Benefits of Bridging at the EFFECTIVE PIVOT LENGTH of a Shaft

[MattPoland]

I’ve never seen anyone use BHE by shifting their torso/stance. Is that actually a practice in the wild? I’ve only ever seen people shift their back hand and be willing to cue askew to their body.

 

[dr_dave]

I’ve never seen anyone use BHE by shifting their torso/stance. Is that actually a practice in the wild? I’ve only ever seen people shift their back hand and be willing to cue askew to their body.

That’s the way I do it and teach it, to maintain the cue/body/head relationships and to prevent stroke clearance issues. Since BHE is only a portion of the total pivot in SAWS, and for typical shots, the pivot is not very much.

 

[Coos Cues]

Seems like all too many amateurs like to emulate the pros with a huge draw length but don't have the stroke to go with it.

I see people all the time who I have absolutely no doubt in my mind would play better if they would shorten their bridge some.

 

[dr_dave]

Seems like all too many amateurs like to emulate the pros with a huge draw length but don't have the stroke to go with it.

I see people all the time who I have absolutely no doubt in my mind would play better if they would shorten their bridge some.

A longer bridge length has advantages, but only if your stroke is consistently straight with a longer bridge. FYI, this topic is covered in detail in this video:

 

[MattPoland]

That’s the way I do it and teach it, to maintain the cue/body/head relationships and to prevent stroke clearance issues. Since BHE is only a portion of the total pivot in SAWS, and for typical shots, the pivot is not very much.

No shade but that’s wild to me. I’ve always subscribed to the belief that once you’re down on the shot that you should never move any aspect of your stance or else you’ve already missed the shot. I can appreciate that the bridge hand is serving as an anchor in this case and you have lived experiences with execution and teaching here. It’s just worth sharing the reaction that this scares me. LOL

 

[dr_dave]

No shade but that’s wild to me. I’ve always subscribed to the belief that once you’re down on the shot that you should never move any aspect of your stance or else you’ve already missed the shot. I can appreciate that the bridge hand is serving as an anchor in this case and you have lived experiences with execution and teaching here. It’s just worth sharing the reaction that this scares me. LOL

I’ll share my reaction also. How can you stroke straight if you move your arm out of the natural stroking plane (relative to the body and head) when down on the shot? And when you pivot for right spin (if right-handed), how do you maintain the same clearance between the cue and your body? Most people don’t have much room to pivot the cue toward their body.

In my experience, pivoting everything together with the knees and hips is much more effective, maintaining the same cue/head/body/stroking-plane relationships. My feet and bridge hand are anchored, and my stance is just as stable after the pivot as it is before the pivot.

 

[AF pool guy]

I’ve never seen anyone use BHE by shifting their torso/stance. Is that actually a practice in the wild? I’ve only ever seen people shift their back hand and be willing to cue askew to their body.

At least that way you maintain your sight alignment.


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[jasonlaus]

I only move my arm for BHE and only my fingers for FHE

 

[Mensabum]

Nearly all that Dr Dave posts, and many of your posts as well, interest me because you're looking at the game we all love from a different perspective and in a tangible manner.

The issue that I have comes from all the bickering about it and low skill level players talking about how to make a ball using these methods, but can't actually pocket it. It's a fun topic to discuss, but not necessarily practical to apply certain principals directly in real play. There's too much variation in real life, we are not robots.

Oh get over it already.