Cue stick facts for kids

A pool cue and its major parts.

A cue stick (or simply cue), is a kind of stick used for sports like pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to hit a ball, normally the cue ball. Cues are fixed-up sticks, normally about 58 inches (1.5 m) long and 18–21 ounces (510–600 g). Most cues are made of wood, but sometimes the wood is covered with other materials like carbon fiber or fiberglass. An old term for a cue, used from the 16th to early 19th centuries, is "billiard stick".

Images for kids

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  Man playing billiards with cue and woman with mace, from an illustration in Michael Phelan's 1859 book, The Game of Billiards

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  Snooker cue with two detachable extensions

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  Dime- and nickel-radius cue tips (left to right, respectively)

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  Billiard chalk

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  Layered (laminated) tip

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  Cue tip shaper

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  Longoni cues

See also

In Spanish: Taco (billar) para niños