Pool Cue Weight
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The answer is, whatever you like playing with. There is no single best thing for everyone, even if there is some scientific thing that shows one is better than the other. I do find that most players not familiar with the game go for a heavier cue, if you look at some random people hunting around for a house cue, most are looking for a 20 or 21 oz one. Most experienced players go with a low 19 or high 18 oz cue, quite a few of the pros play with an over 21 oz cue however, and a longer one, because it keeps the shot on the line straighter. Some don't. Personal preference.
Seems like I’m the only weirdo around here that likes rear balance…
I like a bit rear or neutral balance. Front balance feels odd, especially that heavy break shaft Pechaur or Jacoby did, it's like I'm being pulled towards the shot and don't have as much control.
Haha, with rear balanced cue I feel my cue is being pushed from behind sort of sideways and refuses to smoothly go forward.
What is rear and front balanced for you?
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phreaticus
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Agree 100%, all comes down to our personal anatomy & preferences. I also have long monkey arms, big hands, and grip the cue at the end of the butt most of the time. On 58-59” cues, best feeling balance for me is 17-17.5” from the buttcap. I think most folks will find 18” ish to be sort of a neutral zone, 19-21” = forward balanced, 16-17” = rear balanced. My preferred weight is anywhere in the 18.75-19.5 oz range.
I’ve shared this a few times before when this topic comes up. Here is an interesting old article on cue balance by Bob Meucci, where he advocates rear balanced cues & his logic behind it.
Proper Pool Cue Balance
There has been over the years a lot of conversation about the balance of cue sticks, both in the U.
www.sportsandrecreationcrossing.com
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That sounds like you are guiding the cue with your muscles too much instead of just letting it go forward with the stoke. If you are lined up straight on the shot, and the elbow collapse is also straight on the shot line, a heavy and rear weighted cue would just slide forward like a pendulum.
I never measured the exact balance point or wright of the cues I like and don't like the balance of, I just know it when I hit with it. If I feel the stick feeling a bit hollow with my back hand of the weight on it, that is when I don't like the balance much.
I don't think so. This feeling of cue pushing off line is most pronounced on rails shots, or any shot were grip has to be a little more forward.
I grip the cue at the end most of the time. I too go by like it or not like on almost everything.
The preferred weight for a playing cue is a very personal thing, but there is an optimal weight for each individual for a break cue per the info here:
