Tip hardness and feel

[pete lafond]

I play with what I thought was a reasonably hard tip (Schon tips). In another post in this forum I was told that Schon has a medium tip. In any event I feel that playing with these tips I get a good cue ball feel. English is controllable and draw is very predictable at any cue to object distance. Soft or firm stroke it really feels like I can control the cue with ease as if I were moving the cue ball with my hands.

My question, do pros play with a soft tip? And should I consider changing to soft and learn to control it? (Soft tips create much to much action for me)

 

[CaptainJR]

I start with a soft tip, then I think when it gets broke in it is hard without getting to hard. I think?

 

[vapoolplayer]

My question, do pros play with a soft tip? And should I consider changing to soft and learn to control it? (Soft tips create much to much action for me)

this is a question that really has NO answer.........LOL..........pro players are just like everyone else in the fact that they all have their own preferences on what they play with. some of them don't even know what kind of tip they play with.

i would have to say that most probably play with a medium, as that has been the answer i've gotten when i've asked several the same question, but you will have plenty that play with a soft and hard.

thanks

VAP

 

[vapoolplayer]

I start with a soft tip, then I think when it gets broke in it is hard without getting to hard. I think?

i see alot of people saying this and it confuses me??? if you start with a soft and then it gets hard without being to hard.........then why not just start off with a tip that is the hardness that you like to begin with??? being consistant is so much easier when you dont start throwing variables in. IMO using a tip that changes that much is another variable.

thats one of the reasons i use a hard tip. i love the feel, and it changes the least. a soft tip will mushroom more and eventually harden up, a medium will do the same but not as much, and a hard tip for the most part holds its shape and just stays hard........

just my opinion as people have their own feels and if the soft tip feels good......use it.

thanks

VAP

 

[dandydude]

i see alot of people saying this and it confuses me??? if you start with a soft and then it gets hard without being to hard.........then why not just start off with a tip that is the hardness that you like to begin with??? being consistant is so much easier when you dont start throwing variables in. IMO using a tip that changes that much is another variable.

thats one of the reasons i use a hard tip. i love the feel, and it changes the least. a soft tip will mushroom more and eventually harden up, a medium will do the same but not as much, and a hard tip for the most part holds its shape and just stays hard........

just my opinion as people have their own feels and if the soft tip feels good......use it.

thanks


Pros play with hard tips mostly morri's. The harder the tip the better the performance you get on english off the cue ball. Soft tips are the past, hard tips are the future.

 

[Billy_Bob]

I experimented with using a soft tip, worked great for soft shots, draw, english, etc. But then I needed to shoot a hard shot....

My hard shot left a "concave dent" in the tip from where it hit the cue ball.

So if you *never* need to shoot hard, OK. But otherwise I would suggest medium or hard. (I use hard.)

BTW I heard of *some* pros in the past starting with a soft tip, then compressing them in a vise to make them hard. Or banging their shaft on the ground 100 times when they get a new tip to make it hard. (I don't know if they do this any more with all the good quality tips available?)

So I suppose if you ask, they will say they use a soft tip. But it is actually a hard tip after the squishing/banging treatment.

And I suggest every serious player at some point experiment with different hardnesses of tips, and different brands of tips. Also different radius (dime, nickel, quarter). I did this and it was the best lesson I could have given myself about tips. Expensive and will make your game go to pot for awhile, but well worth it in the long run.

 

[vapoolplayer]

i've talked to many many of them, quite of few i know very well, and i've had answers from moori mediums and hards to lepro mediums..........so i don't think you can say that most play with hard mooris.

thanks

VAP