Understanding Cue Ball Deflection | Billiard / Pool

This video explains what cue ball deflection is and how much of a difference low deflection cues such as Predator make.

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Sports

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• Billiards
• Pool
• shaft
• cue
• deflection
• Predator

[beccullity]

WHAT CUE ON EARTH MISSES LIKE THAT WHEN U PUT SIDE ENGLISH ON THE BALL??? THE ONLY TIME THIS SHIT HAPPENS IS WHEN THERES NO CHALK ON THE CUE...

IVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 25 YEARS, AND THIS VIDEO IS SUCH A CROCK OF SHIT... PLEASE DONT BELIEVE THIS CRAP

[ben91mr2]

pay no attention to this video it is not instructional nor helpful just a disguised predator cue ad

[danwilliams10]

left english right english wtf shut the fuck up and hit the ball

[gradoman2]

While I don't doubt the merits of a Predator shaft as I've tried one myself. One can clearly see in the second example that the cue ball and object ball are not in a straight line when using stock shafts and hence wild results. When he hits the Predator the balls are perfectly straight. This is not a fair demonstration.

[Guitarded4life1]

Advertisement or not, the only thing wrong about this video is that he seems to exaggerate the deflection. Other than that, he is correct. Deflection happens. It's physics. Predator cues greatly reduce deflection. The majority of pros use them. It's not just used by more pros than any other cue. More than half of the pros use them. Using one makes you more precise. It's like a rifled gun barrel vs. a non-rifled gun barrel.

[ikawpipa]

this is nothing!!! ... i can draw the object ball.

[supermetalhead999]

When he hits with "his 314 shity shaft" he doesn't use nowhere near "two tips" left or right. LOL.

[ash57873]

I dont know if this is meant to be a joke + he is just taking the piss?! because how can you suck that bad i mean cmon.

[oskeexy]

It's because his cue action is fucking terrible.

[TheSandycrazy]

dis guy is learnin at da same tym teaching..lol

[vaderraider666]

This guy is a idiot I'm only 20 but I have 15 years of playing time and the reason people miss when using English is because sometimes your trying to set yourself up for a big shot and take the shot for granted causing a miss.shooting any shot the English will take effect AFTER it makes contact with something not including the air in front of the cue ball.

[chevykicksass505]

When using left or right spin the cueball will always deflect or "squirt" in a different direction. Then you have to consider the "throw" of the object ball due to the effects of the english you just applied. Example, if you use left hand english on the cue ball, the ball it hits will be "thrown" to the right causing you to miss the pocket. The point of a low deflection shaft is to minimize deflection so that you really only have to worry about compensating for "throw".