skor said:

Flexibility is needed, along side low front end mass.

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I wonder, then, how my very stiff (conical taper) shaft gets less deflection than just about any other I've heard about.

pj
chgo

Brother Ron said:

...I could always get more spin on the cue ball without a miscue with my whippy 12mm Eckes shaft compared to everyone else back in the 70's & 80's.

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The amount of spin you get is entirely determined by how far you hit from center - and the miscue limit is the same for all cues.

Brother Ron said:

... a 12mm tip is able to hit lower on the cue ball compared to a 13mm tip

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A 13mm tip can hit 13mm above the cloth (1.29mm past the miscue limit) with a level stick. With the unavoidable tilt of the stick (meaning the equator and miscue limit are tilted higher), it can hit even farther past the miscue limit. No stick can hit farther than that from center without miscuing.

Brother Ron said:

... a tip that maintains it's position on a cue ball at impact is less likely to result in a miscue.

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That describes all sticks (if they're well chalked) that don't hit past the miscue limit (1/2 radius from center).

All this stuff has been discussed extensively here - you might want to search for it.

pj
chgo

Rare and beautiful cue. Lets go, dont sleep on this deal. Make me an offer.

Mensabum said:

Take the spot on the CB closest to the pocket and align that with what you said and you can't miss.

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Great.
Cue ball?
Now you're getting complicated.
I keep it simple stupid.

skor said:

I guess that one thing that WNT didn’t consider is American laziness…
The USA is big and most won’t travel too much and too often if they don’t think they can at least break even.
And not enough pro level players in any given state.
It’s easier to hustle nickel and dimes at the local bar of the local drunks

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Reminds me of the Predator Pro Series when it had regional US stops. As I recall, the top players in those events were mostly European....

Edit... well and some others. Here are the top finishers in the Wisconsin Open 2023 event from the Predator/CSI series:

kingwang said:

If she hit the four thicker, it could have gone into the corner. If she hit it thinner, the two could have gone into the corner. If she hit the four on the other side, the four could have gone into the side pocket.

I really don't know if it was worth it to consider all these options. She only had 7 seconds left on the shot clock when she played the shot! If she misplays the safety, she'd probably be kicking herself for overthinking it.

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But she spent all that time considering the safety, and she did misplay it. I think it takes half a second to call a ball and pocket, and the one that happened is the most obvious candidate.