Due business travel, I found myself driving within 3 minutes of Stevie Moore's home this past weekend. Scheduled a lesson for Sunday. Went over to After Five (used to be Rascals I believe) Saturday about 5 PM and practiced on the 9 footer for 3 hours. Turns out they were having a handicapped 8 ball tournament that night, so I hung around for that. 34 players signed up, you got x number of losses based upon your APA S/L. Being a 6, I got 3 losses. Was a great time, I made it to the 10th round, put the guy who had won that last 5 in a row out of the tournament. People there were very nice and friendly and the tab for renting the table for 3 hours and my beer consumption was a whopping $39. LOL
Met Stevie Sunday morning at 8:30 for B'fast then on to his house for the lesson. Stevie has a very nice set up in a remodeled garage, 10 foot GC with plenty of room. Very comfortable.
We spent time on some advanced Pro One but more time on fine tuning my stroke as well as some position and safety play. As with the first lesson, Stevie works hard, explains things in a common sense way and is able to demonstrate the points he is trying to get across. To top it off, Stevie is just a great guy, funny and makes the lesson fun. Stevie doesn't blow smoke up your a$$ either, he just tells you how it is and offers his views on the things you need to do to get better. I'll just say this, in two lessons, Stevie hasn't told me anything I didn't understand and didn't agree with.
Stevie charges $300 for lessons in his home (where he doesn't have to travel). This is for 6 to 7 hours with a World Class Player on a 10' table with a very nice set up. One shouldn't be confused thinking Stevie's lessons are just about CTE/Pro One. Stevie's primary focus is on teaching a straight stroke in order that CTE/Pro One can be an effective aiming tool. If you live anywhere close to Stevie and are truly interested in improving your game, what an opportunity you have at what I consider a bargain price. I feel like I get my money's worth out of lesson if I take away 2 or 3 things that will help me. I've taken away 8 to 10 significant things from Stevie at each of our two lessons.
I think it is worth adding that Stevie is confident but also humble. He is very quick to give a lot of credit to Stan Shuffett for helping him with CTE/Pro One as well as a number of other areas of his game. It is blatantly clear Stevie admires, likes and respects Stan a great deal. It is refreshing to see someone at Stevie's level so willing to give credit to other people who have contributed to their professional success. I think it says a lot about both Stevie and Stan.
Met Stevie Sunday morning at 8:30 for B'fast then on to his house for the lesson. Stevie has a very nice set up in a remodeled garage, 10 foot GC with plenty of room. Very comfortable.
We spent time on some advanced Pro One but more time on fine tuning my stroke as well as some position and safety play. As with the first lesson, Stevie works hard, explains things in a common sense way and is able to demonstrate the points he is trying to get across. To top it off, Stevie is just a great guy, funny and makes the lesson fun. Stevie doesn't blow smoke up your a$$ either, he just tells you how it is and offers his views on the things you need to do to get better. I'll just say this, in two lessons, Stevie hasn't told me anything I didn't understand and didn't agree with.
Stevie charges $300 for lessons in his home (where he doesn't have to travel). This is for 6 to 7 hours with a World Class Player on a 10' table with a very nice set up. One shouldn't be confused thinking Stevie's lessons are just about CTE/Pro One. Stevie's primary focus is on teaching a straight stroke in order that CTE/Pro One can be an effective aiming tool. If you live anywhere close to Stevie and are truly interested in improving your game, what an opportunity you have at what I consider a bargain price. I feel like I get my money's worth out of lesson if I take away 2 or 3 things that will help me. I've taken away 8 to 10 significant things from Stevie at each of our two lessons.
I think it is worth adding that Stevie is confident but also humble. He is very quick to give a lot of credit to Stan Shuffett for helping him with CTE/Pro One as well as a number of other areas of his game. It is blatantly clear Stevie admires, likes and respects Stan a great deal. It is refreshing to see someone at Stevie's level so willing to give credit to other people who have contributed to their professional success. I think it says a lot about both Stevie and Stan.
