What is a Snooker Cue?
Snooker cues are typically made from wood or fiberglass, and is used to strike the white ball when playing a game of snooker. Cues are tapered sticks, usually about 58 inches (1.5m) long and typically weigh approximately 600 grams. An obsolete term used for them was “billiards stick” that was commonly used around the 16th to early 19th centuries. Before the cue, a mace was used, an implement similar to a golf club. This mace used a “foot” which was used to shove the ball, rather than to strike it. The mace proved to be very difficult to master and in 1807, the first snooker cue as we know it today appeared. The introduction of the snooker cue has been largely attributed to Francois Mingaud, a political prisoner being held in Paris, who experimented by using a leather cue tip. In 1807, he was released and demonstrated his invention. Mingaud was also credited with the discovery of the massé shot, this being achieved by raising the cue vertically, to the position adopted by the mace. Befo
