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What break tip do the pros use?

Phenolic tips
This type of tip is frequently used for breaking. Phenolic tips transmit the most energy when touched and require the least amount of maintenance.
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What cue tip is best for break?

What type of cue should I use to break with? It is best to use a dedicated break cue, which is beefier and has a hard tip (usually phenolic). Power breaking with your normal playing cue can cause damage over time, and it will flatten the tip.
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What tip does Jayson Shaw use?

Each cue designed by Bob Meucci and Jayson Shaw standard length 58 inches with a 29" solid maple "THE PRO SHAFT" with 12.5mm Medium Ultra Skin tip and 1/2" super low deflection ferrule.
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What size pool tip do pros use?

Professionals in Europe, Australia, and the USA watch out for cue tip size, hardness, durability, and consistency in delivering powerful shots. These tips across regions start from 11.9mm, 12mm to 13mm, with varying benefits and advantages. American pro pool cue tips range from 12.5mm-135mm.
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Do pros use hard or soft tips?

Medium-hard tips

This is the most common cue tip, and it gives players a good balance of cue ball control and consistency.
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Is smaller tip better for pool?

It should always be the same diameter as your shaft – no smaller. A smaller tip will give you more control over spin, but may also cause more miscues. A larger tip will give you less spin control, but a more powerful, consistent shot. With American cues, the standard size is usually around 12 or 13mm.
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What tip does Joshua Filler use?

Joshua and Pia Filler

Playing cue: JF: 17-ounce, 58-inch Predator Panthera 5-2 with a lizard skin wrap. The cue has a low rise, professional taper Predator Z-3 shaft equipped with an 11.75 mm HOW tip.
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What tip does Mark Williams use?

Working with Mark and his Professional Tip Fitter Giles Martin we have developed the MW X-Tip which plays firm to his liking; yet has enough elasticity in the leather to prevent cracking and splitting in the same short period.
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What size tip does Jimmy White use?

Tip: 9.5mm Tip. Ferrule: 8mm Brass with a 9.5mm Diameter. Shaft Wood: North American Ash Shaft.
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What kind of tip does Earl Strickland use?

Hard tip. One area that is very important to jumping with a full-length cue is that it's going to be easier with a hard tip. Earl Strickland used to shoot with a tremendously hard tip for the times, and he always complained about other people not jumping with their shooting cue.
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What is the hardest pool cue tip?

Here is a summary of some durometer hardness test results from FLYINGSNAIL on AZB:
  • SAMSARA JUMP – 86.0.
  • BLACK DIAMOND – 81.0.
  • SUPERPRO – 81.0.
  • WB USA – 77.0.
  • BLUE ELF – 76.0.
  • LePRO – 74.5.
  • TALISMAN – (M) 70.5.
  • TAD – (M) 75.0.
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What is the best cue tip in the world?

Phenolic tips are among some of the most popular billiard cue tips for breaking as they can transfer the most power to the cue ball and require almost no maintenance.
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Is a heavier break cue better?

A heavier cue will tend to create more CB speed for a given stroke effort. A heavier cue might also be easier for some to keep on line during the stroke, but this is a very individual thing. More weight can also help prevent stroke deceleration.
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Is a heavy break cue better?

In general, a lighter cue will allow more control over finesse shots, and a heavier cue will allow more cue ball (CB) speed with less apparent stroke effort. A heavier cue might also be easier for some people to keep on line during the stroke, but this is a very individual thing.
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What is the heaviest break cue?

The average and most common weight is around 19 oz. Breaking cues, on the other hand, usually start at 21 oz. and can weigh over 27 oz.
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What size tip does Shaun Murphy use?

The big change over the past 40 years has been in tip sizes. In the 1970s, most players would use a 10mm or 10.5mm tip. Today, Shaun Murphy uses one which is just under 9mm, and most players use between 9.25mm and 9.5mm.
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What tip does Shane Van Boening play with?

Ask shane van boening or johnny archer, they both use triangle tips and there both world champions!!!
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Is a nickel or dime cue tip better?

– Nickel or dime radius only makes a difference on very small diameter tips. – On very small tips it's better to have a dime radius than a nickel radius. from Patrick Johnson (in AZB post): To avoid hitting on a tip's edge, it should be shaped to a curvature radius less than its width.
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What is a sneaky Pete cue?

A Sneaky Pete is designed to look like a poorer quality, traditional house cue instead of a custom cue. The idea behind this was that people would underestimate the capabilities of their opponent and be susceptible to being hustled.
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What is the best cue tip for English?

If you are looking for the best pool cue tip for english or draw, the Predator Victory billiard tip is the right cue tip for your pool stick.
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What weight cue do pros use?

While professional billiards players tend to use pool sticks that weigh about 19 ounces, it is a better idea for beginners to use pool sticks that are a bit lighter (around 15 ounces) while they are still learning how to pocket those tough shots with ease.
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What is the most popular pool depth?

A recreational pool needs a large shallow area. Most pool steel walls are 42” high and the water level is about 4” lower—halfway or a bit higher into the skimmer. That means 38” standard shallow end, and typically a 6-foot deep end.
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Should I get a soft medium or hard pool tip?

A harder tip has a slightly better hit efficiency (energy transfer) than a softer tip. This will result in slightly more CB speed for a given stroke speed. This can provide a slight advantage for draw shots, where, where slightly more CB speed will retain slightly more backspin on the way to the OB.
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