Just a simple survey on bridge use.....
During a match yesterday on povpool stream at Hard Times i saw a bridge used by Oscar D he was playing Rodney he was jacked up on a ball and he put the bridge across the table side to side and used it to rest his bridge hand up off the table to shoot the ball thats the 1st time i ever saw anybody do it anybody else see itJust a simple survey on bridge use.....
During a match yesterday on povpool stream at Hard Times i saw a bridge used by Oscar D he was playing Rodney he was jacked up on a ball and he put the bridge across the table side to side and used it to rest his bridge hand up off the table to shoot the ball thats the 1st time i ever saw anybody do it anybody else see it
Interesting... there used to be a rule about bridge use and having to use equipment as intended... Back then Oscar may have committed a foul... These days I don't keep up with all the rule sets so I have no idea if what he did was legal... They actually used to have rules about how many bridges you could use and how..... from what I seem to recall.....
Those rules still exist, Chris, at least in the WPA rules:
"1.3 Player’s Use of Equipment
... The equipment must be used only for the purpose or in the manner that the equipment was intended. (See 6.16 Unsportsmanlike Conduct.)
...
(c) Mechanical Bridges – The player may use up to two mechanical bridges to support the cue stick during the shot. The configuration of the bridges is up to the player. He may use his own bridge if it is similar to standard bridges.
..."
I got called on using the bridge to span the table for a jump shot where I bridged off of the middle of it several years ago.... We argued intent but I knew I was in the wrong when the rule was brought up and read... I argued the intent of the mechanical bridge... It was intended to allow players to reach shots they normally could not and that was what I had done.... I argued to a draw but it left me thinking about it and with a bad taste in my mouth.... Wasn't a WPA event just cheap sparring but I have not forgotten it.....
Chris
Supporting the jump cue with the mechanical bridge is clearly okay with the WPA rules, jump cue is a "cue" according to WPA. Supporting your bridge hand is not, so Oscar D committed a foul in the situation described earlier. Of course, we never know if players are taking advantage on certain situations on which they know that players/TD's are not strictly enforcing WPA rules. What I mean that it could be that Oscar is not familiar with this rule. I'd bet it's the latter.
On the original question: I'm usually too lazy to use my own moose head, but I bring it out if the equipment on the house (usually unstable plastic gimmicks) are not satisfactory to me. Oh well, I'm 6'6" so I don't need to use the bridge too often anyway
Me too!:thumbup:I take my own bridge when I play
I use what the house provides...
I use the bridge but I do have an extension which keeps me from needing to sometimes....
I ALSO like pie.......
I'm a simple man with a complicated life..! :thumbup:
during a match yesterday on povpool stream at hard times i saw a bridge used by oscar d he was playing rodney he was jacked up on a ball and he put the bridge across the table side to side and used it to rest his bridge hand up off the table to shoot the ball thats the 1st time i ever saw anybody do it anybody else see it
You needed one more option. I shoot left handed. There are very few spots on a table whrre I have to use a bridge. I use the house bridge when necessary.
I take my own bridge when I play
I use what the house provides...
I use the bridge but I do have an extension which keeps me from needing to sometimes....
I ALSO like pie.......
I'm a simple man with a complicated life..! :thumbup: