Digicue

BuddyWing

BuddyWing

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Hi ,
I got my Digicue about 1 1/2 weeks ago.
I have been having a blast with it.
I can rack and break 8 ball and can run the rack off with out a buzz. I'm ready to move to the second setting.
I was wondering if any body has used the Digicue in a real game and the good and bad points with it .
Thank you
 
BuddyWing said:
Hi ,
I got my Digicue about 1 1/2 weeks ago.
I have been having a blast with it.
I can rack and break 8 ball and can run the rack off with out a buzz. I'm ready to move to the second setting.
I was wondering if any body has used the Digicue in a real game and the good and bad points with it .
Thank you
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I have not tried it during a game, my son has. Can't really say it has any bad points, aside from maybe some quirks with picking up spin as a "bad" hit.

It's a good tool but won't tell you much past what you probably already knew if you ever have anyone else watch your play.

For those without good helpful players around it would be more useful. It can also be a good feedback tool for players that have issues since the negative feedback of the buzzing should make them focus on trying to make it not buzz vs just someone telling them to stay down, don't twist, don't move tip on shot, etc...

On the other hand I had someone that I knew had issues with their stroke and would miss a lot, they just wanted to take it off so it would stop buzzing. He's say "it's buzzing on every shot". Well, yea, because you have bad mechanics. Can't help those that don't want the help LOL
 
Actually when I field tested the pass around Digicue, I tried playing an actual match and I found it to be a distraction. In a game of 10 ball, I ran the table but was annoyed that the device went off 5 times.....50%....which is terrible but the table was cleared, no object balls were rattled and I had the shape I wanted on every shot........I actually became distracted in the next game trying to quiet the device while I played the next rack. I became contemplative with using it during the actual match and removed it from my cue to for the remainder of the match after the 3rd game in a race to 7. It is a training aid but remember you practice at the range to perfect your skills .....it's the same in pool......toss the training aids in your carry bag or closet when it's time to actually perform......JMO.
 
Bavafongoul said:
Actually when I field tested the pass around Digicue, I tried playing an actual match and I found it to be a distraction. In a game of 10 ball, I ran the table but was annoyed that the device went off 5 times.....50%....which is terrible but the table was cleared, no object balls were rattled and I had the shape I wanted on every shot........I actually became distracted in the next game trying to quiet the device while I played the next rack. I became contemplative with using it during the actual match and removed it from my cue to for the remainder of the match after the 3rd game in a race to 7. It is a training aid but remember you practice at the range to perfect your skills .....it's the same in pool......toss the training aids in your carry bag or closet when it's time to actually perform......JMO.
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So what you are saying that on half the shots you had bad fundamentals LOL
 
Planned for a Xmas gift, I bought a DigiCue (Amazon) for a mid ranked APA teammate with a poke stoke. Of course I had to try it out... looks like I will be ordering another one.
Most of errors appear to be post contact keeping the cue true thru the follow though. Regardless of angle DigiCue is still looking for a true stroke, hit, and follow.
It will never be on my cue other that at home and even then only for stroke tuning/drills.
Out of the box, I hit my 1st ten without vibration on the novice setting, 6 of 10 on mid level and 4 of 10 on advanced.
Not positive I will actually gain much if anything from developing (what I am calling) a "DigiCue acceptable stroke" but for the money, It's worth the challenge.
After I'm done or frustrated enough, I will pass it down and recover some of the cost.
 
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Bca8ball said:
Planned for a Xmas gift, I bought a DigiCue (Amazon) for a mid ranked APA teammate with a poke stoke. Of course I had to try it out... looks like I will be ordering another one.
Most of errors appear to be post contact keeping the cue true thru the follow though. Regardless of angle DigiCue is still looking for a true stroke, hit, and follow.
It will never be on my cue other that at home and even then only for stroke tuning/drills.
Out of the box, I hit my 1st ten without vibration on the novice setting, 6 of 10 on mid level and 4 of 10 on advanced.
Not positive I will actually gain much if anything from developing (what I am calling) a "DigiCue acceptable stroke" but for the money, It's worth the challenge.
After I'm done or frustrated enough, I will pass it down and recover some of the cost.
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There are a few issues with using english and having it register a good hit due to how the shaft moves, so if you get a bit more buzzing than you think you should, just do a few center or high/low shots and see how that works. Side spin is when things can get confusing.
 
I don't know that to be true......bad fundamentals.

Just because the device buzzes does not mean your fundamentals were poor.
It can buzz all day long as far as I'm concerned as long as I am pocketing balls.

No one....that applies to every person living and deceased.....executes pool shots
with perfect fundamentals on each and every shot. Pool is a game of making the
most out of your misses, and I don't mean the object ball...It's referred to as position.

So since no one attains perfect shape on every shot played, is it because they executed
the shots with imperfect or "bad" fundamentals? Nope! Bad fundamentals would result
in not running the table which is not the case. You might argue over the course of a entire
match, etc. but because the Digicue device activated some of the time, it does not mean
one's fundamentals were poor or bad. And know what, even pros have stroke imperfections.

If you did not play with the device on your cue all the time, even in matches, how would you
know when you missed a shot it was because of "bad fundamentals" since the device was
not on your cue? There's no buzzing when you miss a shot when it's not on your cue.

Using it in practice makes sense but in a match, I think it is more of a distraction than of any
real benefit. When I play a match, I do not want to be distracted by anything and so long as
balls are being pocketed without missing & the cue ball goes where intended, that's all that mattersl
 
If you have a natural elbow drop (which there is nothing wrong with) don't waste your time unless your trying to get rid of it. It doesn't like that lol They're plenty of world class players that couldn't use this because of that.
 
BuddyWing said:
Hi ,
I got my Digicue about 1 1/2 weeks ago.
I have been having a blast with it.
I can rack and break 8 ball and can run the rack off with out a buzz. I'm ready to move to the second setting.
I was wondering if any body has used the Digicue in a real game and the good and bad points with it .
Thank you
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I've used it in a practice match. I found it helpful because it alerted me to lazy delivery, especially in safety play. Because of that, I think it's cheating and would never use it in a tournament.

It's a neat tool, I have been able to use side and power draws without it going off on the highest setting quite often. It's difficult, but when I'm making those types of shots without the buzz, my stroke feels very crisp. Other days of course, I end up getting used to it buzzing on every shot. I also do not use a pendulum stroke, my elbow drops about an arms width on most shots.

It doesn't identify if you are cueing across the ball, if you are cueing straight across the ball. I had some issues with my set up earlier this year and was missing everything even though the digicue rarely registered it. I took the digicue off to just focus on alignement without the distraction of the buzzing, and I seem to be back on course.

I would definitely recommend it, but only if one is either is working with a coach or has a strong understanding of fundamentals.
 
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When I tried it the only time it WOULDN'T buzz was when I missed. This was during a session where I had several run outs playing 10 ball on my 9' Diamond with no wobblers. I later figured out that the reason it was buzzing was that my elbow naturally drops after my stroke finishes. I base this opinion on the fact that it buzzes after my stoke had completed. I once tried to make it go off by swinging at the ball with the worst stroke I could muster and got nothing.

Still goes off when I pocket a ball pretty much every time.
 
My fundamentals suck but I get the job done most of the time. The digicue has shown me that I have some serious work to do if I want to get to the next level. I rarely hit more than a few shots without it going off. :(
 
A little update .. even though I struggle to not have it vibrate because of my elbow drop I believe it has helped me. I played for 4 hours yesterday and played consistent. Every stroke was a smooth back stroke and delivery with a long follow through. I think that's a direct result of the work with the digi cue.
 
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