Name the pro playes using LD shafts
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Thank you. I think Alex Pagulayan plays with an Ariel Carmelli too. Interesting nugget about Strickland. Didn't know that. Well he is an interesting guy. I heard a lot of the East Asian pros (Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese) play with custom cues too. Not sure if they're using the shafts that come with it or adding production LD shafts.
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One thing to consider is how are you defining LD shafts? the amount of squirt varies from shaft to shaft, like the Revo has less squirt than the original 314 pre-cat. Some custom cues have maple shafts with short/light ferrules and thinner diameter / longer tapers that reduce squirt. Low Deflection --- compared to what?might be a good question to also ask. Sometimes I wonder just how much reduction in squirt there is from say a predator revo to a 12mm Schon with a 1/4" juma ferrule.
You didn't understand what I was saying...
That's in relation to execution, i.e. dependent on the player...What I was referring to was how there is less deviation from original aimpoint with ld shafts.
Jaden
That's in relation to execution, i.e. dependent on the player...What I was referring to was how there is less deviation from original aimpoint with ld shafts.
Jaden
Yes, if you stroke accurately. If you don't the outcome is worse with a LD shaft. LD shafts are generally less "forgiving" of stroke errors than higher squirt shafts - i.e., they have smaller margins of stroke error.
I don't think they have larger margins of aiming error - but they do have smaller estimations of squirt adjustment, which is kinda similar in concept.
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Unless they've changed recently, most of the top Taiwanese men play with regular shafts and most of them like 13mm, or greater, with stiff tapers.
Seems that most of them prefer Southwests.
Their style of playing is "close to center"...you don't see them "juicing up the ball" a lot where deflection is the greatest from hitting further outside.
They learn how to "control" the deflection their cues have and use it to their advantage, if needed.