Accuracy: Making the Best Pool Cue Shaft

All OB Cue shafts employ "Low Cue Ball Deflection" technology, making it one of the best pool cue shafts around.

Cue ball deflection is the phenomenon that occurs when the cue shaft strikes the cue ball left or right of center. Instead of traveling along the line the cue stick is pointing down, the  cue ball will travel at an angle to that line.

Since using side spin is often necessary in order to play position, all pool players have to deal with cue ball deflection. A player has to compensate for that cue ball deflection or miss the shot. The more cue ball deflection, the more the player has to compensate. The more the player has to compensate, the easier it is to miss!

"Low Cue Ball Deflection" technology makes it easier to pocket balls with sidespin!

So what makes a cue shaft low cue ball deflection?

The best pool cue shafts have a reduced "Tip End Mass", or weight of the tip end of the cue shaft.  At OB Cues, we employ this same technique on all of our pool cue shafts.  Cue ball deflection is actually a result of the difference in weight or mass between the tip end of the cue shaft and the cue ball. Obviously, we can't change the weight of the cue ball, so we focus on the tip end of the cue shaft. By reducing the weight here, we have reduced cue ball deflection. When you compare the OB shafts against others, you will find them at the top of the list.

Deflection or Squirt?

Which is It?