The TRUESTROKE

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I recently became involved with a new company in the billiard world called Precision Pool Products and they have an item out there that I thought would be of some interest to some of the players here...The TRUESTROKE. It's a hand-held bridge that works wonders. Below is a picture of the item and a link to the website for The TRUESTROKE. We are currently sponsors for the Viking Tour and the Pechauer Tour. Also, The TRUESTROKE has been APA and BCA approved for league and tournament play. Check it out! Also, dealer inquiries can go through the number listed on the site.

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http://www.truestrokeonline.com
 
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Thanks for the correction, I guess I type to fast sometimes. LOL!

Also, any thoughts on the product would he awesome...good, bad, or ugly.

And, check out the Stick Figures apperal that we also have out there!
 
Strange...

I have to see it in person...I would worry about that material doing something to the shaft of the cue?
 
paulybatz said:
I have to see it in person...I would worry about that material doing something to the shaft of the cue?
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That seems to be the biggest concern we've heard actually. To be totally honest, I thought the same thing when I first saw the product, but I've been playing with it for a while and the only thing it's done to my shaft is helped keep in cleaner then before. The channels are engineered a certian way that it won't do any damage...only help your game.

We will have a booth at the Super Billiards Expo next week in Valley Forge so everyone can check out the item in person!!!
 
Stick figures

suprnva said:
Thanks for the correction, I guess I type to fast sometimes. LOL!

Also, any thoughts on the product would he awesome...good, bad, or ugly.

And, check out the Stick Figures apperal that we also have out there!
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The stick figures t-shirts are sharp and the prices seem to be more than reasonable.
 
Yea I would order three or four t shirts today but I need 3x size so you can't help I guess unless you want too. Leonard
 
poolcuemaster said:
Yea I would order three or four t shirts today but I need 3x size so you can't help I guess unless you want too. Leonard
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We can order special order sizes, but there is a little extra charge depending on size.

Let us know what you need!
 
I think I have seen these in a magazine. I do not get what advantage it has over using a standard bridge using my hand. In fact, I would think that you lose the ability to change the pressure and angle of your bridge hand for a paticular shot.

I think it may be of value to a beginner who has a lot of things to worry about all at once, so eliminating the bridge for bit may be good. I have shown people just to make a fist with the thumb touching the first finger to create a v groove for the cue to rest in just to get started. It is a reasonably functional bridge to learn basic stroking technique and aim.
Other than that I am not sure what this offers. Maybe there is something that I am not seeing?
 
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poolpro said:
I think I have seen these in a magazine. I do not get what advantage it has over using a standard bridge using my hand. In fact, I would think that you lose the ability to change the pressure and angle of your bridge hand for a paticular shot.

I think it may be of value to a beginner who has a lot of things to worry about all at once, so eliminating the bridge for bit may be good. I have shown people just to make a fist with the thumb touching the first finger to create a v groove for the cue to rest in just to get started. It is a reasonably functional bridge to learn basic stroking technique and aim.
Other than that I am not sure what this offers. Maybe there is something that I am not seeing?
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One of the major advantages of the TRUESTROKE, for every level of player, is that it reduces friction allowing for a smoother, more consistant stroke and follow through. Along with many other advantages including, but not limited to, shooting over balls, shooting off the rail and over pockets, increased break speed, and endless other possibilities.

As for the "bridge factor", the TRUESTROKE is designed to be used with any right or left handed, open or closed bridge. An experienced player will not need to make any dynamic change to his or her current bridging style. A missconception about the TRUESTROKE is that a player will need to firmly grip the handle, when in reality, the TRUESTROKE lies effortlessly atop a players thumb which helps conform to the perticular bridging style needed for a perticular shot.
 
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on another note... the doggy bone - assist you on jumping. My friend was playing and needed to jump, he brought out his doggy bone and jumped with it but the ruling say it was illegal to have a bridge higher than a certain number required? Question is, is it illegal to have the doggy bone and why would someone invent it and not be able to approve it or is it?

I am just wondering because we had a school regionals tournament and it was ruled a illegal jump shot with the doggy bone and its height.

???confused??? :(
 
VietSoClassic said:
Subject change for the moment:

on another note... the doggy bone - assist you on jumping. My friend was playing and needed to jump, he brought out his doggy bone and jumped with it but the ruling say it was illegal to have a bridge higher than a certain number required? Question is, is it illegal to have the doggy bone and why would someone invent it and not be able to approve it or is it?

I am just wondering because we had a school regionals tournament and it was ruled a illegal jump shot with the doggy bone and its height.

???confused??? :(
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I'm a little confused about "the doggy bone" that you're speaking of. I'm not sure if you're speaking about any actual doggy bone for dogs, or an actual product for billiards. The only thing I can do is show you the rule from the BCA website that talks about use of equipment.

1.3 USE OF EQUIPMENT
Players may not use equipment or accessory items for purposes or in a manner other than those for which the items were intended (refer to rules 3.42 and 3.43). For example, powder containers, chalk cubes, etc., may not be used to prop up a mechanical bridge (or natural hand bridge); no more than two mechanical bridges may be used at one time, nor may they be used to support anything other than the cue shaft. Extra or out-of-play balls may not be used by players to check clearance or for any other reason (except to lag for break); the triangle may be employed to ascertain whether a ball is in the rack when a match is unofficiated and the table has not been pencil marked around the triangle area. (Also see Rule 2.3)

Hopefully this helps!

-Patrick
 
VietSoClassic said:
yea its used for pool... a device used to help jump instead of using a hand bridge, its a doggy bone.
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If it was made for the purpose of bridging with then, as the rule states, it is legal. If it was made for a different purpose, then it is illegal to bridge with. It all depends on what it was actually made for.

Out product, the TRUESTROKE, has been approved by both the BCA and the APA for all league and tournament play.

-Patrick
 
I guess I am just old fashioned but feel that the game should never be decided by equipment. This thing along with jump cues, gloves, and hand powder should be illegal. Billiards needs to adopt strict equipment rules, like golf. If you can't do it, why should your equipment make it possible?
 
It seems as if it would be difficult to place the shaft into. How do you hold it and get down on a shot with the cue in it like you do with a regular hand bridge?
 
TheBook said:
It seems as if it would be difficult to place the shaft into. How do you hold it and get down on a shot with the cue in it like you do with a regular hand bridge?
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Actually, it's very simple. The stem of the TRUESTROKE lays along the palm of your hand just above the table, the taller end of the horseshoe on top sits on top of your thumb, and the smaller end of the horseshoe lays in the natural crevase between your thumb and your index finger. If you watch the top video on the TRUESTROKE website, you can see where the TRUESTROKE sits in a persons hand. This works the same for both right and left handed people.

-Patrick

PS - We are loading up our trailer right now to leave for the Super Billiards Expo in a few hours. Anyone that's going to be there should stop by our booth (L4) and check out the demos we'll be doing with the TRUESTROKE. We will not only have TRUESTROKEs with us at the show for sale, but we will have a wide selection of our stick figures apparel also.
 
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