I'm basing my recommendation on personal experience with Scott 1 on 1 and his ability to delivery. He is all about teaching not extortion.(charging by the minute). His passion to teach equals his abilities. I would give him my hard earned $$$ and be in a group of his. Same for Randy G.
I would definitely attend pool school but it is not near my zip code. The beauty/advantage of a group would be the individual can gain some experience playing with strangers. My biggest problem is I get complacent playing the same people all of the time.
If I recommended Scott to someone and they did not improve they never practiced. NEVER. I know that for a fact. And to the ones that did not like pool school I'll bet the same...they never practiced or had unreal expectations.....or no talent at all...and are helpless. No talent meaning they can cannot comprehend the instructions or have no physical skills to deliver a finely tuned stroke. And yes one size does not fit all but students need to seek out the best recommended instructors. Scott is not my first but my best. I had previous instructors were we did not click. Realtime reviews are what makes the instructor credible. A person has to precede from there.
I appreciate your comments but not sure what you are trying to achieve. Change your posture. Be an ambassador. If you personally do not agree with things please base them on your experience only. I enjoy competent instructors. They work for me. I'm currently learning One Pocket from a 1st class player/instructor. I'd love to see him promote a pool school. I'd enjoy learning and playing others under no risk conditions. I'm a person that cannot learn pool on my on. Schools?....the rules of life told me I need to attend sometime.
Anyway if anyone is thinking about going to Scotts/Randy's school this is a wonderful opportunity to learn from the best. You will learn a lot. Anything you learn will help your game. And you will learn...and have fun....and enjoy pool more....the better you play the better the fun. It's lifetime of fun.
Thanks for the qualitative clarifications of your personal experiences.
I can appreciate your pleasant, rewarding & satisfied experience & I am sure that others are just like you & would agree with you, but some of what you say here is also simply not factual as you state them to be.
Everyone's needs are different & everyone is at different levels of playing ability & everyone does not want to or perhaps can not employ the same methods or type of methods.
That is why I have been talking about a 'fit' & how better communication should eliminate some of the unhappy & unsatisfied stories that have been told to me about some instructors.
It is simply not right to blame only the student as you want to do here.
Also everyone learns differently. There are those that would certainly not recommend group lessons. Perhaps they are not the type to learn well in that environment. Others may learn well in that environment.
There were a few that totally dissed that group session with Mark Wilson but praised his one on one lesson that they had received from him. They were not saying that they could not learn in a group environment but that Mr. Wilson was much much better in the one on one.
I've coached the 3 major sports from kiddies to young adults & golf for two years at the middle school level & I was offered a job teaching tennis that I rather foolishly turned down.
When instruction is not working for an individual it is up to the coach or instructor to find a way to get it to work for the student. That is why the one size fits all (or most) line of thinking is faulty.
You can teach a left handed individual to try to play golf right handed or you can advise them to get left handed clubs. Some are actually better playing opposite handed.
It's about finding the fit for the individual & not imposing upon them what is not a fit for them.
I can teach more than one way to hit a baseball with a bat. I would NOT want to teach a certain method to an individual that is capable of hitting home runs, while I would want to teach that method to one of a lesser physical ability.
So... you're recommending something that you've never experienced & really do not know anything about... the group lessons of a multi student 'school'.
I'm not saying anything about it one way or the other, but at least we now have the facts & know that your recommendation to "Do it" is not specific to the situation, but is more just an assumption based on your other one on one experience that was good for you.
Two instructors probably are better than one trying to do group lessons & some teach quite well to groups while others have a bit of trouble as the more public environment is not what they are the best at.
I am rather sure that someone that has been through the group 'school' can chime in & recommend it. Then all one has to do is to find out if the curriculum is something of which they are interested in.
Thanks Again & I appreciate your candor.