Caring for Your Cue and Equipment

Objective: Maintain cue, tip and general kit condition, and know when to get professional help.

Why it matters: Poorly maintained equipment quietly undermines technique — a worn or mis-shaped tip changes contact in ways a player often blames on themselves.

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Learn: Guide on cue cleaning, tip shaping/replacement signs, ball cleaning and cloth care, plus the maintenance schedule.

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Challenge: Complete a full equipment check-and-clean using the maintenance schedule.

Common mistakes: Ignoring a mushroomed or worn tip until miscues become frequent.

Coaching cue: Look after the cue and it looks after your game.

Completion criteria: Completes the equipment check-and-clean and can state one sign that a tip needs replacing.