How do you figure that? Fuzzy math at it's best:wink: you're not 50 to 70% more accurate you're simply aiming at a point the is 50 to 70% closer to the object ball than you did with a maple shaft.
You still have to aim somewhere else other than the contact point. I don't see how it's any different, other than you aim at a different point in space. That has nothing to do with being accurate it only has to do with were you think you need to aim and it's up to you to make an accurate guess as to what that squirt action will be no matter what shaft you use.
in all sincerity, i think the point here is, on a short shot (cb close to the object ball) one doesn't have to compensate too much for deflection because the cueball doesn't have the distance necessary to squirt out very much. however, on longer shots, something every good player tries to stay away from, one has to compensate tremendously as the cueball now has double, triple, quadruple (you get the point) time to squirt out.
so, knowing that, on long shots you with your normal shaft will have to guess how far out to aim because you're so far away. with an LD shaft you're right, you still have to guess, but the area of guessing has been say cut in half. does that make sense. i dont really care, dont use one, but the fact is a player has a higher capacity to be more accurate with one, not really arguable.
if that was all confusing, i really think an almost perfect analogy would be a putt in golf. a putt that breaks more is tougher (this is normal shaft), a putt that is straiter is easier (this would be analogous to the LD shaft). as you say, who cares all you gotta do is aim at the right point.... well, ok, go out and bet with your buddies then on 2 putts, one that breaks 8 feet and you putt that one for the dough, and one that breaks 2 and your buddy putts that one for the dough. see who comes out winner. it really is the same thing with LD vs regular shafts.
