I agree. Those videos are worth a watch.
Whos instructional videos do you like?
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I agree. Those videos are worth a watch.
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I hear what your saying, I have had some students that I truly wanted to club over the melon. What I learned is - when they ask about wanting a pool lesson - I then ask them WHY they are interested in playing better. The answer I receive will give me a much better idea - as to how much they love the game - and also how much I will charge them.
If the student truly desires to learn - I will know before the lesson begins. Also I learned to NEVER offer free advice - unless the student asks the question first, As they may not know my list of accomplishments in the sport (ego contest). If a player truly is 'all in' some talent can be taught, it is my belief that I can teach anyone to run 100 in 14.1 - if they are all in and truly love the learning process i.e. practice. A great instructor will be able to 'point the way' in relation to physics and geometry of the game. A great player and teacher will be able to help the student learn skills of the mental side of competition as well. But yea I have learned to correct the cause before I begin to correct the symptom - saves much headache, as many yahoo's just want to be able to best their local bar hero - for those the answer is $500.00 per hr - and if they say too much denaro I will now just say 'it's magic'. so it is such a small percentage of players who will pass my answer test - I end up not giving many lessons. Some great resources that helped me are 1) Buddy Hall's (clock system) 2) Mike Sigel's (Perfect straight pool) and other top players who looked very smooth at the table - I would also recommend Max Eberle's instructional dvd's as a welling study.
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I hear what your saying, I have had some students that I truly wanted to club over the melon. What I learned is - when they ask about wanting a pool lesson - I then ask them WHY they are interested in playing better. The answer I receive will give me a much better idea - as to how much they love the game - and also how much I will charge them.
If the student truly desires to learn - I will know before the lesson begins. Also I learned to NEVER offer free advice - unless the student asks the question first, As they may not know my list of accomplishments in the sport (ego contest). If a player truly is 'all in' some talent can be taught, it is my belief that I can teach anyone to run 100 in 14.1 - if they are all in and truly love the learning process i.e. practice. A great instructor will be able to 'point the way' in relation to physics and geometry of the game. A great player and teacher will be able to help the student learn skills of the mental side of competition as well. But yea I have learned to correct the cause before I begin to correct the symptom - saves much headache, as many yahoo's just want to be able to best their local bar hero - for those the answer is $500.00 per hr - and if they say too much denaro I will now just say 'it's magic'. so it is such a small percentage of players who will pass my answer test - I end up not giving many lessons. Some great resources that helped me are 1) Buddy Hall's (clock system) 2) Mike Sigel's (Perfect straight pool) and other top players who looked very smooth at the table - I would also recommend Max Eberle's instructional dvd's as a welling study. .
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Mark Wilsons clinic from derby on youtube is very informative. Packed with lots of information comparing and contrasting amateurs vs pros.
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Mike Sigel's perfect pool. The first DVD is up on youtube. lots of great info geared to the complete beginner. This is the best dvd on fundamentals ive seen.
Amen to that. The straight pool info alone kicked up my overall skills by at least a couple of balls way back in the mid 90's. Those videos taught me so much more than the guys in the room I was playing in could have.
Amen to that. The straight pool info alone kicked up my overall skills by at least a couple of balls way back in the mid 90's. Those videos taught me so much more than the guys in the room I was playing in could have.
In the 3C world, Frederic Caudron has posted a number of videos on YouTube in the last couple of months and a fair number of them are in English. At the top level, 3c is all about the mental game, and these videos show a master discussing shot selection and position play, the mental game. I don't think there has ever been anything like this in English, ever. There is also some good stuff on systems he plays.
Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlpMZFNsrYQ&t=2821s
Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlpMZFNsrYQ&t=2821s