Using 2 Bridges - How Common?
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That is one bridge, can't remember the name of it, but it is adjustable with a turn of the shaft.
I've always thought it was too cumbersome to use, but I've always used a Moosehead bridge that I'm more than comfortable using.
I've always thought it was too cumbersome to use, but I've always used a Moosehead bridge that I'm more than comfortable using.
I use two bridges quite often and it opens many players eyes when I do. There is also an interlocking bridge available on the market.
She's only using one bridge...
I've done it a couple of times playing one pocket when buried in the stack and need to hit down table.... it's not common.
I learned it from watching Shawn Putnam play Fabio Patroni at the SBE tournament in 2005. Shawn used two bridges and a jump cue to make a shot and run out the rack and ultimately win the tournament.
I've done it a couple of times playing one pocket when buried in the stack and need to hit down table.... it's not common.
I learned it from watching Shawn Putnam play Fabio Patroni at the SBE tournament in 2005. Shawn used two bridges and a jump cue to make a shot and run out the rack and ultimately win the tournament.
justa-bridge
found here
http://www.poolndarts.com/index.cfm...28E&fuseaction=Catalog.Product&productID=5728
found here
http://www.poolndarts.com/index.cfm...28E&fuseaction=Catalog.Product&productID=5728
You used to be able to safely stack the old metal bridges and get a lot of height to bridge over a group of balls. They'd stay solid. Today's plastic bridges are like stacking greasy jello. They twist, wobble and rotate. Scratch, your turn.
Cliff Joyner used it in the DCC 2007 One Pocket finals with Efren
1pRoscoe:
Yup, and Cliff Joyner used two standard (non-interlocking) bridges to bridge "over the pile" (over the stack) to cut a ball into his pocket in the DCC 2007 One Pocket finals against Efren. Trying to use two standard non-interlocking bridges is tricky, because while one bridge is on top of the other, the second bridge doesn't have a flat surface to rest on -- instead, it's "swiveling" around in one of the first bridge's slots, and you've got a "Leaning Tower of Pisa on a banana peel" effect.
There is a product on the market that addresses this; it's called the "Russo Interlocking Bridge":
http://poolndarts.com/p-5959-Russo-Interlocking-Bridge-Head/
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
1pRoscoe:
Yup, and Cliff Joyner used two standard (non-interlocking) bridges to bridge "over the pile" (over the stack) to cut a ball into his pocket in the DCC 2007 One Pocket finals against Efren. Trying to use two standard non-interlocking bridges is tricky, because while one bridge is on top of the other, the second bridge doesn't have a flat surface to rest on -- instead, it's "swiveling" around in one of the first bridge's slots, and you've got a "Leaning Tower of Pisa on a banana peel" effect.
There is a product on the market that addresses this; it's called the "Russo Interlocking Bridge":
http://poolndarts.com/p-5959-Russo-Interlocking-Bridge-Head/
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
Yep. My eyes are playing tricks on me. The shadow of the bridge stick on the table and uniqueness of the bridge head made me believe it was 2 bridges.
I think that's called a moose bridgehead...i hate them. Years ago when almost everyone was playing 14.1 you would see two bridges used a lot. You don't see it done much now because very few play 14.1, a good percentage of players can shoot fair to good from either side, a lot of people do the behind the back thing, and some like me are too lazy to get two bridges to do it with.
On a side note. I would say A. Fisher is one of the best with a bridge. She use to play for hours in practice using the bridge for every shot. That's why most players will do just about anything to not use the bridge. The need to practice...it's still part of the game. Johnnyt
On a side note. I would say A. Fisher is one of the best with a bridge. She use to play for hours in practice using the bridge for every shot. That's why most players will do just about anything to not use the bridge. The need to practice...it's still part of the game. Johnnyt
Its also legal to lay 1 bridge from rail to rail and bridge off of it!
I remember being blown away the first time I saw Corey Deuel do this in a game of one pocket, it had never even occurred to me. It's came in handy a couple of times since then...
To this day, he's the only person I've seen use this trick. His creativity stretches to every aspect of the game.
It's called the " Justa Bridge "
