Cue Tip veering to the left
- By Janhaus
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Thanks PJ and Bob for the tips - let me try a couple of those changes. I believe that the veering occurs after ball contact, but I would still like to try and improve my form!
In my experience, a cue always "looks" straighter when rolled on the table and it's usually because the tip and some part of the butt make contact first on the table, gravity then pulls the rest of the shaft closer to the table by a hair (basically, the weight of the cue is pulling the cue shaft towards table slightly when rolled). IMO best way to check for straight: 1. roll the shaft on a set of rollers. 2. Roll the butt on a set of rollers 3. place 1 roller towards the front of the butt and one roller towards the end of the butt and spin the full cue (no roller on the shaft). #1 shows you how straight or round your shaft is, #2 does the same for the butt and #3 tells you if you have a minor joint facing issue or maybe a bent of offset pin.Why is it that when I spin the full cue on the rollers, it looks very warped, but when I roll the cue on a pool table, it appears to be pretty straight, overall? I already know the answer, lol. It is because the slightest bit of so called warp, in the cue, makes the entire cue appear to be extremely warped, when spun on those rollers.
And, this is due to a credit card (or less) thickness lift, up near the joint, on the pool cue butt.
I am just so angry. This ebay buyer is telling me that I sent him a cue with a really bad wobble, which is completely untrue. When I showed a video of how the cue rolls on a pool table, which is pretty straight, overall, without any wobble, and very slight movement in the shaft, which the video showed. I also explained the very slight movement in my description.
Have you had a chance to try any of the suggestions? Any improvement?Hello. I only just recently got back into this game after a 15+ year absence. ... Any tips or drills recommended would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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