Quidditch Brooms (short)

[Terry van Ettinger]

No: HPFGUIDX 38762

Quoting Amanda, I believe:
<< So no, I think it's fine that the brooms differ.  And as for bringing it
down to pure skill, well, how well one can work with the tools one has is an
important aspect of sharpening skills.  >>

Exactly.  And actually, the faster brooms most likely have their
disadvantages as well.  I'm guessing that having a faster broom would mean
that a player would have to be able to react faster to make direction
changes, avoid collisions, etc, whereas slower brooms would allow more room
for corrections.  So a faster broom might work well for one player, but for
another it could be their bane.  I am reminded of an example in music.  In
the tin whistle-playing community, there are many players who swear by
cheaper whistles, and avoid the more costly, higher-end varieties, and these
people find they play better on the cheaper types.  Yet there are others who
avoid the cheaper types and go exclusively for the higher end whistles.  So
more expensive is not always better necessarily.
Forgive me if the real-world analogy is going too far off-topic; I just
thought it fit in here

Regards,
Terry