This may not seem like a very large number

The human arm, when swinging its arch to strike a ball, is only capable of a  limited amount of speed and power. This power being demonstrated by either more forward motion velocity, English velocity when using side, or a combination of the two. What this sleeve does for the player is to enhance the performance in two ways: 1) More power with less effort. So the job of the cue maker is obviously one that has to be measured precisely to achieve this amazing advantage, and he must also take into consideration the weight of the cue ball. What exactly happens when the cue ball is struck with a Black Dot Bullseye shaft with a Power Piston butt? Simply put, more compression of the pool cue at impact. The Power Piston butt is recognizable by the fact that the forearm (the area just below the joint and just above the wrap) is either going to be an ivory color or solid black.. All of this happens in a mere . In other words, when the cue ball is struck, the cue then begins to compress (foreshorten) the overall length of the cue, loading the cue with additional power that will be added to the stroke that youve put on the ball when the loaded cue releases.140 of the inch that Ive referred to is the total distance that the cue ball travels from the first impact of the tip until the cue ball leaves the tip. This may not seem like a very large number to an amateur player, however, when you consider in the game of nine ball, one ball being 11% of the balls that need to be pocketed, it clarifies just how important that advantage can be.For those of you that understand the term Power Piston to mean a specific design in the Meucci line of cues, you already know what I am referring to. For those of you that do not know, a Power Piston refers to a combination of the Black Dot Bullseye  shaft, but more importantly, a specific technology built into the butt section. That . 2) The second thing that the power piston does for you the player is that it reduces the deflection of the cue ball (not to be confused with shaft deflection) even more than all other Meucci cues by 7-10%. This area of the cue is a thin sleeve of high-impact plastic material over a maple dowel. This article has become fairly technical, and I hope that it is sufficiently understandable to those of you who care to know just what the advantage of having a Meucci Power Piston is.140 inches (one hundred and forty thousands of an inch!). Therefore the cue design, in order to gain any advantage, must be balanced to that speed when the cue ball is struck