Billiards Tutorial: All About Pool Cues!!

Ever wondered what's the difference between an entry level cue and a very expensive one? Here you go :)
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[@usamazaheer3507]

*_The way he describes cue characteristics just by holding it in hand! Reminds me of Ollivander!_*

[@Tri_monster]

I love these! I'm glad there's another one

[@tomgreeves9248]

That’s extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@migueldana9561]

Extremely helpful thank you so much

[@himaniwatts8838]

Brilliant advice. I love it. ♡

[@deadman2469]

I like pool, even if I don’t play it as much, but I really like these videos about it.

[@Bad95killer]

Great demonstration & keep them coming!

[@rivaldomahadika]

Legendary Venom!!!

[@williamcondra3811]

Practice and knowing where the cue is going with the stick you play with is what’s important. If you have a rifle that consistently shoots 1” to the right you adjust your aim, you don’t have to go buy a new rifle. Professional pool players have done pretty good with maple shafts down through the years. Low deflection is still deflection and you still have to adjust your aim to compensate.

[@nateh133]

Great video THX

[@robertchambers5756]

What about the difference in the core and the difference in the feel of the cue with a solid core vs a hollow core and the different types of core

[@DarkwingDann]

Can you do a video about how to do a double bank, or a reverse bank?

[@axelgames8764]

very good Venom and dude perfect trikt shots

[@beefonweckeastside3323]

A couple years ago I picked up a players Purex hxt 99 with an LD shaft and have to say that that really improved my game I don't know how the Pool Experts view that cue because the cost back then was only about $150 I don't know what the current opinion or experience with that cue might be but I would like to hear some feedback I just absolutely love mine love to hear what you think about that or the one you may have also

[@Frogbillards]

I just remembered something sir ....we have met ... !! . We shot tournament in a ...Scotch doubles.. you did some cool demonstrations ..👍👍 In flagstaff AZ...... I STILL have the photos ....Thanks again .The deflection explanation was explained well ‼️

[@zanethind]

I have a east points 2 piece cue with a soft Efren Reyes tip. Nice video this helped

[@poolshark7896]

LD shafts reduce deflection by only about 30 percent. On full table shots it makes a big difference, but you would not hit that diamond without compensating.

[@DaCake2]

Thank you so much for the tips! I notice you don't use a carbon fiber shaft. Someone told me recently it's the best shaft to use. Is that true? Also, do you prefer breaking with a magic rack or a physical triangle, such as the delta-13? Thanks!

[@T1GEVERETT]

I would assume the carbon fiber would bend a little during the shot. It would make for unpredictable shots, but I don’t know anything about it for certain. Id just research

[@ishtiaqahmed7480]

Thanks bro

[@benjamin12773]

Can you make a video talking about cue cases and include yours in the video?

[@killerb187r.o.dstunna9]

Love it

[@tanosanguenerd9565]

i love your channel , i made in Brazil (My english so very bad )

[@Daily.Facts....]

I have $5 cue😂

[@CrowntailHalfmoon]

Thank you Venom Could you explain how to proper store pool cue after playing? Should it be standing vertical or separated if not solid pieces? How to clean and any other specifics? Same for ball storage and cleaning it as my white ball is pinkish from using red chalk ? Thank you.

[@NotSoFast71]

Store it with no lateral force to the shaft. (Don't leave it leaning on a wall, for example) For home cues use a wall rack to store them vertically or broken down and in a pool cue case.

[@valad08]

Thanks

[@nathanognibene448]

Love the videos man. Incredibly informative to Newcomers such as myself 👍

[@brandonbe5351]

If the background music was lower or off...this video would be perfect! Thank you for the phenomenal information.

