Use a Bridge or opposite hand........

Do you prefer to use a bridge or shoot opposite handed?


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Just watching the Snooker Champion of Champions and around 2 hours and 30 minutes the commentary address shooting with the other hand.
I have bragged on my opposite handed accomplishments elsewhere on this board.
While not ambidextrous or amphibious I was able to develop my Left hand to equal the Right. It didn't come natural or easily but has paid hugely over time.
My morning fitness program has me running my calisthenics left vs right. Adding the elements of competition has provided a way to simulate competition while practicing solo.
I found that left handed shooting is more by feel while my right handed play is more measured. Both work just fine. 🤷‍♂️
 
Well at 3 hours they are still commenting on the young players switching hands. I gotta think Ronnie has influenced them to develop the other hand. Along the way the discussion does touch on Rhobido being butt hurt by Ronnie beating him using the other hand. 🤷‍♂️
 
Plastic moose head bridge is about $2, works great and doesn't scratch your shaft.
Which bridge heads are messing up shafts?
Any bridge head made of a material harder than the cue shaft can ding the shaft if the shaft "rattles" in the valley of the bridge head. Ideally the cue shaft doesn't rattle, but some bridge shots are more awkward than others. Between the vibration from the hit and a less than perfect follow-through, it can happen. Any dings are likely to be small, but they'll still feel like craters on an otherwise smooth shaft.
 
Any bridge head made of a material harder than the cue shaft can ding the shaft if the shaft "rattles" in the valley of the bridge head. Ideally the cue shaft doesn't rattle, but some bridge shots are more awkward than others. Between the vibration from the hit and a less than perfect follow-through, it can happen. Any dings are likely to be small, but they'll still feel like craters on an otherwise smooth shaft.
I've never had that happen in all my years of playing.
The plastic on moose head type bridges or the plastic ones most pool halls have must be softer than maple.
 
I found that left handed shooting is more by feel while my right handed play is more measured. Both work just fine. 🤷‍♂️
I can't help but wonder if you're using the same brain hemisphere when shooting left- vs right-handed.

Note: I'm not suggesting that your corpus callosum is in any way damaged. The different shooting styles just reminded me of stories about people after they have had partial or complete callosotomies.
 
Well Google tells me this.
The Reality of Brain Hemispheres

    • Both sides work together: Neuroimaging studies (including scans of over 1,000 individuals) show that the human brain does not favor one side over the other. Both hemispheres are constantly active and communicate via a thick band of nerve fibers called the corpus callosum. [1, 2, 3]
    • Functional specialization exists: While neither side dominates a person's entire personality, certain tasks show slight lateralization:
      • Left hemisphere: Typically handles speech, language, reading, writing, and logical/sequential math.
      • Right hemisphere: Typically supports spatial awareness, visual imagery, facial recognition, and the emotional/tonal aspects of speech. [1, 2, 3, 4]
    • Cross-wiring: Each hemisphere controls movement and sensory input for the opposite side of the body. For example, the left brain controls the right hand and vice versa.
    • My experience is in accord with this.
 
Well at 3 hours they are still commenting on the young players switching hands. I gotta think Ronnie has influenced them to develop the other hand. Along the way the discussion does touch on Rhobido being butt hurt by Ronnie beating him using the other hand. 🤷‍♂️
The decorum is ahtterly stifling theh...
 
Oh yeah in another interview Ronnie says he can make a 147 left handed. He has yet to do it in competition. Shrug 🤷‍♂️
 
Well at 3 hours they are still commenting on the young players switching hands. I gotta think Ronnie has influenced them to develop the other hand. Along the way the discussion does touch on Rhobido being butt hurt by Ronnie beating him using the other hand. 🤷‍♂️

i think it's spelled robidoux. canadian guy. as weird as it sounds his game went away completely and he quit after his cue was destroyed by his cue repairman. iirc his repairman took offense that alan had used another guy to put on a tip, so he smashed the cue.
 
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