shot with a glove tonight and im amazed.

[SCCues]

i bought a glove a couple years ago.......tried it and it was ok, it felt weird, it seemed like it didnt help my game that much and i felt a little self conscious to be honest so i put it away. Well couple weeks ago someone somewhere was talking about a glove nick varner endorses......fingers cut off, its got this little pad on the palm.....nicer than my other glove so i picked one up for the heck of it.
Well tonight it was hot and i was a little sweaty, my cue felt sticky and i put it on and.........holy crap!!!!!!! i shot unbelieveably. I had been practicing and was about ready to quit, but i did play the ghost 4 or 5 times and i ran all the racks out.......i was controlling the ball effortlessly.....and when i would hit.....there would be this lovely hollow "thunk" sound. Evidently my bridge has been inhibiting my stroke a bit.......but the funny thing was i noticed it even with an open bridge....i shot better and i got much more action on the cueball........i cant wait to try this some more this week.

I keep a "Sure Shot" cue glove in my cue case in case I have to play in a hot humid pool room. My hands perspire maybe more than normal and my glove comes in handy when my cue doesn't slide through my bridge comfortably. I don't use my glove all of the time, but I like the way it feels when I put it on. I got caught at a tournament in Georgia a few years ago where the place was full of people and their A/C went out and the playing conditions were terrible. It was hot and humid and I would have loved to have had a cue glove for that tournament. I bought a glove after that tournament and i've carried one with me ever since. I just use mine part time, but I do feel that I play OK with it and it might help me to use it all of the time.


SCCues

 

[pete lafond]

Not sure if I would ever wear a glove because I do not like the idea of a barrier. Even more so, I think I would feel uncomfortable. Even in golf, I wear a glove only if it is springling (rain).

I have talked to many league players that now wear them and speak quite highly of them.

Maybe one day I'll try it out.
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[Flex]

its called the placebo effect. its all in the head, just like when you buy a new cue? or a new break cue? you feel that you're playing better.. it'll die down after a while.. trust me...

Has nothing to do with the placebo thing. It has everything to do with achieving a smooth, non-crabbing, non-jerky stroke. Even in very humid conditions where everything's sticky, a glove works great.

Flex

 

[Flex]

Not sure if I would ever wear a glove because I do not like the idea of a barrier. Even more so, I think I would feel uncomfortable. Even in golf, I wear a glove only if it is springling (rain).

I have talked to many league players that now wear them and speak quite highly of them.

Maybe one day I'll try it out.
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Nah, whadda thoze suckers know?? A glove'll make ya look like a panzy, maybe a proctologist.

Don't give them a moment's notice, and never, ever, let your mother know you are even thinking about getting one.

Flex

 

[Snapshot9]

More power to ya ...

If a glove rings your bell, more power to ya (and yes, I have tried one), but, to me, its like the advertisements of rubbers telling you it will feel just like the real thing,and I know that isn't true ... lol

Speaking of gloves, on Michael Jackson's newly planned long overdue so I can pay my bills tour, he will be sporting a new type of glove, and will be selling it, it's called 'The Kid's Glove' ... lol

 

[pete lafond]

.. its like the advertisements of rubbers telling you it will feel just like the real thing,and I know that isn't true ... lol

Very funny.. Very credible analogy..