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What is a cue’s “hit”?

Chili Palmer
HawaiianEye said:
People will know when they find the right hit.

They will be happy when they finally hit the Jackpot.
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This. When I got back into pool after being away for 14 years I realized I didn't even know if I liked my current cue at the time so I went on a buying spree and bought about 8 different cues. In the end I switched to a much lighter cue but with the same dimensions (both Hueblers), went from a 20oz to 17.3oz. If I play on a 9' table I switch back to the 20oz with the shaft from the 17.3oz cue.
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Funny pic/gif thread...

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Mobiker said:
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Got to tell this story here-
I've always been anal about door dings on my vehicles. From sports cars in my youth to 4WD pickups, I go to great lengths to avoid dings or blemishes of any sort. I have a 3 year old pickup which has been on dirt, gravel roads, through mud bogs, winter ice, etc. and is cosmetically flawless. I allowed my wife to use it for one trip to her mothers so that she could haul back some furniture, and it came back with a huge door ding.
My wife, 'No idea when or how it happened'!! Of course not. If you knew how it happened, you'd avoid it.
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Pool cue cases

Poolhalljunkie
Hugh Jass said:
What is everyone doing for cue cases? I hate when my butts hit each other when putting in the case as they always seem a tight fit, I have used a 4x8 JB hard case and a 3x5 Urbain. I usually carry 2 palying butts and a break cue. I just ordered some sleeves from JB to put the butts in, this will help with sliding in the grip on my break cue as it always sticks, Im thinking about getting a 4x8 butterfly from Castillo, has anyone used this butterfly case? Thanks.
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To avoid the banging of butts ensure that you are pulling them all partially out and at least one should be bumper up.
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Sanderson vs Pineger U.S. open 2026

Bob Jewett
uk_9_ball_convert said:
well he did get warned by the ref twice according to Elliot though he didn't specify what for. Though according to WNT's rules (presuming the warnings were for unsporting conduct) the 2nd warning should have resulted in the loss of a rack. Did this happen or did they not follow their own rules?

https://www.scribd.com/document/808226294/World-Nineball-Tour-Event-Rules-1 (section 7 unsporting conduct, wont let me copy and paste from the document unfortunately).
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I think it's probably better to get the rules directly from the WNT website than to go to Scribd.


Here is the current pertinent section:

7. Unsporting Conduct

(a) In the event of
(i) any conduct by a player which in the opinion of an official is willfully or persistently Unsporting; or ​
(ii) any other conduct by a player which otherwise amounts to Unsporting Conduct; or ​
iii) any player refusing to continue the current rack; an official shall warn the player that in the event of any further Unsporting Conduct the rack will be awarded to their opponent. ​

(b) If the official has warned the player under (a) above, in the event of any further Unsporting Conduct, the official shall award the rack to their opponent, or, if this happens between racks, the referee shall award the next rack to their opponent, and the official shall warn the player that in the event of any further Unsporting Conduct the match will be awarded to their opponent.

(c) If an official has awarded a rack to a player’s opponent, under (b) above, in the event of any further Unsporting Conduct by the player concerned, the official shall award the match to the player’s opponent. [/URL]
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Pool cue cases

Chili Palmer
mikemosconi said:
I own and have owned many brands of cases from low to high in price range.

Regarding the JB upright case - yes very well constructed, yes great cue protection , but, for me, with higher end cues- a 3x5 , fully loaded , the fit is too tight- I can’t get the cues in and out without touching each other and seeing high friction against linen wraps. His older GTF cases had similar issues for me and I sold it even though I loved the design.

Look. The guy had to produce a video to show us how to load and unload a cue case!!

I don’t ever turn a cue case upside down - with cues inside- such a tight fit makes no sense to me- his butterfly case probably makes more sense if you really want such a snug fit.

I found in tournaments, when you are constantly removing and inserting various cues and shafts that the JB super tight fit is just impractical- no knock on his quality it is top shelf.
Whitten, Justis, even Instroke do me just fine- more economical - the older Acme cases were great- light and strong IMO.
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I said the same thing about JB cases a few years back and got hammered for it, lol. Ironically, I have since been using an old converted bar cue as my break cue and it's much thicker than most cues and the spot I put it in has been stretched out a little. If I put a regular cue in there it's not as tight. Maybe get an oversized cue and "pre-stretch" it?
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What is a cue’s “hit”?

Patrick Johnson
hang-the-9 said:
There is really two numbers that matter in the "performance" of the cue that is measurable, the deflection, and how well is puts spin on the ball (I guess energy transfer would be the technical name there).
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Good post - the highlighted part above is the only part I don't fully agree with.

In pool "how much spin" means how high is the spin-to-speed ratio (the measure that determines angle change off a rail). Spin-to-speed is determined purely by how far from center you hit the cue ball with any cue - hitting the CB on the same spot will produce the same spin-to-speed ratio for all cues at all speeds.

pj
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Phenolic Break Tips

Bob Jewett
Tennesseejoe said:
I did not know top snooker players deliberately have tips wider than their ferrule. Interesting. Do you know the reason/benefits?
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I think they just don't see any reason to trim the mushrooming. The standard reason to do so is that the edge might tear more easily. Is that true?

A possible factor is that they seem to use more fibrous tips and those are harder to trim without bringing out a fringe of fibers.

Another possibility: pool players notice mushrooming more when using a closed bridge and a long backstroke. There are some pool (and carom) players who bring the tip through the bridge on some shots.
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