Pros or cons playing with light shaft (approximately 3.0 oz)

[Fore Rail]

I really don't see any parallels. The stance is different, the swing is different, the scale is slightly different, you only use one ball in golf.

I'd love to know what is similar besides a ball going into a hole, in which case it would be similar to foosball, basketball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, pinball, ball-and-cup...

Just because it is one guy at a time hitting a ball with a stick doesn't make for any equipment or technique crossover.

I'll give your three right now & perhaps more as I have time to think clearly & come up with them.

1) When I'm putting, especially the short ones I keep my head down & listen for the ball to go in the hole. Works for pocketing an object ball as well.

2) When playing pool it is wise to keep the cue ball on the correct side of the next object ball as you play your pattern. In golf it is also pretty damn smart to try & position the ball to the correct part of the fairway to attack the pin.

3) In both golf & pool setup, aim, alignment etc is 100% crucial as a start to hopefully send the cue ball & golf ball on the best path.

 

[DeeDeeCues]

I'll give your three right now & perhaps more as I have time to think clearly & come up with them.

1) When I'm putting, especially the short ones I keep my head down & listen for the ball to go in the hole. Works for pocketing an object ball as well.

2) When playing pool it is wise to keep the cue ball on the correct side of the next object ball as you play your pattern. In golf it is also pretty damn smart to try & position the ball to the correct part of the fairway to attack the pin.

3) In both golf & pool setup, aim, alignment etc is 100% crucial as a start to hopefully send the cue ball & golf ball on the best path.

All the of those apply to when I was playing foosball. Head still when shooting, control the ball movement to where you want it, set up the shit or pass correctly.

That said, the similarity on 2 is a huge stretch.

I don't need an argument, but in some way 1 and 3 apply to most physical games and all high accuracy games like darts, bowling, shooting, etc..

 

[Fore Rail]

All the of those apply to when I was playing foosball. Head still when shooting, control the ball movement to where you want it, set up the shit or pass correctly.

That said, the similarity on 2 is a huge stretch.

I don't need an argument, but in some way 1 and 3 apply to most physical games and all high accuracy games like darts, bowling, shooting, etc..

Just out of curiosity what do you believe is a huge stretch?

 

[DeeDeeCues]

Just out of curiosity what do you believe is a huge stretch?

That navigating a golf course properly is the same as getting shape on a ball. I understand your premise, but I wouldn't say that they are similar.

Maybe our definitions of similar are different. I am talking about crossover techniques or using lessons from equipment from one support and applying it to pool.

I.e. darts is a great way to explain how to jump using the dart stroke (go figure, huh?), but it is also great to explain how to use the mechanical bridge.

I'm probably too pedantic on this one.

 

[Flakeandrun]

If you like how it feels for you, and you've tested it. Then there is no pro or con. If you're feeling good, then it's good.

 

[Flakeandrun]

Thanks for all the responses. I did buy the shaft.

I just got given a Hayakawa KW shaft, around 0.5 lighter than my previous playing shaft. Feels well balanced, and I am liking it so far after a few days play. Let a few players much higher level than myself have a hit with it, and the general consensus was that it's balanced well on my butt, and hits nicely. Most of them had positive things to say, only Delgado agreed with me that the tip sucked. the three or four other pros said the tip was fine.

 

[Bavafongoul]

So many posters miss the point……please think of it this way which is the correct way, IMO.

The weight of any shaft can certainly seem very heavy when you compare it with a lighter weight shaft.

The shaft weight relates to the balance, feel and energy transfer of your stroke. The shaft doesn’t need to be
heavy. I cannot be clearer. A shaft does not need to be 4 ozs. or heavier. Even a shaft as light as 3.25 oz., which
even my biggest pundits should concede is a relatively light weight cue shaft, can be a great match with the
right weight cue butt. I am not blindly endorsing heavy weight cue shafts. I’m referring to weight proportionality of
a cue’s two halves screwed together. And I will remain persistent that the best names in cue making built their cues
with the shaft and cue weights being proportionally matched and consistently within the % weight ratios I posted.

The premise involves the optimum weight match of a shaft to a cue’s butt weight. A 14.75 oz. cue butt will have a target weight range for a shaft that will vary slightly from a lighter 14 oz. butt or a heavier15.25 oz., 15..8 oz,, or 16.5 oz. butt.

A shaft doesn’t have to be 4 ozs. or heavier. Stop that nonsense because I never said it but some readers might have mistakenly inferred it from my thread about a heavier version Kielwood shaft I wanted built. The KW shafts I needed built
had to be at least 4 ozs. so they could match the orig. maple shaft weights my cue maker used when he built my cues.