There seems to be a great debate in pool today with regard to the use of specialty cues for specialty shots. There are those amongst us who may not see a need to carry a separate stick for a jump or a break shot. The argument might be that Earl Strickland does not advocate the short jump stick, or that Shane Van Boening does not need a separate break cue. Those people would be correct—if you are the best in the world you will have a likelihood of winning even when placing you

This story begins with a heated debate regarding the merits of Low Deflection pool cue shafts and the various companies that create them. This debate normally centers around two main companies: Predator serves as one of the first companies to make a commercially successful LD shaft, and OB—a company out of Texas that has a highly engineered product that is reknown to produce a softer feel. As this debate rages on, other companies are mentioned. Due to the educated nature of t