CeaseLess
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I recently bought a tiger pro shaft. The people at tiger always go above and beyond. The shaft plays and feels great. But I play a lot of bank pool and I usually bank with english to spin the object ball off the rail, and for some reason I wasn't able to get much spin transfer to the object ball off the rail with my tiger. I figured it was the onxy tip that was harder than I'm used to, so I went in and had them put on a ultraskin pro tip, which I've been playing with on a different cue for a while now. Got the shaft back, and still not much spin transfer. Went to the hall today and used my old dufferin cue that also has a ultraskin pro tip and I was spinning banks in like usual, used my old shaft and same thing, picked up a shitty house cue and they were all exactly the same amount of spin off the rail I was used to. Then went back to my tiger and it only gets about a third of the spin I'd expect. It puts a ton of spin on the cue ball and I'm able to throw balls straight into the pockets (straight shots not banks) but for the life of me I haven't been able to come up with a reason why it won't transfer spin to the object ball. Anybody more knowledge then me with a reason or at the least an educated guess? Thanks. -CeaseLess-
Edit: one type of bank I'm specifically talking about that are coming up short are one-pocket-type cut back banks. Because these cut back banks get cut induced spin they usually come up short if you don't over cut the bank. Instead of over cutting it I keep the same contact point on the rail and spin it in with outside. After spending a couple hours at the hall with a couple different shafts I realized that the issue isn't that I'm not getting the spin to transfer, it's that this shaft seems to transfer a LOT more cut induced spin, inside spin that fights against my outside spin, then any shaft I've tried before. I set up a ball 6 inches off the long rail and the cueball, in line, a foot away from that ball but 6 inches to the left. I cut the ball into the long rail to have it bounce in a straight line between the long rails. With my other shafts I did it easily but with my new shaft in question I couldn't do it. I hit the exact same spot on the rail as before but I could see the cut induced spin pulling it off line. Still have no idea why, so if you have a guess, throw it out there.
Edit: one type of bank I'm specifically talking about that are coming up short are one-pocket-type cut back banks. Because these cut back banks get cut induced spin they usually come up short if you don't over cut the bank. Instead of over cutting it I keep the same contact point on the rail and spin it in with outside. After spending a couple hours at the hall with a couple different shafts I realized that the issue isn't that I'm not getting the spin to transfer, it's that this shaft seems to transfer a LOT more cut induced spin, inside spin that fights against my outside spin, then any shaft I've tried before. I set up a ball 6 inches off the long rail and the cueball, in line, a foot away from that ball but 6 inches to the left. I cut the ball into the long rail to have it bounce in a straight line between the long rails. With my other shafts I did it easily but with my new shaft in question I couldn't do it. I hit the exact same spot on the rail as before but I could see the cut induced spin pulling it off line. Still have no idea why, so if you have a guess, throw it out there.
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