the revolutionary cue-rest


Introducing the K-REST



The K-Rest is designed with a single goal in mind. To enable you to play the best possible shot using the rest/bridge. It's not a cure-all for every situation, but it improves most bridge shots so much that experienced K-Rest users will choose it whenever possible.

When using the K-Rest, a player is optimising four of the most important elements of good play.
  • Stance
  • Sighting
  • Cue-action
  • Cue-ball control
In traditional rest-play, all of these are compromised. The K-Rest makes rest-play as natural as regular play.

Standard K-Rest with bronze head and telescopic shaft £44.95
(includes WORLDWIDE shipping)  CLICK HERE

Several options available. See SHOP page

     Full range of cueing options from 3 distinct bridge heights

How It Works

Essentially, the K-REST is an extension of the bridge-hand. Most snooker players, and an increasing number of pool players use cue extensions. The K-Rest combines with this additional cue length to allow you to play bridge shots just like regular shots.

Most players will avoid using the bridge unless it is absolutely necessary because they know that the shot will be compromised. Some go to extraordinary lengths to avoid it and some have even developed phobias. The reason for this is simple; All the key factors that go into the shot have changed.

Players practice thousands of hours perfecting their stance and cue-action, they sight along a level plane, and they choose to play with top, stun or screw, whilst keeping a level cue. All of these change when the bridge is used.- But the K-Rest leaves them virtually unchanged.


       
Vastly improved cue-ball control over conventional rest play
Note from the movement of the cue that these shots are by a far from great player: Me!

See Steve Davis and John Parrot review the K-REST here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/ukfs_sport/hi/av/bb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nol_storyid=4956338





Player's eye view
View of a right-handed player standing behind baulk cushion. Colours on spots

Three distinct cueing heights

 

APPROVED BY THE EUROPEAN BILLIARDS
AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION (EBSA)



What are the benefits of the K-REST?

Play rest shots in your normal stance

As players we practice hundreds, perhaps thousands of hours honing our cueing action so that every shot is pushed through with the greatest accuracy possible. Then in rest play we cue with a sideways motion, crossing the ball, digging down and and sacrificing control. With the K-REST you play in your normal stance with your regular, well practiced cueing action.

Less overhang than with a hand bridge

It is normal nowadays to see players use a hand bridge with an extended cue and leave a very long overhang beyond the bridge-hand. As the pivot point of the cue moves further from the tip, any error at the cueing hand is amplified at the tip. The K-REST moves the pivot point back towards the tip and minimizes any error.

Better cue-ball control. A lot better!

Traditional rest play tends to be quite conservative, it's a sort of safety net to get you out of a sticky situation. With the K-REST it is possible to apply top, screw or stun like never before in rest play. Coupled with more accurate and positive cueing, this allows you to play very aggressively for position with real confidence.

Better sighting

Having your chin on the cue helps when sighting the shot, we all know this. Playing with a longer cue also helps. (Just try using a child's cue and see how difficult sighting becomes.) When using the K-REST your cue is longer, there is more cue in front of you and sighting is improved.

Less error at the cue tip

The K-REST moves the pivot point of the cue nearer to the tip, the longer cue means that a greater proportion of the cue is behind the rest head and the regular cueing action is more precise. The combination of these facts makes for very accurate cueing.

Bigger breaks

This certainly sounds a little brash but it's true. The K-REST helps you to get back into position when things go awry. If you slip out of position and need to use the rest, the positional side of the shot gets harder. The K-REST makes regaining prime position easier. One of our first customers sent this greeting at Christmas:
          "88 break, used the K-REST four times. Cheers mate."   John Rogers, Kent


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K-REST
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steve(AT)k-rest.co.uk                      International patents pending               2008