The way I've been practicing my jump shots is I rack all 15 balls, break em and then look for jump shots in no specific order and try to make them until no more shots are available or I'll pick a ball somewhere in the field and try to hit it. This gives me plenty of shots to try at my speed and also way above it. Does anyone have jumpshot drills to share? Thanks.
Jump shot practice
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Put all 15 balls in a row. Put he cueball behind the 1 ball and then just call the number of the ball that you are going to hit. This will give you good practice as to the amount of power, cue angle, needed to reach certain distances. And of course the distance behind the 1 ball that you place the cueball will create endless variations.
This too will give you great practice at putting 15 balls in a row...LOL!!!
Good to see you practicing jumpshots without your lunchbox.
This too will give you great practice at putting 15 balls in a row...LOL!!!
Good to see you practicing jumpshots without your lunchbox.
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Start witht he cue ball near a side rail at the first diamond. Put the blocking ball on the next diamond and the object ball onthe next. Keep moving the blocking ball and the object ball down a diamond while leaving the cueball at the first diamond. This will teach you to jump at distance with accuracy. You will want to hit these shots with draw to kill the cueball and stop it from flying off the table.
John
John
Thanks, I'll try theese.
The methods above sound good, but they sound like they are all Pendelum style off the end rail. I like to practice Dart style also, and Jump shots off the bed of the table. This comes in very handy for cross table jumping. Here is what I do. I take the 8 Ball and place it in front off the side pocket.
Then I take a ball and place in mid table between the side pockets dead center. Then I place the Cue ball 2 ball widths away and jump a full ball Dart style and pocket the 8 Ball. Then I move the Cue ball a little closer to the ball I am jumping over each time, this gives me a good sense of angle, speed and power to make these "Short" jumps without knocking the Cue ball off the table. Jumping pendelum style off the rail is a great way to start to learn and practice, then move to pendelum style off the bed of the table, where you really need the Hieght of your bridge hand.
Then I take a ball and place in mid table between the side pockets dead center. Then I place the Cue ball 2 ball widths away and jump a full ball Dart style and pocket the 8 Ball. Then I move the Cue ball a little closer to the ball I am jumping over each time, this gives me a good sense of angle, speed and power to make these "Short" jumps without knocking the Cue ball off the table. Jumping pendelum style off the rail is a great way to start to learn and practice, then move to pendelum style off the bed of the table, where you really need the Hieght of your bridge hand.