What is the best shaft size for a pool cue?

It is generally recommended that newer players start with cue tips that are large (about 13 mm) in diameter. The greater surface area of the cue tip can help you land even those tough shots more easily. As your pool skills advance, you can experiment with smaller cue tips and master that sidespin.

What size cue shaft do the pros use?

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.

What diameter shaft do pro pool players use?

13mm comes standard on most pool cue shafts. 12.5mm are often started as 13mm tips, then reduced to a smaller size.

What is the best pool cue shaft in the world?

REVO® carbon fiber shafts are the best in billiards technology and performance. Not only the most accurate shaft ever made, REVO® provides effortless action and power with more consistency than wood shafts.

What size shaft does Efren Reyes use?

Shaft: Hard Maple Shaft (12 mm)

Cue shaft diameters and tip selections

What size shaft 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.

How do I choose a cue shaft?

The most important factor to take into consideration when choosing your pool cue shaft diameter as a new player is your hand size. If you have small hands, then you want a smaller shaft diameter so your hand doesn't experience discomfort as it slides down the shaft when you make those shots.

What is the best cue size?

If you are mostly playing an eight-ball pool game, the stick you would generally use is about 1.39 to 1.44 metres or 55-57 inches. Some manufacturers provide up to 58 inches. Professional players opt for between 56 and 57-inch cues because they believe these are the perfect sizes for the cue ball.

What cue does Ronnie use?

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been known to use both Hunt & Osborne and John Parris cues.

What cue did Tom Cruise use?

The famous scene in the 1986 sequel to The Hustler, The Color of Money where Tom Cruise is given a beautiful cue by Paul Newman and told, “It's a Balabushka,” made the name Balabushka synonymous with top quality pool cues.

What is the best weight for a pool cue?

Pool, snooker and billiard cues range from 17 ounces to 21 ounces, and we recommend a cue between 17 to 19 ounces for snooker and standard English and Australian pool playing. A heavier cue (between 20-21 ounces) is often recommended for American Pool as the balls and table are bigger.

What is the common size of shaft?

The standard lengths of the shafts are 5 m, 6 m and 7 m. Usually 1m to 5m is used.

What is the best cue tip shape?

Therefore, a rounded tip is better than a flat tip. You shape the tip with a tip scuffer, a file, a piece of sandpaper, and other similar abrasive tools. Most players like their tips rounded with the radius of either a nickel or a dime; a coin can be held next to the tip for reference.

What weight cue do most pros use?

What is the standard cue weight? A: The pros use cues which weigh 19 to 19.5 ounces. Available pool sticks range from a low of about 15 to as much as 27 ounces, an extra half-pound over the pro cue.

What are the best cue joints?

The best joints are wood-to-wood joints with large, wide joint threads. The best cue you can invest in is a simple Sneaky Pete. It looks like a house cue, but it's in two pieces. It has a wood to wood joint and is used by many pool sharks and hustlers.

What makes a pool cue good?

A good-quality, brand new pool stick should be almost flawless, with little to no change in smoothness between the tip, ferrule, shaft and butt. We've all seen the local pool hall hero come into the bar and roll all the pool cue sticks on the table to ensure they get the straightest one.

Is a heavy snooker 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.

Is a heavier snooker 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.

What is the best type of snooker cue?

The best quality snooker cues are made of maple wood or ash wood. There are many other types of woods which you can choose from, including rosewood and snakewood which are used in more luxurious cues. Different types of wood will have different grain lines, colours and feel.

What size is a full size cue?

57-inch Cues

A full size pool cue is considered to be 57 inches in length, and sometimes 58 inches for two-piece cues. This size is ideal for an adult, allowing a long stretch across the baize so that your left arm is comfortably outstretched, and your right arm has plenty of recoil room for playing a powerful shot.

What is the size of a standard pool cue?

Pool cues average around 59 inches (150 cm) long, are commonly available in 17–21 ounces (0.48–0.60 kg) weights, with 19 ounces (0.54 kg) being the most common, and usually have a tip diameter in the range of 12 to 14 mm.

What is the most common pool cue joint?

Pin size- Overlooked by many players but no less important is the type and size joint pin the cue uses. The most common joint pin sizes are 5/16x18, 5/16x14 and 3/8x10. If you want to replace or upgrade shafts in the future, a common pin size will be a much easier match.

What brand cue does Efren Reyes use?

Fueled by the demands of the professional player comes the revolutionary Pro Series cues.

What cue does Jayson Shaw shoot with?

Meucci Jayson Shaw 1 JS-1 Pool Cue Stick.

What size shaft does Shane Van Boening use?

Cuetec Cynergy Shaft - Mezz Wavy Joint -12.5mm

Designed and developed with the input and direction of five-time U.S. Open Champion, Shane Van Boening, the Cynergy was engineered for world-class performance...