Chalking your tip

[rackmsuckr]

I don't know if this has been addressed before on this forum, but one of my pet peeves is hearing people chalking their tips with squeaky, ear-splitting abandon. Most are amateurs, but I have seen/heard top-notch players doing it too.

I have had very few lessons from my husband, but one of the most important ones he taught me is to look at the tip while you are chalking it and make sure the edges are fully chalked, especially if you are drawing or loading up on English. Part of this is because we automatically have half the tip taken off when we get a new tip, then pound it down so that it is not very tall, with hardly any sides anyway.

You will see a player's cue with a big blue circle around the ferrule which indicates how they chalk it. They are probably getting more on their ferrule than on their tips and that accounts for chalk with the deep well in it. Chalking the tip is as individual as the player. It seems snooker players lightly brush over the top, some players get a lot of wrist action, others screw it on, and some do it one-handed.

On a related subject, some people like brand new chalk, others like it a deeper well. I prefer slightly used with the perfect nickel -sized indentation. I would be interested to know your thoughts on the subject and your preferences.

 

[rackmsuckr]

I don't know if this has been addressed before on this forum, but one of my pet peeves is hearing people chalking their tips with squeaky, ear-splitting abandon. Most are amateurs, but I have seen/heard top-notch players doing it too.

I have had very few lessons from my husband, but one of the most important ones he taught me is to look at the tip while you are chalking it and make sure the edges are fully chalked, especially if you are drawing or loading up on English. Part of this is because we automatically have half the tip taken off when we get a new tip, then pound it down so that it is not very tall, with hardly any sides anyway.

You will see a player's cue with a big blue circle around the ferrule which indicates how they chalk it. They are probably getting more on their ferrule than on their tips and that accounts for chalk with the deep well in it. Chalking the tip is as individual as the player. It seems snooker players lightly brush over the top, some players get a lot of wrist action, others screw it on, and some do it one-handed.

On a related subject, some people like brand new chalk, others like it a deeper well. I prefer slightly used with the perfect nickel -sized indentation. I would be interested to know your thoughts on the subject and your preferences.

Sorry! I did not mean to post this in the IPT forum. I thought I was in the Main Forum and can't figure out how to move it. Mike, helppppppppp!!!

 

[8-ball bernie]

i prefer Master chalk in traditional blue. i chalk up sort of like earl strickland style, light and fast. i prefer fresh chalk unused. the craziest chalker i ever saw is oliver ortmann. he chalks up so much that it's a wonder he doesn't bore thru into the thin air! on the other side is tony drago who, (get this) DOESN'T CHALK UP!!!!!!!!!!!! he cues on the center axis!

 

[ShootingArts]

Welllll . . .

I just brush lightly across the face and edges of the tip to get ready for a shot but if I notice somebody flinch when I get a squeeky piece of chalk I'll get all of the mileage out of it I can!

Hu

I don't know if this has been addressed before on this forum, but one of my pet peeves is hearing people chalking their tips with squeaky, ear-splitting abandon. Most are amateurs, but I have seen/heard top-notch players doing it too.

 

[Str8PoolMan]

I don't know if this has been addressed before on this forum, but one of my pet peeves is hearing people chalking their tips with squeaky, ear-splitting abandon. Most are amateurs, but I have seen/heard top-notch players doing it too.

I have had very few lessons from my husband, but one of the most important ones he taught me is to look at the tip while you are chalking it and make sure the edges are fully chalked, especially if you are drawing or loading up on English. Part of this is because we automatically have half the tip taken off when we get a new tip, then pound it down so that it is not very tall, with hardly any sides anyway.

You will see a player's cue with a big blue circle around the ferrule which indicates how they chalk it. They are probably getting more on their ferrule than on their tips and that accounts for chalk with the deep well in it. Chalking the tip is as individual as the player. It seems snooker players lightly brush over the top, some players get a lot of wrist action, others screw it on, and some do it one-handed.

On a related subject, some people like brand new chalk, others like it a deeper well. I prefer slightly used with the perfect nickel -sized indentation. I would be interested to know your thoughts on the subject and your preferences.

You know, until I read your post, I thought "Chalking your Tip" was a euphemism.

I am one of those players with the blue circle around my ferrule. But I think most of that is due to the lack of "fresh" chalk cubes at my local room. I really need to start carrying my own. I used to, but I kept leaving them behind when I was done playing. Or someone would come along and "borrow" them while I was otherwise engaged. I have a bad habit of chalking absent-mindedly while analyzing the table between shots. But I do tend to make sure I have any bare spots covered, especially before a shot requiring a good deal of English.

 

[BlackDragon]

Sorry! I did not mean to post this in the IPT forum. I thought I was in the Main Forum and can't figure out how to move it. Mike, helppppppppp!!!

just delete it, girl but then an accidental 'error' can turn in yr favour and win the game. Whats yr city?
Chalk, I carry my own. Bought a box of something. American chalk. I dont like brand new chalk but like it after a few scratches.
I guess when it gets low, it marks the cue blue so then I leave it at the pool hall. I chalk every shot but every two shots is my backup. Sometimes I don't bother if there someone who's not so hot and I don't want to look too earnest.
The thing is my tip wears quick. Maybe I hit the balls hard, on break or other times to break a pack(cluster). Lately I've noticed a really small(shallow) tip plays well. Tonight theres not much left but its ok though some of the time the ferrule hit the cueball rather than the tip on low spin shots and it was goofy.
I start off with a tip that over hangs all around then shape it.
When I was filming players I noticed that some players just constantly chalked whilst studying the table. It wasnt for chalk. He already had that but just to stall. And he won thirty five games in a row too in our club comp so whatever. I'm light on the stroke (of the chalk). Sometimes I turn the cue rather than the chalk.

 

[rackmsuckr]

just delete it, girl but then an accidental 'error' can turn in yr favour and win the game. Whats yr city?

I don't know how to delete yet, I just learned how to use the Wei table.. lol

I live near Seattle, where do you live?

 

[Jaden]

HOw I chalk

It's funny that some people will do exactly what you're describing the squeky chalking and then sometimes to top it off they'll blow the tip. ouch, it makes me cringe when I see people blow the tip. You want it to be as gritty as possible to avoid slippage and the dreaded miscue.

I do it by holding my right palm against the end of the shaft and spinning the cue with my left hand while I brush the chalk at an angle across the tip holding the chalk between my thumb and first two fingers. I then look at the tip to make sure I covered the whole tip with chalk but mostly around the edges where it makes the most difference.

 

[Snapshot9]

I

'paint' my chalk on, top, sides (rotating my cue), and the top
again. The ones that make me smile at the ones that
tap their stick against the side of the table after chalking,
then I try to find out how big a wad they have on them ...lol