any really tall pro players?

WildWing said:
It's my impression that tall guys use long cues because they don't have much of a natural stroke with a short cue. By contract, a short guy using a long cue doesn't make sense to me. He'd have to spread his arms out too far just to get his hands on the wrap area. Big guys use big things. Uh oh, did I say that...
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I was a golfer before I was a pool player…..use the right club for the shot….my 57 inch cue hits stronger than longer ones and I still got three inches behind my right hand.
I feel the cue should accommodate the cue ball….it’s up to me to make the adjustments.
 
pt109 said:
I was a golfer before I was a pool player…..use the right club for the shot….my 57 inch cue hits stronger than longer ones and I still got three inches behind my right hand.
I feel the cue should accommodate the cue ball….it’s up to me to make the adjustments.
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If you have a 6'3 wingspan and your back hand is three inches from the end of a 57" cue then you must A) have an extremely short bridge B) have the arm placement of Oliver Ortmann C) the stance of Minnesota Fats or D) all the above
 
pt109 said:
Bob Ogburn might’ve been the tallest. Bernie Mikkelsen was 6-5….with long arms….he could pick a ball from a GC from the other side of a side pocket.
I’m only six feet but with a 6-3 wing span….I play with 57 inch cues….I’ve always wondered why more short guys don’t use long cues…..tall guys don’t need them.
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It was fun watching Bernie play as well and cutting a ball on the blue spot into a side pocket from the brown spot.
 
pt109 said:
Bob Ogburn might’ve been the tallest. Bernie Mikkelsen was 6-5….with long arms….he could pick a ball from a GC from the other side of a side pocket.
I’m only six feet but with a 6-3 wing span….I play with 57 inch cues….I’ve always wondered why more short guys don’t use long cues…..tall guys don’t need them.
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Dave Bolman was very tall. I used to run around with big Bob a little bit and his size did get in the way. He had a very spread out stance. In a pool room his leg might be under the adjacent table. And in a bar forget about it, everything was in the way.
 
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How tall is Emil Gangflot?
 
pt109 said:
Bob Ogburn might’ve been the tallest. Bernie Mikkelsen was 6-5….with long arms….he could pick a ball from a GC from the other side of a side pocket.
I’m only six feet but with a 6-3 wing span….I play with 57 inch cues….I’ve always wondered why more short guys don’t use long cues…..tall guys don’t need them.
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Isnt your back hand always hanging off of the rear of the cue?? I'm 6'1" with a normal? wingspan and my rear 2 fingers were always off the rear of the cue. I had a 2" mid cue extension made to make my cue 61", its perfect.
 
if your forearm is perpendicular to the butt and a few inches behind the balance point you are about right.

doesn't matter much about bridge length on that part.
 
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pt109 said:
Bob Ogburn might’ve been the tallest. Bernie Mikkelsen was 6-5….with long arms….he could pick a ball from a GC from the other side of a side pocket.
I’m only six feet but with a 6-3 wing span….I play with 57 inch cues….I’ve always wondered why more short guys don’t use long cues…..tall guys don’t need them.
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Bob was at least 6'-7"!

The 'Tallest' I've ever seen was 'Watusi Slim' (7'-1" from Chicago!

Always gambled High for his speed!
 
pt109 said:
I was a golfer before I was a pool player…..use the right club for the shot….my 57 inch cue hits stronger than longer ones and I still got three inches behind my right hand.
I feel the cue should accommodate the cue ball….it’s up to me to make the adjustments.
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In golf, height has nothing to do with club length. I'm five foot ten. My college roommate was six foot eight. We both used the same length clubs, because his hands reached down his body to exactly where mine did. No difference in club requirement, as far as length.

I would tend to argue that pool is different, as very tall people tend to have very long arms. My old roommate looked like he was playing with a matchstick when he used a 57-inch cue. He later went to a 60-inch cue, and it was more natural. To each his own though.
 
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