What weight are you using for your playing cue on 9ft tables?

58" 20.4 oz for me because it just feels right, for me. Different strokes for different folks. At the height of Earl's javelin cue days it was 74" and 29 oz, and he was playing like, well like Earl with that monstrous cue. Like others have said in this thread, it's far more about your stroke than the specs of your cue.
 
SSP said:
I just returned t playing pool again after a 10 yr hiatus, started in Jan., I have always used a cue with a weight about 18.5 oz, In my quest for knowledge I became a member on this forum and found great people with lots of good advice, One of the things I read on here is a lighter cue gives better control on the cue ball while a heavier cue will give more action on the cue ball, I had to shoot on the 7ft tables last Monday because a league was using all the 9fters, they were Diamonds so tight pockets and nice cloth, shot pretty well, played last Wednesday on the 9ft tables and shot pretty well until I had to really move the cue ball for position, while watching the pro's, I know, I know I'm not a pro, I noticed that they did not hit the ball as hard as I did to move the cue ball around, I also noticed they didn't have to move off center as far to get the same spin, It got me thinking should I try changing the weight of my cue? Has anyone else had the same experience? Any advice or ridicule accepted Thanks
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Generally 19-19.50 for me. With that said when I build a custom I am going 60 inches. 58 inch cues feel so small with my larpy ass arms. The extra length is nice on 9ft'ers.
 
I have an old Falcon 18oz with 11.5 mm tip, a Dufferin Sneaky Pete 17oz with 11.5 mm tip and had black rings installed in the joint and use that as a break cue. My snooker cue is a 2 pc ash cue 16oz with a 10mm tip.
 
I find 20ish oz (20.3) works best for my style regardless of table size. I use lighter and my game is off, go back up in weight and balls start going in, cue ball does what I want (most of the time lol). I have used mid and rear extensions, the rear felt better, but not a full time thing, it also takes the weight up to 23 oz which is too heavy.
 
Nyquil said:
Generally 19-19.50 for me. With that said when I build a custom I am going 60 inches. 58 inch cues feel so small with my larpy ass arms. The extra length is nice on 9ft'ers.
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Know what you mean, I'm using 30" shaft on 29" butt, I'm going to try bumping up the weight from 18.5 oz to 19.5oz and see how it feels
 
Agent 99 said:
58" 20.4 oz for me because it just feels right, for me. Different strokes for different folks. At the height of Earl's javelin cue days it was 74" and 29 oz, and he was playing like, well like Earl with that monstrous cue. Like others have said in this thread, it's far more about your stroke than the specs of your cue.
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I won't argue that point, I agree, but I also don't think trying a different weight is harmful if the weight doesn't feel right, I'm not on the small side,it could help, a lot of people who replied on this thread are right where you are between 19oz to 20.5
 
SSP said:
I won't argue that point, I agree, but I also don't think trying a different weight is harmful if the weight doesn't feel right, I'm not on the small side,it could help, a lot of people who replied on this thread are right where you are between 19oz to 20.5
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I should have my BeCue tomorrow
 
Over the yrs i've been able to hit balls with a lot of great player's stuff. Most of the time they felt like crap. Why? I was used to mine. Moral of this story is find one YOU like. Fk everybody else's cue.
 
Over 25yrs I've been playing some version of pool. At no point during that span have I had any clue what the weight or balance point of any of cues were.

Spent thousands retooling both my player and breaker a couple of years ago as a present to myself. Never asked or bothered to find out the weights or balance points of those cues either.

much ado
 
Thanks to all who replied, so much food for thought, I have great respect for Bob Jewett here and wanted to thank him for taking the time to chime in, I have always used an 18.5 oz cues because I heard that was "supposed" to be the "proper" weight, I never really tried changing the weight to see what felt good to me, so I took "The_JV" advice, I added some weight to the new cue but have no idea how much, my cue gives you the ability to add small increments of weight, I added a little bit and kept adding till it felt right to me, no pool table at the house so I used a counter and used the lines on it to check my stroke, this is a drill I can do every day even without a pool table, tonight I get a chance to see how changes worked or didn't work for me, the journey continues.
 
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