Chalking with your grip hand, another way to keep the shaft clean?

twilight

twilight

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Anyone other than me chalk with thier grip, not thier bridge hand? I notice a lot of my friends have shafts that get more dirty in the first 4-6 inches of thier shaft while I don't. I suspect it's because your bridge hand gets all green and blue from the chalk in the felt. Being right handed I put my cue down, grab around the joint with my left hand and chalk with my right and then I go back to gripping my cue with my right hand. My friends wondered why I take that extra step. It just seemed natural to me. Besides being predominantly right lets me brush the chalk better. If chalked with my bridge hand, I think I'd twist my cue to get chalk on. (again being predominantly right handed)
 
So what if your shaft gets a little blue??? I use a little slipstic on one of those magic cleaner spongey thingies and my cue is like new everytime. It only takes a couple minutes.:)

But, seriously, I like the snooker way of chalking. I use to chalk that way and I think it might give your stroking arm a little rest between shots, but somehow I can't get back into that habit.:mad:
 
yeah my shaft looks clean all the time too as i wipe it down with a piece of leather and extra piece of felt, and i use those Q smoothe thingies' works like a charm. Plus when i chalk i have a habit of brushing the chalk on the tip but i also blow away the chalk dust while i am chalking the tip this way i don't get it on my hands or the ferrule, and shaft.
 
If I had a clean shaft, I might not make a ball. I like my shafts to stay a little 'dirty'. I sometimes chalk with the other hand subconciously on certain shots while I'm thinking though.
 
Observation...

Most right handers chalk with their right hand. I was left handed until
3, and my Dad switched me over to right hand because sports at that
time were not very accomodation to left handers (baseball for one).

But, I still do somethings left handed without knowing it, like dealing cards
left handed, and I chalk with my left hand, which I am glad of because
it is less motion which allows me to stay in focus on the game more without
a conscious 'interruption' like having to put my cue into my left hand, and
pick up the chalk with right hand to chalk, and then put the cue back into
my right hand to get ready to shoot again.

(Has anyone ever thought about why a 'left handed' mouse is not made
for PC's with the functions (buttons) reversed?).
 
Snapshot9 said:
...(Has anyone ever thought about why a 'left handed' mouse is not made for PC's with the functions (buttons) reversed?).
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Because you can switch the buttons on any mouse through control panel.
 
lewdo26 said:
So what if your shaft gets a little blue??? I use a little slipstic on one of those magic cleaner spongey thingies and my cue is like new everytime. It only takes a couple minutes.:)

But, seriously, I like the snooker way of chalking. I use to chalk that way and I think it might give your stroking arm a little rest between shots, but somehow I can't get back into that habit.:mad:
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Couple of minutes? Do you know how many balls I can shoot in with a couple of minutes?
 
I think most people chalk with their grip hand. It is like people switching hands with their knife and fork when eating.

One way to help keep chalk off the cue is to hold the cue at a slight angle when chalking so the dust does not fall onto the shaft and your bridge hand. The other is to brush the chalk on instead of grinding or boring into the cube as you see most wannabe pros do.
 
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