Jumping

Hold the cue like this. Keep your head down. Put your head up. Hold your hand this way... hold your hand that way. No wait... the BEST thing I've ever heard??? This 'drill Sargent' talking to a crowd of people at the Expo... shocking that he didn't recognize me (baaaaaahahahaha).... says to this glued crowd "Whatever you do, don't watch the trick shot artists. They all do it the wrong way." Swear. That's exactly what he said. I've left the 'political' arena of pool so now I can say... ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME????????? Seriously???? I'm gonna take the advice of some wacko in fatigues over the guys (and girl ;) who can not only jump a ball, but can jump a ball one handed, jump two balls AT ONCE... no WAIT... JUMP 3,4 and sometimes 5 balls at ONCE (that would be the most awesome Dave 'Triple Jump' Nangle.) And when I say at once I mean holding 2,3,4... etc... jump cues AT ONCE. But yeah. We don't know how to jump.

Know what a Delta 13 rack is??? Well (shhhhh... see Abram... I didn't even mention you....) the current World Champion Jamey Gray can jump a cue ball out of the center of 3 of them stacked high. With balls between the racks. And make a ball in the side pocket. Like it was cool.

My friends Nick and Andy??? Mmmmm... well I really, really love how they jump 6 balls out of a rack into the side pocket. One handed. And they can do it fast. I don't know what it is about them and that shot, but when they shoot it, it's like butter.

Oh. And then there's the very first time I saw Massey and Dr. Cue playing each other and they were doing a double jump over... I think domino's... and putting both balls into the side pocket. I turned to my mentor and said... pfffftttt.... I can do that... watch.... and guess what? I did. LOL!!! I was just totally bluffing... AND IT WENT!!!! It was crazy. It was exactly a day before I left for my first tournament. Oh... I DESERVE to shoot with them.

Then of course there's The Dragon. Ok... so it wasn't REALLY a jump shot... but he did shoot the Over, Around, and Under with a Railroad... one handed... bridged off his foot... yappin' on the phone. Classic.

Wanna talk fast??? Well this kid Moody out of Texas jumps balls into the side pocket faster than you can even imagine. Don't believe me? I was watching when this video was made:
Go ahead... try it... lol

Did someone say railroad? Huh... well there's this kid... Michigan Kid to be exact.. who takes the railroad, puts the cue ball outside the cues, then jump masses it up onto the cues making the shot.

Oh, and there's jumping balls out of a rack TOWARD yourself into the side pocket. Jumping half the table to hit a carom/combo. And really... who can leave out the 'Most Dangerous Jump Shot EVER'... those of you that were in KY know what I'm talking about there.

And there's Gabi. One handed Jump On It And Beat It. Must I say more???

But yeah... whatever you do, don't let the artistic pool players teach you to jump. They only do it for a living. And they only put more english on jump shots than anyone in the business. So you wanna learn to jump draw? Go to the geek in the fatigues... he makes me quiver. Or throw up. One of the two.

Psssst... by the way.... if you have a steady high bridge, I can get you jumping a full ball in less than 5 min. Even if you've never tried before. Full cue, not even cheating with one of the little ones. But yeah... you don't want to learn from me. I know nothing. ;)

Buuuuttttt... if you feel daring... come in to Diamond Eight... I'll 'try' to teach you. For free. Why? Cause I'm just a typical Artistic Pool player that loves to help people learn. I love my boys. And I guess I am just like the typical 'mom'... I'll defend them till it hurts! :)