What is the lowest deflection shaft?
Predator first pioneered low-deflection shafts with spliced Maple shafts over 25 years ago, and more recently with the REVO carbon fiber shafts. Predator shafts are designed to reduce cue ball deflection and are the lowest deflecting shafts on the market.
Can you break with a low deflection shaft?
So, LD playing shafts do break well. Breaking with them a lot will wear them out faster. The answer is to get an LD break shaft. It will be strong and break harder because it’s stiff and won’t flex or give, but it has the LD properties that help you to hit the front of the rack nice and square more often.
What is LD in shaft?
In Price’s script, for example, a barmaid asks Shaft to come home with her, and he tells her he’s too tired. In Singleton’s spiced-up version, he asks her if she just wants to be held or if she wants “the L.D.,” meaning sex.
Are all carbon fiber shafts low deflection?
A carbon fiber shaft has the least amount of deflection when comparing different materials. There are other low deflection options, such as using a shorter ferrule or a wooden or lightweight ferrule.
What is a low deflection?
A low-deflection (LD) shaft has less “endmass“ than a regular shaft. As a result, it creates less “cue ball deflection” or squirt, so the CB heads closer to the line of aim when hitting off-center to impart sidespin. LD or low-squirt shafts have both advantages and disadvantages for different players.
What size shaft do pro pool players use?
The most popular tip size shaft for pool players today is 13mm. This was the standard size for many years that was delivered with a new cue either from a mass production factory such as Meucci or a custom cue maker like Mike Lambros.
How can you tell if a cue is low deflection?
A low-deflection (LD) shaft has less “endmass“ than a regular shaft. As a result, it creates less “cue ball deflection” or squirt, so the CB heads closer to the line of aim when hitting off-center to impart sidespin.
What shafts do pro pool players use?
Is it OK to break with a carbon fiber shaft?
Yes, you can break a carbon fiber pool cue shaft. However, they are much more durable, don’t warp and can withstand dinks and more of a “beating” compared to wooden shafts.