Is it legal to use permanent marker to mark spots on the shaft?

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As above, I'm wondering if it is legal in tournament to use a shaft that has been marked with black points or whatever to help train my speed control. Say I mark evenly spaced points so that if I smoothly accelerate the cue, I get desired cue ball speed at contact. Appreciate the feedback!
 
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learn to play first. then when you pick up the cue it will be where it belongs in your hands and you will automatically have a feeling for the speed you need.

depend on a crutch and you will never walk well without one.
 
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I put a piece of tape on my ferrule, so that I can tell if I twisted the cue during my stroke. Is that legal during tournament play?
 
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Pubo said:
As above, I'm wondering if it is legal in tournament to use a shaft that has been marked with black points or whatever to help train my speed control. Say I mark evenly spaced points so that if I smoothly accelerate the cue, I get desired cue ball speed at contact. Appreciate the feedback!
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Sure, they actually made similar shafts with lines on them to help align the shaft for aiming and grain (the Meucci dot shafts were made so you put the dot at the top, and I think Tiger made a shaft with several lines long it).
 
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Year ago someone made a shaft that had lines built into it that went from tip to joint. Today certain LD shafts you can tell where they glued the wood together and use that as a marker.
 
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At the time of the Galveston tournaments (Sept. 2009) I was using a wood shaft and I marked the ferrule so I could have the same stick rotation on each shot. At the start of a one pocket match, my opponent looked at my cue stick, claimed the mark was an aiming device, and ran over to the TD to get me disqualified. The TD told him to go away.

I put a mark next to his name in my notebook. About a 730 FR player.
 
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Renegade_56 said:
yeah, that isn't why the red dots were there.
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From PoolDawg:

Unlike the Predator "pie" structure, the black dot shaft Meucci stacks the 35 layers as you can see in the image. The black dot on the shaft marks the area where there is less than 2% spine differential for those who can detect the slight nuances this may cause.

Also from the Meucci site on the red dot shaft it talks about "perfect positioning", meaning when you orient the dot to the top, it gives the most consistent flex according to what Meucci states it is. http://meuccicues.com/meuccishafts.html

I remember when they came out, their idea of the dots was not just as a way of branding the model of the shaft but as a point of flex in the wood, the idea was that if you oriented it the same way, the hit is more consistent and it would also have lower deflection if used that way. Probably from a practical view it really did not matter much at all at the table.
 
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hang-the-9 said:
From PoolDawg:

Unlike the Predator "pie" structure, the black dot shaft Meucci stacks the 35 layers as you can see in the image. The black dot on the shaft marks the area where there is less than 2% spine differential for those who can detect the slight nuances this may cause.

Also from the Meucci site on the red dot shaft it talks about "perfect positioning", meaning when you orient the dot to the top, it gives the most consistent flex according to what Meucci states it is. http://meuccicues.com/meuccishafts.html
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exactly, the dot was to mark the spine of the shaft, and since it was there anyway if you choose to use it as an aiming aid or sight, so be it. I'm pretty sure they would not mark the shaft at all were it not for selling the idea of locating the spine for consistency. They certainly didn't before, or since.
 
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I don't think you can use it for a measuring device. Too many different rule sets but:
The equipment must meet existing WPA equipment specifications. In general, players are not
permitted to introduce novel equipment into the game. The following uses, among others, are
considered normal. If the player is uncertain about a particular use of equipment, he should
discuss it with the tournament management prior to the start of play. The equipment must be
used only for the purpose or in the manner that the equipment was intended. (See 6.17
Unsportsmanlike Conduct.)
 
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Renegade_56 said:
exactly, the dot was to mark the spine of the shaft, and since it was there anyway if you choose to use it as an aiming aid or sight, so be it. I'm pretty sure they would not mark the shaft at all were it not for selling the idea of locating the spine for consistency. They certainly didn't before, or since.
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Yes I did not mean they were there for aiming, but they were still marking the shaft with something and nothing was said about it. I can't find the other shaft I have seen that had 4 lines on it, pretty sure it was from Tiger.
 
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hang-the-9 said:
Yes I did not mean they were there for aiming, but they were still marking the shaft with something and nothing was said about it. I can't find the other shaft I have seen that had 4 lines on it, pretty sure it was from Tiger.
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Bob Jewett said:
At the time of the Galveston tournaments (Sept. 2009) I was using a wood shaft and I marked the ferrule so I could have the same stick rotation on each shot. At the start of a one pocket match, my opponent looked at my cue stick, claimed the mark was an aiming device, and ran over to the TD to get me disqualified. The TD told him to go away.

I put a mark next to his name in my notebook. About a 730 FR player.
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What if the mark on your ferrule was in the shape of an arrow pointing towards the tip? Aiming device?
 
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