Cue Ball Rotation vs Tip Diameter
- By MattPoland
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Yes and…. That’s why people will say “a smaller tip is less forgiving but will draw better”. It’s a myth but there’s a reason behind it. The visualization they’re used to for a fat shaft will result in hitting further out when using a skinny shaft. Which in turn either makes them closer to the miscue limit (better action) or past the limit (and they miscue). People don’t always realize you can achieve the same with either shaft but need to have a stronger mental image of where on the curved tip is contacting where on the curved cueball, and not just rely on how far from the center the tree trunk of the cue looks.It doesn’t matter as long as the tip placement is correct.
Wider tip will grab more of the ball’s center so you’ll need to go out off center more than with a small diameter tip which allows you to stay closer to the center.