My lesson with Mark Wilson

Glad to hear that you had such a positive experience with Mark, one of the true giants of pool instruction.

Mark's book "Play Great Pool" makes his vast wealth of knowledge available to all aspiring and serious players, and it will be remembered as one of the best books on the subject of developing and maintaining a championship pedigree at pool.
 
Just throwing this out there.

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If your left arm is bent your more likely to try and unbend it during your stroke, thus a moving part.

Sometimes when the cue ball is closer to the rail, it becomes a littler more difficult to keep the elbow straight, so you are more likely to see a slight bend when someone is shooting close to the rail.
 
Mike Davis is the player that came to mind for me when reading about the bridge arm being straight. He locks his elbow and it always looked weird to me because his arm looks like it is actually bent a little in the opposite direction (like 185 degrees) when his elbow is locked.
 
Here is a pic taken from the video that Mark shot of me during our lesson. The pain came mainly from holding this position for long periods of time. It's not the same as when you are playing, not even close.

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Just a few of the players Mark has worked with:

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and one more that he didnt work with

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cluelesscuer said:
If your left arm is bent your more likely to try and unbend it during your stroke, thus a moving part.
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This may qualify for the least plausible theory this week here on AZ but it could be a close second to this beauty from another thread..........
"I used to think that, but I was dead wrong. The hand moves at same rate when you follow through, sort like touching each other for longer time so cue drags cb with it. If cb constantly goes to left it is steering if it goes left and right it is squirt swerve stuff"
 
Straight bridge arm

Check me if I'm wrong but I believe the science behind making sure that your bridge arm is straight is that you are less likely to have upper body movement than if it is bent.
 
justmedude2001 said:
Check me if I'm wrong but I believe the science behind making sure that your bridge arm is straight is that you are less likely to have upper body movement than if it is bent.
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That sounds right to me. It also keeps my body in the right position. But this is exactly what my problem was, my arm was bent to much allowing a lot of upper body movement. I think I tried to completely lock it and maybe over did it a bit.
 
Cdryden said:
That sounds right to me. It also keeps my body in the right position. But this is exactly what my problem was, my arm was bent to much allowing a lot of upper body movement. I think I tried to completely lock it and maybe over did it a bit.
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Your in-line stance is not a stable one so this could cause movement. The reason for the offset foot pattern is more stable stance and swings your hips squarer to the shot allowing your follow through to be unimpeded by your upper body. The bent arm also provides stability.
 
Cdryden said:
Just throwing this out there.

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Thanks for that. I really just grabbed pictures of the first three players I thought of. Looks like it didn't take you long to find the exact opposite.

I guess I need to rethink the straight bridge arm concept.

I have a hunch that the position of the rest of the body is way more important than whether or not your bridge arm is bent or not. But it is something I'm going to think about for a minute.

Didn't mean to derail the thread. Sounds like you got a lot of your instruction. That can only be a good thing.:thumbup:.

I do wish Mark was on AZ. It would be nice if more instructors were on this forum that are willing to debate their ideas.
 
BasementDweller said:
I do wish Mark was on AZ. It would be nice if more instructors were on this forum that are willing to debate their ideas.
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Why would that be "fun" for them. Can you imagine non experts debating you on your expertise in whatever profession you are in ? Must be a reason why the aiming threads have been banished to "hell" :)
 
Chris...Why in the world would we want to "debate" our ideas? Either you respect them, and seek them out, as a potential student...or you don't. While I firmily believe in what I teach, I have no inclination to feel the need to debate anybody about anything I teach. I suspect Mark would feel much the same way. We (the SPF group) have explained in great detail both what we teach, and why we teach what we teach.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

BasementDweller said:
I do wish Mark was on AZ. It would be nice if more instructors were on this forum that are willing to debate their ideas.
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your post reminds me of a lesson i had with randy g.

another poster on here set up the lesson and came on here looking for some one who had a table at home and wanted to share the lesson. i gladly took him up on it.

randy did not change my stance much but did change my stoke which helped out a lot.

remembering back on my lesson got me curious about something. in my psr he got me taking 2 warm up strokes before pulling the trigger. the other student he had making 5 warm up strokes before pulling the trigger. i wonder why the difference in our psr routine ?

i am 59 years old now and am playing better than i ever have... i guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.:wink:
 
lorider...We each have our own personal template and mantra. It really has nothing to do with how old you are. The important thing is to do the same thing, the same way, every time, on every shot. :grin:

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

lorider said:
your post reminds me of a lesson i had with randy g.

another poster on here set up the lesson and came on here looking for some one who had a table at home and wanted to share the lesson. i gladly took him up on it.

randy did not change my stance much but did change my stoke which helped out a lot.

remembering back on my lesson got me curious about something. in my psr he got me taking 2 warm up strokes before pulling the trigger. the other student he had making 5 warm up strokes before pulling the trigger. i wonder why the difference in our psr routine ?

i am 59 years old now and am playing better than i ever have... i guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.:wink:
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