[@zanethind]

My friend has predator break and playing cues also carbon fibre material

[@vito_keys]

just bought a $10 two piece cue at an online store, still working fine and neat, though

[@Ayaan_E]

I like it

[@wongginmin4043]

High deflection is it means that is hard one? because I play snooker not really know about pool cue

[@TallerThanY0u]

Hey venom im 10 and really looking into pool my auntie has a table and cues all I need to do is make it there to practice I watch all your how to vids hope u can make more. stay potting balls!!! lol

[@CarlosLopez-px4km]

Hello... I am a beginner, I would like to purchase my own pool cue. Going off looks alone the McDermott SP11 catches my eye. Being a beginner, would this be a good starting point or should I be looking at cheaper options? Also what would be the better cue weight you’d recommend starting with? Thanks!

[@SethKotta]

If it's in your price range I would say go for it. McDermott makes good cues, so your learning curve won't be as steep. Sure, you run the risk of spending more money on something you wind up not enjoying as much as you thought, but you'll have a higher chance of sticking with a hobby if, you know, you actually enjoy doing it.

[@BladeRunner-td8be]

I just started playing again after 20+ years and have 25 years of experience. It consumed my life and before I stopped playing I was of the best players in my area. I just bought a Cue Tech pool cue which has a low deflection shaft. I used to be an expert at making extreme angle cuts on object balls frozen to the rail. With this low deflection shaft, after 4 trips to pool halls to play, (about 45 min each time) I have been unable to make even one of those type of shots. It seems to me to be almost impossible. So the jury is still out for me on whether a low deflection cue is better or not.

[@VenomTrickshotsOfficial]

well it certainly takes some getting used to but overall I do really feel like low deflection shafts perform better. Personal opinion and I definitely didnt play pool as long as you too...

[@nicolasf.6826]

Lol joga mt esse cara

[@AmdavadiHitman]

You're awesome man! Can you please help me with the intro music? Thanks in advance. :D

[@glockasauruswrex6362]

When i researched LD shafts, I found that Predator was awarded patents on the LD 314 shaft n the CF Revo shafts. That means...they invented them. I went with the guys with the patents and now shoot a P3 with a Revo 12.4. It looks, feels and shoots amazingly. Yes, it's an investment in my progression as a pool player.

[@vito_keys]

House cues reminds me of Minnesota Fats

[@2502860]

What are your thoughts of vantage vs z3 and cuetec cyenergy 15. In general and low deflection

[@iimiboy]

I have the z2 and z3 and they are the best shafts I have used. Dr dave tested the z2 and the revo and they both hit the same and had the same deflection. I have around 20 cues including few mcdermott few predator a few dufferin and a few fury cues and have to say the cheapish mcdermott and fury cues with a good medium layered tip plays really good. Hope that helps

[@dadzmencias2963]

What are the factors affecting deflection?

[@richardwarden8631]

Venom thanks for video's you do. I have been playing for 37 yrs now. On and off now this low defection stuff is sometimes gets confusing. I have played with cues of all types. The low deflation shafts are stiffer and I feel I loose feel with them. So unfortunately I still shoot with the shaft my grandfather give me. It was made in 72 or 73. Needless to say it's not low deflection lol. Unfortunately my cue was stolen and in the market but I cant find that 1. The feel of the new ones are very stiff don't feel like my old cue.

[@jayreiter268]

Of course we did not know about low deflection cues when we used 13 and 14 mm shafts. We did know about "spine". I would select cues by holding them horizontal in the closed bridge just behind the ferrule and check the bend in the cue. Good exercise for the wrist

[@johns4476]

Richard, I have lost a couple or more cues (mostly my fault), but I had a McDermott in the early-mid 90's that to me had the feel you describe. I liked it at the time. I don't know if they typically play that way today, but you might give them a try. I have also had a couple Mucci's which I developed a feel for though I thought they were stiffer. I'm in the market again which is why I came upon this video, but I might end up going to a pro (or semi) that knows my game for the ultimate advice. Sometimes, you see things from the sidelines that the player doesn't.

[@Marco-pv1lx]

Where did you buy that white with guide lines?

[@DaimondRus]

Venom, what is your opinion about Cuetec fiberglass cues?

