Younger instructors?

TheThaiger

TheThaiger

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Are there any young players who are also instructors, or at least looking to get into teaching?

There seems to be a gap in the market here...
 
I would love to teach people to play pool, but first I have to learn to play and then learn to teach....
 
Scott Lee said:
I have certified several instructors in their 20's and 30's all across the country. What does the age of the instructor have to do with anything?

I don't know if the OP meant this, but if the majority of instructors are up there in age, it won't be long until there won't be any more instructors to fill the void after they retire.
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jmarcum1984 said:
I don't know if the OP meant this, but if the majority of instructors are up there in age, it won't be long until there won't be any more instructors to fill the void after they retire.
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Good point. The average age of arable farmers here in the UK is something like 66 and rising. Dairy is 68. The next generation will starve.
 
TheThaiger said:
Are there any young players who are also instructors, or at least looking to get into teaching?

There seems to be a gap in the market here...
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Even if age is not really a problem- things needed are knowledge in several directions and expirience- and all of these you can earn in early stages/ages.

But the gap (in my opinoin) comes from that the most younger players are still *just players*-- once oyu really start to just instruct you will have a time problem with your *own table time* :-)
 
Ratta said:
Even if age is not really a problem- things needed are knowledge in several directions and expirience- and all of these you can earn in early stages/ages.

But the gap (in my opinoin) comes from that the most younger players are still *just players*-- once oyu really start to just instruct you will have a time problem with your *own table time* :-)
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A good point.
 
Blackjack, I heard the same thing about dave. He was going to put out a book about straight pool , but he backed out of the project.
 
Not at all Tim. Your answer sounds like a bad stereotype. It depends on the quality and depth of your communication skills. I teach people from 6 to 86, male and female, quite successfully. Of course I use different language with different generation players. I'm sure randyg feels the same way.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

TheThaiger said:
I would think older instructors may feel tremendously uncomfortable around young players, wouldn't you Scott?
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Scott Lee said:
Not at all Tim. Your answer sounds like a bad stereotype. It depends on the quality and depth of your communication skills. I teach people from 6 to 86, male and female, quite successfully. Of course I use different language with different generation players. I'm sure randyg feels the same way.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
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Dead on target, Scott. A good instructor communicates on whatever level required to make sure the student is able to comprehend the information. We all have to adapt to our individual students.
Steve
 
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