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SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

Bob Jewett
maha said:
... its that they dont even get started in pool not turning in their cues. ....
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I think that in Poland, they start pool in school at about 11 to 12 years old. At the start of high school, the top youngsters are offered special training. I've heard that it is about 700 per year.

In the US, the vast majority of teens have no exposure to the game, and if they do, it's in a family room with marginal equipment and no training. The exceptions seem to be when the parents are interested in the game and really encourage participation. If the kid doesn't run racks occasionally by the time they're 15, they are unlikely to become a champion.

Judging from the US Junior Nationals, the comparable number for that annual group of 700 Polish kids starting serious training is less than 70.

On the other hand, it seems that Poland has very little help for its pro players. The emphasis is on youth sports.
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Who builds the Becue, full pool cues, and are they popular?

HawaiianEye
SSP said:
I worked in tires for years, all tire sizes are in millimeters because everyone on the planet uses the metric system but the US, to convert mm to inches divide the mm by 25.4, that's how big 1" is, so if you divide 37.5 by 25.4(37.5÷25.4) you get 1.47 inches, my original guess was 1 1/4" to 1 3/8" so I was less than an 1/8" off without measuring anything but my own cue, the difference is very small, that's why I don't get to hung up on shaft sizes either, a 10.5 mm shaft compared to an 11.8 mm shaft is 1 and 1/4 mm difference, look at a mm on a ruler and you will be shocked at how small it is, if you think that small of a difference will make you draw better God bless you, my guess is working with a certified PBIA billiards instructor will make a way bigger difference.......
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The differences between the diameters of shafts doesn't seem to be much if you are just looking at them or if you use an open bridge.

If you use a tight closed bridge, like I do, you immediately notice even the smallest of a difference.

The difference between 12.2mm and a 12.5mm is extremely noticeable to me.

FWIW, I prefer larger to smaller.
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Who builds the Becue, full pool cues, and are they popular?

S
HawaiianEye said:
If I can find somebody to do it, I am thinking about refinishing the butt of my Becue Naked Cue.

I want to remove the clearcoat and have the section where a wrap would be on a normal cue painted in a Pearlescent White and then have the butt clearcoated again.

I have a black Prime shaft and two of the original White Prime shafts, one used and one never used.
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Contact Alessandro.bressan@becueofficial.com I know you bought yours used but they are great to work with, tell him I gave you his contact info, did you see the picture of the custom 3" extension they did for me that I posted? You introduced me to Becue hopefully I can return the favor 😉
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Who builds the Becue, full pool cues, and are they popular?

S
Paul_#_ said:
The Becue butt at 1-1/8" is the thinnest cue butt diameter I have found --- see below. Another European cue --- Shuriken Cues --- is virtually the same. The diameters below are for various cues and were collected from the following AZ posts:

Becue ______________________28.6 mm 1-1/8"
Shuriken Cues _____________28.9 mm or 1.14"
Viking skinny _____________ 30.6 mm
Predator Le4 ______________30.8 mm 1.211"
1980s Schon ______________31.0 mm 1.22"
Newer Predator|Blak 3-4 _ 31.2 & 31.4 mm
Pure X_____________________31.3 mm
Cuetec ____________________31.7 mm or 1.25"
1980s Schon ______________31.8 mm
Falcon ____________________32.0 mm
1980s Schon ______________32.3 mm 1.27"
2010 Predator ____________32.6 mm
Brunswick _________________32.7 mm
Mali ______________________ 32.8 mm
Meucci BMC ______________32.8 mm
Viking _____________________33 mm
Briggs (100-year old) _____35.3 mm
Brunswick Master Stroke _36.8 mm
WHP 22 ounce ___________37.5 mm
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I worked in tires for years, all tire sizes are in millimeters because everyone on the planet uses the metric system but the US, to convert mm to inches divide the mm by 25.4, that's how big 1" is, so if you divide 37.5 by 25.4(37.5÷25.4) you get 1.47 inches, my original guess was 1 1/4" to 1 3/8" so I was less than an 1/8" off without measuring anything but my own cue, the difference is very small, that's why I don't get to hung up on shaft sizes either, a 10.5 mm shaft compared to an 11.8 mm shaft is 1 and 1/4 mm difference, look at a mm on a ruler and you will be shocked at how small it is, if you think that small of a difference will make you draw better God bless you, my guess is working with a certified PBIA billiards instructor will make a way bigger difference.......
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