tournaments that only allow you to use a playing cue

[Russell Cues]

I guess you could say Im old school, there was never a time when you jumped the cue ball.If you jumped the cue ball that was a foul. I think if you get snookered or if you snooker your opponent, then bravo ! To execute a tight snooker isnt always easy and the art of kicking has faded due to jump cues. I dont mind at all useing my playing cue to break with, I know it isn't going to hurt is as for one I built it. I wouldn't care for a split second if jump cues were banned, I was happy to hear that phenolic tip/ferrule combos for breaking were banned. Thats my 2 cents

 

[Rick S.]

What if I don't want to kick? What If I want to jump?

Buy some new sneakers

 

[Dave Nelson]

Jump shots should be relegated to the category of trick shots. Lots of fun but billiards at its best is rolling balls.

Dave Nelson

 

[horton129]

I had a thought this morning when I was working out. Alot of the older players gripe about jump cues and everyone knows how Earl the Pearl feels about this. Also many feel that kicking has lost some of its expertise do to people jumping. I was curious how would everyone feel if tournaments only allowed your playing cue. You have to break and jump with it. A well made cue should handle the job just fine. We would see alot more kicking I think.

Sorry i apprently have a lot to share about this (so good thread). Good rotation players in the great majority of the time plan to kick before they plan to jump (even with shorty). But they see right away which shot is required from what the table layout in question or the safty they face dictates. Top level pros aren't great jumpers (they arejust better than you), so why do 99.9% of the people who post here feel so trethen buy jumpy being allowed in tournaments. I see Good B level players hit the ball they are hooked behind or miss the OB or fail to pocket or leave a hanger 8 out of 10 times when they jump (or more). Stats on succesful jumping are rediculously low (but people exagerate them just like they do about their break and run stats). Jumping with shorty although easyer to get air with, it is still a skill and unless you are from Chinese Taipei, not a deadly advantage for league players. The game is a lot more fun when players have all the skills and can play all the shots, tactical in and out of safty 3 x in a row is a lot more interesting than ball in hand because you were not allowed to jump. Agressive players who can put on a 4 pack + that do it with flare (got out of a thight corner doing so) are apreciated, it is nice to see that as oposed to the run ending at a 2 pack because he had to kick (that is unless you can't run 3 balls). Fore most this will become clear when their speed catches up to their opinions.

 

[psmith6100]

I love my jump cue!! that thing has got me out of more tight spots and helped me win plenty of tournaments to say i should have to kick at a ball now is ridiculous ive been playing for a while and i have yet to be able to kick a ball north/south on the table and then be able to draw the ball to my next shot 4 or 5 feet away not only that for the trained monkey comment yes anyone can learn to jump pretty quickly but being able to make a jump with a leave or a three rail follow that is just as hard as kicking any shot...now i have no problem kicking at a ball either but there are times(for me) that jumping is required to get perfect position to be able to break out a ball with having to turn it loose just b/c the ball gets in the air doesnt mean it has to be all crazy and wild there have been many time that i knew what ball i was gonna jump before i ever got to the table not to mention it isnt all that hard to leave someone 2 1/2 inches behind a ball instead of 7 i think if 7" is the best safety you can play someone should make you pay for it and then you will have something new to practice on most players that jump balls cant do it all the time from 2" away and make the ball.. just my 2 cents so i say leave the jump cues why take a tool away from a player i mean we could all go back to playing with maces too like the did in the dark ages lol j/k

 

[Celtic]

I voted yes as I feel that every shot on a pool table should be made using a standard length pool cue and the sports purity in using that single tool is what led to the artistry that was masse shots, multiple rail kicks, and the truly challenging full cue jump shot.

I do not see a huge reason break cues cannot exist, but I would forgo them if we were able to do away with jump cues.

As an aside I think the majority of people are starting to lean more and more towards the removal of jump cues from this sport, and this poll seems to reflect that.

Now we simply need the league systems and professional tours and tournaments to take the stance that the jump cue is not a legal piece of equippment and we can start to see the game revert back to its former form where tremendous amounts of skill in masse shots and huge knowledge about kicking paid off and was not mitigated to a large degree by a gimmick piece of equippment.

 

[ajrack]

One cue

I think it really doesn't make much difference. I appreciate the skill of kicking, masse and jumping. I don't like to jump much, but players will find something to complain about no matter what the "new rules are". I have heard many complaints about pool games not being played the way they used to be.
Things change...
Remember...golfers have 14 clubs in their bag!
When I run a tournament, I let the players have their choice.