One more thought to consider.
It is not so long for the annual MC from Matchroom to come.
Let's look at it from this sight of view...
It is Europe - the continent where pool is treated more or less as a sport with the top 5 players in the team playing:
J.Filler - Predator with Z3 shaft
E.Kaci - Predator with 314 shaft (at least he switched back as I know)
A.Kazakis - IQ custom cues with their solid maple LD shaft
J.Shaw - Peri cues with their maple LD shaft
N.Feijen - Longoni with their spliced LD shaft.
And it is USA where pool is not treated as a real sport but mostly as a game unfortunately and top 5 american players in the team:
SVB - Cuetec with Cynergy c.f. shaft
S.Woodward - Meucci with Carbon pro shaft he played at the International Open?
T.Styer - Predator with a Revo 12.9 shaft
B.Thorpe - Cuetec with Cynergy shaft
??? - whoever Johan picks will be the only player playing "old school".
So what we will also see...whose approach works better and is all this hi-tech stuff going to make this game any easier for team USA?
What team would you bet your last money on?
P.S. the main question even if it makes the game easier ...does it make you a better player?