Could it be that the loop bridge acts as a damper for mechanical flaws?
BRIDGE LENGTH Effects and Considerations
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I think that's its main use. It keeps the stick under control when the grip hand doesn't. There are also a few cue ball positions where there is no easy open bridge but a closed bridge will work well.
Imaging using an open bridge and trying for maximum top-spin. Only the weight of the cue is holding the tip down.
Now imagine the same shot with a closed bridge. The tip is being actively held down by a bridge finger.
For draw and side-spin I don't see a lot of advantages, for top definately.
What's wild is watching snooker players do a highly accurate deep screw back shot... and their cue shaft jumps off their bridge hand.
It's like that sense of precision and control we seek with a closed bridge is absolutely meaningless to the execution of their shots.
It's like that sense of precision and control we seek with a closed bridge is absolutely meaningless to the execution of their shots.
At the 2:30 mark is a humorous shot that employs a loop bridge.
For follow,, a closed bridge is useful for keeping the cue down prior to contact, but it is not useful during contact. The finger can't provide a useful force during the one millisecond of contact.
Don’t need to imagine it - that’s how I hit all shots up to and including max top spin, all with a loose grip and no miscues. Admittedly, the shaft jumps out of my open bridge on max spin power shots, but without miscue or any loss of action - I don’t even notice it much.
pj
chgo
Ask this guy. He wrote it.
I think it all boils down to how everybody learned to play the game and what they got used to. I learned it with a closed bridge and use it probably 80% - 90% of the time but also use an open bridge for various shots when having to reach, shoot over a ball to the CB, or certain rail shots. The fact that I can tighten the forefinger and thumb as tight as can be so there's no play for the shaft to go in a different direction or loosen it a little for an offset alignment when aiming or preset for BHE is reliable and comfortable to me. It's also a lot easier for me when using "top" to get run/follow.
My brother teaches golf. There are 3 grips used by both pro players and amateurs. An interlock grip/an overlap grip/and a ten finger (baseball) grip. Which is the best? They can all be the best for specific players and some worse. Depends on hand size, finger thickness or thinness, hand/finger strength, and what the get used to from day 1.
I think the same criteria for golf regarding the hands and fingers and which grip is best should also apply to pool. It isn't about the benefits or negatives of which pool grip is better or best, its what pool grip is better or best for each and every player based on physical characteristics, height, flexibility, hand/finger size, physical problems or disabilities, etc.
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Yeah, but you suck at pool bro.
I did not say or try to imply that it did.
Which you've never seen me play...
Have you also saved all my posts like Spidey has (hoping you might one day understand them)?
pj <- pretty creepy obsessions
chgo
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Then I don't understand the difference for the open bridge between power draw and power follow shots. Don't they both have the same problem of the stick coming up from an open bridge if the back hand has a problem?
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I'm just joshin you bro. I'm sure you play better than me.
Climbing the table is ok?
Why wouldn't I or everybody want to save your posts? You're a legend in the world of pool, at least on AZB and RSB.
CJ saves your posts also and the word out is he's thinking about abandoning TOI. NOT! LOL
Oikawa
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How is top any different? The same logic goes for all spins.
Google search said:
Tell me, where can I find the book "Logic in Pool" sold on the internet? Silly me has wasted countless hours and years pounding balls on the table with all types of grips, stances, head positions, strokes, offsets and angled cue, sober/drunk, etc., when I only had to use logic. Is there a "Logic for trick shots" also?
