Club knowledge
If you have just started and are eager to improve your level and become an excellent golfer, immediately choose a suitable club for yourself. Bar. Here are some suggestions for beginners:
The wood used to make billiard cues is mainly white wax and Canadian maple. These two types of wood have good elasticity and are not easily deformed. The wood has beautiful and distinct wood patterns. Therefore, it is very popular among billiards enthusiasts and athletes. In order to take advantage of the impact force of the club, the back handle (the back half) is weighted. The back half of some clubs is made of mahogany or ebony, which is both beautiful and practical.
Maple: relatively elastic and soft. The wood is easily affected by the weather (humidity) and changes its elasticity. It is relatively unsuitable for humid weather. It is relatively light in weight and has high elasticity and is not suitable for wet weather. It is suitable for customizing clubs that are too long or too heavy. Because the center of gravity is not ideal and is not conducive to force generation, general maple clubs are relatively short; if it is a snooker club, the shaft is longer than a club made of ordinary materials. Slightly thicker; due to the relatively stable nature of wood, its general durability is higher than other materials;
Raw materials are relatively expensive, especially top-grade maple, with a basic price of more than 5,000 yuan;
In appearance, the wood grain is relatively fine, not easy to find, white, smooth to the touch, and relatively easy to clean;
In terms of use, it is more suitable for position control, especially strength control, which is not conducive to distance control. The accuracy of the ball, due to its high elasticity, is prone to deviation; 9-ball is generally made of maple wood, and snooker users account for a relatively small number of players.
White wax: The elasticity of general grade white wax is not uniform (you can refer to the distance and proportion of the wood grain arrows), and the hardness is relatively high;
The material options are wide and suitable for customization Clubs of various specifications; the price is moderate and the price range is relatively large;
In appearance, the wood grain is relatively clear and beautiful. Especially top-grade white wax, after selection, can meet a variety of requirements (the price is relatively high), such as arrows with consistent directions, consistent spacing, consistent front and back, straight sides, etc.;
Wood is easier to adapt to the environment. , not easily affected by the weather, but because ash wood clubs are generally relatively thin, their durability is medium (the head part is often broken);
In use, it is more suitable for improving accuracy. and high-intensity force, which is more suitable for use in snooker events (most snooker players currently use ash cues).
The billiard cue is an important tool for direct hitting. Although you can use public cue during competition or practice, it is better to bring your own cue. It is easy to use, use it freely, and swap it out. It is difficult to adapt to the performance of public cues, and it will feel awkward psychologically. Therefore, billiards masters use their own cues, and athletes such as table tennis and tennis also use their own rackets. In fact, they are athletes. Contest winning hand.
Using your own billiard cue, you can grasp the center of gravity of the billiard cue, grasp the correct grip position in a timely manner under any circumstances, skillfully utilize the gravity of the cue, and combine it with your personal wrist strength to fully Develop your batting skills. A comfortable and easy-to-use billiard cue is crucial to the performance of one's skills. Just like a soldier's gun, from scale to weight, you have to rely on yourself in daily practice to master the characteristics of your own special billiard cue and use it. Only when people and poles know each other and are united as one and can be used freely can they win the battle.
Purchasing of clubs
1. Don’t think that brand-name clubs are just as good as the ones that fit your hand are the best. Like Hendry, his father gave them to him when he was a child. A very ordinary rod has been used to this day. Famous brand clubs are expensive. The first one I bought was a RILLY snooker club. It cost more than 400 yuan and was the cheapest in the store. Later, I became obsessed with nine-ball and bought two nine-ball clubs. Neither of them were famous brands, but they were very comfortable to use. In fact, you can have a good choice for 200 yuan. The most important thing is to choose the one that suits you best among the same set of poles.
2. If you are a beginner, it is recommended that you buy a snooker stick, which can play both large and small balls.
Moreover, practicing snooker for a period of time will make a huge leap in your accuracy. Many top nine-ball players started by playing snooker. , the one-piece cue that costs tens of dollars and is currently used by general billiards clubs cannot be called a snooker club. The head of a real snooker club is thinner. Snooker poles can be divided into 1/2 and 1/4 according to the position of the connecting ring. The center of gravity of the 1/4 pole is relatively backward, and because the front half is longer, it has higher requirements for wood, so the price is relatively high. expensive. Many people who specialize in snooker prefer this kind of pole. The only disadvantage is that it is slightly inconvenient to carry.
3. Regarding the purchase of clubs, it is the hardness and elasticity of the clubs. The two contradict each other. Rods with high hardness usually have relatively poor elasticity. Billiard cues are made of a variety of materials, such as maple, ash, sandalwood and even synthetic materials. They all have different hardness and elasticity. Even cues of the same material are very different. This is why two cues look the same. The feel of different clubs can sometimes vary greatly. As for what kind of hardness and elasticity is suitable for you, it all depends on your technical characteristics. For example, the hardness of the clubs used by Jimmy White is very high, because he often likes to hit the ball hard at long distances with strong spin. If it is too soft, The rod used by Steve Davis is softer and has moderate elasticity. When dealing with long balls, he rarely attacks hard and often uses his precise defense. The hardness and elasticity of the cue can only be felt when you have a certain level of billiards. This is a subtle feeling.
