It sure seems like a lot of posters would benefit from reading and embracing Hal Mix’s Pocket Billiards Secrets.
Just because you’ve done something all your life, or a very long time, doesn’t mean you couldn’t perform better.
The issue becomes change is difficult and often seemingly impossible, for older players. Habits get formed that
are really hard to change and impatience takes control. They tend to become frustrated and revert to old habits.
Now that’s perfectly fine and basically they’ve limited their opportunity to improve other than through repetition.
They’ll practice, employ drills, hit lots of balls & pocket most too. The value and importance of center ball gets lost.
English is not needed or necessary on every shot, especially cut shots, when angular cut shots are so simple & easy
to predict & control cue ball location. But as long you can run the pool table, then you don’t need to change a thing.