Snooker cue for 9 ball?
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Flex said:
All the people I know that have done this have gone back to regular pool cues. Why do you want a Snooker cue for pool?? The good Canadian players that I've met were mostly former Snooker players and all use pool cues for pool. You might want to think about why Allison, Karen, and Julie play with pool cues and they are all former Snooker Champions.
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I have a Dufferin with a 10mm LePro tip. Mine is 30 odd years old and I like the precise control with this shaft. If you look arounf you may be able to find one.
However, I also have a 60" Predator Z with and 11.5 mm LePro tip and it is quite similar to a snooker cue. As much as I like the Dufferin the Predator is that little bit stiffer. Because it is a laminated shaft there is less defelection and I find that it is the "better" playing shaft for 8, 9 and 14.1. I have preferred a snooker cue for over 40 years and the change to a Z has lead to a better game. I would say that it is worth looking into the Predator.
BTW I do not think that one laminated shaft is all that much better than another. I stumbed on the the "thin" Predator and found I like it. There may be others.
However, I also have a 60" Predator Z with and 11.5 mm LePro tip and it is quite similar to a snooker cue. As much as I like the Dufferin the Predator is that little bit stiffer. Because it is a laminated shaft there is less defelection and I find that it is the "better" playing shaft for 8, 9 and 14.1. I have preferred a snooker cue for over 40 years and the change to a Z has lead to a better game. I would say that it is worth looking into the Predator.
BTW I do not think that one laminated shaft is all that much better than another. I stumbed on the the "thin" Predator and found I like it. There may be others.
I'd use a z-shaft, or get a custom cue made by Parris http://www.parris-cues.co.uk/home.html like Steve Davis did.
I've played various American pool games with my Snooker cue but it's probably not ideal for some shots.
I've played various American pool games with my Snooker cue but it's probably not ideal for some shots.
Hi Craig,
This past weekend in Las Vegas, I watched one of your countrymen miss-cue several times per set attempting to play bar box nine ball with his snooker cue. Think twice. Perhaps three times. Sorry, I don't remember his name.
Lyn
This past weekend in Las Vegas, I watched one of your countrymen miss-cue several times per set attempting to play bar box nine ball with his snooker cue. Think twice. Perhaps three times. Sorry, I don't remember his name.
Lyn
Flex said:
just have yourself an 11mm shaft and a super pro taper. though I can play with those snooker cues with brass ferrule, I don't prefer them nor recommend them. Ash woods are stiff, but lacks some feel and feedback in them.
IMO and experience with snooker cues, they are good for accuracy but lacks the necessary CB action that a pool cue could do. probably due to the tip size which can go way below 10mm. I had used a 9mm.
cardiac kid said:
the problem here is that the tip is too small for the balls. thus, miscuing happens alot.
Flex said:
why ?? big mistake imo
All of the guys around here who converted from snooker to pool and tried to use their snooker cue as a pool cue have now also converted to pool cues. I'm not a snooker player, so I can't tell if it was because their play would improve or if it was just to stop all of the "get a pool cue dude" comments from folks that play on both 12' and 9' tables regularly (almost all of our better players around here are both snooker and pool players).
Dave
Dave
Hail Mary Shot said:
Hmmm.... well, I did have Schmelke make me a custom cocobolo sneaky pete with an 11 mm shaft, a 1/4 inch ferrule, a 16 inch pro taper, 19 ounces weight. Plays jam up. In essence, what I have is pretty close to a snooker cue then.
Do you think that a maple or ash shaft is better for this kind of cue?
Flex
You do gain a fair amount of accuracy with the smaller tip, in regards to pocketing balls, however it takes a tramendous amount of a skill to strike the cue dead center when you don't want any side spin. Just a fraction off center will impart a lot of unwanted spin on the cue ball making it difficult to control the cue ball.
It takes a very good player with a lot of warm up to keep from over spinning the cue ball. Many times you will be two and out in tournament play before you get the feel of this small tip.
You will find that in order to play well you will quit fighting the extra spin and instead find yourself adding more spin. Instead of fighting the unwanted spin you will decide to join it. Now you will really have a complicated game.
I played with such a thing for many years, but I played every day for hours and hours at a time. When I was in tune with it I was hard to beat.
Eventually I saw that that I needed more consistancy with my game and went to a happy medium for me which was a 12.25 mm.
My advise is don't do it.
It takes a very good player with a lot of warm up to keep from over spinning the cue ball. Many times you will be two and out in tournament play before you get the feel of this small tip.
You will find that in order to play well you will quit fighting the extra spin and instead find yourself adding more spin. Instead of fighting the unwanted spin you will decide to join it. Now you will really have a complicated game.
I played with such a thing for many years, but I played every day for hours and hours at a time. When I was in tune with it I was hard to beat.
Eventually I saw that that I needed more consistancy with my game and went to a happy medium for me which was a 12.25 mm.
My advise is don't do it.
Where's Gwapo at? Hell, Boyes beat the hell out of almost everyone with a snooker cue at the ipt world open in reno. I couldn't believe my eyes. It looked like he was playing with a drinking straw. If a snooker cue limits your ability in other games, someone forgot to tell Karl.
Flex said:
what are you babbling about?
Flex said:
it depends if you prefer something with feedback. for me, I prefer the maple over the ash. the ash is just too dead for me. it's like shooting with nothing. and I don't recommend you going down 9mm, eventhough I shoot extremely well with that tip size. you're just going to be fine with your 11mm. you're between the best of both worlds with that tip size. as you go farther down with the tip size, be ready to shorten your stroke as well.
anyway, since you've inquired about certain snooker production cues, try players. and see it if does fit your playing style. try 10mm for starters. if it doesn't work, you still have your schmelke.
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