Playing with a Break Cue???????

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I was playing pool at the local ph and I noticed this new guy playing at one of the tables that are usually reserved for the really good players. He was pretty good and made some pretty amazing shots. Well anyways he had this really nice stick and I went over to ask him what it was and to my amazement he was playing with a break stick! His playing cue is really a break stick. Now I know that a lot of people break with their playing cue but I never seen or heard of anyone playing with a break stick.
When I asked him why he played with a break stick he said that he liked the way it feels. Nothing more than that. This had me a little curious and confused. Now what exactly makes a break stick a break stick? Im not talking about a break/jump stick just a plain old break stick. He had awesome control and he played very well. It made me curious, can a break stick be used as a playing cue??? Has anyone ever heard of this?
 
sounds like he just likes sticks that hit stiff and hard. more than a few times i have heard people say, in talking about their break stick, that it's good enough to play with. imo, a break stick is made for one purpose,,,,,,breaking. that's the whole point. so it should be extremely stiff and hard hitting. and unplayable.
 
A break cue isn't necessarily different from a playing cue, other than that it's usually designed simply and reserved for breaking so the playing cue's tip doesn't get worn prematurely. Some break cues have stiff shaft tapers, very hard tips, and are heavier than the playing cue; but not always. My friend breaks with a Cuetec. He refers to it as his break cue, but it plays nicely too.
 
wuts the differences...a stick is a stick....one just has a different feeling like anyother sticks....i see people playing with a pred BK and i've played with it also...not that much of a diff really.
 
Cardinal_Syn said:
wuts the differences...a stick is a stick....one just has a different feeling like anyother sticks....i see people playing with a pred BK and i've played with it also...not that much of a diff really.
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to me, the difference is that a break stick should generate as much energy to the CB on impact, and so should be a hard hitting, stiff hitting cue.

the opposite would be a cue with flex, like say a meucci. if the shaft bends a lot, then it is absorbing the energy and not transfering it to the CB.

what that translates, imo, is that with a stiff, hard break cue, you wouldn't have to hit as hard as you would a more flexable shaft, yet still generate the same amount of force. so you control the CB better.
 
since i only have 2 sticks, both are used as playing sticks,but im now used to playing with the 19 oz i use breaking sticks from pool halls, they are 14 mm, and weighs around 22 oz.
for me, breaking sticks should be heavy and hard.
heavy so that the force would be greater, hard so even at extreme conditions, it wouldnt bend.
 
locki said:
since i only have 2 sticks, both are used as playing sticks,but im now used to playing with the 19 oz i use breaking sticks from pool halls, they are 14 mm, and weighs around 22 oz.
for me, breaking sticks should be heavy and hard.
heavy so that the force would be greater, hard so even at extreme conditions, it wouldnt bend.
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you deliver a heavier CB with a heavy cue. the women should all be breaking with a heavy cue to compensate for the fact that they can't generate cue speed,,,but i bet they don't.
 
Everything I have read on this says that you should break with a cue that is lighter than your playing cue. Not sure that it really matters because I have found that I can come up dry either way.

Regards,
Koop
 
Hmmm.... I break with my playing cue... and I noticed that I break better with it than when I use my break cue.

nbc
 
it's only different if you make it different. Like me i just use my old playing cue for breaking. It'll be different if i put a hard rock tip etc. on the cue. I was playing with a BK...i didn't hav eto compensate for anything...shot the same as with my falcon playing cue. And the BK is meant for breaking not playing.
bruin70 said:
to me, the difference is that a break stick should generate as much energy to the CB on impact, and so should be a hard hitting, stiff hitting cue.

the opposite would be a cue with flex, like say a meucci. if the shaft bends a lot, then it is absorbing the energy and not transfering it to the CB.

what that translates, imo, is that with a stiff, hard break cue, you wouldn't have to hit as hard as you would a more flexable shaft, yet still generate the same amount of force. so you control the CB better.
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nbc said:
Hmmm.... I break with my playing cue... and I noticed that I break better with it than when I use my break cue.

nbc
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yeah, i sometimes break with my playing cue, but i cant hit it very hard since im afraid it would be bent...:D

hey, i see we are from the same country. where are you from?
 
I always thought that a break cue was made differently so that it made it a little stiffer and allowed more of an energy transfer through the cue. The guy that was playing with the break stick seemed to have no problem with ball speed and deflection. He had great position on all shots. I know that they say that when you are good you can play with anything and still be good, but then again what about the opposite? I was just curious as to the possibilities of using a break cue as a playing cue
 
locki said:
yeah, i sometimes break with my playing cue, but i cant hit it very hard since im afraid it would be bent...:D

hey, i see we are from the same country. where are you from?
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Las Pinas.

I play in Coronado a lot... normally, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting around 7pm.

Other days, I play at home.

nbc
 
Aside from a stiffer shaft profile and a 0.5 to 1 mm. bigger/harder tip, I keep the radius of my tip almost flat. This helps cut down unwanted spin thus having a better chance of keeping the CB in the middle of the table. Some people do prefer heavier stick but I for one keep mine weighing the same as my shooting cue.
 
DDKoop said:
Everything I have read on this says that you should break with a cue that is lighter than your playing cue. Not sure that it really matters because I have found that I can come up dry either way.

Regards,
Koop
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you "SHOULD",,, break with whatever feels right.

that's cuz they're all going for cue speed.....like bat speed and club speed. i tend to misshit the CB if i try too hard, so a heavy cue or and energy generating cue is best for me, since i don't have to hit hard.

if i were to use a light cue, i'd have a cuemaker put in a big nasty SS or brass joint,,,,like about 2.5" worth, and a really stiff shaft.

that should be enough to split the CB in two. :):):)
 
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nbc said:
Las Pinas.

I play in Coronado a lot... normally, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting around 7pm.

Other days, I play at home.

nbc
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i see, im from makati, but im still studying at mapua institute of technology in manila, when i have breaks and sometimes before i go home, i play in pool halls around the school...:D
fortunately, i have 3 hours break a day...LOL!
 
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