[@DeeMoback]

LOL ..... EarlStrickland won the World Open with a $99 Cuetec ...yup

[@troytheriot8679]

A good cue is one that makes the individual player not work as hard and that is based grip,arm position and stance

[@spencereades]

So if you go to an unfamiliar pool hall and look at the rack of house cues, is there a quick visual inspection or test you can do to find the "best" stick almost at a glance?

[@omhril7100]

Visually, look at the tips, specifically the shape and state of them (rounded or flat, worn down, mushroomed etc.), and also what type of ferrule/tip: cues with shorter and darker ferrules usually have harder tips, and are thus more suitable for breaking, whereas shorter and lighter ferrules commonly have softer, sharper, tips and thus give you more precision in play. What I do for testing is to bang it slightly against my palm and listen whether it's cracked, roll it on a table to see if it's crooked, feel the weight (although this is preference, I prefer my playing cue light and my break cue on the heavier side), and the state of the butt end, as sometimes you may wanna grab it and hate to have a nail there.

[@27461Andy]

Hi, what are you opinions about R-360 shaft and Cuetec R-360 cues?

[@jeremiahshields7827]

They're good for the price. Higher end performance cues aren't better by much in my opinion. Time with particular cue is what is most important. For me being on the same cue for 5 years has made me much more confident in my shot.

[@cellominork5416]

I have an intermediate cue but it's only 20 bucks cuz it's 48 inches cuz I'm a midget and it's a really bad cue but it works for my needs

[@MrForceStorms]

What would be a good low deflection you would recommend, I have a higher end intermediate cue and would like to upgrade the shaft but there are way to many options, I'd like to try to stay under 500$ for the shaft

[@SPM310]

You may want to check out Predator Z shafts or OB Shafts. For more advice, read the forums on AZBilliards or Dr Dave on YT.

[@MrForceStorms]

SPM310 awesome thanks bud

[@jimlamy8702]

Venom, what size tip would you recommend ?

[@wildcard2884]

Jim Lamy 54mm is best tbh

[@HE3ABICIMI]

u can use virtual pool 4

[@Rickycross420]

Ok good that's why it's been hard the spin is the cue 😂😂 or me

[@carterdahl2178]

I just got a Viking cue and it has low deflection and it looks nice as shit

[@remigiopicena3137]

I m interested to bay one wer is the estore and the fon

[@vasuwatts3429]

Great advice...!! :)

[@joypanchal971]

Question : which shaft is good ? Carbon or wood? Also, does carbon shaft goes with the wooden butt or it should have carbon butt? ANYONE can HELP?

[@MarcassCarcass]

What about the stick gives it high/low deflection? Is it the curvature of the tip? More curve, more deflection?

[@NotSoFast71]

Weight/mass at the tip end of the shaft. More weight/mass, more deflection. Also, today's low deflection cues are made to have the same amount of deflection no matter what part of the shaft is "up" when you shoot. Old cues made of one solid piece of wood bent easier in one direction due to the grain of the wood and would deflect the cue ball more or less depending on what part of the shaft was "up". This is why Meucci and others marked their shafts with a dot near the joint, so you always shot with it facing up and the left/right deflection would be as close to each other as possible. Wood bends easier with the grain that against it. Now, good wooden shafts are made of triangle "pie" shaped pieces laminated together to form a cylinder, eliminating the "grain" effect from the equation.

[@neonicplays]

Glenn Robertson so snooker cues will have low deflection as the tips are small?

[@HoosierRooster]

Never seen a q deflect that much in my life

[@creatip123]

$30 in my country can actually got me a 2 piece maple cue. Nothing good of course, but decent enough. Spend a bit more for a good cue tip, and maybe shave down the shaft diameter, and it most certainly is usable....

[@BlacKwIdOwtEgZ]

What size tips are you playing with on your low deflection shaft

[@randawg35]

RSLE I believe the shafts are 11.5 mm if I'm not mistaken

[@wildcard2884]

RSLE around 62mm

[@user-jg4py5wp7i]

Hi

[@KenNakajima07]

High deflection shaft looks like a tree branch, thanks i finally got an idea of the deflection concept

[@VenomTrickshotsOfficial]

You are welcome :)

[@AccordionJoe1]

Expensive pool cues give players a false sense that they improve one's game. Any straight cue with a correctly shaped tip will play as well as a $1,000 custom cue in the right hands. Most hustlers pluck the pigeons using a house cue or a sneaky Pete. They don't need some exotic low-deflection carbon fiber cue to walk out with the money.

