Jump RODS

[fjk]

I have a related question. It may be an easy one, but I've never been into jump cues at all.

Last year, I was watching Jason Shaw practice jumping balls. He was using a cue that looked to be around the normal 58". It was some sort of gray man-made material. He was jumping a full ball 4-5 inches away from the cueball with amazing accuracy. I've never seen jumping that good and that accurate.

Was that cue some kind of prototype jump cue from whoever his sponsor is, or do they now have full length jump cues?

 

[Pocket Change]

They are banned by the equipment specs but sometimes the ban is not enforced.

Yes, that’s where I was going with the question. Thanks.

 

[PhilosopherKing]

Something that pops into my head every so often, is how jump cues are allowed now, but aluminum jump "rods" were banned in the past. I suppose it is simply that jumping itself became more prevalent, but is that the case, or were rods really that much easier to use?

I also recall seeing a picture on the internet of one, but maybe as long as over two decades. Does anyone happen to have a picture of one, or actually own one currently?

Note: I tried searching here, but nothing returned for "rod", and including "jump" has enough threads to outweigh several years worth of the Encyclopædia Britannica. I think the last time I saw something about them, it was on one of the iterations of the Pool Digest forum (RIP).

Not aluminum, but I have this

 

[straightline]

That just plug together? No metal?

 

[tomatoshooter]

Just try making a cue 40" long that weights under 8 oz ?

I suspect it could be done in carbon fiber.........

A 29" shaft weighs under 4 oz. I don't think you could get much under 8 oz. But 8 oz. doesn't seem far fetched at all.

 

[David in FL]

A 29" shaft weighs under 4 oz. I don't think you could get much under 8 oz. But 8 oz. doesn't seem far fetched at all.

My Jacoby jumper comes in at 7.5 oz. Maple shaft...

 

[cueman]

The 40 i

17. CUE STICKS​

Cue Sticks used at WPA competitions should comply with the following
during play at table:

Length of Cue: 40 inches [1.016 m] minimum / No Maximum
Weight of Cue: No minimum / 25 oz. [708.75 gm] maximum
Width of Tip: No minimum / 14mm maximum
The cue tip may not be of a material that can scratch or damage the addressed ball. The cue tip on any stick must be composed of a piece of specially processed leather or other fibrous or pliable material that extends the natural line of the shaft end of the cue and contacts the cue ball when the shot is executed..
The ferrule of the cue stick, if of a metal material, may not be more than 1 inch [2.54 cm] in length.

The 40 inch rule and the 14 mm rule killed the jump rods. Most were made of a simple shaft dowel turned down to about 3/4" for the front 20 something inches. With a big phenolic plug style tip on the end.

 

[PhilosopherKing]

That just plug together? No metal?

The black tube is a case. The cue is one piece.

 

[straightline]

The black tube is a case. The cue is one piece.

Lol ok. Looks like the sheath - scabbard? - would function as a butt. IMO that's all a jumper would need for a joint.

 

[heater451]

Not aluminum, but I have thisView attachment 751562View attachment 751563View attachment 751564View attachment 751565

Awesome! I really hoped someone would have an example. Oddly cool!!!

 

[The Old Jaybird]

sounds like the old Robin Dodson Frog jump stick. short, thick, large plastic tip about the size of a quarter. Imagine a one piece cue, cut off at 40 inches from the butt and then a large tip attached.