Do you feel Judd trump plays even better since he changed to 1-piece cue?

[mchpddl1]

Just a feeling, that Judd plays much better this year and with much more feel, since he changed into a 1-piece cue?

[hotpot]

I dont think that bein a one piece has as much to do with it , if a cue feels right it feels right whether its a one piece or 3/4 , obviously he,s happy with the cue and combine that with allround player he,s matured into and its a deadly combination .

[Straight strike]

I think the practice with Ronnie that counts, is it a Parris by the way?

[Looki]

Nothing to do with the cue, ok it's nice to have a cue if you're a snooker player but there's nothing more to it. I think now that he won his first title his confidence is flying high and therefore he's able to produce some cracking snooker. He's finally living up to expectations that must have burdened him somewhat.

[cueman]

I would say that the cue he is using has a fantastic responsive shaft, something that if you fall lucky you need to keep hold of. Possibly it is on the heavy side too, wouldn't be surprised if its at least 19 oz, he does seem to get extra zip on the ball that I doubt he'd do with any cue. He used a cue craft before because that's what they sold in the club he used to play in when he was a youngster in Bristol.

[mchpddl1]

This is what i meant, with his old 3/4 he wasn't able to do shots as good as he is doing now

[ore]

I think the practice with Ronnie that counts, is it a Parris by the way?

So he is practicing with Ronnie?

It seemed Ronnie wasn't practicing pretty much at all lately

[Straight strike]

There have been a few articles mentioning it, it's easy to find on the internet.

[Straight strike]

Type the key words "Trump practises with O'Sullivan" and you will find them.

[Wezza]

When ive played if i play bad ive blamed cues 4 it but then i dont understand the diffrence between 3/4 piece cues , 2 piece cues and 1 piece cues

[CueAce]

What makes Trump stand out is his superb potting accuracy, 1 piece or 3/4 or 1/2 jointed may effect the responsiveness of a cue and therefore improve your positional play, but it certainly won't effect your ability to put a cue through in a straight line!

[Wezza]

i didnt know it had anythin 2 do with positional play thanks 4 that ive learnt sumthin

[CueAce]

i didnt know it had anythin 2 do with positional play thanks 4 that ive learnt sumthin

I did say 'may'. The point I was trying to make was that it definitely wont effect long potting with centre cue ball striking to any large extent

[Wezza]

oh right well i understand now the point u were tryin 2 make

[trevs1]

It will make absolutely no difference whatsoever whether the cue is a one piece or a twenty piece.

What you have in this case is a great player, using a good trustworthy cue, who maybe now has a little more belief in himself having proven he can compete with the best there is, on any stage.

It really isn't about the cue, no matter what cue it was or who it was made by.

A player like this will know what they can take to in a cue within moments of using it, and if it felt plain wrong, he'd have moved onto the next cue, and so on, until he found one that did what he asked of it.

Many professional snooker players don't always necessarily know what they want in terms of "exact" spec detail, but will know whether a cue is familiar enough in shape and feel to allow them to use it without hating every moment of it. From there, it's "ALL" about how it performs for them and how well it obeys their commands