Pool Cues, Pool Sticks and Cue Sticks Pool Cues, Pool Sticks and Cue Sticks Some call them pool cues, cuesticks, or even pool sticks. No matter what terminology you use, a cue stick is the most important piece of equipment that most pool players purchase. Ask any great player and they’ll tell you that the most import piece of equipment that a pool player can own would is a pool cue. The modern two-piece pool cue has been around for over a century. The pool cue actually started as a mace , which was an instrument that had a club-like end and the player would simply scoot, shove or hit the cueball with as they desired. The o­ne-piece cue as we know it today when a leather tip was added at o­ne end so to decrease miscues. chalk soon followed aftwerwards and the evolution of english and spin took over the imagination of the players. Players soon decided to travel with their own cues, since they noticed that they played better with a familiar instrument, and the two-piece cue became an overnight necessity. About that … [Read more...]