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– balance point
– break cue
– carbon fiber shafts
– caring for
– cleaning
– cue tip
– deflection
– dent removal
– diameter
– efficiency
– elevation effects
– endmass
– “feel,” “hit,” “feedback,” and “playability”
– graphite shafts
– how is a cue made
– ferrule
– hit efficiency
– jump cue
– laminated shafts

– length
– low-squirt (low-deflection or LD) shafts
    – advantages
    – disadvantages
    – getting more spin
    – comparison among various cues
– manufacturing
– massé cue
– natural pivot length
– selecting a cue
– size
– spine
– stiffness
– “squirt,” “deflection,” “stiffness”
– testing
– tip
– types and tapers
– vibration
– weight


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