Pool Bridges or hand fetish?

[digitalcrack]

I've been around the game for eight or nine years. Lately I have been watching for problem areas. One of them was my jackup bridge. Because some fingers don't bend a certain way I cannot do some standard bridges and some look really funky. I am double jointed. But I do have small fingers and I can do all these bridges. That shows most good bridges can be attained. Just have to modify it to personal use. I believe keeping a level stick/stroke is important to doing what you want in pool. I may not be that great but I know a little bit. I decided to take pictures of all my bridges that I use and descriptions of each and when to use them. These were all taken by myself with my right hand while bridging for left hand so if the cue looks like its elevated or unaligned its because i have no back hand to hold it.

www.flickr.com/photos/wangr click on the bridge set on the side.

I'd appreciate any advice on new bridges or advancements to my own.

 

[Kevin Lindstrom]

correct the link

bad link no picture(s) to see

 

[digitalcrack]

Corrected

yah I just saw that. Corrected

 

[Gregg]

I was looking for pics of your hand dressed up in a leather hand hardness, or some latex gloves at least.

Please try not to post misleading material next time.

 

[Da Poet]

I've been around the game for eight or nine years. Lately I have been watching for problem areas. One of them was my jackup bridge. Because some fingers don't bend a certain way I cannot do some standard bridges and some look really funky.

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I'd appreciate any advice on new bridges or advancements to my own.

One slick tip I picked up a few weeks ago for bridging over an object ball was laying the mechanical bridge on the table and placing my normal bridge hand on top of the mechanical bridge for the extra lift instead of jacking up. You can either put the bridge at a right angle and place your bridge hand on the middle of the pole (a little bouncy sometimes) or set it up behind, almost normal, and set a couple fingers in the grooves at the business end of the mechanical bridge.

Sometimes there's no room on the table to do this and you have to make sure to carefully and quickly pull the bridge out of the way to not interfere with any moving balls, but it has come in handy a couple times already.

Good luck!

 

[digitalcrack]

One slick tip I picked up a few weeks ago for bridging over an object ball was laying the mechanical bridge on the table and placing my normal bridge hand on top of the mechanical bridge for the extra lift instead of jacking up. You can either put the bridge at a right angle and place your bridge hand on the middle of the pole (a little bouncy sometimes) or set it up behind, almost normal, and set a couple fingers in the grooves at the business end of the mechanical bridge.

Good Idea, very slick