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.

I accidentally posted this under IPT, so you can read some responses there.

Linda

 

[OrigZaphod]

Me I usually like a slightly used chalk, no deeper then a 1/4 in. I always look at the tip when chalking, use a more brush stroke over the entire tip, then tilt chalk sideways and go over the edges.

but thats just me.

 

[Shorty]

I always say "paint" the chalk on your tip...don't grind or squeak it on. I rarely chalk up, which is a bad habit...but I am very careful when I do.

Shorty

 

[Njhustler1]

You can always spot the amateurs in the room. They're the ones holding the chalk in place and swinging the cue back and forth with their other arm.

 

[hemicudas]

You can always spot the amateurs in the room. They're the ones holding the chalk in place and swinging the cue back and forth with their other arm.

All you have to do is watch all the top players, save Earl, and do what they do.

 

[drivermaker]

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.

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.

Linda

Sounds to me like if you ever break up from your husband and get a divorce...don't date or marry Earl or Cory. I think you'd go nuts.

You must REALLY be the fastidious type...what happens when some clothes are thrown on the floor...toothpaste cap is left off...a dirty dish or glass is left out.

 

[Josh Palmer]

LOL.. I chalk like Earl, and look like I fell hands first into a pile of chalk by the end of the night- but I'm not real freakish about having my shaft/ferrule clean all the time.

 

[Eric.]

You can always spot the amateurs in the room. They're the ones holding the chalk in place and swinging the cue back and forth with their other arm.

You mean Corey Deuel style?


Eric

 

[rackmsuckr]

Sounds to me like if you ever break up from your husband and get a divorce...don't date or marry Earl or Cory. I think you'd go nuts.

You must REALLY be the fastidious type...what happens when some clothes are thrown on the floor...toothpaste cap is left off...a dirty dish or glass is left out.

I used to be REALLY anal, until I had kids. Now it's very relaxed. And I don't think Earl or Cory have anything to worry about. lol

 

[NewGuy]

hey DM..im just guessing or assuming as some might say, but anyways i take it your not married. you forgot the one that seems to drive most married women up the walls, or at least mine. LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT UP. even after almost 30 yrs still cant seem to get that trick down. this ole dogs is just untrainable i guess.i love summertime its all about outside..lol.

Haha... my ex-gf used to ***** at me for leaving the toilet seat DOWN. Ok, not the actual toliet seat, but the toliet cover. For some reason I always put the toilet seat and cover down after I'm done. I know... I'm nuts!

As for chalking, in my old days I used to keep the chalk in place and wildly spin the stick. Sometime I would even spin in with my foot (forgive me I was young). This was a long time ago and they were house cues. Now, I look at the tip while I chalk and lightly brush it till it's the way I like. I always make sure to get all the edges.

 

[drivermaker]

hey DM..im just guessing or assuming as some might say, but anyways i take it your not married. you forgot the one that seems to drive most married women up the walls, or at least mine. LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT UP. even after almost 30 yrs still cant seem to get that trick down. this ole dogs is just untrainable i guess.i love summertime its all about outside..lol.

Been together with the same woman for a lonnnnng time, but never got hitched. (hey...nothing changes...they still b!tch all the time)

The toilet seat thing is NO problem. We figured that out and settled it long time ago. We have separate bathrooms and neither of us violates the other space. It's a damn good thing too because sometimes those 4 o'clock in the morning pee calls can go flying off all over hell's creation when it's dark and you're staggering in a half coma.

 

[renard]

This is a quote I am borrowing from someone else, though I can't recall who.

"You need to put the chalk on the tip like a woman puts on lipstick, not to thick and covering every portion needed."

 

[Gerry]

I wrote this in another thread, but fits here I think...

On a side note, the place I was practicing in always gives you 50 year old chalk with a hole going almost all the way through to the bottom. I'm kinda anal about my ferrules, and hate when thiers chalk on them. So last time I went in she handed me the rack of balls, and I did'nt want to sound like a dik, so I asked if they "sold" masters chalk. I was trying to give the hint without being harsh, so she sais yea, how many you want? Being stuck, I said 2 and had to pay a buck!....oh well....so much for being nice.....Gerry


oh, and the toilet seat thing, you can buy seats that will close automatically when you flush. I've been a plumber 20 years, so my wife has a heated, cushioned, auto closer.....what a life.............Gerry

 

[rackmsuckr]

Been together with the same woman for a lonnnnng time, but never got hitched. (hey...nothing changes...they still b!tch all the time)

The toilet seat thing is NO problem. We figured that out and settled it long time ago. We have separate bathrooms and neither of us violates the other space. It's a damn good thing too because sometimes those 4 o'clock in the morning pee calls can go flying off all over hell's creation when it's dark and you're staggering in a half coma.

