Discussion/Cues/Length/Weight/Shafts/Balls

[Island Drive]

Having watched golf over the years, I heard about Big Bertha and it's effect off the tee.

I remember as a young man, picking up Steve Mizerak's cue stick/Balabuska and was amazed it was, 21-22oz. Too me that was a Heavy cue, much more than most of his peers used.

Now there are cue sticks in the 60-65'' range, unheard of in the Lassiter/Crane/Balsis/Mosconi era.

Then there are the Snooker pros, using very similar cue lengths and weights and always using the same ball sets.

Is it because of the Measles ball for TV....that the pros need the larger/longer/heavier/and LD shafts? Or is it the cloth? the rails? or the cushions of today???

I'm going to interview allot of em at the Open this yr. and find out. My guess....the TV cue ball....and I could be wrong.

Those that want to bash this thread, take it some where else. I'm just trying to get to the reason, why Big Bertha is now on our door step.

Like .....Why do players have sooooooooooooo much shaft sticking out from their bridge hand, when Mosconi and his era it was not effective?

 

[sgengaro86]

I do not think its the cueball. The Aramith "measles" cueball is exactly the same as the other Aramith cueballs in weight and dimensions. I think it is simply pros experimenting with longer cues for balance and reach purposes.

Here is a link: https://www.aramith.com/cue-ball

 

[Andrew Manning]

Is it because of the Measles ball for TV....that the pros need the larger/longer/heavier/and LD shafts? Or is it the cloth? the rails? or the cushions of today???

None of the above. It's because they were always better in certain ways and the old guys didn't know it and/or didn't have access to them to find out.

Like .....Why do players have sooooooooooooo much shaft sticking out from their bridge hand, when Mosconi and his era it was not effective?

More room to accelerate smoothly, and better sighting (more cue in your field of vision). The trade-off is it's easier to make tip placement errors so you need a more accurate stroke to take advantage of it. The old guys thought the trade-off wasn't worth it, but the younger generations have shown otherwise.