r/pool • u/Big_Shape_549 • 1d ago

Looking for advice

I've been playing pool about 3 hours a day since January, and I've been getting better and better recently. Its gotten to the point where I'm wondering if my equipment is at its best it could be. I'm not looking to buy new equipment or anything like that, just adjust my current stuff to where it is the most optimal. With that being said, I've been trying to find the best radius to width ratio of my cue tips and I've been seeing some mixed reviews on it all. I currently have a 12.75 mm Cuetec Avid fiberglass cue with a layered leather tip with a dime radius and a Cuessir Ascend with a 12.5 mm medium-soft tip (can't remember the name of the tip or what its made out of) also with a dime radius. Initially, everything that I saw said that a dime radius tip was better, but now I'm wondering if that is true. For everyone else that I play with, they have a nickle radius on their tip. So what's the better option for my width of shafts? Any tips and advice are greatly appreciated and, if possible, an explanation of why would be very helpful so that I can better understand my own game as well as the game of pool as a whole.

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u/tls133 1d ago

Your pool tip is fine. The question you need to answer on the table is can you hit a dead perfect straight stop shot and a perfect follow shot. 9' table, tight pockets, cross corner dead straight shot. Can you hit a perfect stop shot consistently? Can you hit a perfect follow shot where the cue ball follows the object ball into the pocket? If you can make those shots consistently you can play with any equipment.