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2. Longoni (company) - Wikipedia

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   Longoni SRL is one of the most prominent European manufacturers of cue sticks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company, founded by Alessandro Longoni in 1945, is based in Mariano Comense , Italy . [ 3 ] Longoni makes cues customized for various carom billiards disciplines, including three-cushion , five-pin , and artistic billiards , as well as pool and ...

3. Comparison of cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Pool, also called "pocket billiards", is a form of billiards usually equipped with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls), played on a pool table with six pockets built into the rails, splitting the cushions. The pockets (one at each corner, and one in the center of each long rail) provide targets (or in some cases, hazards) for ...

4. Cue stick - Wikipedia

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   A player using a cue stick to push a billiard ball forward to move an object ball A pool cue and its major parts. [1]: 71–72 [2]A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.

5. Cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Billiards games are mostly played with a stick known as a cue. A cue is usually either a one-piece tapered stick or a two-piece stick divided in the middle by a joint of metal or phenolic resin. High-quality cues are generally two pieces and are made of a hardwood, generally maple for billiards and ash for snooker.

6. Kamui Tips - Wikipedia

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   Kamui tips first gained international exposure in October 2007, when they were introduced at the BCA Super Billiards Expo in the United States. They were endorsed in 2008 by top pro Mika Immonen as his tip of choice [2] while winning the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships two years in a row, followed by the title of Inside Pool Magazine's 2009 Player of the Year.

7. Cue sports techniques - Wikipedia

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   However, because in most billiards shots, the cue is slightly elevated, if english is employed, an unintentional (and often imperceptible to the naked eye) curve results. This is known as "swerve" or "the swerve effect". The farther away an intended target is from the cue ball's original shooting position, the more swerve of the cue ball will ...