tomatoshooter
Well-known member
Just went to buy some chalk today. In a stunning example of mission creep, I came out with a Viking Cue with V-Pro shaft and the Predator shaft was half off with the purchase of the cue. So, my $5 shopping trip cane out to $500.
Anyway, about the shaft, it's pretty cool. I've been playing pool seriously for under 2 years and in the last few months I have been working on the sidespin area of my game. I was actually surprised at my progress with a standard maple shaft, I would typically do about bit of backhand english and then add about 50% more up front with a long bridge. I decided it was time to see what the low deflection thing was all about before my game develops more and I have to relearn. After shooting an hour or so, it seems like I can use my bridge hand for most of the english and then sometimes an adjustment with my back hand. It's really weird to have the ball go in the same direction wherever I shift my bridge and I'm adapting pretty well. Some areas, like longer shots, I'm already doing better, on shorter cut shots, I'm relearning things but it's a reasonable adjustment. I find myself thinking "that looks a little off, I should adjust" and my adjustments work. I am surprised at how intuitive this shaft is and am glad I made the leap.
The stock V-Pro shaft is also a very nice shooting shaft if you prefer a solid maple shaft.
Anyway, about the shaft, it's pretty cool. I've been playing pool seriously for under 2 years and in the last few months I have been working on the sidespin area of my game. I was actually surprised at my progress with a standard maple shaft, I would typically do about bit of backhand english and then add about 50% more up front with a long bridge. I decided it was time to see what the low deflection thing was all about before my game develops more and I have to relearn. After shooting an hour or so, it seems like I can use my bridge hand for most of the english and then sometimes an adjustment with my back hand. It's really weird to have the ball go in the same direction wherever I shift my bridge and I'm adapting pretty well. Some areas, like longer shots, I'm already doing better, on shorter cut shots, I'm relearning things but it's a reasonable adjustment. I find myself thinking "that looks a little off, I should adjust" and my adjustments work. I am surprised at how intuitive this shaft is and am glad I made the leap.
The stock V-Pro shaft is also a very nice shooting shaft if you prefer a solid maple shaft.