Took me about month too really feel good with my ob but now I shot lights out with it I've won two tournaments this month with it and I just love it good luck with urs! Just don't give up on it keep shooting with it I got mad few times with mine just got too work at it! Trust me when u get it ull love it that's just me idk good luck
Adjusting to a new shaft
- Thread starter BRussell
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My suggestion: Sell or give away your old shaft.
There will be a MASSIVE temptation to put it back on every time you miss a ball
that you were supposed to make. I've seen this problem over and over.
Guys end up clinging to their old shaft and switching back and forth between them every week.
They don't put in the hours learning the new shaft, and they ruin their feel for the old one.
Then their whole game goes down the toilet and they start blaming the cue for everything
and thinking "man, ever since I bought that shaft I've been miserable".
Don't put yourself through that. Pick one and stick to it.
You will adjust much faster that way and it will be 100x less frustrating.
There will be a MASSIVE temptation to put it back on every time you miss a ball
that you were supposed to make. I've seen this problem over and over.
Guys end up clinging to their old shaft and switching back and forth between them every week.
They don't put in the hours learning the new shaft, and they ruin their feel for the old one.
Then their whole game goes down the toilet and they start blaming the cue for everything
and thinking "man, ever since I bought that shaft I've been miserable".
Don't put yourself through that. Pick one and stick to it.
You will adjust much faster that way and it will be 100x less frustrating.
Others have said that too. I thought I could trust myself, but...
I've been curious about this. What method do most people with LD cues use for english? From what I've read, the pivot point is too far back to effectively use a pivoting approach. But I suppose that's better than just a parallel stick method.
It also seems like people with these cues tend to prefer a rounder tip, but I could be wrong in my perception of that.
All my life I've pivoted and it's worked fine, and it continues to work fine on the LD shaft I'm using. It's never really occurred to me to stand up and reposition my body just to apply normal sidespin.
I will though if I got down on the shot and realized "wow, I'm going way out there to the side and the whole stick feels cockeyed. I better at least reposition my hands."
Honestly it feels weird to be 100% truly parallel when I line up, because then my head feels like it's in a weird spot.
Anyway, I wouldn't sweat it too much. You will find it's not all that different from using any other cue, you're just aiming along a different line.