GoldCrown
Pool players have more balls
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Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #1
Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there a (legal)limit to how much a BC can weigh in league play. Thanks.
J Soto
The NON-Myth
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #2
I'm not sure if there is or not, but a friend of mine had a 28 oz. break cue that he said was banned in league play. He used it all the time. Nobody brings a scale to league play. What league do you play in? Some leagues might have a limit and others may not.
ignomirello
Tony IGGY
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #3
25 oz?
GoldCrown said:
Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there a (legal)limit to how much a BC can weigh in league play. Thanks.
For some reason 25oz sticks in my mind. I guess it depends what league also.
CocoboloCowboy
Cowboys are my hero's
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #4
ignomirello said:
For some reason 25oz sticks in my mind. I guess it depends what league also.
BCAPL RULE is 25 OZ or ANY CUE.
HueblerHustler7
AndrewActionG
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #5
Funny because lighter cues generate more acceleration into the cue ball, powerful breaks are generated from control and applying momentum to the CB. By using a heavier cue dose not necessarily mean your going to break harder but it may just help you keep your cue on line. I personally play and break with an 18oz
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8onthebreak
THE WORLD IS YOURS
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #6
GoldCrown said:
Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there a (legal)limit to how much a BC can weigh in league play. Thanks.
I had a cuetec j/b that I had bored out and had molten lead poured into the butt end of it. I still have that cue laying around the house here...if anyone want to buy it
I did this of course, 15 yrs ago when I thought a heavier break cue would give me a better break :grin-square:
tatcat2000
AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #7
25 ozs in BCAPL Equipment Specifications 9-b and under WSR Equipment Specifications #17.
Don't count on the lack of a scale - there is one at any tournament I work, accurate to within 0.1 oz. Don't make me take it out of the box! :nono:
Buddy
GoldCrown
Pool players have more balls
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- Apr 8, 2013
- #8
J Soto said:
What league do you play in?
We had the discussion in our ClubHouse pool room. We were breaking with a cue extension attached and I raised the weight question. Thank you for the replies.
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AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #9
Break Cue Weight
Ray Schulers theory was the lighter the better, he made me a combination Break / Jump cue...
The cue is a plain jane Merry Widow based on the Rambow "Hub" cue, walnut forearm, linen wrap and a carom shaft for stiffness with the Schuler joint.
There is a another Schuler joint at the front end of the wrap, this allows you to un-screw the forearm from the butt and screw the shaft into wrap handle end, thus a short jump cue.
Ray talked about learning cue making from Rambow, Rambow invented the "Hub" cue, Ray took the "Hub" design to another level with the famous Schuler joint.
Joe
Spider1
AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
- Apr 8, 2013
- #10
Depending on league, 25 seems to be the upper limit.
While cue speed is paramount, physics cannot be denied. You might be able to accelerate a light break cue faster, but your acceleration gain between say a 17oz and a 25 oz is minuscule, but the other side of the equation, the weight/mass difference between a 17 and a 25 is enormous. Don't forget how the formulae works: mass x acceleration. A tiny difference on one side does not equal a huge gain on the other. Your arm/shoulder can hardly tell the a 8oz difference. There's a reason league rule sets have an upper weight limit but no lower weight limit.
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