Practicing with unchalked tip...
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This might be helpful if you are practicing center-ball hit on the cue ball only. If you are using english, your chance to mis-cue is greatly increased.
A friend of mine, doesn't chalk his break cue. He does this to ensure he's hitting the cue ball dead-center.
8JIM9
This might be helpful if you are practicing center-ball hit on the cue ball only. If you are using english, your chance to mis-cue is greatly increased.
A friend of mine, doesn't chalk his break cue. He does this to ensure he's hitting the cue ball dead-center.
8JIM9
Real Bartram,
I'm not sure what your comment means. Maybe you think you can hit the cue ball harder with a chalked tip. That's really not true. Or maybe you think he'll mis-cue a lot. That's not true either. Remember, he's only using an unchalked tip for the break. What he shows me with this teahnique,is his VERY REPEATABLE stroke, even at HIGH SPEED. If you believe you have a stroke, try it yourself.
8JIM9
I'm not sure what your comment means. Maybe you think you can hit the cue ball harder with a chalked tip. That's really not true. Or maybe you think he'll mis-cue a lot. That's not true either. Remember, he's only using an unchalked tip for the break. What he shows me with this teahnique,is his VERY REPEATABLE stroke, even at HIGH SPEED. If you believe you have a stroke, try it yourself.
8JIM9
8JIM9...Absolutely true here. If you try to stroke the CB with NO chalk (not even residue), you will miscue when shooting any distance off the vertical axis of the CB. Your friend's idea about the break is a solid one.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
also I practice with an unchalked tip when I am doing quick & lazy long straight in stop shots to warmup. I stop the cue ball, and use the stopped cue ball as an object ball, set up a straight shot with a new object ball. I don't like chalking because I don't like getting the balls dirty for later on.
Interesting idea. I wonder if it would be worth practicing perfecting this for other shots.
That's an awesome idea! I just had a white tip put on my break cue (Black ferrule) cause i thought it would look cool. It does, except it's like a white crayon on the table. When I break I have to make sure my 20" follow through isn't hitting the table. When it does the table has a long white line cause on it. So I put a coat of wax on my tips sides to give it a "coating" so to speak. The first break I had I miscued hard. I looked at the tip and really hit on the outer end. I chalk the hell outta my tip normally. I must have had wax on it this time...this is why I miscued. I am going to clean all the chalk..and wax off it and practice center ball hits on my breaks. Now I just gotta remember to keep the tip (white crayon) off the table.
Thanks! :thumbup:
It's an interesting thought.
I have been told a player doesn't want chalk on his break cue because the soft powder 'pads' it a little and the ball doesn't spring off the tip as hard. Sort of like hitting with a pillow instead of a baseball bat. I think I read it in a book somewhere actually. They went on to say a beat, worn and shiny tip is ideal. That's why doing this with a house cue works surprisingly well.
Any truth to this?
I have been told a player doesn't want chalk on his break cue because the soft powder 'pads' it a little and the ball doesn't spring off the tip as hard. Sort of like hitting with a pillow instead of a baseball bat. I think I read it in a book somewhere actually. They went on to say a beat, worn and shiny tip is ideal. That's why doing this with a house cue works surprisingly well.
Any truth to this?
I'd look at it like this maybe... Say that the leather tip of a break cue is porous on a microscopic level. After you've applied the chalk, you're then slamming the tip into another hard object that is not porous. This forces the chalk down into what little pores the leather might have, filling it up, and eventually making it more dense and solid than it was originally. I think if you only broke with this cue, the tip would only become more dense and more compact, which would give you a marginally harder break over time. This would support your house cue theory as those tips have been used for a while and so would be more dense and packed than a new tip.