Dr Dave is wrong, it hugely depends on the chalk brand and the chalk condition.
I went to a pool hall the other day where they give a chalk that is unknown to me at least, it’s color doesn’t matter but just to describe it to you guys it was light green, it also looked very old in use, I don’t know how to describe it but it feels very hard.
I got my own cue and my own tip, I gave it a try, and with that chalk I will misscue with any shot that require spin, literally I must hit very close to center in order to not miscue with that chalk.
After that I got my own chalk out of my case, it was the magic chalk brand which is a very very good chalk, and now I can hit extreme spin and extreme follow shots and no miscue. Oh I was chalking every 3-4 shots with the magic chalk.
This alone proves that brand matters.
By the way I’m not a big fan of magic chalk either because it is so messy and my hands turns blue after using them, even though their performance is solid, I don’t miscue if I use magic chalk, but man they are so messy and that’s why I don’t use them unless I have to.
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