cue length

[WheatCues]

If you tall guys like those 60" plus cues that's great, but I think the only ones who need the extra length are short guys. I'm 6'2", and I play better with my 58" than my 60". On my old Palmer I had 6 shafts,from 57 1/2" to61", and it took me about 5 years to realize that I played better with 57 1/2". But I'll admit a 60" feels so perfect in all respects except making balls.

that is directly reflected on the length of your bridge.. some people who are taller have shorter stroking range and some are just the opposite, as well as with shorter players... this is why there is much more involved when properly fitting and balancing a cue during construction for the maximum performance to the player !



- Eddie Wheat

 

[Mark Avlon]

If you use a short bridge fairly often -- say 6" or less -- then a longer cue will be awkward to use. If you always use a 24-inch or longer bridge, then you will need a longer cue. If you have a longer cue to start with, you may never learn to use a short bridge.

One way to look at it is that if you frequently grip the stick all the way back on the butt plate and still feel like you need more stick, your stick is too short. On the other hand, if you rarely or never grip the stick that far back, your stick is too long for your style of play.

Bob, What do you mean by awkward? Do you mean that the balance point will be too far back and that the shaft may want to lift out of the player's bridge, or something else? If the balance, isn't an issue, can a cue be too long?

 

[Bob Jewett]

Bob, What do you mean by awkward? Do you mean that the balance point will be too far back and that the shaft may want to lift out of the player's bridge, or something else? If the balance, isn't an issue, can a cue be too long?

Try to play a rail nurse with a 60-inch cue. It doesn't work.

The whole issue is balance. Unless the joint is very, very heavy, I think there is no way to move the balance point forward enough on a long cue to make it suitable for a short bridge. In any case, I have never seen a long cue balanced like that. It helps to have a perpendicular forearm at impact for this, but in my experience a short bridge is often coupled with a forward grip that is perhaps a hand ahead of the orthodox orthogonal teaching.