Recent content by PGHteacher

Ok which one is it? I am confused. This is a direct insult that I personally believe you should apologize for but hey who am I, it's your life. Do you realize that even if you put "thanks" at the end or "with all due respect" at the beginning that that does not change that you have insulted...

How could you possibly not hit a nerve with some of us after saying: With all due respect also; think about being an instructor and reading that. I don't know what you do/did for a living but fill in the "many of them are not very good" with YOUR business, trade or whatever, it would strike...

I think anyone should be able to post anything they want, I am not a certified instructor either; I have been teaching for 20 some years and charge for my lessons the people with papers tell me that's just fine, and that qualifies me. I think if you are giving advice/corrections to posters...

^^^ this is correct^^^ Who are you practicing with, how is the session structured, what are the respective levels of the 2, what are you trying to accomplish? etc.. etc.. the list could be going on for a while. In general my thought is that excellent w/self vs. excellent practice with a...

The problem is not unique to any group, D, C, B, A, AA it isn't even unique to armatures even Pro players have this "adjustment period" even IF YOU HAVE HAD time to prepare. Our muscles/minds react differently during competition than they do during casual play; it is part of the game and the...

How ugly could a cue possibly be? To me bright fuchsia with skulls around the bottom a white linen wrap and some distasteful pics above the wrap comes to mind but heck you could repaint the thing if you wanted to, so I don't think extra ugly is RAELLY a factor, but the best playing cue on the...

The big question is; how do you practice a game? 14.1 always has been and always will be the test of pool skill and the best way to learn the game. If the game is long enough the better pool player will win well over 99% of the time. How does one practice 14.1? That is the bigger question and...

All the advice so far has been very good, especially Scott's. Much of it is good pool advice and you should take it as such. As far as "building better neural pathways so that you can more quickly see into the position and analyze the table farther into the run". I have an exercise that might...

You're welcome, we are in agreement for the most part I also agree there are some people that do not realize that sacrifices MUST be made to get any good at all. I was more talking about those people where the cost of living is high, they don't have access to a pool table and/or if they do it...

I do! And that is because I have practiced enough so that I realize that the improvement in my game is a direct result of my practice sessions. If you just drill, do that drill, that drill & that drill practice can get boring and a drudgery real fast. If you "water down" your drills so that you...

Like most equipment it depends on lots of factors; how you play, what you play, how often you play, how much attn you give to your tip, what kind of tip it is, how hard the tip is & do you break with it or not; just to name the top ones. To shell out advice like "it only lasts about 6mo" is just...

This is true with a stipulation, if you add on to this .........given the time, money, availability of a pool table and many other considerations like life in general, a mate, spouse, kids and having to make a living........ that is what really stymies those of us that would play, practice &...

A lot depends on how the breaks are issued & what kind of rack we are using. Obviously winner breaks + magic rack is death for me unless he gives me 10 and that's not going to happen; the last time I played Slivka here in Pittsburgh he gave me lots of games but damn few chances at the table let...