[@rebelthreefiftyseven6739]

what about cue tips? what do you think is the best, There so many out there and everyone claiming that theirs is the best

[@VenomTrickshotsOfficial]

Kamui black for sure! I use super soft

[@jenas2.o812]

Hello

[@TroiOi78]

Awww I want to see him use his own stick...

[@salsabil44]

I find that I get lower deflection than house pool cues when I use my regular snooker cue playing pool.

[@ejss]

im thinking of buying a pool cue and a snooker cue, do you think that a snooker cue is good for billiards?

[@salsabil44]

@@ejss It all depends on the size and weight of the balls. If you are playing pool on a UK pub pool table then a snooker cue is an advantage. On a bigger US pool table you will be better with a longer cue and a bigger tip.

[@ejss]

@@salsabil44 all the tables here are US tables. The snooker cue that i probably am going to buy is 57" long and has a 10mm tip and the pool cue is 57" and has a 13mm tip

[@salsabil44]

@@ejss Sounds fine but you might want one with a plug-in extension for the pool cue, for reaching those long shots without using a bridge/rest.

[@juliannavas9561]

What about weight?

[@bappys6936]

Does brass ferrule have more diflection then plastic ferrule? Which one is better for 9ft 9 ball game ?

[@kevinkempen6532]

Brass? Never heard of that

[@kalebnason6930]

venom i love you so much im eleven and trying to get my own pool team in my city me and my friend are really good if you can help in any way that would be awesome

[@88888gerald]

tried any graphite sticks?

[@apexspr10]

88888gerald they're awesome. I like the REVO

[@wildcard2884]

88888gerald yeah

[@user-mj2ji2ml8s]

منوره

[@jamilshaikh6406]

You deserve 5m SUBSCRIBERS

[@billwhiteathome2080]

Baseball went to aluminum years ago. I'm waiting for a two piece aluminum cue with a screw off base cap so I can store a couple cigars and some spare chalk.

[@jakovbrizic]

BeCue produces something similar... Carbon fiber, not aluminium, but has space for a cigar.

[@neonicplays]

Bill White wait what! I heard that aluminium was banned. In Australia, denis Lillee decided to walk out with an aluminium bat. The umps told him hell no. (But that’s not the point). The point is, I though Baseball adopted a similar rule

[@user-mj2ji2ml8s]

مرحبا

[@cellominork5416]

but if low deflection helps with accuracy, what do you mean by visualizing with a high deflection cue

[@NotSoFast71]

He means he made a shaft that purposefully deflects a lot to dramatize how putting side spin on the cue ball pushes it off line. Makes it easier to visually see on camera how bad deflection is to your game.

[@jmdee6057]

Very interesting, I'd never heard about low deflection cues. It would have nice to know just what it is about the shaft that alters the deflection. Didn't like the video editing though, whoever made this needs to watch it afterwards. Too many popups floating around and staying on too long, blocking the view.

[@ulyssesornelas627]

He hit it differently with his cue. He wanted to make sure the intermidiete stick didnt hit as good as his 1500 $ one.

[@joedirt3585]

why though? does he sell mezz cues?

[@user-gs6uu4rk6z]

he didn't hit differently

[@steveandulsky566]

What actually causes the deflection?? Is it the amount of flex in the cue shaft??? This video did not explain that.

[@telugu50gmail72]

I now what deflection w a as

[@yeahhyouvish]

$1.5k for 10 years totally worth it!

[@troginator]

Vishwadeep Sonawane dang what’s your occupation

[@zohaibasif6274]

*Tank you guys for watching*

[@akboy4588]

The one thing I saw was that the Audio was a bit off, what's up with that?

