X Breaker 1 mm jump by Larry Nevel

[keenster14]

I just like the table ;)

[TASK104]

I also agree. I realize this is just an exhibition, but 9 ball isn't going to be much of a game if this jump cue BS gets to the point where you can practically freeze somebody to a ball and they can STILL jump their way out of it. This video is both impressive and depressing. Jump cues should be banned across the board.

[TASK104]

In fact, what's even worse is that some of these really close jump shots aren't even legal hits. I've watched videos of jump shots in super slow motion and and when you are too close to a ball, the cue ball is popped straight up in the air upon contact, and then actually pushed forward over the object ball by the shaft during follow through. Sometimespeople are fouling with these cuesand it's impossible to see with the naked eye.

[lakunas23]

@TASK104 Are you on the WPA board or just another beginner in pool? Making a short jump with position play is NOT easy. I compete and also like this cue, but it's not a magic wand.

[TASK104]

@lakunas23 Did you even read my 1 year old comments before you insulted me? I never said it was easy(although it is infinitely easiER than with a playing cue) and I never called it a magic wand. LOL I guess I'm just "another beginner" because I don't like what you like.

[zzzfore]

The game would be better off without jump cues. If you want to jump, do so with your regular cue. It would improve safety play and strategy.

[lakunas23]

@zzzfore Safety play and strategy improved because of the jump cues, nowadays you can see great safes with balls tied up instead of easy snookers. Why do people have a problem with it? Take the short cue, go to a tournament and see if you are better then someone without it. This cues are regulation and why not take advantage if you are good at it. Like prohibiting 5 rail escapes for Efren, because he can do them.

[SteveMarks2217]

b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

[loopycaleb]

great. though i have one question. was this played with just the shaft or the both the butt and shaft?

[ppooler]

neither, it's a jump cue...

[bone6966]

a cheat cue. like allowing using a foot wedge on the pga.

[Turambar001]

A cheat cue??? FYI, in pool competitions, jumps shots are allowed and minimal length of a cue as defined by rules is 914 mm. Jump cues, although much shorter then ragular 145-148 cm cue, are still much longer then the mentioned limit.

[bone6966]

im just saying jumpcues, take away from the skills of great safty play, as anyone can use 1 and get the cueball up and down very fast. and it takes away from skilled player who are great jumpers with their playing cue. im glad more and more tournys are banning them. only reason they got let in 2 begin with, as the tournys were starving 4 sponsors. i jump extreamlly well with my playing cue, and if you did as well, you would feel the same as i do about them.

[Turambar001]

I don't know about american tournaments since I live in Europe but I don't know anything about banning jump cues here. I agree that you can jump with your playing cue but certain jump shots are just impossible without good jump cue. A friend of mine is really a great jumper but refuses to use even my jump/break becuase "It doesn't jump" according to him. I think considering banning jumps shots itselves is more interesting idea. If jumps are allowed then don't ban jump cues...

[bone6966]

1.i agree certain shots are impossible without a jumpcue. even with a great jumper with his playing cue, you might see him jump once, during a race to 11. the tournys that allow jc's i bet they jump 5 or 6 times a match. the cues allow anyone to easially get the ball str8 up n down, taking away from alot of good saftey play. i've never seen efren jump once, and i watched him 1,000's of hours.

[Turambar001]

I don't agree at all. To master a jump shot with jump cue is really tough job and even best jumpers can't always pot relatively simple balls, not to mention cue ball control. That's why you won't see any of those jump masters use jump shots very often. Lifting ball is the easiest part of jumping. Accuracy and control, that's what it's all about. Ban jump shots like in snooker otherwise don't ban jump cues.

[bone6966]

we will just agree to disagree lol. as for the so called low deflection shafts, they can have em. i would say it might have helped the way i played 15 years ago, my style and stroke was more like earl's, but now my stroke is extreamlly light, and the whipping of the shaft now, is definitelly not 4me. good luck on your journey.

[Turambar001]

Same to you:-)

[Turambar001]

What you say is like someone would want to ban low deflecting shafts like Predator because he may claim that he can compensate deflection perfectly. You know, all those loosers with their fancy 314 shafts, it's so easy to use english with them but I don't need one of those... Even with Predator shaft, you have to compensate anyway and it's the same with jump cues. Even with jump cue, if jumping is to be of any use it requires some real skill.

[locorossco]

I've seen Efren jump. He's horrible at it. In my opinion, that's a huge weak point in his game. You don't need a jump cue ~ it's just easier to get above the ball with a jump cue - if you use a phonalic (spelling wtf? lol) tip break cue, you can jump very easily using a full length cue - but you have to hold the cue to the side instead - which is unnatural for most players. I can full ball jump with a damn bar cue - but it's a hell of a lot harder to sight the shot.

[LeonFleisherFan]

Yep, the jump itself is not the problem as beginners tend to think, but unless one's tall enough, it' hard to sight. Personally I believe, smaller players have advantages sighting other types of shots though, or at least I think so, so I guess there's some justice to being short.

[LeonFleisherFan]

That, by the way is the reason I don't have a principled problem in favour of or against jump cues: because shorter player would otherwise have to be allowed to stand on a beer crate etc. because it's physically impossible for them to shoot. And I firmly believe no one should be excluded from our beautiful sport for physical reasons. Same reason I find all anti-soft-break rules wrong - effectively banning physically weaker players (e.g. know one with a ligament rupture). That's just plain wrong!

[matt1746]

He can jump just fine. He rarely does though because he can bank and kick so well. Doing that there are a lot less variables, and if you know what you're doing you can be much more consistent. It's not that jumping is a weakness in Efren's game, relative to him everyone else has a major weakness in kicking and banking.

[bone6966]

2. little story lol, i was playing octagon table bumperpool at my brothers wooden based table. the sticks are fairlly short, so i decided to jump the entire center cluster of bumpers. i i made 3 of 5 the 1st game, and 4 of 5 the 2nd game, and the couple balls i did miss, ended up close to the hole. no plutonic tip, had a very stiff thick shaft, and a junk tip, that wouldn't hold chalk. i was just messing with him, and told him i'll stop lol:) do they allow jc's in snooker? i have no clue? thanks

[ATLienCP]

wtf..

[saintjustice13]

holy shit

[Xx12yiNxX]

how the hell!!!?

[robinpeople]

brilliant. 5 stars