Who cleans that bathroom, I hope it is you, otherwise, I would b!tch too! I put notes on all our toilets, 'Please be sweet, put down the seat!' with hearts surrounding it. Just a gentle reminder for when I stagger in at 4 am and fall in the toilet and sit on the old pee residue. I think all women can relate.

On related notes, I also don't like shaking hands with men after a match, because most men don't wash their hands after using the toilet! Ewww! lol. I shudder to think when I see players with blue fingers come out of the bathroom with the same blue fingers.

And one more anal thing, I don't like it when people put chalk on the table upside down so blue chalk gets on everything - your clothes, the felt, balls, etc. But I am not as anal as Jerry Engh who would only allow me one piece of chalk on the table and brought me back extras every inning at the table she got, which mercifully, wasn't that many!

One last thing, I played in a tournament where it was a foul to place any chalk on the felt portion of the rail, it had to be entirely on the wood part. Weird!

 

[drivermaker]

Who cleans that bathroom, I hope it is you, otherwise, I would b!tch too! I put notes on all our toilets, 'Please be sweet, put down the seat!' with hearts surrounding it. Just a gentle reminder for when I stagger in at 4 am and fall in the toilet and sit on the old pee residue. I think all women can relate.

On related notes, I also don't like shaking hands with men after a match, because most men don't wash their hands after using the toilet! Ewww! lol. I shudder to think when I see players with blue fingers come out of the bathroom with the same blue fingers.

And one more anal thing, I don't like it when people put chalk on the table upside down so blue chalk gets on everything - your clothes, the felt, balls, etc. But I am not as anal as Jerry Engh who would only allow me one piece of chalk on the table and brought me back extras every inning at the table she got, which mercifully, wasn't that many!

One last thing, I played in a tournament where it was a foul to place any chalk on the felt portion of the rail, it had to be entirely on the wood part. Weird!

Just so you know...the kids didn't change you at all...you're still anal! LMAO

 

[Black-Balled]

Who cleans that bathroom, I hope it is you, otherwise, I would b!tch too! I put notes on all our toilets, 'Please be sweet, put down the seat!' with hearts surrounding it. Just a gentle reminder for when I stagger in at 4 am and fall in the toilet and sit on the old pee residue. I think all women can relate... Weird!

Alrightee- I can hardly believe that I am taking the time to put this in, but I am at work, so I probably don't have anything better to doLOL.
Why is the seat down the appropriate way to leave the pot?
Girls need it down, boys (usually) need it up. Put it how you need, or don't. Simple. At my house, we put the lid down too, that way, all have to make effort, prior to use.
Oh, and sitting on the toilet without putting the seat down? I laugh at that! That is like cutting toward yourself with a knife: you should never make that mistake more than once!!

 

[rackmsuckr]

Alrightee- I can hardly believe that I am taking the time to put this in, but I am at work, so I probably don't have anything better to doLOL.
Why is the seat down the appropriate way to leave the pot?
Girls need it down, boys (usually) need it up. Put it how you need, or don't. Simple. At my house, we put the lid down too, that way, all have to make effort, prior to use.
Oh, and sitting on the toilet without putting the seat down? I laugh at that! That is like cutting toward yourself with a knife: you should never make that mistake more than once!!

Sure didn't make that mistake more than once! Hence, the signs.

I am not anal like Monk, but some things do bother me, bother me, bother me.. Sometimes my OCD does kick in. lol

Seat up or down, I still love my guys.

Back on topic, it does look like most of you do look while you chalk, but then I expect a more enlightened group here on AZ. Now if you could only look when you pee.
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[Josh Palmer]

I can't stand it when I get up to chalk unconsciously when it's my shot, and I chalk my tip with paper... MY FAULT, but what's up with you pretty boys turning the chalk upside down? DUH... by the time you scoot your pretty little Nautica/Sean John running suit around the table, the table looks cleaner, cause it's all over mine and your pants!

 

[rackmsuckr]

I can't stand it when I get up to chalk unconsciously when it's my shot, and I chalk my tip with paper... MY FAULT, but what's up with you pretty boys turning the chalk upside down? DUH... by the time you scoot your pretty little Nautica/Sean John running suit around the table, the table looks cleaner, cause it's all over mine and your pants!

I had to laugh, it just shows you how short I am, because the chalk is all over my top!