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Cue maintenance
1. About oiling . The Guide to Club Selection: Choose a club that is convenient for you to play with. The article mentions the oiling of the club. In fact, good clubs are fully oiled during the production process, ensuring that the surface will not dry out and crack no matter how long it takes. There will be no bright paint on the surface of this new rod, so it can be used directly. If you feel it is awkward, you can lightly polish it with sandpaper, but no oil is needed. But if you buy an ordinary cue and the wood grain is very dense, it is necessary to oil it, otherwise you will find that there are cracks in the wood grain after using it for a period of time.
2. Glue the skin head yourself. Every player who plays golf regularly will encounter the tip of the club being knocked off or becoming too thin due to long use. In this case, it is necessary to replace the tip with a new tip. First, choose the size and quality of the new tip, because although the tip is small, it is the most important part; then press the tip on the sandpaper and draw an arc to fully polish it, so as to ensure that the bonding surface of the tip is absolutely flat; then Use a knife to scrape off the original glue on the bonding surface of the club head, and then carefully sand it with sandpaper until all the wood is exposed. Be very careful in this step to ensure that the bonding surface of the club is absolutely smooth. Then apply a thin layer of quick-drying glue on the two bonding surfaces. When applying glue, use less than too much glue. Use tweezers to hold the leather tip and place it on the club head to align it. After the glue is slightly dry, press firmly and leave for 24 hours. Then the new scalp will be strong. The key to gluing the leather head is to grind it flat and apply less glue to ensure that the newly glued leather head will fit tightly and be easy to use.
Well-known brand billiard cues
American PREDATOR (Puma) Brand Introduction: Predator is currently the most famous mass-produced cue brand in the world. Its 314 front section and Z front section are the largest. Features: It is made of 10 pieces of maple wood and has a hollow front end, which can minimize the offset of the lower plug when hitting the ball.
The workmanship of the Jaguar cue is very good. Whether it is 5K1 or Langzhong, the paint on the back handle is very bright. The back handle of the Jaguar cue is slightly thinner than the ordinary nine-club, and the foreleg is 314 2 Because it is thin, it is easy to aim, has a certain degree of elasticity, and has less give, so the Jaguar clubs feel very good in the hand. The punch BK2 is very famous, with users ranging from professional players to billiards enthusiasts. The forelimbs of BK2 are also made of high-tech composite wood, which has greater elasticity and good effect.
Japanese MEZZ
Brand introduction: Mezz is a brand of Miki, a club company in Tomioka, Japan. It was founded in 1960 and has been for more than 40 years. Its clubs have Japanese characteristics. The product has a tradition of high quality and is one of the most famous mass-produced clubs in the world.
MEZZ has a number of club patents, such as 5/16”-14 semi-quick joint, Hybird technology front section, Professional Extension extended grip, etc. Its Power Break punch, Air Shooter jump stick and other products are also very famous. Mezz The clubs are all equipped with a single front section and are relatively stiff. Recently, the clubs shipped from the factory are equipped with Moori tips.
MEZZ's clubs are also well made, and there is no problem with the quality of the products from Little Japan. The forelimbs of the club are very hard, and there are several high-tech forelimbs, including those with carbon and resin, which are indeed very high-tech. The recently popular WD700 forelimbs seem to be filled with resin, and the hitting feel is closer to that of a log forelimb, but it is hard, which is fine. Flexibility. PB series punch rods and jumping rods are very easy to use and have great features. You can check them out on the MEZZ China website.
Canada FALCON (Falcon)
Brand introduction: KPS is a world-famous mass-produced club manufacturer. In 1990, the company set up a club factory in Canada. For many years, it has been OEM for the famous American Predator (Puma) clubs. This is its strength. Proof. Years of accumulation of production experience and unremitting pursuit of high quality have enabled the company to win unanimous recognition in the industry and good reputation from users. Its own brand Falcon (Falcon) clubs are based on the very fierce Falcon in North America as LoGo. , is one of the most well-known mass-produced clubs in the world.
FALCON clubs are also very well-known. The clubs are also divided into many series, with prices ranging from low-end to mid-range. It is said that FALCON has a large number of users many years ago. The fore limbs of FALCON are relatively flexible and it is very suitable for nine-ball. KPS also has a factory in Taiwan. Some brands of Taiwanese clubs on the market should be produced by KPS Taiwan factory.
American Poison (Poison)
Brand introduction: Poison clubs are another brand launched by the American Predator (Puma) company in 2008. The rear section uses a large amount of metal rings and metal paint. , synthetic rubber grips and other new materials and new designs make the overall style of the club full of modernity. The front section uses patented Double Density (DD) technology, which is slightly harder than the 314 front section.
