What other way is there? OK, I remember the glove I once had with the strip running diagonally across the palm. I bet that thing is some sort of a relic if I could find it. Also I remember the towel that you could hang from your belt, pretty cool if you had one. But bare handled bare handed sounds good to me. GM, it's coming back to me. I did a bunch of shots tonight that weren't working until now. Bbtuna might be right in that it just takes time to reacquaint myself with the task. As you can tell I'm a driven type and I really loved this game. For 10 years straight I at least played 2 games a day, learned every shot I saw and had to admit the 5 bar needed attention even though it killed me at the time(Portland players were brutal)I'm seeing some light and the thing is if I did find a big tournament I could start as a rookie. LOL Life is good,,,