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There are 2 types of bridge; the open and close bridge. In this video, billiards instructor Roy Pastor will...

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There are 2 types of bridge; the open and close bridge. In this video, billiards instructor Roy Pastor will teach you how to properly make these 2 bridges. Roy also points out the proper distance of your bridge from your cue ball.

Added: 5/30/10

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How to Make a Bridge in Billiards

On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. I’m a BCA accredited advanced level instructor with BilliardAcademy.com. In this clip on beginners billiards, we’re going to talk about how to make a bridge. There are two bridges that are primarily used in the game of pool, the closed bridge and the open bridge. To make a close bridge, if you can do this, make the OK sign, very simply, you can make the OK sign in your hand, take your three bottom fingers and turn them underneath. This forms a nice steady guide for the cue. All bridges should form a nice steady guide. Now, the key to all bridges is having the heel of your hand, so it’s this part of your hand here. Nice and firm on the table. You should be able to put all of your weight on the table and move around so the cue stick does not move. It just forms a nice steady guide. An open bridge which you see very often in European play, the same thing. You put your hand down on the table, cup your hand, I still can put all of my weight on my hand. It forms a nice steady guide. The key to having a good bridge is you should be able to move up and down. So you move up and down on the cue ball. If you want to hit low on the cue ball or high in the cue ball, you make the adjustments with your bridge always keeping your cue stick level so I can keep it low and move it up high. You want to make sure that you have a nice, steady guide for the cue stick, a nice and firm position on the table, no movement. Now, whether we’re using a closed bridge or we’re using an open bridge, one thing to keep in mind is the distance. It’s the distance between the cue ball and your bridge hand. Now, when I’m talking about the bridge hand, I’m speaking about the little curvature on the bottom of your thumb. The base of your thumb should be no more than 6-8 inches away from the cue ball. If you’re too far out, any little movement in the pool cue will get exaggerated and you’re likely to miss the shot so you should be no more than 6-8 inches away from the cue ball. On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. Thank you for watching.

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On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. I’m a BCA accredited advanced level instructor with BilliardAcademy.com.

In this clip on beginners billiards, we’re going to talk about how to make a bridge. There are two bridges that are primarily used in the game of pool, the closed bridge and the open bridge. To make a close bridge, if you can do this, make the OK sign, very simply, you can make the OK sign in your hand, take your three bottom fingers and turn them underneath. This forms a nice steady guide for the cue. All bridges should form a nice steady guide.

Now, the key to all bridges is having the heel of your hand, so it’s this part of your hand here. Nice and firm on the table. You should be able to put all of your weight on the table and move around so the cue stick does not move. It just forms a nice steady guide.

An open bridge which you see very often in European play, the same thing. You put your hand down on the table, cup your hand, I still can put all of my weight on my hand. It forms a nice steady guide.

The key to having a good bridge is you should be able to move up and down. So you move up and down on the cue ball. If you want to hit low on the cue ball or high in the cue ball, you make the adjustments with your bridge always keeping your cue stick level so I can keep it low and move it up high. You want to make sure that you have a nice, steady guide for the cue stick, a nice and firm position on the table, no movement.

Now, whether we’re using a closed bridge or we’re using an open bridge, one thing to keep in mind is the distance. It’s the distance between the cue ball and your bridge hand. Now, when I’m talking about the bridge hand, I’m speaking about the little curvature on the bottom of your thumb. The base of your thumb should be no more than 6-8 inches away from the cue ball. If you’re too far out, any little movement in the pool cue will get exaggerated and you’re likely to miss the shot so you should be no more than 6-8 inches away from the cue ball.

On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. Thank you for watching.

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