Nice win for Jordan Helfery over Benoit. Trailing 5-4 and hooked, she jumped a ball in and ran out! All the momentum shifted and Benoit did not win another rack. Nicely played.

Jordan has obviously put a lot of work into her jumping skills, and it paid off in this one.

fastone371 said:

What I feel from a good shaft/tip combo is feedback in my hand from vibration and sound, it doesn't make me play better its just something I like. It also gives me clues as to how hard it hit the cue ball and center ball will feel different than draw or a lot of side spin. The majority of carbon shafts I have tried so far have all been extremely muted by comparison but it seems like most players prefer soft and super soft trips which may be the majority of the problem. I prefer harder vs softer tips.

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I use hard tips on CF shafts as well, no issue there.
Don’t know which CF shafts you have tried but not all are “dead”, there is definitely a feedback, just something that needs to get used to.
By the way, that feedback that you talking about is the energy transferred back to the cue upon impact, with CF there is less energy coming back to the shaft, which means more energy is transferred to the CB which is the “power” that all are taking about in regards to CF.

You should try the JFlowers SMO, it has a long pro taper and it’s more flexible than most CF shafts, it might give you the feel that you are looking for.

Thecoats said:

What a beauty, that is a player's "Player" there. Thanks for sharing and use it in the greatest of health.

-don

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Thanks, Don, much appreciated.

Cue plays amazing, super solid.

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What a beauty, that is a player's "Player" there. Thanks for sharing and use it in the greatest of health.

-don

Not Dead Ted said:

Have scanned the technical proofs, but unable to determine whether the amount of outside english needed for gearing effect is the same (or different) when using draw or follow. The amount of throw is reduced by positive or negative roll (draw/follow), does this reduce the amount of outside english to create a no-throw situation?

For example: 30 degree cut shot, no draw/follow, use 6 mm outside gearing english to eliminate throw. Now shooting with draw or follow: Still 6 mm outside english needed for gearing, or less?

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How far is the cue ball from the object ball, and how hard are you shooting?

fastone371 said:

He doesn't have to alternate solids and stripes, CSI just says it is acceptable as long as the bottom corners are not the same. Corey's rack is a perfectly legal CSI rack.

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No it isn't which is why all the rules orgs put the random language in the rules. Same thing happened with his 9 ball soft break.