How to Play Pool with an Open Bridge

Series Summary

Eight-ball pool is a great game. It is the standard game of todays billiards and the one most amateurs tend to play when socializing. This game consists of striped and solid color balls with one solid black 8 ball. The type of ball you will play is determined after the initial break. The object of the game is to hit all your balls in before your opponent and then successfully make the 8 ball as well. It is a game of precision, geometry and skill but it is a lot of fun and anyone can play.

In our free instructional series you will learn a lot about the rules of the game of eight ball. Tips on how to win, what is illegal and what the penalties are for the most common mistakes. These are all things that our expert will address. There are specific ways to increase your chances of winning at any cue sport. Watch our expert in this and his other series on cue sports, practice, practice, practice and you might just win yourself a few drinks of your own!

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Mike Lopez with Expert Village. Alright today we will be discussing the open bridge. The open bridge is the most basic bridge of all bridges. Bridges is how you hold the cue to take a shot. Alright you want to bend down in your stance, put your palm on the table. Use weight, do that, put your palm on the table, extend your thumb right next to your index finger and just place the cue in the crease that is naturally formed there. You want to make sure that your fingers are out and spread out that way you have a nice stable base and you don't want any bridging up unless you have to. And then you take and you put the equal distance to the cue and you have a nice steady crease that you can move the cue backwards on and that is the most basic of all bridges."