Poison, like Universal and Jaguar, are clubs manufactured by Taiwan Wood Factory in Dongguan, Guangdong, so the workmanship and playing feel are not bad at all. The design of the clubs is very avant-garde and modern, and many people may not be able to accept it, but now It is selling well in the market and has more and more users. The teeth are very unique and the forelimbs are very powerful.
American FURY
Brand introduction: FURY is It is a self-owned brand of Gaofa (the third largest club manufacturer in the world) and was registered in the United States in 2000. The clubs have good elasticity and high cost performance, so FURY became popular in the American market only after 2003. The brand was first sold abroad and does not have a long brand history.
Kofa is a very famous Taiwanese cue factory that has a factory in Taiwan. All FURY is produced by Kofa’s Zhangzhou factory. FURY is a mid-to-low-end nine-club club, but its playing feel and materials are good, and it is also divided into many series. There are DL clubs priced around 300 yuan to the top RP series priced at several thousand yuan. I personally like FURY's RP9 very much. FURY's forelimb is medium-hard and somewhat elastic, so some friends say it is soft. The club quality and cost-effectiveness are very good.
The clubs that are doing better in China are the Jianying brand of clubs, which is also an old factory, and the newly emerged Yuan Cheng Dynamics, but these two brands mainly focus on snooker clubs. .
There are also some handmade poles made by masters, which I cannot introduce in detail.
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RILEY product introduction
RILEY is recognized as the best snooker cue brand in the world, with sales locations in more than 60 countries country and is the UK's leading club manufacturer.
RILEY was founded in 1897, and its business direction is the design, development and sales of snooker products. In November 1999, RILEY changed its sales strategy. Concentrating its core strength on cue products to provide professional-level snooker cues on the market, RILEY cue products received high praise in the retail market in October 2000, and also successfully entered the home snooker product market. The purpose of RILEY is to strive to establish an excellent brand, provide more professional and higher-designed snooker products with the goal of exceeding customer expectations, and meet the requirements of every customer. RILEY is now the representative brand of high-end snooker products. In the past 10 seasons, RILEY has been the product brand officially designated by the organizer. In major snooker events, RILEY tables are recognized as the tables that best meet the needs of professional players. .
MASTER product introduction
MASTER*** is divided into eight series and twenty-two models
As a world-renowned billiard cue manufacturer, it takes into account the original To meet the needs of scholars and advanced golfers, we have manufactured billiard cues from low-level to high-end at a relatively reasonable price/performance ratio, with prices ranging from RMB 600-2500. The price is almost the same as that of domestic billiard cues in China, but the sales are world-class. A well-known brand that recognizes quality.
A club consists of a front stick and a back handle. The quality of a billiard cue mainly depends on the wood of the front branch. MASTER mainly uses ash wood for its front branches because ash wood has better elasticity than maple. Ash grows all over the world and is also found in China. But the ones MASTER uses are unique to the Appalachian Mountains of North America and are generally recognized and used by the world's outstanding billiard cue manufacturers. MASTER also uses special techniques to create billiard cues that are different from other world-famous brands and have their own unique style. With good hardness and moderate elasticity, it is chosen by golfers all over the world.
Although MASTER has 22 models, the difference is actually only the selection of materials and handwork for flower arrangement. There are three grades of forelimb wood: A-grade wood, B-grade wood, and C-grade wood
A-grade wood—the forelimb wood of advanced clubs (recommended)
MASTER's Top billiard cues, with three series and fifteen models, the choice of many professional billiards players and billiards enthusiasts. The top-grade ash wood is used as the forelimbs, and two or three pieces are selected from more than a hundred forelimb materials. It is really the best wood in a hundred. It is also equipped with a back handle made of imported ebony wood, and various precious woods for decoration. The surface is completely handmade into a perfect billiard cue, so that the billiard cue is perfect from performance to appearance.
B-grade wood (CS) - transitional fore limb wood
This series is MASTER's mid-range billiard cues, made of carefully selected B-grade ash wood. The forelimbs are completely handmade, with Burmese ebony back handles, and are finished in all black or with single-sided flower arrangements.
C-grade wood (CP) - door-shaped forelimb wood
In order to take into account the needs of beginners, MASTER has produced this series, with two models, priced at RMB900 yuan Here are the low-priced pool cues to choose from. In order to maintain quality but reduce costs, the billiard cues in this series are machine-made, with handles of yellow wood or mahogany, and are available in various finishes.
In addition, MASTER also provides slightly higher-grade products, with more styles of low-priced and high-quality billiard cues for golfers to choose from. There are two series and five models of billiard cues, as well as Machine flower arrangement reduces costs. The front branches are made of B-grade and C-grade wood, and the back branches are made of mahogany or ebony, decorated with various finishes. Mark Williams, the world's top golfer, chose one of the TM2 clubs. This style has a Burmese ebony back handle with no facing and a 1/2 flat lower joint. He has won many championships with this club. Tournament champion.