How does a sweaty hand affect your stroke?

[SJDinPHX]

If your grip hand is sliding on the wrapless cue, you may be unconsciously gripping the cue too tightly due to it sliding in your hand from the sweat.

The other hand, your bridge hand could be moist and the cue shaft kind of sticks occasionally to your fingers as you are stroking and this causes unwanted decelleration of the cue as you complete the stroke.

If washing your hands doesn't dry them up enough for a long enough period of time, use a glove or finger slides.

Even when I travel to non-humid areas of the country, I still use the glove. I guess I've just gotten use to it as I know that even if my hands start sweating, the shaft will still slide smoothly through my fingers.

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[JoeyA]

Good Lord Joey, Your late, Spidey and everyone is already there..Some gentleman is actually using the "Aiming System Forum" for its intended purpose..Its called "Striking Line Aiming"...I'm sure you'll want purchase this product, ASAP...Thank me later...Hurry over there...oke:

I seldom visit othe forums Dick, but I appreciate your kindness in keeping me informed.

On other matters where you obviously can spot us the orange crush, specifically, this talk of peeing in your pants; would you be so kind as to get us all up to speed and give us the benefit of your vast and senior experience?

 

[wambamcam]

I doubt that the poster is having trouble with the cue sticking to his grip hand when he sweats but I could be wrong. I bet the cue is sliding out of his grip hand when his grip hand sweats and then he tries to grip the cue to keep it from flying out of his hand and that is what makes for his errant stroke.

Actually Joey, the problem is with my grip hand sticking to the wrapless cue. I use a loose grip, almost slip stroke, and when I was sweating, the cue didn't seem to glide as well as usual.

What do you think about using a glove on my grip hand?

 

[Chi2dxa]

Gloves baby Gloves!!!

I live in the South where it gets so humid you need gills to breath down here. I don't care how crazy it looks I ware gloves on both hands. No more powder, no more towels, no more slick shaft crap, just gloves, those 98 cent brown ones that you get from Lowes and I love them. Plus I have a slip stroke and a stroke slip and they help a lot.

 

[jgobigred]

I had the same problem at a tournament where I had to play one of my matches in this small hot little room. I think it was more of a mental thing but I now have an identical cue that has a wrap.

 

["T"]

Some people's hands just sweat more than others. A more extreme case I ran into was an ex-girlfriend who used to always have a paper towel or napkin in her hands just to keep the sweat from running out them. Had nothing to do with being nervous or in a hot or humid area, it was just a thing for her. Not that big a deal.

$.02, I think most folks who have sweatier hands tend to use wrapped cues for this very reason.

Good luck!

 

[JoeyA]

Actually Joey, the problem is with my grip hand sticking to the wrapless cue. I use a loose grip, almost slip stroke, and when I was sweating, the cue didn't seem to glide as well as usual.

What do you think about using a glove on my grip hand?

I would give it a try and see how you like it.

 

[backplaying]

Not sure what colors they come in, but yeah its like a smaller glove alternative. You can still feel the table, and most of your hand.

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[Tony_in_MD]

If this condition really bothers you there is a medical fix.

http://www.sweaty-palms.com/detailsofsurgery.html#ets

 

[ZooYork]

I used to get sweaty hands when I first started playing in tournaments, I would get so nervous. I also have a wrapless cue, and I like to use a closed bridge. Tried using a glove, but it didn't help. I was forced to use an open bridge (which I wasn't very comfortable with at the time). Some things I've noticed that has helped include... calming the nerves, washing my hands before every match, having a clean towel handy during a match, wiping down the butt of my cue. Hopefully you can find a way that works for you :smile:

 

[Chi2dxa]

Lung did collapse

If this condition really bothers you there is a medical fix.

http://www.sweaty-palms.com/detailsofsurgery.html#ets

A good friend of mines did have this proceedure done and his lung did collapse so why gamble with your life.

 

[MitchAlsup]

I was playing a match last night and for some reason I my hands were sweating more than normal. The problem was that I play with a wrapless cue (have been for over 10 years), and my cue/grip hand really started to stick.

I play with a wrapless for exactly this set of reasons: I like my cue hand to partially stick to the cue. At this point, I don't even have to grip the cue, just let it rest above my curled fingers. A bit of stiction on the fingers means I can hold the cue that much lighter and just stroke normally.

 

[JoeyA]

A good friend of mines did have this proceedure done and his lung did collapse so why gamble with your life.

Whoa!!!!!!!!

 

[JoeyA]

I play with a wrapless for exactly this set of reasons: I like my cue hand to partially stick to the cue. At this point, I don't even have to grip the cue, just let it rest above my curled fingers. A bit of stiction on the fingers means I can hold the cue that much lighter and just stroke normally.

This discussion by many of you who use wrapless cues bring up some different points that I hadn't thought about previously. Still not sure if it is something I would want for myself but regardless, it is great food for thought.

 

[Tony_in_MD]

Wow, sorry to hear that. I hope he recovered fully.

I know someone who had this procedure done and he had no problems at all.

There are risks for everything. You just got to weigh the risk vs the reward.

A good friend of mines did have this proceedure done and his lung did collapse so why gamble with your life.

 

[alstl]

I'm old school, I use powder.

 

[jgobigred]

I heard powder is bad for the shaft, dries them out too much or something. Anyone know if there is any truth to that?

 

[jonesy]

My body runs really hot, I sweat alot. I had a linen wrap on my cue and the linen would actually get wet and sometimes stay wet for days in my case. About nine years ago I had a leather wrap put on my cue and it's much better for me.

 

[TX Poolnut]

My body runs really hot, I sweat alot. I had a linen wrap on my cue and the linen would actually get wet and sometimes stay wet for days in my case. About nine years ago I had a leather wrap put on my cue and it's much better for me.

Put a small hand towel in your bag. That's what I did.

Maybe see a dermatologist if it's as bad as you say. They might be able to help.

 

[wambamcam]

A good friend of mines did have this proceedure done and his lung did collapse so why gamble with your life.

See, I'm a respiratory therapist, and I feel that any surgery that can affect the lungs is serious. Not saying it's not worth it for certain persons, but I would put extra thought into considering such a procedure.