Rubber Grips

Carom Rocky said:

I’ve always wondered why most billiard player play with a wrapless cue and put a rubber grip on it. I get that billiard balls are heavier and you hit the balls harder.

Blomdahl used to play with a rubber grip with his Adam cue and when he switched to Molinari, he went wrapless. I do see Longoni coming out with cues with a leather wrap installed.

Click to expand...

The idea is that you can use a light grip and your hand will not slip. The worst kind of wrap is rayon which is super slippery and you have to grip tightly or you'll put someone's eye out. "Irish linen" is not much better, depending on the humidity.

I find that wrapless does not slip for me. I used a rubber wrap for a while over a leather wrap (which was slippery in the winter) but I now use a wrapless cue.