"Open Bridge" VS. "Closed Bridge"

"Open Bridge" VS. "Closed Bridge"

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I voted closed, but that's because I'm comfy with closed.

I honestly doesn't think it matters. If I had to run a rack with an open bridge, I know I could. Snooker players don't seem to have a problem with open, that's for sure.

Asking open/closed is like asking if you like red or blue better.

Dave
 
Mostly Open

I use a open bridge for most of my shots. The only time I use closed is for breaking or extreme draw.

I used to use closed all the time, but RandyG explained that open may help the aiming process due to the ability to see the cue as a straight line down to the cue ball.

Just my opinion
 
I Knows My Bridges When I See One.... imo

Scott Lee said:
In pool school we teach five different bridges...as well as when, where, why, and how to use them effectively.

Scott Lee
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Is one of the five my favorite, where you place the back of your bridge hand on the bed of the table with the fingers all facing upwards ?

Doug
(how about the 'knuckle bridge' ?) :)
 
There is no dead-set rule on which bridge to use and when. You have to find what works best for you.

I find that when I'm not pocketing balls well I'll switch to a 100% open bridge on all shots until I get my 'aim' back, and then I'll just kind of go with the flow.
 
80% open
20% closed

Shots that require a forced stroke, draw or follow specifically I use a closed bridge, these shots are not common, especially if you stay in line, but do come up.

Just my 2 centavos...
 
I Mostly Dazzle Them With My FOOTWORK

kidcuban21 said:
80% open
20% closed

Just my 2 centavos...
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We play very similar. I use:
80% open
20% closed
10% no bridge
40% mechanical bridge

doug
(the rest of the time I use a 'fist bridge')
 
bankshot76 said:
Which do you feel is better to use as you primary way of shooting? I personally find myself going back and fourth, it really doesn't seem to mess with me because I've been doing it for so long.
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"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless ? like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. "
 
I Am One With FOOD

Snookerd said:
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless ? like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.

Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. "
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hmmmmmm, I have to pee.

doug
(what does that make ME ?)
 
Snookerd said:
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless ? like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. "
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Sounds like a Bruce Lee quote.
 
I am also a mix. Most are. aside from Snooker players. I would say I am about 60% closed 25% open and the remaining 15% would be rail shot which requires it's own type of closed/open modified bridge.
 
Smorgass Bored said:
I needed a bridge badly, when a very nice New Yawker stepped up and sold me the Brooklyn Bridge for only $800. VIOLA !

Doug
(he wrote me a receipt on a bar napkin.............done deal) imo
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I prefer an open bridge. One time I tried to cross a closed bridge and found myself swimmin with da fishes. :dance:
JoeyA
 
funny thing . . .

JoeyA said:
I prefer an open bridge. One time I tried to cross a closed bridge and found myself swimmin with da fishes. :dance:
JoeyA
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I had exactly the same thing happen to me when one of the Bayou Lafouche bridges was open. It was open a little too danged far! The Dukes of Hazzard have a lot to answer for.

Hu
 
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