question about ld shafts and purpose??

[mattp]

I have a question that's been nagging me for a long time, so it's time I asked. I hope I can word it correctly. Well, maybe it's two questions.

Aren't most stroking errors that result in a miss(if originally aimed correctly) caused by hitting the cue ball off the vertical axis in a back-hand english type fashion as opposed to a parallel type english?

Assuming this is correct, wouldn't non LD shafts be more self correcting in limiting misses?

I must be missing something here. This had to have been addressed before but I must have missed it.

 

[Jaden]

actually youre hittinthe nail right on the head...

I have a question that's been nagging me for a long time, so it's time I asked. I hope I can word it correctly. Well, maybe it's two questions.

Aren't most stroking errors that result in a miss(if originally aimed correctly) caused by hitting the cue ball off the vertical axis in a back-hand english type fashion as opposed to a parallel type english?

Assuming this is correct, wouldn't non LD shafts be more self correcting in limiting misses?

I must be missing something here. This had to have been addressed before but I must have missed it.

standard non ld shafts ARE stroke correcting to a certain extent when bridging at the cues pivot point...
But you,re still better off stroking straightand letting the weight othe cue do the work...


Jaden

 

[CreeDo]

If you don't hit where you intend on the cue ball, I don't think it matters if the english method used was A or B or C. The bottom line is, your swinging arm planted the tip in a different place than you intended. You don't purchase a shaft to correct this, you fix your arm.

In any case I don't think any cue is 'self correcting' ... if you aim a high deflection cue with too much english, maybe there are circimstances where the increased deflection sends the ball 'back on line'. But there will equally be circumstances where it throws the ball even more off line.

IMO this is really overthinking the cue and its role in shotmaking. You don't want to base your shaft choice on the idea that on some deep theoretical physics level, it might technically allow you an extra 0.05 degrees of 'miss' under certain limited circumstances.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

mattp:
This had to have been addressed before but I must have missed it.

It's been talked about many times. A normal squirt shaft is more forgiving of stroke errors, but "more" probably isn't enough to make the shot - you'll probably just miss by a little less.

However, if you like to use sidespin with the "back hand" method, a higher squirt shaft (with the pivot point closer to your bridge) should make that easier.

pj
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