Making the Bridge
Stand at the table and hold your cue as I have described.
Bend over, extend your left arm freely and boldly and arch your left hand to make the familiar bridge over which your cue must slide. In contrast to your cue hold, which can scarcely be too light and lissom, your bridgehand must be firm and steady.
By pressing your thumb against the side of your forefinger, you make a kind of ledge or groove over which your cue moves as you strike the ball. This should be as rigid as if moulded in concrete, as the slightest shake or wobble turns the cue at that critical fraction of time when your ball is struck, and then anything may happen.
I do not think it is much use saying more about making a bridge, important as it is. Hands differ so very much that what might be perfect detail for one man would be worse than useless to another.
The one and only thing that matters is to get a firm support for the cue to work upon, and if your bridge gives you this, there is nothing the matter with it.
Excerpt from "ALL ABOUT BILLIARDS" How to Improve Your Game By Arthur F. Peall.
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