List of left-handed pro players?

sjm said:
No, they popped up in about 2002, but the first screw on extensions were believed to negatively impact the balance point of the cue stick, so their popularity was not immediate. I first tried using a screw on extension in about 2006. Certainly, by 2012, almost everyone was using one in pro circles, but by then, cue manufacturers had long figured out how to have a screw on extension that did not significantly compromise the balance point of the cue stick. Like most innovations, they got it wrong before they got it right.

I must take your word on this.
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Interesting.
I consider myself an equipment buff, I'm surprised I didn't know about them back then, I don't recall seeing them in any pro broadcasts I've seen, haven't seen anyone using an extension at the 2003 world pool championship or at the 2010 world teams or the 2010 Euro champ. that I attended.... they must have been really bad until the arrival of CF to pool.

Probably were only available as a custom fit to a custom cue because non of the big brands offered anything back then.

In snooker, they've used screw small extensions (mini butt) in the 60's. The modern screw-on extension and the telescopic screw-on extension have been in use since the 80's

It's interesting that pool equipment evolve much faster than snooker cue but it took a long time for pool to adopt extensions. my guess is that the popularity of 7ft tables that do not require the use of it caused the delay.
 
skogstokig said:
i think archer had a pink slip on extension quite early. the first good screw on extension i saw and tried was longoni 3lobite maybe 15-16 years ago. one third of a turn and it was on. very well engineered, i would have bought it if it were compatible with my old cue at the time.
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Last time I saw Archer play in person was at the 2010 World Teams Championship, he was on the table next to me, nobody back then used any extensions.... so if they've been around 2002, Archer was definitely not an early adaptor
 
sjm said:
Good info here. Perhaps these variable length shafts for different occasions were the forerunner of the modern cue extension. I love stuff like this. For example, few realize that the bumper pool cue was, in fact, the forrunner of the modern jump cue. While most date the origin of the short jump cue to the early 1980s, Marcus Collier, world bumper pool champion many moons ago, entered a pool tournament and executed a jump shot with his bumper pool cue almost sixty years ago.
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I just did some googling and apparently they are still around.
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Well I have just cruise the thread that's new to me but right in my wheelhouse.
Well a one legged man in a butt kicking contest comes to mind. 🤷‍♂️
While Ronnie has indicated a 147 with his left is within reach, he hasn't put it on display, yet.
My training and practice makes the choice of hands a matter of comfort. Often dictated by body position and table hampered.
My psychology studies indicate opposite sides of the brain control of opposite hands. My experience indicate that the left hand is the free form artist while the right hand is a graphic artist with geometry calculations. The right measures and calculates, the left just feels. Kinda like when Grandma cooked no measuring cups were required.
 
JAM said:
Ronnie O'Sullivan religiously shoots left-handed when needed. It always baffles me why he doesn't reach for the rake or an extension.
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Well because the other hand is just as reliable as the Right.
Juggling is a practice that is good for co ordination.
Gotta wonder is there such a thing as right or left footed? 😉
Learn to walk then run. The conditions should dictate the choice of driver.
When in competition mode there's no conscious choice for me. At the handshake my opponent said, "you shot that left handed! Well the 8 ball had the other hand table hooked. I had to look at the cue in my hand to confirm as I was in the zone and it was automatically shot with the left.
Edit: well it was an 89 degree cut and 3 feet from the hole......uphill both ways. 😉
 
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skogstokig said:
i think archer had a pink slip on extension quite early. the first good screw on extension i saw and tried was longoni 3lobite maybe 15-16 years ago. one third of a turn and it was on. very well engineered, i would have bought it if it were compatible with my old cue at the time.
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Did some digging and it does looks like Longoni were one of the first production brands that made an extension.
It also seems that the extension only got some popularity after Predator introduced their QR extension in 2012.
 
skor said:
Probably were only available as a custom fit to a custom cue because non of the big brands offered anything back then.
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This is very likely. Cue extensions were not available across every brand of cue back then, and maybe the first screw on extensions were specific to production cues.
 
sjm said:
No, they popped up in about 2002, but the first screw on extensions were believed to negatively impact the balance point of the cue stick, so their popularity was not immediate. I first tried using a screw on extension in about 2006. Certainly, by 2012, almost everyone was using one in pro circles, but by then, cue manufacturers had long figured out how to have a screw on extension that did not significantly compromise the balance point of the cue stick. Like most innovations, they got it wrong before they got it right.

I must take your word on this.
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karen corr had an American cue built for her with a screw-in extension when she moved to the US. I want to say that was 1998-2000. I had a cue with a separate screw-on extension by Sheldon shortly afterwards.

In snooker, they call the screw-on extension a “Mini Butt.” So, the whole concept in snooker pre-dates Karen’s arrival to the US since she brought the concept with her.

There were other styles like the telescope version that was built inside the cue as opposed to a separate piece.
 
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