Soft Tip vs Hard Tip for Straight Pool Play

unicorncomputer

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I would like to get your opinion on whether you prerfer a soft or hard tip for playing straight pool and why?

Is it just preference or is there a science behind it?

Steve Hathaway
 
I don't have a preference. It's just whatever floats your boat. That's just my opinion.
 
unicorncomputer said:
I would like to get your opinion on whether you prerfer a soft or hard tip for playing straight pool and why?

Is it just preference or is there a science behind it?

Steve Hathaway
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My personal preference for rotation games is a Tiger (Hard). For straight pool, I like a Sniper (Med Hard; however very grippy).

The thought behind this is that straight pool is a more nip & tuck oriented came. Lots of close quarters spin shots. The grippier Sniper helps a lot here. With the rotation games (9-Ball, 10-Ball), you have to shoot much longer distances and really power whitey around. With there being far less tip movement in a Tiger (Hard), I find it to be more accurate.
 
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use the same tip and same cue you always use......

isn't 14.1 hard enough??????? without changing everything with an equipment swap??

a good player will play well with anything that will hold chalk.. Bob Jewett says he can run a table with frayed wood :thumbup:

equipment matters.... but it doesn't matter enough to seperate two players skill... provided the players are using the same quality equipment.. if his cue doesn't have a tip either... we are even....

in 14.1 cueball control is EVERYTHING..stick with what you know.... changing the recipe now will just leave you out of position....

control what you can control.. and the results will be what they are...
 
softshot said:
use the same tip and same cue you always use......

isn't 14.1 hard enough??????? without changing everything with an equipment swap??

a good player will play well with anything that will hold chalk.. Bob Jewett says he can run a table with frayed wood :thumbup:

equipment matters.... but it doesn't matter enough to seperate two players skill... provided the players are using the same quality equipment.. if his cue doesn't have a tip either... we are even....

in 14.1 cueball control is EVERYTHING..stick with what you know.... changing the recipe now will just leave you out of position....

control what you can control.. and the results will be what they are...
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Some people have a "prefferred" or "most played" game. For example, I may play straight pool once every two years. Referencing my above post, I play about 80% rotation games, and 18% 8-Ball, that'd be why I prefer the hard tip. If I played straight pool as much as rotation games, the Sniper would satisfy the majority of my needs.
 
I pretty much excusively play straight pool and one pocket, and haven't found a tip I like better than the sniper. It's on all my shafts.
 
Thank you. Seems like a couple of you like the sniper, is it available in most places? I think I might try one.
 
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