I am sincere, certainly not looking to poke a bear. Im just attempting to gain understanding that I cant find on videos on YouTube that explain the questions i have.
The only professional teaching I've ever had was 65 years ago from Danny Jones, Joe Cosgrove, Billy Johnson, and a little from Luther Lassiter. Not too much from any of them, but some.
I have spent a week with Stan Shuffett recently in his training studio. When he first walked me into the training room and said..."This is where we're going to work", I wanted to run for the door.
There stood an immaculate 10 foot Diamond table, with pro cut pockets, simonis cloth (I had never played on simonis cloth in all my years of action), and the best lighting you could ask for. I said..."There is no way I will be able to pocket balls on this gigantic landing field...I just can't do it".
He then showed me his other training room which had a 9 footer in it , but I told him that as long as I had invested the time and money to fly and drive there, he was in charge and we may as well go back and get to work on that 10 footer.
When the week was over, with him sitting over there watching.... I was shooting balls into the pockets of that 10 footer, blind, under the curtain, without even seeing the pockets.
Learning the perceptions and how to use your eyes in a different way is a tremendous part of his coaching. (I don't know what he does to correct stroke errors because apparently he was satisfied with mine other than telling me to shorten up my backswing a little on shots where the cue ball was close to the object ball.) I can't speak for your stroke.
The point of all this is to impress upon you that he is not a coach who is teaching gimmickry. This stuff is for real.
His Truth Series for YouTube is completed and will be put into play when his book is released....I've said this elsewhere. The Truth Series will answer all your questions.
He will again offer personal one-on-one coaching for selected students after all that is in place. The demand for his time is astonishing. From all over the world they come.
Stan Shuffet is a calm, kind, patient, gentleman who will work tirelessly to transfer his knowledge to those who are dedicated to learning. On the other hand, those who have ridiculed him and trashed him endlessly for years have NO chance.
The following from Shakespeare's Henry V would be appropriate here:
"In peace there is nothing so becomes a man, as modest stillness and humility;
But when the war toxin blows in our ears, then imitate the actions of the tiger."