Bert van Manen said:

I've seen Hoffman, Hofmann and even Hoffmann. It's the double n in Glenn that messes with people's heads. His last name is Hofman.

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That's clearly not how it is spelt in American.

Before I had my own cue, I used to play regularly at this bar in NYC, they had only one house cue that was light at 18oz and it was a bit warped, but it was the cue I played best with.
The owner of the bar that was a friend and later became my APA team captain let me put it in the manager office so it became my personal cue…
I also kept my own cue at the office instead of carrying it with me home and back.

After my team got me my first cue, it went back to the rack. I still used it when I was too lazy to go get my cue from the office until someone broke it.

I'm fortunate that I periodically get to spend some time and talk with Mark in St Louis. Really nice guy and great story teller. I knew his "Nashville" story - because we've discussed that before, and had something in common as I also worked for Bobby (much later than Mark) delivering/installing pool tables for a very short time before joining the Air Force. He messaged me this link on FB and each podcast was fantastic.

CocoboloCowboy said:

Think about it and you will get my point, if you put effort into it.

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effort? like learning to spell and speak in complete sentences?

billiardshot said:

You hit the point! Do Bar players need an expensive cue or just a cue that can do the job. In other word can I win just as much money with a 10 buck cue , as I could with a 1000.00 buck cue.

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More, since you’ll get more action.

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ShootingArts said:

An automatic flick of my wrist got back a half inch of that before the pellet left the barrel!

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Wow!!!
Well that similar to my pressure with the individual fingers during the stroke. A stroke on the exact same line can produce a different path with different finger pressure on the cue. Barry Stark's mention of the ring finger has helped me significantly. I tap the ring finger on my bridge hand habitually. Watching snooker, I notice the majority tap the middle finger as part of their routine. I at least know why I chose to differ from Ronnie in that aspect. A big part of my practice is comparison of my method to that of the goat .

ShootingArts said:

Mount a "low deflection" shaft in linear bearings an inch or less from each end and it becomes low deflection no more.

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Nice post, Hu, but I couldn’t translate this bit. WutchootalkinboutWillis?

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I've been listening to the Mark Wilson episode on my commute and thoroughly enjoying it. Great job so far!

According to Newton for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if the cue flexes to the left X inches on impact a force of X inches to the right is applied to the cue ball. The more sideways flex in the cue the more opposite sideways force is applied to the cue ball. With a stiffer cue the force on the cue ball would be more forward, a flexier cue would impart more of a sideways force. And the amount of this force is determined by the mass of the cue's end. All other things being equal, more flex more deflection?? I'm no scientist, just some thoughts..