Sure you can playing banks, straight backs when the CB is frozen to the rail you have to fire them a open bridge, even with the CB 2" off the rail you should use a open bridge. It happens all the time in banks, granted its a harder shot than when the CB is a foot off than and there is room for a closed bridge.
Watch the snooker players screw theball back with a open bridge, thats hard to do, but with good snooker form its possible every time for a solid player. In pool I can draw my rock to where I need it most of the time with a open bridge-if I am out of line and really need to suck the rock back I close the bridge.
It depends on the shot, more than anything. So there really aint a right or wrong answere. The better your stroke is the less it matters in general-there are exceptions to that too
Last edited: