I have tried a variety of grips over the years. Just as I did in golf, and baseball before that, and well............all the "important" sports.
I use a slip stroke for the same reason a golfer uses a good follow through. You cannot spin the ball with a "punch" type shot easily. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it's easier to stay in stroke with the cue accelerating at impact. And, you can only accelerate ONCE. Think about it.
For a quick experiment, do your usual draw with your firmer grip. Next, try a very loose grip and think: "flinging" it at the line of stroke. It's not quite what I mean, but you get the idea.
Also, one of the above posters I agree with says that it's harder to draw with a larger tip than a smaller one. Why? I really can't say. <my guess is your tip is not shaped perfectly and you are contacting the ball much higher than you realize> To fix this, shape your tip to a dime radius, and then go so low on the cue ball that it scoops, and then move up a hair. Also, it's very likely you don't have a grooved stroke and you are lifting the cue tip (dropping the butt) on the follow through, which makes it the same thing. JMHO, of course.
I use a slip stroke for the same reason a golfer uses a good follow through. You cannot spin the ball with a "punch" type shot easily. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm saying it's easier to stay in stroke with the cue accelerating at impact. And, you can only accelerate ONCE. Think about it.
For a quick experiment, do your usual draw with your firmer grip. Next, try a very loose grip and think: "flinging" it at the line of stroke. It's not quite what I mean, but you get the idea.
Also, one of the above posters I agree with says that it's harder to draw with a larger tip than a smaller one. Why? I really can't say. <my guess is your tip is not shaped perfectly and you are contacting the ball much higher than you realize> To fix this, shape your tip to a dime radius, and then go so low on the cue ball that it scoops, and then move up a hair. Also, it's very likely you don't have a grooved stroke and you are lifting the cue tip (dropping the butt) on the follow through, which makes it the same thing. JMHO, of course.