Detail of closed bridge
- Thread starter Jim1
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I'm curious. Have you ever attended a 3-cushion World Cup event?
Lot of force used in 3c. I don't think an open bridge would work well. they all use closed.
That's what I figured. As a scientist, do you think you're qualified to voice an opinion on something that you know very little about without qualifying it with an explanation of your limited experience with it?
You're saying I "know very little about" open vs. closed bridging because I use one primarily and the other occasionally? Does that rule apply to everybody?
pj
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I think shots would work the same both ways - except that the shaft lifting out of the open bridge on most shots could be distracting.
It wouldn't be too hard to test if there are real physical shot differences - just shoot the same shots both ways checking tip/ball contact points, shot speed and spin effect.
pj
chgo
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never seen a 3 player use an open bridge. i still think the the force required for a lot of 3c shots make a closed bridge necessary.
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WilliamK
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It is not a case of "locking up the cue with the chin" at all. What they are are doing is putting their chin on or just above the cue for the best alignment for their eyesight, ie: cue lined up with the centre of their vision, depending on which eye is dominant and exactly where the average centre is.
A lot of players with a more upright stance may still have a dominant eye, and coming from that style originally, I can say that I was lining the shot up from the hip through the full length of the cue. The 2 stances are very different and perception of the shot totally different.
That is how I had played since 10 and it wasn't until my late 20s that an old snooker world champion recommended that I head down on the cue. His demonstartion made it look so easy. Well it took more than a year to get back to the breaks I was making before. Even today, when I am tired I find the higher stance is more reliable, but only because it was inbred so to speak.
WilliamK
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Check out the top snooker players who can cue from from behind baulk on a 12 foot table, hit a red close to the top end, and then screw back the length of the table.
Not as much force is needed as one can assume, but technique is. I cannot do it no matter how hard I try and a closed bridge would not be accurate enough to pot over that distance.
Not all players do it, but many do including Ronnie O'Sullivan. With the right camera angle -- from behind and looking along the cue towards the cue ball -- you can see the cue bent down significantly just on the final stroke. It really happens. Watch more carefully. It has recently been noted by commentators.