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I hit balls with one at DCC and was very impressed for the price. The hit was nice. Can't remember exactly what the deflection was like, unfortunately.

Nah it won't produce a higher spin to speed ratio

If the shaft had similar bending stiffness to one with higher end mass, this is probably true. Generally CF shafts are higher bending stiffness. Maybe an LD wood shaft would be best?

I'm not sure if deflection directly contributes to the difficulty of a Fouetté shot. I'd like to hear more thoughts on this.

I think that because of the usually higher stiffness of a carbon fiber shaft, it would at least be more difficult to perform a Fouetté shot without secondary contact. The slightly different initial cue direction might also allow a higher deflection shaft to avoid secondary contact with the...

An interesting point from all of this is that for higher deflection cues, the amount of spin imparted is slightly less sensitive to tip contact point error. On the other hand, for lower deflection cues, the amount of cueball deflection is less sensitive to tip contact point error. I think the...

Maybe instead I should try to determine what the highest margin of error approach is given perfect aim including intended cue direction, cue elevation, tip position, and speed. In other words, only accounting for stroke error. I'm not sure if that's useful, though, since obviously aim can be a...

Yes, I agree that in these examples they aren't shooting fast enough for swerve to be negligible, so table conditions aren't eliminated.

I think I would pretty much always shoot this with a rolling cue ball. It's definitely an interesting question. With a rolling cue ball, the variables are mostly speed and ball conditions. With gearing outside, the variables are mostly CB deflection and swerve (table conditions, speed); at...

I am very interested in learning how to shoot banks (and really all shots) with the highest margin for error. I intended to shoot this bank (, should start at 1:01:00) with gearing outside english and put a touch too much outside on it, which stung quite a bit, since I eventually lost from a...

@Patrick Johnson I also like Diagram 3 here https://drdavepoolinfo.com/bd_articles/2007/dec07.pdf for its simplicity.

@alphadog, I realize I didn't answer your question about video evidence. Could only remember the principle and didn't know if there was video, but here it is! https://drdavepoolinfo.com/high-speed-video/hsv-B-47/

I think the image presented on that page a little further down is a decent way to understand intuitively. If you have a more specific question, I can try to explain.

See the longer answer from http://drdavepoolinfo.com/faq/cue/low-squirt section "Does an LD shaft allow me to put more spin on the cue ball?" Here's the most relevant snippet: So, standard shaft needs greater contact point offset for same spin as low-deflection shaft, and standard shaft has a...

Spoiled it too soon