Bride arm tension is the amount of torsional force required to get her to say, "I do."
Bride arm tension?
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Thx lol 
, I figured it was a spelling error on the OP.... but the choke hold move above, can do a 180 in time. 
, I figured it was a spelling error on the OP.... but the choke hold move above, can do a 180 in time. 
I feel so smooth and relaxed with my bridge and body I feel like a waterfall cascading down to the river leading out to the sea.
Then I miss with ball in hand.
Then I miss with ball in hand.
I use the ringfinger of the bridge hand as a pressure release valve. Tapping it reminds me that the ring finger is the trigger finger for the final stroke. Ever noticed snooker players and finger tapping? Most are the middle finger though. Seems like Barry Stark influenced my ring finger choice.
Or, "I will."
Moe Szyslak
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Bride tension in your arm is when you're your 'own wife' too often.
At the time of my life I was experimenting with such things I was usually playing long gambling sessions. Pain would be an overstatement but I would start feeling it in my shoulder if I put too much weight on my bridge arm. I thought I might use my elbow and the area near it as my third point of the tripod and the bridge hand basically float. This was too much for me. I had my left shoulder rebuilt not too many years before in my late teens and it was a bit vulnerable. The surgical cut went over halfway around my shoulder besides whatever the damage had been.
Two multi-time world champion pistol shooters gave advice. One, whose advice I read first and followed, believed in letting the gun float with a moderately soft grip. The other believed in trying to keep the gun from moving. Exactly opposite techniques! Both techniques won world championships so hard to say either was wrong. Cueing seems somewhat the same. Many ways to achieve the same objective.
I tried to get as many contact points as I could for awhile. Four and even five points. I decided three contact points was good, more didn't really hurt but they were overkill and didn't help either. That was playing pool. While I spent a lot of time on a snooker table for a few years it was all self taught without even a book or video to help. Long before youtube. Basically I was playing snooker just like I would play pool. I did love the snooker table and balls. If I could have gotten action or high dollar snooker tournaments I would have done that and quit playing pool. It was rare to even find someone to play snooker with and nobody was gambling.
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I use a loop bridge which is essentially an open bridge with the index arching over it. What I consider most important is the V, square to the cue. I do put some tension on the fingers towards that end. Can't relax completely if your stroke has to fight a skewed bridge. Otherwise the arm is on it's own weight.
Did you not see Bride Of Frankenstein?
Only thing worse....''it could rain''.
When I see someone in their pool stance, I wonder if I swung a baseball bat at their head, whether they would fall over unconscious or not? If so, then their stance is no good--they need to be turned towards an opportunistic attacker.
What does it matter if you can easily push someone off balance while in their stance?? Pool isn't a contact sport, so as long as a person doesn't fall over while swinging their pool cue, then why isn't their stance good enough?
I put a lot of weight on my bridge hand, enough so that on new slick cloth sometimes my hand slips. I've tried to put less weight on my bridge arm, but then it feels tiring to crouch in my stance. I've read instructions that say to lock your back leg, presumably so that you don't have tension from crouching. I've heard that you are tall, do you bend both knees in your stance while only putting a little weight on your bridge hand?
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Ok, then tell us why it's ok to ......NOT have your upper body weight distribution (torso/left foot/right foot) equally displacing your weight?When I see someone in their pool stance, I wonder if I swung a baseball bat at their head, whether they would fall over unconscious or not? If so, then their stance is no good--they need to be turned towards an opportunistic attacker.
What does it matter if you can easily push someone off balance while in their stance?? Pool isn't a contact sport, so as long as a person doesn't fall over while swinging their pool cue, then why isn't their stance good enough?
I put a lot of weight on my bridge hand, enough so that on new slick cloth sometimes my hand slips. I've tried to put less weight on my bridge arm, but then it feels tiring to crouch in my stance. I've read instructions that say to lock your back leg, presumably so that you don't have tension from crouching. I've heard that you are tall, do you bend both knees in your stance while only putting a little weight on your bridge hand?
Everyone,
Those who play well while maintaining tension in the bridge arm are likely holding the cue too tightly. Relax and flow, and you will play even better.
Those who play well while maintaining tension in the bridge arm are likely holding the cue too tightly. Relax and flow, and you will play even better.
loop = closed...? ...or am I missing something?
The power of the 'V' is that you don't need to have it square to the cue.
It doesn't grommet the cue. I can either use the thumb and middle finger with the index loosely looping over or the index looped into the middle finger with the thumb holding it in place. Both form V bridges - which for me, still have to be square.
It isn't an arm, my love. Lie down.