Advantage of long cue ?

[$TAKE HOR$E]

I'm pretty sure he is not joking and I'm more than sure its been tested in the snooker world



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I can see using the bridge a lot more in snooker, necessity being the mother of all invention it just makes sense that if everyone played on a 10-12 foot table they would not use a 58 inch cue or they would have to get savvy with the bridge. Snooker has very few big breakthrough's so there isnt really a need for anything new. Ill never be good enough to know, but when the best players in the world are using something similar it seems like its more than a gimmick.

 

[dr_dave]

As somebody else said, it's like the balance pole tightrope walkers use - its length (the weight at its ends) makes it harder to move offline.

More length (and more weight on the end) also makes it harder to move the cue back online if it goes offline a bit during the early part of the stroke. If you stay online during the entire stroke, length/weight doesn't really matter with keeping the cue online.

Welcome back! You have been gone a really long time. Hopefully, your "incarceration" helped you "rehabilitate" some so you won't get into serious trouble with the "overlords" again as easily (unlike the American penal system where true criminals sometimes come out of jail as worse and even more-hardened criminals). :grin-square:

Best regards,
Dave

 

[Patrick Johnson]

More length (and more weight on the end) also makes it harder to move the cue back online if it goes offline a bit during the early part of the stroke. If you stay online during the entire stroke, length/weight doesn't really matter with keeping the cue online.

Hmm... interesting point (you're full of 'em).

Welcome back!

Thanks.

You have been gone a really long time. Hopefully, your "incarceration" helped you "rehabilitate" some so you won't get into serious trouble with the "overlords" again as easily (unlike the American penal system where true criminals sometimes come out of jail as worse and even more-hardened criminals). :grin-square:

We'll have to see about that - history shows that rehabilitation isn't my strong suit.

pj
chgo

 

[ceebee]

Here is a drawing used to develop your cue's length. It's an ergonomic drawing & only a suggested way to go.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Here is a drawing used to develop your cue's length. It's an ergonomic drawing & only a suggested way to go.

Nice drawing - it shows that if your bridge length and "wingspan" (xx.x) don't change, then any extension for your cue, whether added at the bumper or the joint, ends up extending the cue behind your grip hand, moving the balance point back relative to you.

pj
chgo

 

[fastone371]

I'm 6'1 and have played some of my best pool with a older Cog made by Joe Gold that was 57 inches
at least if memory serves me it was.

I think if you practice enough with a good cue you will play good with it no matter the length.

You are probably correct. My table came with a bunch of Brunswick Tru-Balance 1 piece cues that are 57" long, I practice with one of those occasionally but I would not call it comfortable. If I dont want my hand hanging off the back of the cue either I have to shorten my bridge up considerably (right or wrong I prefer to play with a loonngg bridge for some reason) or my rear hand is very far forward of my elbow at ball contact instead of having a 90 degree angle which is allegedly desirable.