whats the best tip thats hard but not likely to miscue.

Ki-Tech tips are pretty sporty.

My take on this is that there is a miscue limit and if you're outside that line you miscue. The hardness of the tip doesn't matter as long as the tip is chalked. You can go all the way to the miscue limit with a phenolic tip that's chalked and not miscue. Conversely you WILL miscue with the softest tip on the market just one tip off center if you have no chalk.

In other words, if you have enough chalk and you ALWAYS hit inside the miscue limit you will never miscue, it's impossible. If you are miscuing then one of two things is happening, either you don't have enough chalk OR you are hitting outside the miscue limit.

The latter happens because of a swoop in the stroke when you are trying to add spin OR you are misjudging where the miscue limit actually is.

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When I developed the above ball I designed the white inner circle to represent the miscue limit which is outside that area. Hit straight into the white area with a fully chalked tip and you will never miscue. Hit outside it and you will miscue.

That's more important to work on that trying to use a tip to force you to stroke straight. A soft tip isn't more forgiving than a hard tip when it comes to miscues. The amount of chalk and where you hit the ball are the two things that matter.
 
I am working to one day get to the point where the kind of tip on my cue becomes a major factor in my playing ability. I have noticed that most players who obsess over tips seem to be below my present speed. Which isn't all that high. FWIW

JC
 
the tip that never hits more than 1 cue tip from center of cue ball.

Chuck, I just had those Born Winner Tips installed on
my favorite 14.1 Player. I'm anxious to discover if
they suit me better than my current favorite ... SuperPro.
 
I have been using Kamui Black H for years and rarely miscue. Rarely even scuff the tip. As Dave said, miscues are more stroke than tip related.

-dj

I like trying new tips when I change mine. Right now I been playing for around 8 months witha Kamui Black H and while shooting for fun I barely chalk unless I am hitting very low on the rock. I only scuff the tip once this whole time.

The only miss cue's I had with it came from hitting very low for long distance draw without chalk or lack of focus on the shot.
 
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