Don't tell but the button is because it's recycled underwear. " So? SO! Sew buttons on your underwear " comes to mind.
Corey Duel's sleeve device
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Don't tell but the button is because it's recycled underwear. " So? SO! Sew buttons on your underwear " comes to mind.
Do you recommend using the front or back?
It was the fly. So I dissined every way I could think of.
Reminds me of the joke ending with. "Oh I have hands. I just didn't want to touch that filthy thing."
Silk ties at the thrift store are cheap and can produce a good looking slider. For sure a good seamstress could market a good product.
I never use a glove so the notion of a finger slide has zero appeal. The reason I do not use a glove is the movement and tactile feel of the cue shaft against my bridge gives me a heightened sense of the energy, i.e., speed, of my cue stroke.
Most of the shots I take use a closed bridge 80-85% of the time. My bridge index finger makes a tighter curl around the
shaft than most players I see using a closed bridge. The feel of the shaft against my fingers gives me helpful feedback
about the stroke I just used. This allows me to assess how I performed or whether there was any unintended mistakes.
I’ve tried a glove and the feeling of the cue shaft movement during my stroke was lost. The glove insulates my fingers
from sensing the feel of the shaft. Now the reason why I like playing with maple shafts is because all of my cues’ shafts
are pristine and smooth as satin. Even my Runde Schon cue built in ‘84 is still immaculate. I maintain my cue shafts and have posted lots of advice and tips on how to take care of your shafts, especially after being dented, nicked or scraped, say by using a pool cue bridge that had burrs or heaven forbid, dropping your pool cue. Silky smooth maple shafts feel really great against your pool bridge, open or closed. You derive a better sense of the velocity of your pool stroke or any unintended movement in aim point. The only reason for using a glove or slide, etc. is if your have some dermatological issues with your hands or perhaps you just don’t like the feel or the condition of your pool cue shafts. And it’s also one less thing to replace.
Most of the shots I take use a closed bridge 80-85% of the time. My bridge index finger makes a tighter curl around the
shaft than most players I see using a closed bridge. The feel of the shaft against my fingers gives me helpful feedback
about the stroke I just used. This allows me to assess how I performed or whether there was any unintended mistakes.
I’ve tried a glove and the feeling of the cue shaft movement during my stroke was lost. The glove insulates my fingers
from sensing the feel of the shaft. Now the reason why I like playing with maple shafts is because all of my cues’ shafts
are pristine and smooth as satin. Even my Runde Schon cue built in ‘84 is still immaculate. I maintain my cue shafts and have posted lots of advice and tips on how to take care of your shafts, especially after being dented, nicked or scraped, say by using a pool cue bridge that had burrs or heaven forbid, dropping your pool cue. Silky smooth maple shafts feel really great against your pool bridge, open or closed. You derive a better sense of the velocity of your pool stroke or any unintended movement in aim point. The only reason for using a glove or slide, etc. is if your have some dermatological issues with your hands or perhaps you just don’t like the feel or the condition of your pool cue shafts. And it’s also one less thing to replace.
The first one I saw was Gene Catron in Shreveport at Guys & Dolls in the mid to early 70's
They called him da-glove back then
They called him da-glove back then
I lost to a guy in Dayton who used a white napkin. He was an A player, and it sharked me. Not to mention he was simply better than I was. My first Airway tournament. 4th place behind Jason Miller, Gary Spaeth, and Napkin Man. About 70 players on a Tuesday night $5 tournament.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Thank you! It's hard to explain to all my pool buddies why I don't use a glove. I have nothing against gloves and have tried them half a dozen times. It's all about the feel for me. I get they can provide consistency in humid environments and such but I don't see the need with a good condition shaft. I lose feel, and also don't like the fact that some of them can cause your bridge hand to be unstable on the cloth if you're bridging in a weird situation.
I use a glove almost all of the time. i can understand the sleeve if you don't want to use a glove. Why use the sleeve and a glove at the same time?
The sleeve came before the gloves and resides over the joint when not in use. The gloves do provide the same smooth for the stroke plus compression for my arthritic thumbs. SO the sleeve is rarely used but always available. Like a multi tool. Kind of a security blanket keeping the joint warm. or perhaps if a shot is a double bagger.
I think of it like the bandana my neighbors dog wears. The last picture pinching the tab is my most common use of the slider when I have the gloves on.The_Brit_Pool_Player
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Not sure that's true. Each to his own I would say.
I have never used a closed bridge but then I'm from the UK. In my years of playing there I can never remember a single pool player using a closed bridge. It was one of those 'weird American things.'
I've never seen a snooker playing use a closed bridge and considering they use a much smaller tip and produce tremendous power over a much larger table seems to take away the argument that it is needed for more stability.
Now I am playing in the US I certainly see a mixture of glove & non-glove players. I also see a mixture of people using a closed bridge for the majority of shots or only for certain shots. I have not found a single shot on a 9ft US table that I can't play with my regular open bridge.
I started using a glove because my wife (closed bridge a lot) wanted to try one. I became hooked on using one because, for me, I liked the totally smooth feel of no resistance at all, and I feel it has actually improved my stroke.
Good for you. Must be one of those 'weird limey things'.
No offense bro but most American players don't give a airborne copulation what snooker players do.The_Brit_Pool_Player
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Good for you. Must be one of those 'weird limey things'.
Non taken
Did you miss the part where he said that he is playing in the US now on 9' US tables which I take to mean pool tables??Good for you. Must be one of those 'weird limey things'.
Just messing with the guy. Just get tired of people comparing Britpool/snooker to the US game. The worst is on streams where the brit talking heads keep using snooker terminology. What i find really 'WEIRD' is that these limey fk's can't learn the proper terms for pool.
The_Brit_Pool_Player
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Just messing with the guy. Just get tired of people comparing Britpool/snooker to the US game. The worst is on streams where the brit talking heads keep using snooker terminology. What i find really 'WEIRD' is that these limey fk's can't learn the proper terms for pool.
Being the new guy around here I'll resist the urge to make any sarcastic response
F that, give it right back to him, he deserves itBeing the new guy around here I'll resist the urge to make any sarcastic response
Flakeandrun
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I too had never used one prior to switching to American pool, and have since adopted it for certain shots. I'd always referred to it as 'filipino fingers' as do a lot of my Chinese friends.
I never had any love for English pool, but never once used or saw it playing snooker back home. Last visit home, I used a close bridge for a shot close to the cushion, I guess out of habit now that I am mostly playing American pool, and my dad nearly lost his mind over it