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magicman:
I know it's a bit old school, but both Joe Davis and Frank Callan recommended the looped bridge for power screw shots.
Remember, in the main most of the members on here are not professionals. Pros do (usually) not have the problem of either the tip rising on a power delivery nor the cue jumping off the bridge however a lot of amateurs do have either or both of these problems with power shots and the loop bridge does prevent both of these faults if it is formed correctly and doesn't hold the shaft too tight.
Basically, it does help to keep the cue shaft more stable when using very high power and allows the player to hit the cueball where he intended. I have found though that a lot of snooker players do not know how to form a proper loop bridge or else do not have flexible enough fingers to form a proper one.
The cue should run inside the loop (of course) but also be resting on the upper part of the second finger and the loop formed doesn't have to be tight on the shaft as there is a good channel formed by the top of the loop and the top of the second finger, so the shaft taper getting slightly larger doesn't matter.
Terry
I know it's a bit old school, but both Joe Davis and Frank Callan recommended the looped bridge for power screw shots.
Remember, in the main most of the members on here are not professionals. Pros do (usually) not have the problem of either the tip rising on a power delivery nor the cue jumping off the bridge however a lot of amateurs do have either or both of these problems with power shots and the loop bridge does prevent both of these faults if it is formed correctly and doesn't hold the shaft too tight.
Basically, it does help to keep the cue shaft more stable when using very high power and allows the player to hit the cueball where he intended. I have found though that a lot of snooker players do not know how to form a proper loop bridge or else do not have flexible enough fingers to form a proper one.
The cue should run inside the loop (of course) but also be resting on the upper part of the second finger and the loop formed doesn't have to be tight on the shaft as there is a good channel formed by the top of the loop and the top of the second finger, so the shaft taper getting slightly larger doesn't matter.
Terry
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