Pro Player's Tip Radius

[icem3n]

Which tip radius do most Professional pro players prefer using?

 

[Johnnyt]

I don't know the answer, but I'll take a wild guess at "C". Johnnyt

 

[BlowFish]

Looks like a Mezz Tip Tool pix to me.

According to it's website, A = 9, B = 9.5 and C = 10.5

I really have no idea what it represents. I'll take "C".

 

[Black-Balled]

Another vote for 'c'!

 

[MOJOE]

I would venture to guess that many worry about their tip radius much less than you think. JMHO

 

[Snapshot9]

From my experience

Amateurs are concerned much more with the Science aspect of Pool much more so than the Pros are. Where an amateur might want his tip to be exactly 12.5mm, a pro might say, 'Looks good to me'.

An exception to that could be the European players, particularly the German players.

 

[WesleyW]

I've seen the shafts from one pro. It would been "D" if there was a D. It was unbelievable flat. I think a flat tip plays much better.

 

[BillPorter]

I've seen the shafts from one pro. It would been "D" if there was a D. It was unbelievable flat. I think a flat tip plays much better.

I overheard Keith McCready a few years ago, after borrowing a cue to play with and looking at the tip, "I like a flat tip."

 

[hang-the-9]

This flat tip preference is a bit odd for me. I have read, and experienced, that a rounder tip allows you more english with a softer stoke, and that higher level players preferred a rounder tip due to that. I think you have the "dime" rounded and "nickel" flatter radius. I can't pin-point the reference to the pros like tips more rounded, but I am sure I have read that.

 

[metallicane]

Kim Davenport used to play with a flat tip.

 

[hang-the-9]

Kim Davenport used to play with a flat tip.

Did he have a compact stroke? I wonder if players that shoot in the style of Efren or Busta like rounded tips, where the shorter stoke players like flatter tips.