Open or closed bridge

Do you use a open or closed bridge

  • Open bridge

    Votes: 23 57.5%

  • Closed bridge

    Votes: 17 42.5%
  • Total voters
    40
I think you need to add 'Both' to your poll selection. I know I use both, depending on where on the table I am shooting from. Generally, if I am away from the rails, I use an open bridge....if I am on the rail on near a rail, then I am often in a closed bridge.

Lisa
 
I also use both. I learned to play using a closed bridge, but use both depending on the situation.
 
I also use both, although I started with "the claw" (knuckle bridge). I now use the knuckle bridge if I need to shoot at the cb over another ball, I use the open bridge either without knowing I change or sometimes when I don't have the room for a closed bridge, but the closed bridge is now primarilly what I like to shoot with. For opposite hand I prefer open or knuckle, since it still feels strange to make a closed bridge with the other hand.
 
A better question would be, do you *mostly* use an open or closed bridge. In my case, I'll use an open bridge most of the time, unless we're talking power and a lot of spin.
 
Mostly open but, as most, sometimes close to rail closed is needed. Never have been forced to use both at the same time ;-)
 
both, 70% closed 30% open, but since I took up snooker (a couple of months) I use more often open bridge for long cutshots and works better for me :)
 
i use a closed maybe 90% of the time, but on long shots i use open because i feel it helps my aim.
 
moccabee said:
Not too many people use a closed bridge when shooting off the rail.
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I hate to disagree, but Efren and a lot of the Phillipino players use a closed bridge off of the rail. Sometimes others do as well. Again...depends on how much force or power you need to put on the cue ball. The ability to use all bridges in any given situation is a necessity for great play.
 
Learned with closed, changed to open for better sight & closeness of bridge to CB. Mostly open now.
 
Open for 70-80% of shots because of sighting advantages, and decreased possibility of the cue sticking to my bridge, which can be enough of a distraction to really hurt my accuracy of aim and speed. I use a closed bridge for shots where I want to put extra spin on the ball, which for me means force-follow, draw from fairly far away, or stun from really far away. For some reason I can't quite explain, the ball spins more when I hit it firm with a closed bridge, rather than open. I know it's not the bridge that's juicing the ball, but rather the bridge causes me to do something else differently mechanically speaking, but it works for me so I don't question it.

-Andrew
 
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