What Do You Look For in a Pool Instructor

SpiderWebComm said:
A gang can and has been on just about every forum I've seen or been on. Not just pool related either.

Yet amazing that CJ could stomp every body's ass on this forum and bust them in any game. Who wants to be the first to challenge him for the big dough and in what game? Would you like to give it a try?
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But this forum is not only about playing ability.

Guys at every level of play participate here and when it comes to discussion forums your ability to clearly articulate cogent thoughts and arguments is probably more important than how well you pocket balls.

Lou Figueroa
 
lfigueroa said:
But this forum is not only about playing ability.
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You can probably say that about any forum whether it's involving skill or knowledge regarding a specific sport or subject. This forum has multiple subforums. Take NPR as an example. Now THAT is a war zone especially in the political scene. Aiming is another and we know how that came about and how long ago. 26 or 27 years. Who started it and why is it still going on?
lfigueroa said:
Guys at every level of play participate here and when it comes to discussion forums your ability to clearly articulate cogent thoughts and arguments is probably more important than how well you pocket balls.
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If it was all about "cogent thoughts" that's one thing. But there's quite a divergent group of people that are veterans and warriors of playing the game with a ton of street knowledge from living in pool rooms, to nothing but those on home tables, and relative beginners.
Cogent thoughts for one may in fact be complete misunderstanding and erroneous information for another and a word battle breaks out. Then it devolves into trash talk, the real spoken language in the old-style pool rooms. Members then choose sides.
But you're right, it's all about the arguments and who wins the debate battles. But let's face it, nothing gets more attention than an all-out battle of words and thoughts than a flame war.
 
Patrick Johnson said:
That's why I don't think the "pick a side" technique works in pool and likely not in golf (I know of enough examples of pool pros being wrong to not automatically trust golf pros' opinions either).

pj
chgo
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So, who should everyone else trust...pool pros and golf pros or you? And if you, why?
 
SpiderWebComm said:
You can probably say that about any forum whether it's involving skill or knowledge regarding a specific sport or subject. This forum has multiple subforums. Take NPR as an example. Now THAT is a war zone especially in the political scene. Aiming is another and we know how that came about and how long ago. 26 or 27 years. Who started it and why is it still going on?

If it was all about "cogent thoughts" that's one thing. But there's quite a divergent group of people that are veterans and warriors of playing the game with a ton of street knowledge from living in pool rooms, to nothing but those on home tables, and relative beginners.
Cogent thoughts for one may in fact be complete misunderstanding and erroneous information for another and a word battle breaks out. Then it devolves into trash talk, the real spoken language in the old-style pool rooms. Members then choose sides.
But you're right, it's all about the arguments and who wins the debate battles. But let's face it, nothing gets more attention than an all-out battle of words and thoughts than a flame war.
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Well, OK.

Lou Figueroa
not in it for the attention
 
SpiderWebComm said:
You do ally yourself strongly with a certain few even though you don't have the same style and thoughts about how the game is played.
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I align myself more with the argument than the individual — shoot, even you and I have infrequently found common ground (on rare occasion ;-)

Lou Figueroa
 
lfigueroa said:
I align myself more with the argument than the individual — shoot, even you and I have infrequently found common ground (on rare occasion ;-)

Lou Figueroa
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Yes, that is true. But never on a certain method of visualizing the connection of a CB to an OB to make it go in a specific direction.
Then it's an individual for and an individual against and that started almost 2 1/2 decades ago.
Aside from that, we probably have more common ground than both of us are willing to admit.
 
SpiderWebComm said:
Yes, that is true. But never on a certain method of visualizing the connection of a CB to an OB to make it go in a specific direction.
Then it's an individual for and an individual against and that started almost 2 1/2 decades ago.
Aside from that, we probably have more common ground than both of us are willing to admit.
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Scary thought.

Lou Figueroa
 
Patrick Johnson said:
Whoever makes the most sense.
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LMAO. Professional experience and knowledge trumps bunkhouse nonsense.
Patrick Johnson said:
Unfortunately, not everybody is able to judge that. For instance, you didn’t directly address anything I said.

pj
chgo
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There's no reason I want to. Nothing has ever proven positive in almost 20 years so...
Have you ever picked up a golf club and hit a golf ball in your entire life?
 
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Have you ever picked up a golf club and hit a golf ball in your entire life?
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He doesn’t have to, he can just tell you what he thinks will happen without ever trying it. And you better believe it’s true from that point forward
 
cookie man said:
[QUOTE="SpiderWebComm, post: 7558083, member: 6535"
Have you ever picked up a golf club and hit a golf ball in your entire life?
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He doesn’t have to, he can just tell you what he thinks will happen without ever trying it. And you better believe it’s true from that point forward
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ShootingArts said:
What has always seemed obvious to me is that the person that can't hit centerball consistently can't hit a touch of something consistently either.
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I Concur!
Patrick Johnson said:
In golf and pool you don't hit the exact target every time - you hit within a typical "shot group"
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I Concur, that's what my fitness program is all about. Shooting a tight group and being aware of of my limits is my goal.
My morning exercise has me playing rail first shots without chalk. It does improve my awareness of how much the slightest variation in the strike can change where the cue ball ends up down range.
I call my morning exercise The Delta Formation. It's presented in my Journal Practice practice practice. I think of it as a power tool. It's really just target shooting though. 😉
 
SpiderWebComm said:
He doesn’t have to, he can just tell you what he thinks will happen without ever trying it. And you better believe it’s true from that point forward
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It's all about the physics and science. It applies to everything. Wasn't Einstein a scratch golfer and 14.1 champion as soon as he picked a club and cue up? I think we need some 2D drawings related to golf.
 
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