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What is a cue’s “hit”?

dr_dave
Patrick Johnson said:
We often hear how good a cue’s “hit” is, but I don’t recall ever hearing what the “hit” is. Can it be described in more detail? Is it specific objective qualities or just the overall experience of hitting a ball with it? Can the difference(s) between “good” and “bad” hits be described in any detail?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

pj
chgo
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Here's my "take" on it:


For those who don't want to visit the link, here's the short answer:

"hit:" qualitative phrase used to describe the force, shock (impulse), vibration, and sound a player feels and/or hears during and after (but mostly after) the cue tip hits the cue ball.​
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Breaking from the head spot

qolbrand
MattPoland said:
I feel like I've seen that starting to emerge. WNT only racks the balls in one of the three wing spots (left, bottom, or right).

And honestly the left and right are mirrors of each other so in theory you could just break from the other side to get the same result. So then that just leaves having a different break for the 2 at the bottom. Whatever leads the 1 in the side, cueball back and forth safely, and the 2 ball tracking on a predictable path. Something when struck correctly has everything following predictable paths. When struck mostly right has some odd collisions but is still likely to be okay.

Not that it's that simple. But we are talking about 128+ elite world class pros. This is their day job. That break is the most important shot of the game. Some of your Fedors and Fillers really ought to be at that level. I've heard Jayson talk about the Capito soft break situation. The 2 ball is supposed to go here, here, and then roll around here on that break. Which kinda shows that cat is out of the bag.
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i didnt know that about the three positions for the 2, thanks
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U.S. OPEN 2026, Frisco, Texas, August 25-30

iusedtoberich
It might be an interesting analysis to see if the players that make it through to the single elimination stage from the last few years of MR majors have had on average higher or lower fargorate depending if they came thru undefeated or with one loss.

Due to the seeding rewarding participation (via money won, but you still must enter to win money), there are often many players seeded lower but play as good as the top seeds. Shane and Filler and Gorst, for example.

I'd venture to guess they might actually be very close to tied.
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Where is the contact point, considering tip compression

iusedtoberich
The top layer of my tip fell off the other night, and I've been playing with it in that state the past few sessions and I'm still playing the same that way. That got me thinking, when the tip compresses and strikes the CB, where is the theoretical "contact point". Is it at the center of the entire compressed contact patch? Is it at the center of where the force is, which may have a different center compared to the contact patch?

If I lost a layer, the compression of the entire tip would presumably be different. Would that change the effective contact point, even if the strike on the CB was on the side of the tip that still had its layer?

@Bob Jewett @dr dave
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