can anyone speak to this? far more cylindrical and less domed than pool tips, also, I've noticed pros using mushroomed tips
what gives?
what gives?
why are snooker tips shaped differently?
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I was actually wondering the same thing, especially about the mushroomed aspect.
The tips are not so much mushroomed as simply not cut flush after installing.
They just put a 10mm tip on a 9mm shaft, the reasoning behind this escapes me.
gr. Dave
They just put a 10mm tip on a 9mm shaft, the reasoning behind this escapes me.
gr. Dave
and they're so flat too, yet snooker players get tons of cueball action
I think it might have to do with surfCe area... more surface making more spin. Just my two cents.
batalarms
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Thinner (less cross section) creates more spin.Regarding tip diameter, thin = spin.
Marc
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Here is some good info & pics on different snooker tips.
http://www.147academy.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=237:the-perfect-tip
From the website:
http://www.147academy.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=237:the-perfect-tip
From the website:
the equipment in that link looks about as crude as prison weapons
holeeee
holeeee
Those are typical snooker ferrules & tips. Are you speaking of the tools used to replace the tips?
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Everything across the pond is different, but if it works for you then go for it.
Larger tip, less chance of unintentional side ( English).
Smaller tip would make it easier to go off centre and play with side.
I use super glue gel to put my tips on and micro wave it for 20 seconds
before putting it on.
Never used a clamp and I use sandpaper that has not come off a rotary drill!
Years back I was living in an area where pool was almost nonexistant, so to fill long Alaskan winters I took up darts. Going into it, I knew little to nothing, and talked to a ton of league players and tournament players about their darts etc. lots of guys using hammerheads, and black widows etc etc etc . $100-200 sets of darts. I thought this odd, and started looking into what the best in the world were using. At the time, Unicorn sponsered most of the top players, and you could buy the pretty much the exact sets they played with for 20-30 bucks. Non movable point, nothing fancy darts. And it reaffirmed my experience in pool...... Its the archer not the arrow.
You can buy the latest greatest, you can worry about what the top of your chalk looks like to see if youre chalking "right", you can subscribe to all the gimmicks out there..... But at the end of the day you have to knock the ball in the hole. Im not saying that the gimmicks and new equipment arent any good, I play with predator shafts..... But are they needed to play well?...... Of course not.
Chuck
You can buy the latest greatest, you can worry about what the top of your chalk looks like to see if youre chalking "right", you can subscribe to all the gimmicks out there..... But at the end of the day you have to knock the ball in the hole. Im not saying that the gimmicks and new equipment arent any good, I play with predator shafts..... But are they needed to play well?...... Of course not.
Chuck
Agreed but each player ( when not playing) well has to eliminate the possibility
that poor equipment is hindering their progress.
Some times a decent cue or tip ( good tip can be more important than the cue)
can help.
Here's why the tips are smaller, and look the way they do:
Snooker balls are smaller than pool balls. So, the reason the tip is smaller is to reflect the reduced diameter of the cueball. They're also lighter.
The tip doesn't start out mushroomed. It just becomes mushroomed, because snooker players use soft tips on their cues. Most use Elks or Blue Diamonds. Back a few years ago, most snooker cues came with brass ferrules. A lot of them are now coming with phenolics and plastics. With the brass ferrules, a lot of players wouldn't shave the tips down until there was a very bad overhang on the mushroomed tip. They'd sand the edges by hand, then burnish the sides of the tips. Because of the straight taper on the shaft, and brass ferrule, no one used mushroom grazers or blades for fear of cutting the brass.
There's the short story.
Snooker balls are smaller than pool balls. So, the reason the tip is smaller is to reflect the reduced diameter of the cueball. They're also lighter.
The tip doesn't start out mushroomed. It just becomes mushroomed, because snooker players use soft tips on their cues. Most use Elks or Blue Diamonds. Back a few years ago, most snooker cues came with brass ferrules. A lot of them are now coming with phenolics and plastics. With the brass ferrules, a lot of players wouldn't shave the tips down until there was a very bad overhang on the mushroomed tip. They'd sand the edges by hand, then burnish the sides of the tips. Because of the straight taper on the shaft, and brass ferrule, no one used mushroom grazers or blades for fear of cutting the brass.
There's the short story.
If you played pocket billiards with billiard balls, then your logic may apply.