[@jackmcspadden2223]

How do u do that

[@memeography4540]

Hey venom had you legendary cue like 8 ball pool.😁😁😁😎

[@adamalobaidi6097]

Venom I need a pool table that is in Australia or online but it need to have shipping or cheap shipping, do you have any good online stores to get cheap but good quality pool tables within $500

[@nitishsreeram3002]

Nastykiller Bat you won't get any good quality pool tables for 500$ new. You may get one used for that price so search around. Shipping is also a problem because if you have not assembled a pool table before you probably shouldn't assemble it, get a professional to do it.

[@adamalobaidi6097]

Nitish Sreeram it’s all goods I found one for 160 and we got it, we assembled it and we can play now, but thanks for yours help

[@nitishsreeram3002]

Nastykiller Bat Is it a slate pool table?

[@sebdelaney7045]

You’re out of your mind

[@robkitchen5344]

Wow..... I thought deflection only imparted on cue when using break shot power applied with side spin...and it was more of the tip hardness and condition(i use medium Elk tip on 12mm shaft shaped in nickle ruffed to create "bite" and hold chalk more consistently) that would mode of the spin that made cueball deviate off line.... But that HD shaft sent the cue almost a diamond off target... Frightening if i had to use... But then again.. All shafts always been when compressed end to end at the weak point causing a "bow" to occur... And that bowing is what shaft deflectionis???? And identifying your deflection direction is relevant because it can be harnest to add more side spin the natural but also minimize any deflection issues just by rotating that bowing direction depending on intent...... A low deflection shaft. Will not bow or technically will not bow enough to harness it .... However is wont be something to inadvertently cause miss aims.... Im currious how much low deflection shaft bends on power break draw shot... Slow motion flims of some players power strokes with tip follow though on the table are so violent that it seems the shaft should have been close to snapping.....

[@NotSoFast71]

Deflection is worse with a shaft that has a higher mass near the tip. Less with a low mass tip area. The newest low deflection shafts are made of carbon fiber and have an almost weightless "foam" core in the tip end of the shaft and in the ferrule.

[@mrhorse6587]

A 300 dollar cue is just as good as a 1500 dollar cue.

[@TimZ007]

low deflection cue has less Feel to it. easier to put a ball down intended line though. They jump poorly though. A good pre shoot routine is key with low deflection because the ball goes more down the shot line which is good unless you get down slightly off line. With a regular type shaft one can always squirt the cue ball back to the intended path without re adjusting the shot line as much. The low deflection will make you a better player quicker but it does take away some nuances of pool play which can make you a better overall player but much more time is involved.

[@austinbelvin2]

No carbon fiber shafts have come out with no deflection 😂

[@brendanvu1983]

Austin Belvin thats cuz there is no such thing. The revo is classified as an ultra low deflection though. I play w one and there’s virtually no deflection.

[@jasongoodman3546]

$1500 Cue?! Damn.

[@josephsc6614]

I once did a jump shot from the top with a house cue and I crushed the cues tip. At least I make she shot!

[@JesterOfTortuga]

Where would a Meucci Original be at?

[@xtbum3339]

My old Meucci is very low deflection.

[@cecilperry3794]

gotta love a meucci

[@bassist41]

An overhead camera would have made a much better presentation.

[@kydartmaster]

Your cue stick isn't parallel with the center diamonds.

[@lorenzotate5578]

That1500 dollar cue looked warped 😰

[@ycs5555]

What’s the point of being professionals if we use low deflection cues???

[@johnmccatherin5892]

Thanks Venom, great video very informational. Get a new cameraman tho.

[@troytheriot8679]

Yall put every thing on price doesn't go by that it's the cue maker cue makers make all of their good because they want players of al levels to play better

[@rawhideleather]

You should have added that low deflection cues are designed more for using parallel english and not pivot english. The non LD shafts actually work better for pivot english because of the shorter natural pivot point. The pivot point on a lot of LD shafts is too long to be practical.

[@huyquoctran2088]

So will a $1,500 or 15k cue beat a professional with a $10 cue ? Kaka