Are LD shafts only really helpful on long shots w/ a lot of side spin?

[bobbydee]

Is that really when you'd notice the benefit of a LD shaft?

 

[lakeman77]

helpful on all shots, none of us hits center ball every time. more forgiving of the slight mistake.

 

[bobbydee]

helpful on all shots, none of us hits center ball every time. more forgiving of the slight mistake.

Good point!

 

[nataddrho]

No. It is more about calibrating yourself to the cue. People have found that they can calibrate themselves to LD shafts quickly.

 

[Paul_#_]

helpful on all shots, none of us hits center ball every time. more forgiving of the slight mistake.

How helpful is using an LD shaft on shots close to the pocket (OB and CB on the same half of the table) and inadvertent spin applied?

Or on those shots where side spin was not inadvertently applied?​

 

[Jaden]

How helpful is using an LD shaft on shots close to the pocket (OB and CB on the same half of the table) and inadvertent spin applied?

Or on those shots where side spin was not inadvertently applied?​

If you're bridging at the cue's natural pivot point it doesn't matter, either one is just as forgiving. If you're not, then LD will deviate less but both will be off. On loose equipment you'll make more balls, but still wonder why in the hell the cb did what it did. If you're bridging at the pivot point of a normal deflection shaft and not on an ld shaft, then the normal shaft will be much more forgiving of stroke deviations.

 

[Paul_#_]

As to BobbyDee's question, Are LD shafts only really helpful on long shots w/ a lot of side spin?

ChatGPT said it helped some to a lot even on shots with side spin where both cue ball and object ball were on the same half of the table. See below. This likely could mean whether spin was intentional or inadvertent.

ChatGPT claimed it got some (or all?) of this info from Dr Dave at https://drdavepoolinfo.com/faq/cue/low-squirt/

 

[straightline]

Is that really when you'd notice the benefit of a LD shaft?

Being an old school long ferrule guy, that would be my guess. In the rotation games with tight pockets and limited positional options, the pros especially, want the bigger window of consistency.

 

[skor]

How helpful is using an LD shaft on shots close to the pocket (OB and CB on the same half of the table) and inadvertent spin applied?

Or on those shots where side spin was not inadvertently applied?​

No need to guess
Just shoot parallel to the aiming line

 

[skor]

helpful on all shots, none of us hits center ball every time. more forgiving of the slight mistake.

what he said