Ball movement and accuracy - 12.5 vs 12.9 diameter tip

I believe I get more action with a thinner shaft/tip. I just use the law of exaggeration and take it to the extreme. If I use a 2.25 inch diameter tip I will get no spin cause tip covers whole ball and will just shove the ball in one big skid. If I use a needle size tip I will get pin point accuracy on CB. If it works to the extreme it has to work anywhere in between
 
MitchAlsup said:
CB seems to do more of what I want. I attribute this to the flexibility (more) of the thinner shafts. I cannot directly attribute this to more spin. But perhaps the shaft just does more of what I want (or less of what I don't want) without any particular explanation.

But perhaps it is like you stated: better visualization, and the need to place the cue tip more precisely is what I call "deliberately".
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Brillint...
 
I went from 13mm to 11.75mm. I'm way more consistent and the CB dances the way I want it to. If everyone would just play their game and ignore everyone else and all these YouTube tutorials of how to shoot, aim, stand so on and so forth, you'd advance on your own easier.

Put in the work and have faith in yourself to get better. Sticks are sticks. Practice with each and whatever feels comfort to YOU use it.
 
bbb said:
" I feel that I can move the ball easier with the Mezz cue, "
lighter cue you can accelerate more (for you)
"accuracy seems to have improved by using the 12.9 tip."
i think its said a larger tip is more forgiving than a smaller tip
i am not an instructor
jmho
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ok after, playing for around 10 hours with the heavier cue, I can now move the ball the same as the lighter cue :)
 
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fish2 said:
Taleof two cues.
18.35 oz cue with a 12.5 diameter tip Mezz Sigma shaft and a 19.38 oz cue with a 12.9 diameter Vantage shaft, both have the same tip. After two hours of playing, I feel that I can move the ball easier with the Mezz cue, but accuracy seems to have improved by using the 12.9 tip.....
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Well, different shafts, not just the diameter. Accuracy is also a matter of deflection not so much tip diameter. You have a conclusion but from non-related data and bad experimentation. Now if you had two same model shafts, with the same deflection properties with different diameters, that would be something to note.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
Yes - a little under 10mm (about snooker size). I like it for two reasons: low endmass/squirt and more precise visualization of the exact tip/ball contact point.

pj
chgo
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hey pat, given "use what works for you," I'm curious: did 10mm feel good in your hands straightaway, and the benefits were incidental, or did you pick out 10mm specifically because you wanted your cue to possess the advantages you mention? or ?
 
evergruven said:
hey pat, given "use what works for you," I'm curious: did 10mm feel good in your hands straightaway, and the benefits were incidental, or did you pick out 10mm specifically because you wanted your cue to possess the advantages you mention? or ?
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I had it made that way for the specific qualities I wanted - liked it immediately.

pj
chgo
 
The_JV said:
Smaller the shaft, the greater importance on straight mechanics. You end up playing with the edge of the tip with far less offset from center ball.
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It’s actually the tip’s curvature that determines that more than its size. Flatter tip = hits closer to the edge.

pj
chgo
 
tim913 said:
If I use a 2.25 inch diameter tip I will get no spin cause tip covers whole ball and will just shove the ball in one big skid.
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That tip still only contacts the CB at one point - and the tip’s curved surface allows it to hit the ball anywhere inside the miscue limit, as usual (except below center - it hits the table first).

pj
chgo
 
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