Hi Sarah! Just read your latest blog post - nice ink! :thumbup:
I had some questions to ask you related to my current situation:
My girlfriend decided in the spring that she didn't want to just watch me shoot anymore and would start learning the game. She took a cue off the wall the first day but all of the house cues at U of I have fiberglass shafts and it just wasn't working for her.
The next day, I brought all of the cues I had, but there were issues with most of them. If it wasn't this, it was that. Suffice to say, this was more than understandable. She's a short 5 feet, I'm a big 6 feet. She has sweaty palms, my hands are bone dry, she has small fingers, I have long fingers, etc. etc.
I put in a feeler for shorter cues here a few months back, but we put the search on hold when we both went home for the summer (I'm from Boston, she's from Manila - both much farther away from Champaign than Bloomington! :lol.
Anyway, since then, I've seen a bunch of the ESPN women's matches (including some of your own!) and noticed that many if not all of the female pros were using what appeared to be full size cues, with the shorter players utilizing a more forward grip hand position.
In general, is this true of most of the female players you've encountered? What about variances in tip diameter? Would you recommend that my girlfriend just get used to using a full size cue from the get go? I know it's largely personal preference, but she doesn't really have an opinion at the moment. Believe it or not, despite being from Manila, she hasn't touched a cue more than 5 times in her life.
Any answers/advice you could give me would be much appreciated :thumbup:
Thanks!
-Alan
I had some questions to ask you related to my current situation:
My girlfriend decided in the spring that she didn't want to just watch me shoot anymore and would start learning the game. She took a cue off the wall the first day but all of the house cues at U of I have fiberglass shafts and it just wasn't working for her.
The next day, I brought all of the cues I had, but there were issues with most of them. If it wasn't this, it was that. Suffice to say, this was more than understandable. She's a short 5 feet, I'm a big 6 feet. She has sweaty palms, my hands are bone dry, she has small fingers, I have long fingers, etc. etc.
I put in a feeler for shorter cues here a few months back, but we put the search on hold when we both went home for the summer (I'm from Boston, she's from Manila - both much farther away from Champaign than Bloomington! :lol.
Anyway, since then, I've seen a bunch of the ESPN women's matches (including some of your own!) and noticed that many if not all of the female pros were using what appeared to be full size cues, with the shorter players utilizing a more forward grip hand position.
In general, is this true of most of the female players you've encountered? What about variances in tip diameter? Would you recommend that my girlfriend just get used to using a full size cue from the get go? I know it's largely personal preference, but she doesn't really have an opinion at the moment. Believe it or not, despite being from Manila, she hasn't touched a cue more than 5 times in her life.
Any answers/advice you could give me would be much appreciated :thumbup:
Thanks!
-Alan