You guys were correct as usual

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Gdub1717 said:
finally ditched my glove. It was actually causing more miscues and poor shots itself. I played a good session of 9 ball today. Won a few and lost many but my bridge is noticeably more solid without the glove and the feel is much better. I use a closed or open bridge depending on the shot and both were more consistent . I just used a towel to keep my hands dry and the shaft clean and it worked perfectly. The shaft on my Viking is slippery as heck. No need for glove or talcum/baby powder. it’s nothing fancy. Just the standard v-pro shaft btw. You guys were right. The Viking shaft is way better than my circa. 2000 model huebler Thanks
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In your post title you said "you guys were correct as usual". Can you elaborate on that a little bit? I can't conceive anyone on this site telling you that miss cues and bad shots are caused by a glove. Unless you were wearing a boxing glove.

Your theory about having a firmer Bridge without a glove doesn't hold water. Wearing a glove, you can actually grip the cue tighter with less friction then with a bare hand.

The second part of your theory is about using the open bridge. How can wearing a glove cause miss cues and bad shots with an open bridge? Think about that for a minute... Mis cues are not caused by using an open bridge. You dont have a firm grip with an open bridge, but you've said nothing about mis cueing with an open bridge when not wearing a glove.

It sounds to me like you have to work on something that most of us fall short on at times... The mental side of the game. You're not miss cueing because of the glove... You're mis cueing because your brain is rejecting the idea of wearing the glove. If a glove really caused miscues, don't you think the top player in our country what stop wearing one?

Question... How long did you practice wearing that glove? Here's why I asked that.... Whenever you practice something new, it's not too hard to physically pick it up. But it is very hard to engrain it into your psyche. Your mind is what's holding it back because it doesn't like the image it sees... Or it's not used to the feel of the glove. Anything that you try that is new has to be worked at. If an instructor tells you to change your stance, do you think you will shoot better immediately? Or will it take your brain time to get used to the feel of the new stance before you shoot better?

It's your choice to wear a glove or not. But choose according to the correct reasons, not superstition. 99.9% of mis cues are caused by the stroking arm, or head movements (the body is usually moving to cause it) during the stroke.
 
If you use a glove that's natural skin color, it feels like real skin, just smooth. It's similar to new car smell.
I miscue because of my underwear.
 
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My glove caused me to scoop the cue ball over the 14 ball right before the 8! Thanks for letting me know this happens.
 
Gdub1717 said:
finally ditched my glove. It was actually causing more miscues and poor shots itself. I played a good session of 9 ball today. Won a few and lost many but my bridge is noticeably more solid without the glove and the feel is much better. I use a closed or open bridge depending on the shot and both were more consistent . I just used a towel to keep my hands dry and the shaft clean and it worked perfectly. The shaft on my Viking is slippery as heck. No need for glove or talcum/baby powder. it’s nothing fancy. Just the standard v-pro shaft btw. You guys were right. The Viking shaft is way better than my circa. 2000 model huebler Thanks
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A glove caused your miscues? Nah. I'm sorry but whoever told you that knows nothing about pool. I don't care if he's been on Azb for a million years.

Your bridge is more solid without the glove? As far as the steadiness of it, it's baloney. The key to a steady bridge is solid contact with the surface (table) (and beween the fingers in a closed type of bridge). You can be rock solid with a glove as there is nothing to prevent the points of contact to be perfectly acceptable unless you are using a winter glove of some sort. I will say that if you are primarily using an open bridge, like one would in the game of snooker or blackball, where the cue is fairly thin as well, then a glove is probably not necessary. I play those games, and generally never use a glove when doing so. That is not to say that using one would cause you to miscue.

There are 3 main causes of miscues (if you actually know where to aim at the cueball, but I take that as a given):
1. Lack of- or poor quality chalk. Chalk before every shot, or at least look at the tip.
2. Poor quality stroke. Well, that's harder to fix, but doable.
3. Unsteadiness of stance/bridge. Again, harder to fix than the chalking, but IMO easier than fixing the stroke.

Viking V-pro better than Huebler? Possibly. Older shaft have often been worn down, causing various problems and shaft performance is very dependent on taste and personal preference. To some, the Huebler shaft may still be better.
 
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I find a glove makes closed bridge shooting much more smooth. It's worth wearing one just for that. Open bridge? I see no advantage or disadvantage. When I miscue, it is ordinarily that I forgot to chalk, particularly on a strong follow or draw, or just crapped the shot with my stroke arm. I don't think I have EVER in 40 years of play had a miscue because of my bridge.

Earl Strickland and many other major world class players routinely use a glove and I have never seen one of them mention a brand or type as if they were sponsored to wear it. I assume that if the elite players choose to wear a glove, it is 100% because they think it offers an advantage over not wearing one.
 
I just never liked a glove. No problems with those who do. Proper shaft maintenance makes glove vs. no glove not as big of a deal.

If you like gloveless pool get Boraxo powdered hand soap. The stuff is amazing. It makes your hands squeaky clean and oil free yet it's gentle and won't dry out your skin. Each time I'm either leaving the house or going to the basement to play pool, I hit the Boraxo and wash my hands.
 
pwd72s said:
Back in 1980, P,J, O'Rourke wrote an article for Car & Driver magazine, describing a good glove use. P.J. died yesterday. An artfully dipped pen that ran out of ink. That's why I'm including this bit from the article on driving a Ferrari cross country:

www.caranddriver.com

Ferrari Reinvents Manifest Destiny: P.J. O'Rourke Drives Cross-Country in a Ferrari 308GTS

We remember the late satirist and essayist with this classic story from 1980 in which he streaks westward in a 308GTS.
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"This was where I first discovered why you wear driving gloves. I'd always thought they make you look like a golf pro, but somebody had given me a pair as a going-away present and I found that you wear them because of how much your palms sweat when you're scared."

Hey, you might find reason to be scared when driving a Ferrari. But not playing pool. Not unless you put yourself in a situation you shouldn't be in....like playing for money you don't have in a rough bar you've never been in before and agreeing to a high stakes game.
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That Ferrari story is epic. I didn't know he died. He was one of the very few writers that was laugh out loud, drink through your nose funny. There's a few guys that can get a good chuckle but reading doesn't usually trigger that kind of reaction. His best line I can think of (as well as I can remember):
"My father was gay. The only way he could get mom pregnant was to blow himself and spit at her ass."
 
I started using a glove when I play in areas that have high humidity and the place is warm. When I played at White Diamonds in Lafayette, LA one year, is when I started to carry one and use it as needed. In general, I don't wear one. I have never had an issue with miscuing. I have had some issue with jumping a ball while wearing one because there was not enough friction and my jump stroke/hit was off.
 
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Your miscues were due to either because of your tip, chalking habits, hitting to far out on the cb, or your mechanics. In most instances, it's stroke error. Sometimes you just do funky things when you're shooting and you don't even know it. So sorry, but the glove don't fit, you must acquit.
 
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