Jumping in the game of pool - yes or no?

Should jumping be allowed in the game of pool?

  • Yes, I like the current rules

    Votes: 38 29.9%

  • Yes, but only with a full cue, no jump-cues allowed

    Votes: 41 32.3%

  • No, jumping should be disallowed

    Votes: 48 37.8%
  • Total voters
    127
MeeLosh

MeeLosh

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Now I realize that most people have spent time practicing jumping, and there are a lot of good folks who have also invested good money in a quality jump cue, but I would still like to get an unbiased opinion on this subject:

Should jumping be a part of the game of pool?

Personally, I can't stand it. The very act is way too violent for my taste and I find the sound produced when jumping atrocious.
I also feel it takes away from the purity of the game, I feel like the game is meant to be played with angles and kicks and whatnot. The way Efren plays, for instance, or the way snooker is played (in terms of no jumping).

Obviously, this is just my opinion, but I'm curious to see just how small of a minority I'm in. Who knows, maybe jumping gets disallowed at some point in the future. I feel the game of pool would be all the more richer for it.
 
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Jumping has been around since pool was started.

Jump Sticks, that's a different story.

randyg
 
My answer is not on the above list.

FTR...I have nothing against jump cues as long as they are only used when your opponent hides the cue ball. If you lock yourself up then you shouldn't be allowed to use one.

I have no problem whatsoever with jumping with a full cue at anytime during the game as long as the cue doesn't scoop under the ball to lift it over the impeding object ball.

Maniac
 
goettlicher said:
Jumping has been around since pool was started.

Jump Sticks, that's a different story.

randyg
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I hate steep jumps because of the damage they do to cloth - but I don't mind shallower, less destructive jumps. So I'd learn to live with no jump sticks, even though I jump like a short white boy with my low-squirt shaft.

pj <- not all that short
chgo
 
Maniac said:
I have no problem whatsoever with jumping with a full cue at anytime during the game as long as the cue doesn't scoop under the ball to lift it over the impeding object ball.
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You're in agreement with the rules. It's a foul to purposely miscue, which is how a scoop-jump works.

pj
chgo
 
I have no problem with it. If jumping were only allowed with playing cue, the advantage would go to the player that used a fat shaft and a hard tip. Jump cues make jumping even for everybody that knows (practices) how to use one.
 
I’m not a fan. If I organized a tournament it would be no-jumping. I feel that it cheapens kicking and safety play.


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It's true that jump shots have been around for a long time, but I went to a few world championships before jump cues existed and jump shots were incredibly rare, so rare that they, arguably, weren't even part of the game.

The game in which you saw more jump shots was bumper pool, and world champion Marcus Collier tried jumping with his bumper pool cue while playing pocket billiards in the 1960's, long before the supposed first recognized jump shooters in pool (Sammy Jones, Earl Strickland and Pat Fleming are often cited as the first, but they didn't do it until the late 1970's). Some say that those who saw Marcus Collier jump with his bumper pool cue were suddenly intrigued about the possibilities of jumping with a short cue, and the rest is history.

Though the use of jump cues requires practice and skill, jump cues are ridiculous and, as we all remember, Efren Reyes resisted using a jump cue for many years. As so many use, practice with and sell jump cues, I feel certain that jump cues are here to stay, but I don't have to like it.

Jump cues are not permitted at the Derby City Classic, one of many reasons it's the best event on the American pool calendar. The Derby City Classic, year after year, is the most exciting American pool event, so the jump cue is certainly not fundamental to having exciting pool.
 
MeeLosh said:
Now I realize that most people have spent time practicing jumping, and there are a lot of good folks who have also invested good money in a quality jump cue, but I would still like to get an unbiased opinion on this subject:

Should jumping be a part of the game of pool?

Personally, I can't stand it. The very act is way too violent for my taste and I find the sound produced when jumping atrocious.
I also feel it takes away from the purity of the game, I feel like the game is meant to be played with angles and kicks and whatnot. The way Efren plays, for instance, or the way snooker is played (in terms of no jumping).

Obviously, this is just my opinion, but I'm curious to see just how small of a minority I'm in. Who knows, maybe jumping gets disallowed at some point in the future. I feel the game of pool would be all the more richer for it.
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As a pool room owner, I have a disdain for jump shots and jump cues. I guess I could not allow them in our room, but it would be hard to enforce now since I have allowed them, and most of the regular weekly tournament players have their own jump cues.

Although a player that has the jump shot technique perfected does absolutely no damage to the CB or the cloth, many players not as good at it potentially can damage the cloth as they are trying to learn/perfect their jump shot technique. I never allow practicing of jump shots in our room, with the exception of when we are within a week or two of recovering our tables.

It is sad that most of our players who use their jump cues every chance they get (sometimes I think to get their money's worth out of their purchase) will never correctly learn the art of playing kick shots and kick safeties, which will severely hinder them whenever playing a seasoned player.
 
I'm not a fan either. It just increases wear on the table and could potentially dent the rails. That's probably where most of the rail dents come from on all those classics we see for sale these days. Most definitely won't allow it on any of my tables.
 
If you can't jump I'm gonna beat you to death. Then again, if you can't kick I'm gonna beat you to death.

So, I guess you better be able to do both.

Rake
 
Well...,

sjm said:
It's true that jump shots have been around for a long time, but I went to a few world championships before jump cues existed and jump shots were incredibly rare, so rare that they, arguably, weren't even part of the game.

Though the use of jump cues requires practice and skill, jump cues are ridiculous and, as we all remember, Efren Reyes resisted using a jump cue for many years. As so many use, practice with and sell jump cues, I feel certain that jump cues are here to stay, but I don't have to like it.

Jump cues are not permitted at the Derby City Classic, one of many reasons it's the best event on the American pool calendar. The Derby City Classic, year after year, is the most exciting American pool event, so the jump cue is certainly not fundamental to having exciting pool.
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Jump cues aren't the reason that NO AMERICAN PLAYER other than SVB can win anything and he can jump as good as anybody with or without a jump cue. A jump cue might determine the outcome a a given match, but it wont determine who will generally be in the finials... it'll be someone fro somewhere other then the USA and those Players aren't whining about them, their just winning.
 
Jump cues should be banned.

Jump with your playing cue, if you can.

I see idiots every week trying to jump balls and stabbing into the cloth. If I owned a pool hall, nobody would be using a jump cue or they'd be thrown out.
 
HawaiianEye said:
Jump cues should be banned.

Jump with your playing cue, if you can.

I see idiots every week trying to jump balls and stabbing into the cloth. If I owned a pool hall, nobody would be using a jump cue or they'd be thrown out.
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Does that mean you would ban BCA and Valley leagues from your room, and only allow APA players?
 
Jimmorrison said:
If you don’t like jumping, stop hooking.
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I don’t like jump shots and voted against them in the poll. However, they are part of the game. I prefer to play when they are disallowed but won’t stop me hooking when they are and I wont complain if my opponent jumps as it is part of the game. Don’t like winner breaks either but that won’t stop me playing that format.
 
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