The Only Jump Stroke Style you Need?

[cueball2010]

There are 3 jump stroke styles. Under hand, Dart, and Side arm.

Using only Under hand and dart you can cover pretty much all jump situations. In this case there is no need to ever use or learn Side arm jumps. However, you would need to stay in practice with 2 different styles of jump strokes.

Then there is side arm, which I have never really taken the time to learn because it is hard to pin point tip contact location on to the cueball. The stroke naturally makes horizontal movements of the cue tip. So the final contact on the cueball could be left or right of where you intended to hit. But recently I heard that you could replace both jump strokes with the side arm stroke. In this case you would only need to stay in practice with one jump stroke, and never have to use under hand and dart strokes. Is it true?

Any players that only use side arm jumps here?

 

[Mensabum]

There are 3 jump stroke styles. Under hand, Dart, and Side arm.

Using only Under hand and dart you can cover pretty much all jump situations. In this case there is no need to ever use or learn Side arm jumps. However, you would need to stay in practice with 2 different styles of jump strokes.

Then there is side arm, which I have never really taken the time to learn because it is hard to pin point tip contact location on to the cueball. The stroke naturally makes horizontal movements of the cue tip. So the final contact on the cueball could be left or right of where you intended to hit. But recently I heard that you could replace both jump strokes with the side arm stroke. In this case you would only need to stay in practice with one jump stroke, and never have to use under hand and dart strokes. Is it true?

Any players that only use side arm jumps here?

I'm lucky being tall. Underhand is the only stroke I need for jumps. I use a longer jump cue than most players do.

 

[Crasher]

learning how to stroke smoothly and accurately with a sideways/elevated arm has a wide array of applications in and outside of jumping, and is more accurate than a dart stroke.

 

[bbb]

learning how to stroke smoothly and accurately with a sideways/elevated arm has a wide array of applications in and outside of jumping, and is more accurate than a dart stroke.

Can you explain alittle more?

 

[nataddrho]

They are all accurate if you have a smooth forward stroke. Long and slow to let the mass of the cue affect the ball. Not a short stroke with muscle generated speed, then you’re dead.

That mostly goes for all strokes.

 

[cueball2010]

learning how to stroke smoothly and accurately with a sideways/elevated arm has a wide array of applications in and outside of jumping, and is more accurate than a dart stroke.

They are all accurate if you have a smooth forward stroke. Long and slow to let the mass of the cue affect the ball. Not a short stroke with muscle generated speed, then you’re dead.

That mostly goes for all strokes.

Maybe it just takes time to learn accurate side strokes, but another problem is your eyes being so far off of the stroke line. It's way easier to sight aim with underhand and dart.

Of course a stroke has to be smooth, but the bigger aspect of jumping is the force. It's a touch shot, relies on constant weight and balance to hone the proper touch. Being jacked up, darting, and side arm, all give different balance and weight because the place you grip and arm position is different for all 3 jump styles.

 

[nataddrho]

Maybe it just takes time to learn accurate side strokes, but another problem is your eyes being so far off of the stroke line. It's way easier to sight aim with underhand and dart.

Of course a stroke has to be smooth, but the bigger aspect of jumping is the force. It's a touch shot, relies on constant weight and balance to hone the proper touch. Being jacked up, darting, and side arm, all give different balance and weight because the place you grip and arm position is different for all 3 jump styles.

No, not difference weight and force. The point is to use backstroke length and forward stroke slowness on all three. Slower than you would expect or what people try to do. Amateurs think they need to drill the ball, when there is very little force needed as long as you give the cue time to accelerate from a long backstroke. It is the basic fundamental to all strokes that gets glossed over so often.