A properly fashioned Cue Tip

SeniorTom said:
I have only been playing pool 2 years now and I'm doing pretty good. I have 5 playing cues and alternate between them. I have one nice Pechauer cue that I don't use that often because I don't want to mess it up, but it seems whenever I use it I don't shoot very well. It's almost like night and day between that cue and others I have. I talked to an accomplished player, the brother of a friend of mine, and he noticed right off the bat the tip wasn't properly worked to a nice rounded shape, it was more or less flat on top. I have had trouble drawing the ball with it, and I can usually draw the ball quite well. This was confusing to me why I couldn't draw the ball but after he told me to rework the tip, which I did, I started to shoot much better and could work the ball drawing it or following. I didn't realize that a tip made that much difference in how successful I shoot and work the ball, but it was like night and day. I think I prefer the nickel shape over the dime shape, but now I'm very wary of making sure it's fashion properly. I am wondering what most people like in terms of tip shape, whether it be the nickel or dime rounded tip, and any other advice regarding hardness and such. I have always played with a kamui clear super soft tip, and now I'm making sure they are worked in properly. Any advice on what type of tip one should use or how you round it off? There are so many tips on the market and different hardness or softness to them, it seems the sky is the limit. What type of tip do you use, and how do you work it into shape?
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I Don't know if you are past this point in your 2 year experience. But one of the things i was taught in the begining was how to put chalk on the tip.
Should be a wiping motion to cover areas that are missing chalk. If you have ever seen someone at a bar grinding like they are trying to start a fire, i believe that is wrong. and if the tip is not holding chalk then rough the leather up with a tip tool. that alone can help a beginner a lot.
Dan
 
Still want to shoot said:
I Don't know if you are past this point in your 2 year experience. But one of the things i was taught in the begining was how to put chalk on the tip.
Should be a wiping motion to cover areas that are missing chalk. If you have ever seen someone at a bar grinding like they are trying to start a fire, i believe that is wrong. and if the tip is not holding chalk then rough the leather up with a tip tool. that alone can help a beginner a lot.
Dan
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Good point, that is the way I apply chalk as well.
 
All this talk about a properly shaped tip, nickel, penny, dime, sometimes you really have to wonder. I'm watching a match now on the billiard channel, with Shane and Yapp and there is a very close up of Yapps cue tip. It looks to be flat across with just the edges rounded. He seems to get all the accuracy, action and draw anyone could want. How much does it really matter.
 
muskyed said:
All this talk about a properly shaped tip, nickel, penny, dime, sometimes you really have to wonder. I'm watching a match now on the billiard channel, with Shane and Yapp and there is a very close up of Yapps cue tip. It looks to be flat across with just the edges rounded. He seems to get all the accuracy, action and draw anyone could want. How much does it really matter.
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Well I'm not sure how much it matters to them, and I would like to take a closer look at his tip if it were possible at all, and see exactly what he's playing with. I'm sure a professional can play with just about anything but for me, it is like night and day. I was wondering why I couldn't get any action on the cue ball such as draw or follow, and also wondering why I had a hard time potting balls. As soon as I repaired my tip from a flat surface to a dime surface everything started to fall into place. I would have to see for myself how Yapp had shaped his tip, Maybe seeing it on TV doesn't give one an exact view.
 
Maybe, maybe not, it was really close up and on a 65" tv didn't leave much to the imagination. While I found the match thru the billiard channel, it was a youtube version, so is out there on youtube. I think it was a world poolmaster match.
I never said it was the right way for everyone, just with all this talk on tip shape, it was quite interesting.
 
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