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I do not have a great Cue, when I bought it I thought I was buying a Dufferin, made in Canada, because it has a Maple Leaf Logo, and said Ontario under the Plastic Cap that protect the Logo. Now I find out it was made in China.
I want to play better, and put some spin on my Cue Ball. After watching several better players in the Bar where I play on Bar boxes most of the better players seem to put Spin on their Cue Ball.
Tip that came with the Cue is as hard as a rock, will not scuff up.
Tip suggestions appreciated. Should I replace what I got with a One Piece Tip, or Layered Tip, Hard, Medium, or Soft to get best results?
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What Tip to put on my Cue? Layered, or not
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Posted 30 July 2006 - 01:35 PM
Have a LePro put on, this will scuff up well. When you get to be a better player, move up to the harder triangle tip.
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 05:38 PM
When you say you "want to put spin on the cue" there are several factors at work!
1) english is more tha just the tip, one of my team players asked me last week why she could not draw the ball as I do. Her problem wan't her tip it was not using a smooth, follow through in her stroke! She was trying to kill the ball with power and although she was using low english her speed and her lack of follow through was killing the reverse spin and not allowing it to take effect on the rag. also she was poking the ball instead of shooting through the ball! Lots of chalk! smooth stroke and stroking through the cue ball resolved the problem. :-P
1) english is more tha just the tip, one of my team players asked me last week why she could not draw the ball as I do. Her problem wan't her tip it was not using a smooth, follow through in her stroke! She was trying to kill the ball with power and although she was using low english her speed and her lack of follow through was killing the reverse spin and not allowing it to take effect on the rag. also she was poking the ball instead of shooting through the ball! Lots of chalk! smooth stroke and stroking through the cue ball resolved the problem. :-P
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 05:50 PM
Now that I have said all of that! If you are a new player you are much better off leaving the english alone until you have mastered your stance / stroke and aiming techniques I was taught by a champion pool player and was not allowed to use anything but follow and stop for over a year! The reason being English or spin will throw the object ball as well as the cue so when it is used especially by a newer player it may cause you to miss otherwise well played shots and really disrupt your game ! :-o
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Posted 09 December 2006 - 02:52 AM
I have that cue and they're great. Put a triangle on there, it already comes with a lePro tip. And remember to get a professional to put it on there. They make sure to give you GOOD triangle tips. And don't give in to the hype of the multi-layered tips, they won't make you play any better than you already are.
Triangles are great for novice players.
Triangles are great for novice players.
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Posted 14 December 2006 - 08:40 PM
"English" is more in the stroke tht the tip, long as it's well chalked. I get novice players in the store all the time wanting a soft tip because they think they will get more english. As already said, learn to move whitey using high, center, and low before trying to "get a little on the side" :-D
And remember, you don't have to shape a tip before every match. You just be wearin' it out. Get a good nickle shape and use a tip pick. It will open the tip to take chalk without removing leather.
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[ Edited by Pelican on 2006/12/14 19:43 ]
And remember, you don't have to shape a tip before every match. You just be wearin' it out. Get a good nickle shape and use a tip pick. It will open the tip to take chalk without removing leather.
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[ Edited by Pelican on 2006/12/14 19:43 ]
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Posted 15 December 2006 - 12:52 PM
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Have a LePro put on, this will scuff up well. When you get to be a better player, move up to the harder triangle tip.
Have a LePro put on, this will scuff up well. When you get to be a better player, move up to the harder triangle tip.
I agree with this 100%. Le Pro's should be the "standard" that other tips are compared to. I now use a Triangle. Both are inexpensive, non-layed tips.
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Posted 06 January 2007 - 02:55 AM
Quite honestly, beginning players use way too much english. Eventually, you become so dependent on spinning the ball that you won't be able to make centerball shots. Then you have to start back at the basics. Watch the best players and you'll notice how they rarely use english. In fact, you'll see them use stun and drag shots more than anything. Learn centerball first, you'll be using it a lot more often. Also, you won't be able to put any kind of spin whatsoever on the cb if you don't have a proper stroke. Make sure you spend a lot of time working on your stroke. At home (I live in a small apartment) I just put an empty beer bottle on the table and stroke in and out of the bottle as fast as I can. I do this for about an hour every night before I go to sleep. One of the best drills I know.
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