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cuttyshark

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What are your perceived pros and cons for lighter versus heavier cues.?

Reason I'm asking:
I got into a discussion this week with two fairly decent players (one a tall guy the other, about 5'7") - they were adamant about using the lightest cue that they could find and said what they're using is 17.5oz (one of them mentioned that they had a lighter one and they prefered it, but had lost it...)

I've always, somewhat, believed that, for a standard length cue, 18-20 oz was the reasonableness boundaries and that lighter would have accuracy issues and heavier, fatigue, and both might cause undesirable stroke compensations.

I'm looking beyond and have already discounted the "it's whatever you get used to" philosophies.
 
Cue makers can recomend weights, and mm sizes for shafts, but the last say so is the player. Whatever works.........
Blud
 
For me 19 oz is the max and 18 is the minimum, my cue is 18 oz
 
I have a 20 oz cue and an 18.5 oz cue. I'm playing with the lighter of the two. My experience is the heavier cue is a little harder to wield for touch shots. Another thing about the heavier cue is that it's harder to get the speed you need for a power stroke. I tend to kill the cb more with the heavier cue. I think you're right about accuracy problems with the lighter cue because it's a lot easier to twist your wrist with it than with the heavier cue. JMHO.
 
Rickw: that is an interesting observation. Would it be fair to say then that a lighter cue would be a better bet for nine ball, one-pocket etc, and possibly a heavier cue better for straight pool?

I am a big guy and have been playing with a 18.5oz cue for the last year. When I went to a heavier cue (21oz) it was a revelation for me. The game became MUCH easier to play all of a sudden. I have noticed it is harder to get as much action on the cueball with the heavier cue though........
 
I have an observation that might be valid or not.
I have noticed that the players in the pool hall who like very light cues are the elbow-droppers.
The players who like heavier cues seem to be the slip-strokers or short strokers.
 
Raistlin said:
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I am a big guy and have been playing with a 18.5oz cue for the last year. When I went to a heavier cue (21oz) it was a revelation for me. The game became MUCH easier to play all of a sudden. I have noticed it is harder to get as much action on the cueball with the heavier cue though........ [/B]
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Im short but I am was the same way. I like playing with a heavier cue. For some reason I have better control of the speed and action of the cue ball. This might just be me but for some reason 1oz makes a huge difference. My Sigel was 19oz and for some reason it feels so much lighter than my 20oz Pechauer. When I play with my Sigel I feel like I am stroke harder to get more action out of the cue ball because it seems so light and for a long time I was all over the place. When I got my Pechauer it seemed like I didnt have to stroke so hard and I have better control over my shots.
 
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