and by about 90 50%+ had jumpers, and by 91-92 you were naked without one. That's also about the time things got extreme, with shaft jumping and all that BS. The 40" rule came along about 93'ish IIRC.
There's a Szamboti jumper somewhere I think dates to the 70's.
I am sure someone "discovered" jumping was easier with a shorty, either a sawed off house cue, or some borrowed 3C player's masse cue.
I am no historian, but they seemed to fade in around the late 80's. Most of the pro's on the FL Tour were carrying a reg'lar cue to break with, and by about 90 50%+ had jumpers, and by 91-92 you were naked without one. That's also about the time things got extreme, with shaft jumping and all that BS. The 40" rule came along about 93'ish IIRC.
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Sammy "Jumpin" Jones did invent it in 1981, around the mid 80's more players started to use it.
I see. I wonder who first thought that a short stick would make it easier to jump over a ball...
i like the sig line thanks dog lol
Someone who knows Pat Fleming well enough should ask him. It's my understanding that Pat discovered the jumpability of the short cue and that Sammy Jones picked that up from him and that after that Meucci got involved. I like to know the real story whatever it is.