My daughter would like to play more but the house cues are to big. She is 50" tall has a 50" reach and is fairly strong for a seven year old. What am I looking at for a cue.
Thank you, and happy new year.
Thank you, and happy new year.
What size?
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Stealth cues makes cues for kids (at least they used to) they had two different sizes to choose from, I don't remember exactly ( got one for my niece many years ago) but 46' and 50' are what comes to mind. Was a good little cue for what it was, even came with a little case that said "my first cue" if I remember right.
Dufferin has been doing a kids line for a long time....
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McDermott and Pechaur both make "Prodigy" cues as well in various short lengths. (At least they used to, I haven't looked recently). I have a Pechaur for my grandson that's 52" when he's ready.
Action, Players, & McDermott all make shorter cues from 42" to 52"+. Athena cues, made by the same folks as Action cues (CueStix Int?), are around 57" and include a 10" extension with every cue.
I've heard a cue maker once say that the optimum length for a cue is that it should reach the bottom lip of the player. Where they derived that "theory" from, I don't know...but I do know that a 58" cue is about the distance from the butt of the cue to my lip when the cue is resting on the floor.
Wow if that holds true I would need roughly a 67 inch cue. Seems a bit long to me. I play with a 60" cue.
Go tell that to Earl...LOL.
The first time I heard that is when I noticed the maker had made a 63" cue for a friend of mine. He measured the guy before he made the cue.
Larry Miller has made some very nice custom cues for smaller players/kids. He has posted some on here, in the FS section I believe.
If you're close to a retail home pool table dealership, they would carry smaller cues. Find one that is long enough but that she can hold past the balance point to keep the tip down. I see kids playing w/cues that are too long so they develop a bridge that is "over" the shafts to keep the cue/shaft/tips from floating upwards. This is bad! So there should not be excessive weight behind their stroking hand when positioned correctly for them.
Dave
Dave
Your seven feet tall? From now on I will call you dr.9ball Sir.
That is exactly what's happening. She tries not to let it show but I can tell it irritates her and takes some of the fun out of it. It's just too big and heavy.
Weird....as we used to use the same for determining snowboard length.
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I may be a little late to the table, but I think that an often overlooked aspect of kid's cues is the weight. I was tempted to get as light a cue as possible to keep the length and weight proportional to the kid. This didn't work out, as the light cues required more stroke to move the cue ball. What I ended up with were cues that were shorter, but closer in weight to adult playing cues. Even my six year old has no trouble holding a cue that weighs a little over a pound, but the shorter length is a tremendous help. Also, I kept the tips at 12mm to make it easier for little fingers to form a proper bridge.