| The cue sports like pool and billiards didn't make use of | | | | be used. This led to the development of the new style |
| cue sticks in the beginning. It was around 200 years | | | | called striking the cue ball. |
| ago that the idea of using cue for cue sports began. | | | | |
| As a pool player, you must know the history of cue | | | | Also, it led to the birth of a new implement which was |
| sticks. | | | | named cue, inspired by the word ‘queue' meaning |
| | | | | ‘tail'. Interestingly, the cue was used only as an |
| Today, cue sticks form an important part of the sports | | | | addition to the mace in the beginning of the 19 th |
| like pool, snooker and billiards. However, the use of | | | | century. The players used cue only when caught in |
| cues didn't start with the birth of the cue sports, but | | | | situations like frozen balls against the rail. The use of |
| these sticks came into being a little later. Here is a | | | | mace remained popular till the end of the 19 th century. |
| discussion about the evolution of pool cues as well as | | | | |
| some of the cue accessories a pool player uses | | | | The use of cues was restricted to the skilled players |
| these days. | | | | only, as it required expertise to prevent the wear and |
| | | | | tear of cloth with the use of cues. With the passage |
| In the early days of the cue sports, an implement quite | | | | of time and the popularity of the cue sticks, the |
| similar to a golf club was used. The name of the | | | | cushions with high rebound were used. Soon, the use |
| implement was mace and it consisted of a foot. So, | | | | of pool cues led to the development of ‘spin' and |
| the idea was to shove the cue balls rather than to | | | | ‘masse' shots. Also, the use of leather cue tip was |
| strike them. However, the issue arose when the cue | | | | introduced in the beginning of the 19 th century. |
| balls got frozen alongside the table rails. This made it | | | | |
| hard for the player to hit the ball squarely using the | | | | An interesting practice of the cue sports players those |
| mace's foot. | | | | days was to twist their cue stick against the plaster |
| | | | | walls. This was done to have a chalk-like deposit on |
| It was in the later pat of the 17 th century that the | | | | the tip that prevented miscued shots. Likewise, other |
| expert players of the cue sports came out with a | | | | present day cue accessories were added with the |
| solution. They popularized the use of the mace's tail to | | | | passage of time. |
| hit a shot during the instances when its foot could not | | | | |