Buying a short cue

[mlamberg]

I have 58" cue at the moment and it is way too long for me. If I play shots with ideal length from bridge to cue ball I have to hold the cue a good 10-15cm from the butt if I want to keep my arm vertical. Top of my shoulder is about 139cm/55" so should I buy a cue of that length? I haven't been able to try a cue of that length since no one here plays with a cue that short.

[thai_son22]

I have 58" cue at the moment and it is way too long for me. If I play shots with ideal length from bridge to cue ball I have to hold the cue a good 10-15cm from the butt if I want to keep my arm vertical. Top of my shoulder is about 139cm/55" so should I buy a cue of that length? I haven't been able to try a cue of that length since no one here plays with a cue that short.

I do. But not everyone likes it. But i have two cues that are 55"

[mlamberg]

I do. But not everyone likes it. But i have two cues that are 55"

Okay nice. How tall are you? I'm 166cm.

[vmax4steve]

I have 58" cue at the moment and it is way too long for me. If I play shots with ideal length from bridge to cue ball I have to hold the cue a good 10-15cm from the butt if I want to keep my arm vertical. Top of my shoulder is about 139cm/55" so should I buy a cue of that length? I haven't been able to try a cue of that length since no one here plays with a cue that short.

The only players who have their cue arm vertical at address are the tall players using standard length cues, all the others have their cue arm just behind the vertical and it doesn't hamper their game at all. Take that into consideration before embarking on some ideal edict about where your arm or anything should be. Behind the vertical is actually a benefit as having the cue arm vertical at address means that the shoulder is right on the cusp of dropping on the strike, and if you don't have perfect aligment of elbow on the line of aim it means that when the shoulder drops the cue goes off line either before or after the strike.
After the strike is fine, but it's a fine line when your arm is vertical, and before is 90% fatal as you're then shooting from the shoulder instead of the elbow.

[mlamberg]

The only players who have their cue arm vertical at address are the tall players using standard length cues, all the others have their cue arm just behind the vertical and it doesn't hamper their game at all. Take that into consideration before embarking on some ideal edict about where your arm or anything should be. Behind the vertical is actually a benefit as having the cue arm vertical at address means that the shoulder is right on the cusp of dropping on the strike, and if you don't have perfect aligment of elbow on the line of aim it means that when the shoulder drops the cue goes off line either before or after the strike.
After the strike is fine, but it's a fine line when your arm is vertical, and before is 90% fatal as you're then shooting from the shoulder instead of the elbow.

Ah okay, thank you for the insight.

[thai_son22]

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