Natural Bridge lenght

Pangit said:
I'm about ten inches, no pun intended. I've lived in the PI for many years and it still amazes me how long the Pinoy's "natural" bridge is. Is there Something in the water?
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I've thought about this. I've only see Pinoy's that are in the US, but I feel you could be wrong... but you live in the PI, not me :)

Many of the good PI players over here seem to have average length bridges. The exception is Efren of course, and I feel a lot of young Philipinos have immulated him, but that is the extent of the explination if you ask me.

On the fundamentals part of it all..... well, I will say that the bridges when the cueball is frozen to the rail, your bridge length can drastically change in this situation. A player can put his hand on the rail and use his thumb and index as a guide, or he can have only the tips of his fingers on the table. That is an important bridge to learn because I think it gets people closer to their natural bridge length when the cb is frozen. It isn't so comfortable at first, but well worth learning and practicing. In fact, I would bet you may have more success immediately upon using this fingertip bridge.
 
Pangit said:
I'm about ten inches, no pun intended. I've lived in the PI for many years and it still amazes me how long the Pinoy's "natural" bridge is. Is there Something in the water?
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your bridge means more than how long it is.
get a good bridge that means more .
 
K.Mcphee said:
The length of the bridge is the same (end of rail------------------->cue ball). A shorter person will have their forward foot closer to the rail.
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Not all rails are the same width. Also some players utilize an "extended rail bridge"!
randyg
 
Now I'm no world beater, :) hitting the big 60 I've got all I could do to remember who I am these days. I don't play much anymore, but I'm a threat to hit ya with a 50 something in any game of 14.1. If I lengthen my bridge more than about 7 or 8 inches I'm a threat to run 3 balls. :grin:

I just don't get how these guys pocket balls with confidence with long bridges. Take a look at my post #4 in this thread. I've put a photo in it of what I thing is an amazing choice of bridge length considering he will be following through this shot another 2 or 3 inches in addition to where he is starting from. I just don't get it, and I've seen guys with much longer bridges than the one in this photo. How much more sensitive to the slightest movement is that tip with such a long fulcrum? I dunno ... why, why risk it? :scratchhead::shrug: :)

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=219104&highlight=bridge+length
 
Appleton may have a very long bridge but his stroke is very short. Common for that length of bridge.
randyg
 
Randy,

Is it that folks with shorter arms will tend to lengthen their bridge in order to open their stroke up a little longer to execute certain shots? That makes sense to me having short arms.
 
OUSooner said:
Randy,

Is it that folks with shorter arms will tend to lengthen their bridge in order to open their stroke up a little longer to execute certain shots? That makes sense to me having short arms.
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YUP....:-)
randyg
 
alstl said:
Here in Missouri the length of the bridge is a little longer than the width of the river.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Glad that you couldn't resist. Both my wife and I got a good chuckle and she doesn't even play.
 
I think a natural bridge length actually develops based on the type of games a player played coming up. Most people do some level of pivot aiming consciously or unconsciously and bridge length has a direct effect on how accurate and consistent this pivot aiming is for different distances. Pinoys play mainly rotation games and will be shooting longer shots on average than someone who plays 14.1 or 8 ball... Longer shots = Longer Bridges
 
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