SVB sportin' a GLOVE in Nicaragua!!!

Maniac

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I know why some would avoid starting a thread like this,,,,,,,,but their worst nightmare has come true. Their All-American hero who plays the game the way it's supposed to be played (old school) has gone over to the "Dark Side" ;).

Yep, he's wearin' a glove, and shootin' pretty darn good with it too (he just made it to the semi-finals).

That's gotta have the purists hurling their lunch :embarrassed2:!!!

Maniac
 
Maniac said:
I know why some would avoid starting a thread like this,,,,,,,,but their worst nightmare has come true. Their All-American hero who plays the game the way it's supposed to be played (old school) has gone over to the "Dark Side" ;).

Yep, he's wearin' a glove, and shootin' pretty darn good with it too (he just made it to the semi-finals).

That's gotta have the purists hurling their lunch :embarrassed2:!!!

Maniac
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Guess ya gotta have something to deal with the humidity/heat. Just imagine if he wasnt using a cuetec shaft...wood would soak up the sweat
 
Actually I think SVB plays pool the "NEW SCHOOL" style.

I would bet the humdity might be a little high.
randyg
 
Actually this is at least Shanes 3rd tournament using a glove, he used it in the 9ball tournament in Qatar and the Guiness event. The glove seems here to stay!
 
i saw video of the recent guinness tournament and he was wearing a glove there too.

maybe he only wears it in humid areas?

i never got why some people freak out over gloves...it's just a glove. if you like it and it works for you, wear it. i never thought it looked weird or anything, why would anyone care if someone wants to wear a glove?
 
I noticed that also but also noticed he was using alot more powder before the glove. Probably got tired of going back to the chair after every shot to slick up.
 
McChen said:
why would anyone care if someone wants to wear a glove?
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I cannot answer that, but I know that there are MANY people on this site DEAD-SET against one. Some act as though it's an unpardonable crime to wear one.

Maniac
 
Everyone made fun when he played with a Cuetech and now because he's playing with a hand panty. I hate hand chalk and hand panties but, down here on the coast of SC, the humidity is killer. I pull out my hand panty before going to all that powder and if washing my hands doesn't work. I can't imagine how hot & humid it is where he's at. I would only start to worry if he starts sporting a retractable chalk holder from his belt. :) Go Shane!!!
 
I poo=poohed the glove for years, laughed at a few players wearin' their glove. On e week the pool room was havin' problems with their A/C, so I bought a glove out of desperation.

Wouldn't play without one now. I'm from the old school, but a humid climate requires change.
 
ceebee said:
I poo=poohed the glove for years, laughed at a few players wearin' their glove. On e week the pool room was havin' problems with their A/C, so I bought a glove out of desperation.

Wouldn't play without one now. I'm from the old school, but a humid climate requires change.
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Did you buy the deodorizer for an extra 1.25?
 
well Sport.. I'm sure on a hot day,, there might be a few that would buy it for me...
 
Ah yes, let the homophobes and testosterone-challenged come out of the woodwork!

Why on earth does anyone care if Shane (or *any* pool player, for that matter) wears a glove? I mean it's one way (of many) to solve the humidity / hyperhidrosis / sticking shaft problem. It's not an affront to -- nor is an indicator of -- anyone's "manhood." But it appears we have quite the populace here in the pool community who think it is.

Personally, I don't use a glove, because I personally need to feel the table underneath my fingers / palm (in cases where my palm is touching the table). I do have a couple sets of Nancy Cote's "FingerSlides" product -- which are special finger wraps that only cover the parts of the fingers that contact the shaft -- but I really only need to use those in very humid conditions. (Otherwise, a couple dabs of corn starch does the trick for me -- much better and less messy than talc.) However, if the "feeling the table" thing wasn't an issue with me, you can bet I'd have no qualms about using a glove.

I just don't get it. There's nothing wrong with using a glove, if it helps solve a problem for the person using it. Gloves are used in quite a lot of sports (including the batter in that most "manly" of sports, baseball). Those that criticize the "manliness" or "fashion" of a pool glove should really look in the mirror. Yeah, those paint-splotched dungarees and faded T-shirts are, like, yeah man, very en vogue! Now smile and let us all see that every-other-tooth-missing grin!

-Sean <-- hopes that the glove helps Shane play even better, to shut the critics up
 
sfleinen said:
Ah yes, let the homophobes and testosterone-challenged come out of the woodwork!

Why on earth does anyone care if Shane (or *any* pool player, for that matter) wears a glove? I mean it's one way (of many) to solve the humidity / hyperhidrosis / sticking shaft problem. It's not an affront to -- nor is an indicator of -- anyone's "manhood." But it appears we have quite the populace here in the pool community who think it is.

Personally, I don't use a glove, because I personally need to feel the table underneath my fingers / palm (in cases where my palm is touching the table). I do have a couple sets of Nancy Cote's "FingerSlides" product -- which are special finger wraps that only cover the parts of the fingers that contact the shaft -- but I really only need to use those in very humid conditions. (Otherwise, a couple dabs of corn starch does the trick for me -- much better and less messy than talc.) However, if the "feeling the table" thing wasn't an issue with me, you can bet I'd have no qualms about using a glove.

I just don't get it. There's nothing wrong with using a glove, if it helps solve a problem for the person using it. Gloves are used in quite a lot of sports (including the batter in that most "manly" of sports, baseball). Those that criticize the "manliness" or "fashion" of a pool glove should really look in the mirror. Yeah, those paint-splotched dungarees and faded T-shirts are, like, yeah man, very en vogue! Now smile and let us all see that every-other-tooth-missing grin!

-Sean <-- hopes that the glove helps Shane play even better, to shut the critics up
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Whatever I heard you and Jon B got down. So you can't be talking like you will never wear a glove.
 
I asked him about the glove a few weeks ago and his response was pretty funny. Here it is pretty much verbatim:

Me: You use the glove because of the humidity?

SVB: I been using it for about a month. Its smooth I like it.

SVB: I'm turning into Earl.

Me: I'll order your ass weights.
 
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