The balance and feel of a cue - Are you the problem?

[Snapshot9]

Many players are sold on how a particular cue feels and the
balance of it, particularly a custom cue.

But what if that person does not have a proper stance
and grip of the cue. Say they bridge too close to the tip,
or they have a particularly long bridge, 12-14", OR their
butt hand is too far forward or too far back at angles
instead of straight down vertically?

Then, to me, the cue would feel different to them than
to someone that had good form. I see many players
that 'back' up on the cue with butt hand on or near
the butt cap, and it looks like the whole cue should
move about 4-5 inches backward for their hands to
be located in the right place.

I see many women that hold the cue too far forward with
their butt hand, and look like they are trying to push the cue
ball instead of stroking it. Surely this affects how the cue
feels to them.

There used to be a saying about where to locate your butt
hand is that you find the balance point, then go halfway
towards the butt and that is about where your butt hand
should grip the cue.

Maybe, the answer for a lot of people to a cue feeling balanced
and right is to correct their bad basic stance and stroke with
the proper way to hold the cue.

How do you feel about this? Is the feel of the cue shaded
by how your form is?

 

[JoeyInCali]

The balance of a cue is so misunderstood imo.
Ponder this for a moment.
You have a cue which balance point is at 18.5 inches from the bottom.
But, right where the balance point is, is a 3/8 steel stud. There are also the pin and a weight bolt at the bottom. Would that cue feel the same as a cue with no bolt, a heavy purpleheart handle and a big joint screw which balance point is also at 18.5" from the bottom? I don't think so.
The balance point of the cue has nothing to do with your grip location imo.

 

[nibrobus]

I find that if the balance point of a cue is too far back, my grip hand moves more toward the butt cap in order to have more weight towards the front of the cue. This happens semi-subconciously and often will mess with my stroke timing. Many times I will miss by a hair or not get my intended spin because of this and lead me to not feeling "comfortable" at the table.