Do you use a DIFFERENT Cue, for Different Pool Games

[PoolSleuth]

Curious how many of you use a Different Weight cue, for Different Games, (i.e. 8 Ball, 9 Ball, One Pocket, or Straight Pool).

If you do what games do you prefer a Heavier Cue, or Lighter Cue, and WHY....

 

[ceebee]

Curious how many of you use a Different Weight cue, for Different Games, (i.e. 8 Ball, 9 Ball, One Pocket, or Straight Pool).

If you do what games do you prefer a Heavier Cue, or Lighter Cue, and WHY....

I use my Pechauer or my Black or my Ingram or my Huebler or my Auerbach to play Pocket Billiards. I use a genuine English made Snooker Cue (plus the accompanying extension handle when needed) with an ASH Shaft to play Snooker or GOLF on a Snooker Table.

 

[CaptainJR]

I'll be watching this thread. Been wondering if maybe a lighter cue for bar boxes would help. I seem to come up short on 9ft. table and sometimes long on bar boxes. Wondering if maybe using a lighter cue on the bar boxes would help this out. My stick is 19.3oz. Maybe next time I play on a bar box I'll try to find a 17oz. house stick and see what happens.

 

[Snapshot9]

Well

I'll be watching this thread. Been wondering if maybe a lighter cue for bar boxes would help. I seem to come up short on 9ft. table and sometimes long on bar boxes. Wondering if maybe using a lighter cue on the bar boxes would help this out. My stick is 19.3oz. Maybe next time I play on a bar box I'll try to find a 17oz. house stick and see what happens.

That might work if you hit the ball 1 speed all the time, but most players adjust their speed depending on the shot ... lol
Hope the girls don't see this thread, Pink for 8 ball, Blue for 9 ball.... lol

 

[Kyo]

I use a snooker cue for regular UK 8 ball. Tables and balls are a lot smaller.

 

[Andrew Manning]

I'll be watching this thread. Been wondering if maybe a lighter cue for bar boxes would help. I seem to come up short on 9ft. table and sometimes long on bar boxes. Wondering if maybe using a lighter cue on the bar boxes would help this out. My stick is 19.3oz. Maybe next time I play on a bar box I'll try to find a 17oz. house stick and see what happens.

I wouldn't be surprised if you see the exact opposite of the intended effect. I have more trouble hitting slower shots with a light cue than a heavy cue. I think it's because the lighter cue has less inertia, and a small muscle impulse accelerates the cue faster. This inertia difference is most jarring on light shots where you're looking for a gentle movement of the cue. A lighter cue on these shots produces a more jerky stroke, I think.

Back on topic, I think it would make sense to use a stiffer cue with more feedback for straight pool where precise cue ball movements usually without much action are required, and a lower-squirt cue for nine-ball where you juice the cueball up more frequently. One-pocket and 8-ball woud fall somewhere in between, I guess.

-Andrew

 

[StevenPWaldon]

I use the same cue but different shafts for different games.

1-pocket and straight pool I use my shaft with a thinner tip and longer taper. It's roughly 12.0 mm, with a 16" taper.

8-ball and 9-ball (on 9' tables) I use a different shaft; the tip diameter is almost identical but the taper is a a tiny bit stronger, making the shaft less whippy when playing multi-rail position shots. It's 12.1mm with a 14.5" taper.

-SW

Curious how many of you use a Different Weight cue, for Different Games, (i.e. 8 Ball, 9 Ball, One Pocket, or Straight Pool).

If you do what games do you prefer a Heavier Cue, or Lighter Cue, and WHY....

 

[abbassi]

light cue, thin shaft, soft tip for one-pocket and finesse shots. Hard tip, heavier cue (19 oz.) for 9 or 8 ball. Find it hard to finesse soft tricky spin shots with a heavier cue or a predator.