Measuring Stick to understand your billiard shaft.

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Summary

The video explains the importance of using a "Measuring Stick" to understand the characteristics of a billiard shaft. It highlights the limitations of traditional measuring systems and introduces a new method that considers Bridge Length and Power for accurate evaluation of Cue performance. This method can be used in under a minute and provides consistent results across different players and cues.

Timestamped Highlights

00:00 🎯 The measuring stick is a six diamond shot to measure the Bridge point of a billiard shaft.
01:35 📏 Traditional measuring systems lack consistency due to variable factors like bridge length and power.
03:12 ⚙️ The new measuring stick introduces a Pivot English approach for accurate and immediate evaluation of Cue Performance.
04:45 ⏱️ This method can assess cue characteristics swiftly in less than a minute.
06:20 🔁 Consistency and reliability are ensured across different players and cues.
08:05 🎱 The measuring stick can be used on any pool table and is accessible to all.
09:40 📈 Evaluating the characteristics of a cue is essential for players.

Key Insights

- 💡 Traditional measuring systems that only consider Deflection without factoring in Bridge Length and Power are inconsistent and inaccurate.
- 💡 The new measuring stick provides precise and numerical evaluation of Cue performance characteristics in less than a minute, ensuring reliable results.
- 💡 Bridge Length and Power significantly impact Cue Deflection, and this information should be included in the measuring process for accurate assessment.
- 💡 This Measuring Stick offers a standardized and accessible method for evaluating Cue characteristics, allowing players to quickly understand the Cue they are using.
- 💡 Consistency is crucial in Cue assessment, and this Measuring Stick ensures consistent evaluation by considering Bridge Length and Power, using a Pivot English approach.
- 💡 The Measuring Stick can be utilized on any pool table in any establishment, making it a versatile tool for cue evaluation.
- 💡 Players without their own Cue can use this Measuring Stick to gauge the characteristics of the Cue they are using, enhancing their understanding and gameplay.


This video talks about how to understand what performance factor your shaft has. It gives a numeric value to your shaft that indicates the kind of performance it has, Regular Deflection or Low Deflection etc. Simply looking for how much deflection is not enough and we need a better system for understanding the different shafts on the market.

I find that there are two basic shafts on the market, "Regular Deflection" and "Low Deflection". Shooting with 100% "Back Hand English", aim and freeze the bridge, then pivot to 1 or 1.5 tips of side spin and shoot with a medium hard shot from head string center to end rail center, I find that Regular Deflection shafts tend to need a 14 inch bridge to deflect the cue ball straight to the center diamond at the end rail and Low Deflection shafts need roughly an 18 or 19 inch bridge to deflect straight to the center diamond. This can be done with nothing but a Cue, Cue Ball and Ruler. It will confirm for you exactly what kind of shaft you have. If your so called Low Deflection shaft does not have a long bridge point around 18 inches using this Measuring Stick then it is not a true Low Deflection Shaft. All Low Deflection Shafts need this long Bridge Point in order to achieve minimal deflection of the Cue Ball. The shorter the Bridge Point required, the greater the Cue Ball deflection.

So this means that Regular Deflection Shafts will need roughly a 14 inch bridge and Low Deflection Shafts will need roughly an 18 inch bridge. Not all Carbon Fiber shafts are Low Deflection. This Measuring Stick will allow you to accurately know what you have.

The world needs a better system than simply how much deflection since this test is so shooter dependent. Using Parallel English, how hard matters, how much spin matters, the bridge matters etc. Using Back Hand English helps minimize the influence of shooters speed and spin etc. With Back Hand English, all players using roughly the same speed (medium hard) and spin will find roughly the same bridge point. It is the bridge point for a given shot that minimizes player inconsistencies and makes this a better system to evaluate a shaft.