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A "jump shot" describes any shot where the cue ball is intentionally driven into the air in a legal manner. It is not permissible in some games (e.g. snooker, blackball, and Russian pyramid) and may be frowned upon or even forbidden in some venues as attempts at it by unskilled players may cause damage to a table's cloth.
Stroke: Cue ball less than 1/2" from first object ball(s), for draw or follow, plus accuracy position shots, speed control shots, or unique "stroke" shots. Jump: Any shot utilizing jump shot technique, other than "prop" shots with bridge(s), and some special "stroke" shots. Massé: Half and full Massé – cue elevations over 10 degrees.
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.
A player using a cue stick to push a billiard ball forward to move an object ball A pool cue and its major parts. [1]: 71–72 [2]A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.
Playing a push shot – a shot in which an object ball (whether "on" or not) in direct contact with the cue ball moves when the cue ball is hit, unless the cue ball hits a very fine edge of the object ball. Playing a jump shot – a shot where the cue ball leaves the bed of the table and jumps over any part of a ball before first hitting ...
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Jump shot, in cue sports such as pool (pocket billiards), a shot in which the cue ball is intentionally jumped into the air to clear an obstacle (usually an object ball) Jump shot (basketball) , an attempt to score in basketball by jumping, usually straight up, and in mid-jump, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket, unlike a normal shot ...
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