A week after taking lessons from a pbia master im worse?

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maaudiosubs

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Im a 540 fargo rate. Took a 12 hour 2 day class from a pbia master instructor. Changed my center vision, stance slightly and gave me drills to work on my bad stroke. Is it normal to get worse? Do I keep at it? If so will I improve? It's my first time taking lessons so thanks for any info in advance.
 
I figured a pbia master instructor would be good. I don't have any local instructors so I had to travel 9 hours to find one. I planned on getting worse but figured after a week of doing drills my long straight in shots might get better. How long do I give it? I know a week isn't much time.
 
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In my ten yrs of instructing (averaging 20 hrs per mth) I've found this to be true and VERY helpful to the student.

Before I give the lesson I like to find out my students background, and how they think and process life.
It dramatically helps me explain flaws I find, and clearly helps the student understand more quickly.

I've found, that change usually takes about 3 mths to incorporate and no longer think about it.

That's providing your playing more than once a week, otherwise your always seemingly/realistically ''starting over''.

When you correct a major flaw in your game, that change effects your whole package.
I normally find one/two things wrong with a players game, and only work on that the rest of the lesson.
I don't find it helpful to point out ten different things a player needs to improve, why?
It's toooooooooo much.
Yah gotta crawl before yah walk.

One or two things at a time are plenty to work on for the next three mths....and incorporate, so your no longer thinking about it.

bm
 
Island Drive said:
In my ten yrs of instructing (averaging 20 hrs per mth) I've found this to be true and VERY helpful to the student.

Before I give the lesson I like to find out my students background, and how they think and process life.
It dramatically helps me explain flaws I find, and clearly helps the student understand more quickly.

I've found, that change usually takes about 3 mths to incorporate and no longer think about it.

That's providing your playing more than once a week, otherwise your always seemingly/realistically ''starting over''.

When you correct a major flaw in your game, that change effects your whole package.
I normally find one/two things wrong with a players game, and only work on that the rest of the lesson.
I don't find it helpful to point out ten different things a player needs to improve, why?
It's toooooooooo much.
Yah gotta crawl before yah walk.

One or two things at a time are plenty to work on for the next three mths....and incorporate, so your no longer thinking about it.

bm
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So stick with it for a few months?
 
one of the things i see people doing that i feel should change is how they approach the shot. many people when they get ready to take the shot the bend down and place their hand on the table all in 1 motion. something that helped me early on was placing my hand on the table first visualize the contact point on the ball. this helps ensure your base is align properly. then move your head down over the cue and take the shot
 
maaudiosubs said:
I do not. But didn't expect to see that big of drop in my game is all.
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It looks like you have some major problems:
Changed my center vision, stance slightly and gave me drills to work on my bad stroke.
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Were you not aligning with your dominate eye? None of these issues is a one and done change they all require changing your muscle memory with endless repetitions. Shoot a thousand balls with your new techniques and see were you are. Then shoot a thousand more.
 
maaudiosubs said:
So stick with it for a few months?
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It's takes TIME to break habits that you've incorporated into your game over years of play.
Playing only a few hrs a week won't do it.
This games too precise/difficult to expect allot quickly.
Be nice to yourself when a mistake occurs, spending your time after an error, remembering what occurred will help immensely.
Spending time to get mad at the man in the mirror is the Worst way, and you'll only get better at being mean to oneself...and you won't learn.
Like Efren, I too laugh at my errors. I find this way of remembering my mistake helpful.
It's easy to remember a happy moment in life.
One only learns from mistakes in this game and in life.
If not samo/samo.
 
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12 Hours of instructions in just two days sounds pretty intense. You don't have to utilize all the information you learned at once. Save some for later. If I were you, I'd contact the master instructor and ask that person to help you prioritize your issues so that you can tackle them one at a time. You need to hang on to a few things in your comfort zone while you make changes to other things, or you could feel like you lost your game completely.

FWIW, I'm a PBIA master instructor too, so I understand what you're going through. I know it's all integrated, and it's hard to separate out the different parts, but your instructor will know which parts have priority for you so that you can move forward without feeling overwhelmed.
 
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MajorMiscue said:
It looks like you have some major problems:

Were you not aligning with your dominate eye? None of these issues is a one and done change they all require changing your muscle memory with endless repetitions. Shoot a thousand balls with your new techniques and see were you are. Then shoot a thousand more.
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I was I think. But they moved me over more to the right. Cue centered on my chin I'm left handed.
 
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