Hallo from Ireland!

[Flibblesh]

North of Ireland, but not Northern Ireland. Letterkenny - Donegal, high break of 15 (red, black, red, pink), playing for maybe a month with a basic BCE cue, and I'm starting with a rules question. After about 30 minutes of playing, my bridge hand gets very grippy and my cueing goes leftwards, since I also do a lot of bowling I have fabric tape that goes on the back of my thumb for a smoother release (this is the tape in question)

Would I be allowed to apply it to my hand between the index and thumb, so the cue is on the tape instead of skin?

[tetricky]

Yes, that's okay (I believe). It's not unprecedented for players to wear a plaster on the chin to avoid soreness/blister.....and you can but cue gloves, which I think are more used by pool players.

You might be better off washing your hands, and wiping your cue, regularly. A clean cue will slide on a clean dry hand....it's amazing how much rubbish you pick up from having your hand on the table cloth sometimes. Having said that, I do find that cues with a varnish/lacquer tend to stick more on my hands, and so I favour a cue with an oil finish.

[Tommykiid]

Yeh you can do that doesn't matter whats on your hands like sometime to dry out my hand i chalk my bridge hand for a smoother cue action

[HairyPotter]

Hallo from Ireland!

Always moisturise