question about learning to jump.

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lorider

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i bought my girlfriend a jump break cue for her birthday last fri.

we got home from league last fri and i sat down to watch some tv. a lil while later i heard a thump....thump....thump coming from the game room. she was in the practicing jumps with her new cue. she looked at me and said how do you jump, i cannot get the cueball to leave the table.

i said you are never going to learn on that table she asked why . i said i tried jumping on that table and it just dont work for some reason. i told her we could teach her at the pool hall. she said the owner told her no practicing jumps on his tables.

now since i laid out the details here is where the questions start.

we have an olhausen table at home. i cannot get a cue ball to leave the table. what do you think the problem may be ? is it the slate, cloth or a combination of both ?

this pool hall allows jumping in league play but does not allow practice jumping.that rule is fine and dandy for proficient jumpers but how does one that is dedicated to get better, is willing to buy the equipment and pay the time learn to jump when no one allows newbies to practice?
 
lorider said:
i bought my girlfriend a jump break cue for her birthday last fri.

we got home from league last fri and i sat down to watch some tv. a lil while later i heard a thump....thump....thump coming from the game room. she was in the practicing jumps with her new cue. she looked at me and said how do you jump, i cannot get the cueball to leave the table.

i said you are never going to learn on that table she asked why . i said i tried jumping on that table and it just dont work for some reason. i told her we could teach her at the pool hall. she said the owner told her no practicing jumps on his tables.

now since i laid out the details here is where the questions start.

we have an olhausen table at home. i cannot get a cue ball to leave the table. what do you think the problem may be ? is it the slate, cloth or a combination of both ?

this pool hall allows jumping in league play but does not allow practice jumping.that rule is fine and dandy for proficient jumpers but how does one that is dedicated to get better, is willing to buy the equipment and pay the time learn to jump when no one allows newbies to practice?
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It's the cue ball if you use the same cue you can jump with elsewhere. Cloth has no bearing on a ball jumping on a slate table.
 
What cue ball are you using? Just about any Aramith cue ball can be jumped, even the standard Action sets can be jumped. If you're using a heavier ball like the barbox magnetic balls, they will be harder to jump.
 
To help her learn, go online and find a video from one of the jump cue manufacturers.

That's what I did and I learned to jump full balls from a short distance the first day that I tried.

Try this one
 
You can get a small swatch of microfiber cloth (2"x3" is plenty) to put under the CB when practicing jumps. It won't leave any marks.

Hopefully the room owner has an open mind.
 
Plenty videos on YouTube for jumping. Try not hitting as hard, lots of people think you have to kill it, but back off the power a little.
 
lorider said:
i bought my girlfriend a jump break cue for her birthday last fri.

we got home from league last fri and i sat down to watch some tv. a lil while later i heard a thump....thump....thump coming from the game room. she was in the practicing jumps with her new cue. she looked at me and said how do you jump, i cannot get the cueball to leave the table.

i said you are never going to learn on that table she asked why . i said i tried jumping on that table and it just dont work for some reason. i told her we could teach her at the pool hall. she said the owner told her no practicing jumps on his tables.

now since i laid out the details here is where the questions start.

we have an olhausen table at home. i cannot get a cue ball to leave the table. what do you think the problem may be ? is it the slate, cloth or a combination of both ?

this pool hall allows jumping in league play but does not allow practice jumping.that rule is fine and dandy for proficient jumpers but how does one that is dedicated to get better, is willing to buy the equipment and pay the time learn to jump when no one allows newbies to practice?
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I was going to say: check the operator. Since I know him here is another thought.

"What thickness is the slate?"

randyg
 
JC said:
It's the cue ball if you use the same cue you can jump with elsewhere. Cloth has no bearing on a ball jumping on a slate table.
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I've always heard that the nappy thick cloth jumps better than the tight weave Simonis ans such.
 
lorider said:
we have an olhausen table at home. i cannot get a cue ball to leave the table. what do you think the problem may be ? is it the slate, cloth or a combination of both?
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Are you sure it is not a technique issue? FYI, you can find good advice and video demonstrations on how to jump properly on the jump shot technique resource page.

Check it out, and good luck,
Dave
 
lorider said:
i bought my girlfriend a jump break cue for her birthday last fri.

we got home from league last fri and i sat down to watch some tv. a lil while later i heard a thump....thump....thump coming from the game room. she was in the practicing jumps with her new cue. she looked at me and said how do you jump, i cannot get the cueball to leave the table.

i said you are never going to learn on that table she asked why . i said i tried jumping on that table and it just dont work for some reason. i told her we could teach her at the pool hall. she said the owner told her no practicing jumps on his tables.

now since i laid out the details here is where the questions start.

we have an olhausen table at home. i cannot get a cue ball to leave the table. what do you think the problem may be ? is it the slate, cloth or a combination of both ?

this pool hall allows jumping in league play but does not allow practice jumping.that rule is fine and dandy for proficient jumpers but how does one that is dedicated to get better, is willing to buy the equipment and pay the time learn to jump when no one allows newbies to practice?
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i play on 9 foot plhausens in league and can jump just fine and sp can the whole tap league
 
randyg said:
I was going to say: check the operator. Since I know him here is another thought.

"What thickness is the slate?"

randyg
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thanks for the laugh randy.:thumbup:

i dont know the thickness of the slate but it just feels different when i attempted jumping at home vs at the pool hall.

i bought my jump break 2 months ago " an alex brick ". i jumped just fine at the pool hall the day i bought it, tried jumping at home the next day and barely could get the cue ball off the table.

i never thought any more about it because i mostly play apa where jump cues are not allowed. when my girlfriend tried jumping with her new cue the other night got me to thinking there must be something wrong with the table. fwiw the cue ball at home is an aramith. i hope its not a cheap ass slate because she paid 4,000.00 for that table 4 years ago.

to all you other guys , thanks for your advice. i will have her pull up some videos to watch but i still think the problem is the table at home.
 
Somebody gave me a little help last night with jumping. I thought I had it down, but the last year or so I just kept squirting the CB straight out from the cue with hardly any hop. He showed me and I noticed I was hitting it way too close to the center. As soon as I started hitting lower, I was jumping like a champ.. ok, well, jumping decently. :o
 
Thump sounds like a wood slate! Make sure it's slate.

Those aerimeth bowling ball, mud ball, valley balls, jump like sh1t. They are nothing like a red circle or even a measle ball. You can jump with them but you have to hit harder or dart it.
 
The trick (if there is one) is to totally commit to the jump shot. Do not back down in mid stroke, but hit the ball with determination (but not necessarily speed).

Its all about making contact with the CB on a line towards the center of the CB and not on a line towards the spot teh CB rests on the cloth. A nice determined hit at towards the center-of-mass of the CB will result in it leaving the table.
 
MitchAlsup said:
The trick (if there is one) is to totally commit to the jump shot. Do not back down in mid stroke, but hit the ball with determination (but not necessarily speed).

Its all about making contact with the CB on a line towards the center of the CB and not on a line towards the spot teh CB rests on the cloth. A nice determined hit at towards the center-of-mass of the CB will result in it leaving the table.
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great advice, I see a lot of players trying to hit lower and chip the ball off the cloth, because they fear the stick won't get out of the way and will "trap" the cue ball between the bed and the tip if they hit in the center. But it doesn't, in fact the stick bends quite a bit and can get out of the way of many jumps that should get trapped.
 
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