I'm pretty new when it comes to pool but have been taking it fairly serious (as far as wanting to get better and practicing).
Anyways I started with a house cue, obviously, then went to a McDermott with a G core and got used to that and loved it. Now I have a Josey custom with his regular shaft and am still getting used to it.
After really trying to understand deflection between the cues I do prefer the Josey 100% but am wondering on others opinions for shafts.
I feel like I would still prefer / should logically prefer something with even less deflection. Why? Because with just basic aiming I don't feel like you should have to adjust your angle when using severe english just because of deflection.. I feel like that defeats the purpose of aiming. In my opinion aiming where you're supposed to should be just that... Am I wrong?
Anyone care to guide me in the right path? Even though this is all subjective, I'm just asking for opinions. Afterall I don't know jack compared to probably 90% of you.
Are Keith's TT shafts lower deflection? Anyone have experience with a Josey custom and his regular vs a TT and vs a predator shaft he's tapered?
I really don't like the feel of a laminated shaft AT ALL in my bridges. Like, not even a little. I suppose a glove would fix this and am not objecting using one if this would help.
How about Sugartree cues and the standard shafts Eric uses for those? Yeah I'm new but I appreciate a lot of things in life that are made by hand and don't mind spending the money on a few cues to get something that feels perfect for me. Anyone have experience with a Josey and a sugartree? Comparisons as far as deflection?
Anything helps. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Edit: the term for the type of aiming "system" I use is ghost ball / back of the ball aiming, maybe I should include that... I haven't looked at other styles or 'systems' as logically (be it flawed or not) this makes the most sense. For me.
Anyways I started with a house cue, obviously, then went to a McDermott with a G core and got used to that and loved it. Now I have a Josey custom with his regular shaft and am still getting used to it.
After really trying to understand deflection between the cues I do prefer the Josey 100% but am wondering on others opinions for shafts.
I feel like I would still prefer / should logically prefer something with even less deflection. Why? Because with just basic aiming I don't feel like you should have to adjust your angle when using severe english just because of deflection.. I feel like that defeats the purpose of aiming. In my opinion aiming where you're supposed to should be just that... Am I wrong?
Anyone care to guide me in the right path? Even though this is all subjective, I'm just asking for opinions. Afterall I don't know jack compared to probably 90% of you.
Are Keith's TT shafts lower deflection? Anyone have experience with a Josey custom and his regular vs a TT and vs a predator shaft he's tapered?
I really don't like the feel of a laminated shaft AT ALL in my bridges. Like, not even a little. I suppose a glove would fix this and am not objecting using one if this would help.
How about Sugartree cues and the standard shafts Eric uses for those? Yeah I'm new but I appreciate a lot of things in life that are made by hand and don't mind spending the money on a few cues to get something that feels perfect for me. Anyone have experience with a Josey and a sugartree? Comparisons as far as deflection?
Anything helps. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Edit: the term for the type of aiming "system" I use is ghost ball / back of the ball aiming, maybe I should include that... I haven't looked at other styles or 'systems' as logically (be it flawed or not) this makes the most sense. For me.
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