Soft Hands
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You'll want a better phrase than soft. Soft implies "tacky" to me. Think about this: which does your cue slide over more easily: a block of wood or a sponge? The harder one.
Anyway, I've never really played pool in the summer, but I've never needed anything. If I am a little damper in the summer with added humidity, I imagine I may buy a glove.
So, "a glove" is my uneducated answer. Uneducated because I've never had to find a way to keep my cue sliding through easily, not even with powder.
Anyway, I've never really played pool in the summer, but I've never needed anything. If I am a little damper in the summer with added humidity, I imagine I may buy a glove.
So, "a glove" is my uneducated answer. Uneducated because I've never had to find a way to keep my cue sliding through easily, not even with powder.
iacas said:
I agree. Soft does imply tacky. The best thing is to not put anything on your cue shaft. And I have heard many players yield to a glove because their hands get very sweaty especially in the summer months. I do not use a glove because; 1. I lose important feel. , 2. It twists and move around which annoys me. When playing golf, I will not wear a glove unless it is super damp. Then again in golf, a glove is to add friction which is the opposite of what you need in pool.
In super humid places, the cue shaft actually has a layer of moisture on top of it. No matter what you do to your cue shaft, sometimes the amount of moisture is just to much. Carry a dry towel and occasionally buff the shaft and dry your hands with it. Or use a glove.
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Something else to consider
Other things that affect your skin:
1) Diet.
2) Whether you exercise or not, and stay in shape.
3) Whether you drink or not.
4) Whether you are a confident self assured person inside, or a blowhard
that runs your mouth, and then gets nervous when you have to prove
it in a match.
5) Whether your body is acclimated to the climate or not. When I went
to Houston after the Navy, and it was hot and humid down there, I did not
have the problem of sweating profusely like many did simply because I had
come back recently from a tour in Viet Nam which had been extremely hot, and therefore my body had already adjusted to such extreme conditions.
Other things that affect your skin:
1) Diet.
2) Whether you exercise or not, and stay in shape.
3) Whether you drink or not.
4) Whether you are a confident self assured person inside, or a blowhard
that runs your mouth, and then gets nervous when you have to prove
it in a match.
5) Whether your body is acclimated to the climate or not. When I went
to Houston after the Navy, and it was hot and humid down there, I did not
have the problem of sweating profusely like many did simply because I had
come back recently from a tour in Viet Nam which had been extremely hot, and therefore my body had already adjusted to such extreme conditions.