Jayson Shaw bridge hand.

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asbani

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Length - very short.

Mostly - Open bridge hand.


So, I've noticed that this amazing player always have an open bridge hand, like 98% of the time, we can also see that he shoots with a very very short bridge length, like his arm is only few inches away from the cueball unlike other players where they got a very long bridge hand.

The answer is very simple, and I want to quickly say it before the posters here on AZB tell me "Oh because he's comfortable with it", well we know that he is comfortable, but the question is why is he comfortable with this setup as opposed to other players, e.g. long bridges + closed bridge hand.

In other words, are there advantages to this.
 
My only guess is he grew up playing snooker/black ball with a snooker cue. Open bridge just works better for that.

I grew up on snooker, but play mostly 8-9-10 these days. I shoot 99/100 open table shots with an open bridge. even though my cue has a pro taper.
 
It looks to me like Shaw's open bridge length -- from his V to the cue ball -- is between 10 and 15 inches. Is that short?
 
Bob Jewett said:
It looks to me like Shaw's open bridge length -- from his V to the cue ball -- is between 10 and 15 inches. Is that short?
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I was thinking that too. On video it
kind of looks short but if you watch
him in real life it is not.

The open bridge and camera angles give
an optical illusion.
 
I notice Shaw’s bridge hand is shorter when the cueball and object ball are close together. On long distance shots he has a longer bridge length.
 
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