best tip for an 8mm cue

[Dave Walton]

Its far easier to play position with a smaller tip, you can hit the cue ball lower meaning for the same power, acceleration through the ball and follow through you will generate more spin. The harder you hit the ball The less control you have. Screw back up and down the table with an 8mm tip then try doing the same with a 10mm with the same power, acceleration and follow through as before and you'll see the difference! I can and have played to a good standard with a 10mm tip at pool but you change your shot selection to suit. Sorry Sberry but you're showing you don't have a clue about pool, snooker is a harder game yes but positions wise you've got a massive margin for error, pool you don't, you often have just fractions of an inch as your margin of error!

So apart from repeating that I don't have a clue about the game which is one not true and secondly irrelevant you still can't tell me which shot you can play with an 8mm that I can't with a 10mm. Also, how many shots out of 10 in a game of 8 ball require tricky position or any amount of power? Everybody knows that a smaller tip increases the chance of hitting off-centre and therefore imparting side or shooting slightly off-line but considering the distance of the pot and size of the pocket on 8 ball I guess you do have more margin for error so you may get away with it without noticing. Your key point however is you say it is easier with an 8mm which does at least admit you don't have the positional ability to do what is needed with a bigger tip. Keep the insults coming and I won't bother replying again as it's getting repetitive now.

Clearly you can't read! I have played with bigger tips and to a high standard. You're clueless nobody has mentioned not being able to play shots with a bigger tip, just stating the FACT that its easier to control the white with a smaller tip and takes less effort to achieve the same result. What you have shown is your own inability to cue accurately with a small tip, you put unintentional side on by not hitting the center of the white which only happens because you can't cue straight. More accuracy required to play with an 8 than a 10mm tip. Maybe you should stop talking sh**e about a game you clearly don't understand and have disdain for! By your reckoning Chris Melling, Gareth Potts, Mick Hill, Adam Davis, Carl Morris, Keith Brewer and Mark Selby must all lack the ability to use a bigger tip and get position, they all including Selby play pool with tips between 8 and 8.5mm. Saying as Selby is the former world number 1 snooker player you'd think he'd be able to play pool with his snooker cue no problem wonder why he doesn't, simple answer is you use the right tool for the job. Try and come up with an argument to that you clown

[Dave Walton]

Its far easier to play position with a smaller tip, you can hit the cue ball lower meaning for the same power, acceleration through the ball and follow through you will generate more spin. The harder you hit the ball The less control you have. Screw back up and down the table with an 8mm tip then try doing the same with a 10mm with the same power, acceleration and follow through as before and you'll see the difference! I can and have played to a good standard with a 10mm tip at pool but you change your shot selection to suit. Sorry Sberry but you're showing you don't have a clue about pool, snooker is a harder game yes but positions wise you've got a massive margin for error, pool you don't, you often have just fractions of an inch as your margin of error!

So apart from repeating that I don't have a clue about the game which is one not true and secondly irrelevant you still can't tell me which shot you can play with an 8mm that I can't with a 10mm. Also, how many shots out of 10 in a game of 8 ball require tricky position or any amount of power? Everybody knows that a smaller tip increases the chance of hitting off-centre and therefore imparting side or shooting slightly off-line but considering the distance of the pot and size of the pocket on 8 ball I guess you do have more margin for error so you may get away with it without noticing. Your key point however is you say it is easier with an 8mm which does at least admit you don't have the positional ability to do what is needed with a bigger tip. Keep the insults coming and I won't bother replying again as it's getting repetitive now.

Actually quite a few shots require tricky position, think about it, to break and clear you usually have to play around 7 of your opponents balls and the black on a 6 by 3 foot surface. As for power the break for a start aswell as playing into the pack to develop balls, and forcing angles.

[pottr]

Pool is an easier game than snooker but that's what makes it so much more difficult to compete at.
With the right application and effort, you can take a modest amount of technical ability and really do well at the game.

At the top level it's all the same in any sport, the cream rises to the top.

