Stiff Shaft vs Whippy Shaft

[Maverick54]

Approx 25 yrs ago I owned a verry stiff Ash cue that had a plain ebony butt. I dont remember the make but I remember it had an 11mm tip.

I remember a couple of shots I played back then where my timing must have been near perfect, and with a distance of about 7-8ft between cue ball and object ball I was able to screw back about 3 - 4ft. (Easy for some of you perhaps, but not me)

Not been able to achieve these type of shots these days. Obviously much of that is down to me and how I now play but does the stiffness of the shaft have much effect on these type of shots and is power lost through a shaft being to whippy? I now use a 9.5mm tip.

Also are maple shafts stiffer than an ash shafts with the same specs?

[chas6868]

I had 3 maple cues that where all a bit too lifeless. So got a ash still stiff but seem to be able to shift the cue ball about ok.
Also I had a very flexible maple that was hopeless if you where a bit off you would miss by miles

Think you just need to try a few out till you get one you like. I did have a cheap maple years ago that I loved but ended up be . And yes you will lose power if it's to flexible.

[chas6868]

I had 3 maple cues that where all a bit too lifeless. So got a ash still stiff but seem to be able to shift the cue ball about ok.
Also I had a very flexible maple that was hopeless if you where a bit off you would miss by miles

Think you just need to try a few out till you get one you like. I did have a cheap maple years ago that I loved but ended up be . And yes you will lose power if it's to flexible

But also it maybe your timming off a bit. Try not to hit the screw shot to hard just try to stroke throw the cueball more see if that helps

[sberry]

No, it's in your cue action. Once you can play you can play with almost any cue, sometimes it takes time to adjust to different cues.