Part of me wants to see what that is about. There has to be something to it. Then again, when I'm shooting well, it's like there's a glowing dot where I need to put the cue ball and the ball just gets there. The whole remembering pivots etc. would seem to take me out of the process. Of course, it might be nice to have something I could fall back on on those days when I can't see the shot.
I don't think an instructor has to articulate anything. I could shadow Efren, speaking no English, and I think I'd learn a ton from him. Think Inner Game of Tennis. Maybe throw 5 balls on the table, have him run out. Then I'd repeat his exact patterns. Do that a few hours. No language needed. Again, that's just me, and my opinion
Communication
I´m playing pool now for 34 years and in the late 80´s there were no pool trainers in Germany.
Looks like she might be apt to teach an open bridge. (Who picked up on that?) Pool can be associated with being the "Hardest"
I'm on the other side of this. I've been around enough pool to have formulated very strong ideas and ideals about it. The Youtube bunch for instance; it's a product not unlike meal kits - easy to digest hopefully nutritious. Self sustaining and probably not exactly what you need - exception in my mind being Dr. Dave; volumes of relevant information. I consider him the reference standard.
Could you maybe repeat the demo so I have rear view?
I will make your game much better in a one-hour lesson. That's the standard I seek in fellow teachers whom I've collaborated with.
Welll, she’s Filipina, so that automatically means she’s one of the top in her class.
The concept of pivots is a total misunderstanding. In Pro1 there are NO pivots. All visual.
I don't want to get into it because my post will get deleted by a certain Mod for being "douchebaggery". (I swear it's true)
I have done that before, marked on the table Buddy Hall's layout after his break, and tried to run out the same way he did. Unfortunately, I got lazy, and only did it a couple times 15 years ago. Laziness vs ambition is probably at least half the battle
Drive - Desire Dedication, DisciplineI have done that before, marked on the table Buddy Hall's layout after his break, and tried to run out the same way he did. Unfortunately, I got lazy, and only did it a couple times 15 years ago. Laziness vs ambition is probably at least half the battle
Great point - what's the difference between an instructor and a coach?
It is however on topic and worth repeating.
And if you encounter or know Backward Jan.....ask for lessons. 
Nice. The basics are wildly underrated and most people do not understand nearly as well as they think they do.I had a fortunate experience with lessons, long ago. I have related the story, perhaps more than once on this forum.
In the middle 80s I was regularly winning a local B tournament and doing well in the small fry ring games. My theory was that I could learn by investing my winnings by playing a Road Player cheap. He seemed to have a weekly circuit around the Seattle Tacoma area and I was shooting $20 at him on a weekly basis. At first just thinking if I lasted longer I was getting better. It didn't take long for me to figure out that I lasted as long as he was in the mood for, usually around an hour. So realizing the folly of my theory, I proposed lessons at $20/hrs. I was thinking of learning one pocket theory and shots, as that was his game that the locals champions couldn't touch.
His answer surprised me in a good way. It was, "I will give you lessons on one condition." Okay "what's that", was my inquiry. "We go back to Basics", was his reply. It tipped me that he really knew how to give lessons, so "Okay" was easy. Then he added a stipulation...No gambling while taking lessons. I needed to focus on rebuilding from the ground up.
One hour a week for 6 weeks before he went south for the season. The first lesson only addressed the stance and how to get into it. He gave me some simple drills and the prescription was spend an hour a day locking in what he showed me. The next week we moved on to the delivery of the cue. Each lesson allowed the one week of practice to break old habits.
Backward Jan was the name I knew him by. He got that handle because he turned his baseball cap backwards when he was in action.
My experience would lead me to advice of, avoid the one lesson miracle improvements advertisement. Pretty much avoid anyone that doesn't want to start with The Basics. So many B players think (as I did) that they are ready for advanced lessons. The investment of time and confidence in the coaching can pay dividends.
If and when a coach or instructor is chosen, show them respect. Take the course without running it by others to see "WHAT THEY THINK". Give their method a chance without poluting it with second guessing by the Peanut gallery.