I will say this though. In my lifetime I have played and beat two former world pool champions in a best of 9. I am yet to take any frames off of any of the snooker players who have been in the top 16 at the time I have played them.

That highlights how awkward pool can be. You can beat the best player in the world one night and lose to anyone from the dog and duck the next night. The margins are too tight from the common players to the best.

My father is a former England pool International and has never made a century break at snooker. Dave Dolman was the same, although a better snooker player than my dad he was nowhere near good enough to make it as a pro, despite his best efforts.

Also, I think most pool qualifiers are on 7ft x 4ft now

[Dave Walton]

Pool is an easier game than snooker but that's what makes it so much more difficult to compete at.
With the right application and effort, you can take a modest amount of technical ability and really do well at the game.

At the top level it's all the same in any sport, the cream rises to the top.

I will say this though. In my lifetime I have played and beat two former world pool champions in a best of 9. I am yet to take any frames off of any of the snooker players who have been in the top 16 at the time I have played them.

That highlights how awkward pool can be. You can beat the best player in the world one night and lose to anyone from the dog and duck the next night. The margins are too tight from the common players to the best.

My father is a former England pool International and has never made a century break at snooker. Dave Dolman was the same, although a better snooker player than my dad he was nowhere near good enough to make it as a pro, despite his best efforts.

Also, I think most pool qualifiers are on 7ft x 4ft now

I agree snooker is much harder than pool. They're totally different games though. The tables are 7 by 4 foot but as I said mate the surface is 6 by 3 foot. The surface for the wepf world championship increases to 7 by 4 on an 8 foot table :-)

[justin-swansea]

From ur 1st post uve tried every tip out there maybe its you technique thats holding you back maye and not the tip

[JazzyJust]

I use the same cue for snooker and pool and it's got a 8.3mm tip, I don't have any problems with it when I play either.

I reply to OP, I'm using a 9mm Talisman Pro Medium which I trim down and cut in half, then shape.

[wideride96]

11mm talisman pro soft on the break cue and 8.5mm cannon blue velvet on playing cue. have tried others incl. mw supertip (bit wooly) elk (just felt wrong) pool baron hornet (ok on snooker 9.5mm) normal pressed pool baron soft better, buffalo blue diamond plus (surprisingly good) titan is next. always remember it's all in the head, aimho of course.

[renzie67]

My tip is approximately 8mm and i have used the MW Single layer supertip for years, best tips by far, i would definately recommend a single layer tip on a tip of that size.
Other tips to try maybe is the mastercue magic black tip and a good elk.

Hope that helps

The best tips around.

[luke123]

Im just about to have my cue re-tip in few days are there different types of Mike Woolbridge tips?

[luke123]

Scrap last post its a MW Supertip that im getting.

[DeanH]

Scrap last post its a MW Supertip that im getting.

Be interested in your opinion of this tip for UK Pool.
"8mm tip" - had a league match last night and a team mate mentioned that he is planning to got down to 7mm ferrule/tip!
He currently plays with 8.75 ferrule/tip, I said dont do it, maybe go to 8mm but not less than that, but he adamant. So I left it there with a word of hindsight - "remember I said don't when you start whinging about the new tip/ferrule"

[popikmircea]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oweg4OQs0AQ

[tomeestrings]

Sorry to butt in !! ( excuse the pun ) But I can screw the ball up and down the table three times plus reverse side against the angles swerve the bollocks off it ,long pots short pots , break like Ali on drugs and position like sat nav lol 9 mil rules , I laminate my own tips though !!!

[willtyson]

Sorry to butt in !! ( excuse the pun ) But I can screw the ball up and down the table three times plus reverse side against the angles swerve the bollocks off it ,long pots short pots , break like Ali on drugs and position like sat nav lol 9 mil rules , I laminate my own tips though !!!

Lol, that I would like to see! Video please :snooker:

[tomeestrings]

What part of the country do you hail from ?? It would be nice to play against some quality players who could give me some good pointers :redface-new: