Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
Originally Posted by churchy
Smaller tip = more spin, less accuracy and visa versa,
Not true imo. A larger softer tip will have a bigger contact area and impart more spin. Pool cues are often bigger tho because there are a lot more power shots in pool.
Tips are a very personal thing tho. Depends on what the individual likes, like you said.
Smaller tips impart more spin, as you are putting the same amount of power through a smaller contact patch, enabling you to "grip" a smaller amount of the cue ball, and turn the ball faster.
I run a ground down 8.5mm tip, and wouldn't go bigger, as I like to be able to move the cue ball around a lot more than some larger tips will allow.