I am looking in to trying a glove, that chalk stain is hard to get off your hand. Do they come in right or left hand, and are their any other things I should know about them, such as sizes. Seams in regular gloves for working bugs the crap out of me, do these gloves have any seam issues. Thanks
If you ever catch me wearing a pool glove...
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Pete Glenn stopped in the poolroom years ago and said that my buddy snuck into the poolroom in Phoenix a few days before. He said he seen Corey and Troy Frank walk in (they were on a cross country "play some pool to fund playing golf" expedition), Pete was the only person who knew who they were. They get a rack and go to a table, Corey IIRC had his pink "My first cue" case and Troy proceeds to put his pool glove on the wrong hand (grip hand, LOL). They bang some balls for a few minutes then announce to each other they're ready. Troy then slides over to the two best players in the room and asks "Hey partner! Would you and your partner like to play me and my partner some partners? Partner...". Pete said it was the most beautiful thing he had seen in years!
Godspeed to my buddy Pete.....
Godspeed to my buddy Pete.....
I used to be a "you'll never see me wear one of those" kind of guy. Since getting a table at home and playing with sliding door open from time to time (Florida) my opinion of gloves have changed. I dont' always wear one, but typically will put on one if humidity is an issue and before games that "really" matter to me...
I prefer the ones with open finger tips...
I prefer the ones with open finger tips...
insecure about something???
I use the glove with humid or dirty conditions.
Humid makes it sticky
Old Chalk, dirty tables creates grit on the shaft.
SVB is the top player in pool today, can you doubt him??
Funny you mention aprons.........I actually have a denim apron I bought from Jay H. on the Forum a couple of years ago.......I use it when the tables are dirty or I'm wearing light color clothes like tan cargo pants for example. The apron is really well made, lined, and with several pockets........I am surprised aprons haven't come back into style like so many other things tend to do.
Matt B.
Matt B.
JC
Coos Cues
Yes I do. I think he had several bad habits that prevented him from being all he could be. But that's my opinion. It will never be proven.
An open bridge isn't the same as a loose closed bridge with lateral play.
JC.
Personally I don't like the glove. I need to feel the stick, but hey, each to his own. I like the guys that hunt down every gadget under the sun and think that it's the magic missing ingredient to their game. Now half the people that read this thread are going to go out and hunt down a Molinari(?), like ChopStick uses.
I think they look cool, they just aren't for me.
I think they look cool, they just aren't for me.
Keith play better than he did? God, that would have been scary!
FWIW I wasn't calling you out or anything, just curious why you found that to be true for yourself.
I used to play with a tight loop bridge because the little red Mosconi book said you had to. A few years ago when I got back into the game I re-examined my bridge and found that, even with a tight bridge, there was still plenty of shaft wiggle possible. I started to look at the players I admired most to see what they were doing that prevented that. It came down to the shape and orientation of the bridge fingers themselves.
I saw that as long as the shaft rode along some sort of a strict groove inside the loop, there was no need for the fingers to be tight on the shaft. It took awhile, but I transformed my bridge into a more relaxed bridge (not sloppy loose, but loose enough that even a damp hand allowed the cue to slide through), which was the key to not only eliminating the wiggles, but to improving the stroke itself.
As long as my bridge is well anchored to the table (I thank Fran Crimi for her help with that) and I have a distinct groove or "vee" on the bottom of the loop, the cue goes through just as if I was using a vee to guide the stick while using an open bridge. The feeling in my hand is that the shaft is riding over the top of this vee, and merely contacting the index finger instead of using it to guide the cue in a physical/mechanical way. It is precisely this feeling that I think I would lose by using a glove.
I'm not recommending that anybody else should do it this way, just that it made a night and day difference in the smoothness and power of my entire stroke.
I don't know about that...
Usually the guys with gloves are using it "cuz the pros..." Like they think something they small will fix their stroke or lack of experience. It won't.
Of course there are the players who can play glove or not. Doesn't matter if they had mittens on, you can tell they have a stroke from one shot.
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I was happy to get the apron, and a teammate gave me his. There was often a black line on my jeans after playing for a while. But at 6' 5", it did me no good as far as keeping my pants clean. The tables hit my legs a couple inches below it. I never saw anyone wear one since then, however I have been mostly inaction since then too. Both aprons have been discarded a long time ago.
The OP appears quite secure in their convictions. They made no mention regarding anyone else, but the glove wearers all jump on the OP for being insecure in their personal choice? Even more comical, to prove how secure they are in their own decisions, they point out someone else's opinion who agrees. LOL!
JC
Coos Cues
Keith play better than he did? God, that would have been scary!
FWIW I wasn't calling you out or anything, just curious why you found that to be true for yourself.
I used to play with a tight loop bridge because the little red Mosconi book said you had to. A few years ago when I got back into the game I re-examined my bridge and found that, even with a tight bridge, there was still plenty of shaft wiggle possible. I started to look at the players I admired most to see what they were doing that prevented that. It came down to the shape and orientation of the bridge fingers themselves.
I saw that as long as the shaft rode along some sort of a strict groove inside the loop, there was no need for the fingers to be tight on the shaft. It took awhile, but I transformed my bridge into a more relaxed bridge (not sloppy loose, but loose enough that even a damp hand allowed the cue to slide through), which was the key to not only eliminating the wiggles, but to improving the stroke itself.
As long as my bridge is well anchored to the table (I thank Fran Crimi for her help with that) and I have a distinct groove or "vee" on the bottom of the loop, the cue goes through just as if I was using a vee to guide the stick while using an open bridge. The feeling in my hand is that the shaft is riding over the top of this vee, and merely contacting the index finger instead of using it to guide the cue in a physical/mechanical way. It is precisely this feeling that I think I would lose by using a glove.
I'm not recommending that anybody else should do it this way, just that it made a night and day difference in the smoothness and power of my entire stroke.
I think it was just a matter of consistency. When my hands got sticky I was forced to change how I was doing it. The V at the crotch of the thumb seems to sweat more than the thumb pad and forefinger knuckle of an open bridge. Changing to a different bridge all the time in order to not have to compensate for stickiness is another conversation and maybe a good one. With a glove on I can assume the exact same bridge at all times with no regard to humidity. Plus I have narrow fingers and don't have to clinch as hard with a glove on for the same pressure on the shaft.
JC
Wrong. Most of us are NOT glove wearers, just wanted to point out what an immature b1tch the OP is for worrying about such things. Usually, the bad players need to worry about this stuff cause they got no game. Funny how that always seems to be the case here :thumbup:
LOL! Most aren't glove wearers, yet they have to point out how wrong someone is in their personal preference...for themselves? I'm not sure you understand what an immature b!tch is. LOL!
You're right, he might just be a troll. They usually start threads about nothing. Probably can't play a lick either.... just informed guess, could be wrong, but I doubt it. Sounds more 'banger' to me
You're right, he might just be a troll. They usually start threads about nothing. Probably can't play a lick either.... just informed guess, could be wrong, but I doubt it. Sounds more 'banger' to me
Yeah, you may be right but I found the irony in this thread too much to not to comment.
