Recreational player one cue do it all

[Buzzard II]

Maniac, I totally agree with your point. That's why the math features twins. But in reality it was all about the OP and his choice. Both brothers are one. Which road you chose...

 

[hang-the-9]

This has gone on too long. Look at the OP question as a math problem.

Twin brothers both with the same athletic ability and eye/hand coordination. They both have $400. to spend on their new hobby, pool. Brother a. Adam, takes his $400 and buys a cool LD cue. Brother b. Bob, takes $80. and buys a Players sneaky Pete, another $20. for a case and spends the remaining $300. on six hourly lessons from the local Pro who happens to specialize in stroke and SPF training.

Both brothers practice ten hours a week for the next year. Who will be the better player?

For the next year both brothers practice and play ten hours a week. At the end of that year who is the better player?

My simple contention is that Bob, if he were to gamble, would not only still be the better player but would have won enough money from Adam and their friends to both buy a super nice Mezz with LD shaft and lessons from a pro well known for position training.

No one can really tell the OP what the best course is. But maybe he should look at it as a math problem.

But the question is what cue to get, aside from money or time spent on anything else. Of course if you just buy stuff without knowing how to use it someone with cheaper stuff can do better. If you spend $30,000 on gas and another guy spends 29,000 on a car and 1,000 on gas the one with the car can drive further LOL

Cost is not even a real issue here, up to a point. Seems $200 is just as good as $100. Starting from the same point and getting the same training, the person with an LD shaft is more likely to improve faster and probably stay ahead in the long run since there is less guessing about where to aim.