Anyone else prefer very hard tips??

RDeca said:
I never had that problem you probably got some real old or dry ones for whatever reason..
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Others noted the same up in hrrrre in prior threads.

Yet here I stand...alone.
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and of course better equipment helps your game.- up to a point.- however moving up to expert level equipment, usually lessens your game as you can not extract its qualities. and are punished by its extremeness.

for instance with the golf clubs. an average player would probably play better with walmart clubs than the set a top player uses.
but will play his best with a medium level suited for medium level players.
 
MorganMan84 said:
Anyone else just get may more action with a single piece of very hard leather, far less miscues and years of playing without tinkering?

I feel like super soft tips are marketed well so people will buy them more since they wear out faster…

Anyone share the opinion?
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ki-tech hard or WB browns
 
I had a tiger everest on a cue for several years,3 atleast
, it was so nice, someone even asked was it phenolic lol. Just gets better with age
 
Grilled Cheese said:
Laminated tips are a gimmick
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I have been of that opinion for a long time. I don't understand how the users of those tips can overlook the flyspecks of glue that are deposited on the cue ball. Not every stroke but when that glue layer leaves the tip for the cue ball, it doesn't have the same grip. When my tip slips I want to be sure it was me and not equipment failure.
 
maha said:
and of course better equipment helps your game.- up to a point.- however moving up to expert level equipment, usually lessens your game as you can not extract its qualities. and are punished by its extremeness.

for instance with the golf clubs. an average player would probably play better with walmart clubs than the set a top player uses.
but will play his best with a medium level suited for medium level players.
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Golf clubs are ALL about being fitted for them. A cheap set properly set-up will play light yrs. better than a pro level set that doesn't fit the player.
 
philly, Howdy;

philly said:
I never said a pro would play better with a bar stick.
We all like our own equipment and I am sure a pro does too.
I don't use a bar stick.
I use a custom cue designed by myself and the cue maker.
I could probably play as well with a sneaky Pete designed by the same cue maker but I do like the aesthetics of
the one that I designed, old school Bushkalike.
The stuff going on in the Indian's head is the difference.
Focus, confidence, heart, will, and talent.
An arrow does not give you that.
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You just contradicted yourself with your last line.

hank
 
philly, Howdy;

Yea, true but the 'Right Arrow' for the player creates a higher level
for all of that.

hank
 
buckshotshoey said:
So a professional golfer should just use a set of WalMart clubs? Same thing, right? Can't help it. I getting sick of the Indian and arrow analogy.
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Not for max performance obv, but I think the point was that the pro can crush even a good single digit handicap with those walmart clubs. Hell, Bubba Watson played a regular course 2 under par with just a 90s driver. Could probably crush a 10 handicap playing with a shovel.
 
rharm said:
So if Shaw were to a race to 10 against the ghost using his Peri cue and then another race to 10 using a Walmart cue, would he have the same results if its the Indian and not the arrow?
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He'd still win. Just not by as much. Give him a few hours to get used to that shite and he will deal with the bad feels and crush the ghost.
 
garczar said:
Golf clubs are ALL about being fitted for them. A cheap set properly set-up will play light yrs. better than a pro level set that doesn't fit the player.
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Ye, fittings allow for clubmakers to include qualities that will buffer the player's mistakes. Low swing speed leading to trouble getting the ball up? No problem, softer whippier shaft and a high launching springboard-like clubhead, etc. But a pro can make all the changes to the way a club plays by altering their swing path, angle of attack, termpo (for stiffness) and actually hit different clubs differently. Gary Player, as an example had a mix and match used club set coming up in the game which forced him to literally use different swings with different clubs in his bag. Even lowly amateurs can manage this... I was gifted a set of Mizunos that were too short for me and lay too flat. It was a struggle to play them at first, but as I put off getting fit and having them bent, I adjusted to the clubs and take perfect divots (not really possible with the wrong lie for your swing plane) and still play a tidy single cap game.

There simply isn't as much going on with cues. Length, balance, weight preferences exist, but its not a disaster to play with cues that are different in those qualities than what you prefer. It is possible to play really well, really soon after picking up a new to you 'foreign' cue. I forgot which pro said it but the line is true: "Put a good tip on a broomstick and I'll whoop anybody" (presumably excluding other top pros not playing broomsticks).

Indian >>>>>>>>>>>Arrow
 
From tip firmness to golf clubs. Just because somebody isn't a professional caliber doesn't mean they can't enjoy a soft tip over a hard tip. I am probably an average pool player, but I do enjoy a carbon fiber shaft. Am I good enough to get all the benefits from carbon fiber? Probably not, but I still like it.
 
SeniorTom said:
From tip firmness to golf clubs. Just because somebody isn't a professional caliber doesn't mean they can't enjoy a soft tip over a hard tip. I am probably an average pool player, but I do enjoy a carbon fiber shaft. Am I good enough to get all the benefits from carbon fiber? Probably not, but I still like it.
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I think an average player actually has more to gain from better equipment than a pro does. Pros don't need the extra diamond or 2 of max draw because their cue power is already so great. They also don't gain as much from having to use more power often because their technique is so clean and doesn't break down at higher speeds like an amateur's.
 
WobblyStroke said:
I think an average player actually has more to gain from better equipment than a pro does. Pros don't need the extra diamond or 2 of max draw because their cue power is already so great. They also don't gain as much from having to use more power often because their technique is so clean and doesn't break down at higher speeds like an amateur's.
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Which cues are giving people 2 extra diamonds of draw?
 
buckshotshoey said:
I had a JP (Pechauer) with maple shaft.
When using my Predator 314 2, I can get 2 diamonds more draw. I dont know why, I just can.
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Well, I'll be..
I have not had that experience. Was it like a placebo thing in the first few months or is it always like that?
 
MorganMan84 said:
Anyone else just get may more action with a single piece of very hard leather, far less miscues and years of playing without tinkering?

I feel like super soft tips are marketed well so people will buy them more since they wear out faster…

Anyone share the opinion?
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I think you misspelled a word.
 
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