Altering bridge hand

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Lumocolor

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As someone with small hands i've recently started wondering if it was legal to say stick something on the tip of my fingers to play over balls. An extra ¼" to bridge over balls would be heaven.

Thanks for any knowledge.
 
I believe the rules prohibit the use of any external aiming device. Pretty sure something like that would be considered an aiming tool.

In the long run, you will be better off without such things anyway, imo.

Hey, snooker...... more money in it, and the balls are smaller by the dimension you seek. :smile:
 
Earl came up with "finger extensions" that he used for a short time. If I remember right the powers that be ended up saying he could not use them.

I have no idea why he couldn't. I would think that should be legal.

Ive also seen Cory lay a bridge across the table then place his fingers on top of the wood to raise his bridge hand. Again I think this was outlawed.

Although I don't think most people would complain in normal competition.
 
3andstop said:
I believe the rules prohibit the use of any external aiming device. Pretty sure something like that would be considered an aiming tool.
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How would it be considered an aiming tool? It is making it so that someone with short fingers can reach a shot that someone with long fingers can reach? The same as a short person using a bridge.
 
Earl's cardboard finger tubes were hilarious but super useful.
IMO they should be allowed. The bridge is just an imperfect tool for accomplishing the same task.
You can already wear gloves. You can wear lifts in your shoes to get added height, or extend your cue
to get added reach. If we can stretch our legs and our cues with external devices, why not the fingertips?
 
Last year I saw one of the women on TV (I forget who) put one bridge on top of another to get added height over a ball.
 
Ya after a few searches i saw the Earl story where he used them one tournament and they told him he couldn't in the next one.

I don't see the harm in putting something on the tips of fingers to help reach some shots :( why would a helpful device like a mechanical bridge be accepted and not something on your fingertips?...lol. That little doohicky bridge that some people use for jumping http://www.seyberts.com/products/EZ_Jumper-102561-38.html is legal, so why wouldn't a couple of sewing thimbles stacked on top of each other not be?

I might just make something and see if anyone in the cheesy league i play in complains....lol
 
woody_968 said:
How would it be considered an aiming tool? It is making it so that someone with short fingers can reach a shot that someone with long fingers can reach? The same as a short person using a bridge.
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Hey, I don't know, I'm just guessing. When you aim do you not get a line on the CB? Something that helps you achieve that line over a ball, in effect, may be considered an aiming device.

I'm too lazy to look up the rule, but as I recall it, it pretty much disallowed everything but a bridge. And that includes your cue stick if you let go of it, and chalk if you place it on the rail to help sighting a shot.

Maybe Bob Jewett will be by to clarify the rule.
 
Here's just the stuff you need Lumocolor, and if playing pool doesn't work out for you there's always quilting. :smile:
 

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I have smaller than average hands as well. Just practice. I can't imagine Alex, Dennis O., or Parica having very large hands, and they seem to do just fine ;)
 
Baxter said:
I have smaller than average hands as well. Just practice. I can't imagine Alex, Dennis O., or Parica having very large hands, and they seem to do just fine ;)
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Very true indeed.

Thanks for slapping the Earl out of me sir...lol
 
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