Different cue for different game

Three.Two.N.D.

Three.Two.N.D.

Pogi_One
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Was wondering if anybody here uses a different cue for a different game (9 ball, 10 ball, 1p, banks...)? I kno you shud be able to use one cue for all games but i have so many cues i like dat i want to find a way to use them all. doesnt help dat none of them were cheap either.. HEHE. If it helps here are my cues 1) 59'' inch viattorre, 20 oz. 2) mezz w/ wd700 shaft, 19.5 oz. 3) joss SS joint, 19.5 oz. thanks for any help.
 
I have always wondered that myself. Hopefully you get some good responses. I guess the way I look at, golfers have a variety of clubs for different shots (not that one cant putt with a driver it just isn't the best club for it) so on would think pool players might have different shafts for different shots. A delicate little touch shot is not the same monster as a full table stop shot!

Chris
 
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If you truly care about your pool game and want to play better at any of those games, I think you should stick to one cue. It's fine to collect other cues because you like their looks (that one in your avatar with the switchblade inlay... awesome).

But pool is about consistency. It's what separates the guy who can run an open table from the guy who always WILL run it. You cannot possibly help your consistency by switching all the time between three different cues with slightly different weights and tips and shafts. If you just finished shooting 9 ball sets for 2 hours and switch to an 8 ball set, are you really going to throw away your feel for that cue and switch to a different one? You figure that will help you?
 
I agree with CreeDo that playing with one cue is better for consistency. But given that you have several cues and want to play with all of them I would say the better way to go about it is to rotate them as your player every once in a while. Even if you play every day and rotate them each day at least you will be familiar with each so it won't take long to adjust to it. Then you are good for the day. That would be a better way to go about it than to be changing cues every time you change games.
 
When I was an APA LO, one guy in my league used to bring a 10" PVC pipe, filled with 10-12 cues, to league each week. He would screw one together, and shoot until he missed (usually 2-3 shots), then put it away and take another one out and do the same thing. By the end of the match, he would have gone through every cue, at least once. He was the butt of every joke in the place. Moral: Use one cue for your player, as DogsPlayingPool suggested. Switch out every once in awhile, if you want to play with all of your cues.

The analogy of golf clubs to pool cues is totally irrelevant. Different clubs are built for different things. Pool cues are basically all built the same, for the same purpose.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
I do have a couple cues I use, but I dont really change them for the game as much as I change them for the table... I play at one place that has very fast cloth I use a different shaft (314) at times on those tables. On the table I usually play on I use a shaft that has a harder smaller tip and a stiffer flex as it takes more effort to get around the table with the slower cloth... I find that cue/shaft/tip more comfortable to do that. (ZShaft). Though it may also be in my mind more than anything, I think Im more comfortable and feel more accurate using the 314 for games like 8ball, & 1pocket (shorter position games)... and more comfortable playing the Z for 9-10 ball (longer position games). Would be comfortable playing either one in any situation though..
 
Three.Two.N.D. said:
Was wondering if anybody here uses a different cue for a different game (9 ball, 10 ball, 1p, banks...)? I kno you shud be able to use one cue for all games but i have so many cues i like dat i want to find a way to use them all. doesnt help dat none of them were cheap either.. HEHE. If it helps here are my cues 1) 59'' inch viattorre, 20 oz. 2) mezz w/ wd700 shaft, 19.5 oz. 3) joss SS joint, 19.5 oz. thanks for any help.
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I do, I have been building my own cues for a few years and I use three different cues, all for different games.

I use a 59 inch cue that weights 18.6 oz and that has two 12.75 mm shafts for 9 ball and 8 ball. The shafts are slightly flexible because of the extra spin my stroke allows me to apply.

I use a 60 inch cue that weights 18.6 and has two 13.25 mm very stiff shafts when playing 1 Pocket, the handle area is smaller in diameter. This again according my stroke allows me to have a longer reach and better ball control. I also use this cue when playing Banks, for the same reasons given above.

I use a cue that is 56 1/2 inches long and that weights 18 oz for 3-Cushion Billiards. This cue has two 12mm shafts that become 13mm very very quickly. This cue has the most stiffly taper shaft I own, and it allows maximum cue ball control / spin control.

I am not saying that this is the norm for everyone, because playing equipment is totally an individual option that may work well for one and no one else. I think everyone has to find what works best for themselves and this takes time, I totally disagree with buying every new thing that comes along. Once you find what works there is no reason to change only to practice, practice, practice!!!

Take care
 
I have two shafts for one cue (identical as can be). On one shaft is a medium-hard tip and on the other is a hard tip. I use the hard tip for thos games (like 9-ball) that are more power orrented, and the other shaft for games (like 14.1) that are more precision orrented.
 
Thanks for the replies yall. Will probably decide which cue i lik best and stick wit dat one. But still switch from time to time jus so i can use my other cues. Thx
 
Scott Lee said:
The analogy of golf clubs to pool cues is totally irrelevant. Different clubs are built for different things. Pool cues are basically all built the same, for the same purpose.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Golf clubs are are designed to do the same thing - move the ball a given distance. I suppose that 'given distance' thing differentiates the function of each that it necessitates multiple clubs, however, would one be served better by using a different shaft for different shots on the pool table?

Consistency has been mentioned but is only a part of the equation because from shaft to shaft, the material of choice is inconsistent. No one piece of maple will give you the same feel as another. So of course it makes sense to familiarize yourself with one shaft. What if cuetec was onto something?! Graphite shafts that could be made in such a way to maintain consistency regardless of which shaft you used!

Most people would agree that the taper on a break cue is different from a normal playing cue. So why not have a different taper for one pocket vs 9 ball?

Chris
 
A stroke ,and brain waves

Ray Schuler had like 12 different tapers. I think the weight of the shafts will favor different games. Szamboti made heavy cues so you could play all the games,and break. 14.1 needs a different shaft,than 8 ball or nine,or ten ball. Bank players . Cues have different pivot points,this is where the difference lies in the ability's of each shaft. I use many different combo 's of tips and ferrules on top of the shaft weights and diameters.think of snooker. mark
 
I use a different cue on a barbox that a 9' box. And for snooker I have a snooker cue, and a billiards cue for 3C


You can't play all games with one cue,
 
different cues make sense

Different cues for different shots make sense. A long straight shot is easier to make with a comparatively heavy cue, the light touch shots in One Pocket and Straight seem to favor a lighter stick. I would think a few different sticks for different shots more than for different games. Since different games have more of one type of shot than others swapping sticks for games makes sense, sorta.

To invoke the name, Efren has been videoed playing with one cue and swapping to a different cue just for certain shots. This wasn't the longer cue, just a cue he favored for fairly rare shots, only a few in a match. Still a mystery what the difference was between the cues, perhaps only Efren knows.

Hu
 
I have never understood the reasoning for having cues for different games. Like a lot of the game, I believe a lot of that is just mental. I'm perfectly happy using the same cue for every game. I use a hard tip, so that goes for everything from breaking to playing. As long as the tip is decent and holds chalk, it really shouldn't matter imho. I'm thinking about downgrading to a jointed bar cue with a decent tip. Maybe that's my problem, I keep buying banking cues. :confused:
 
Just apply the CreeDo straight face test:

If your opponent claimed he missed a shot or blew shape because he failed to switch to a different cue, do you accept it as a valid excuse or laugh in his face?
 
Just what we need, something to slow the game down more like changing sticks or switching shafts on every shot. :boring2: As far as I'm concerned there should be a one cue rule. OK, break cue excepted.
 
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