An interesting thought to ponder ...

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I thought this might be an interesting and fun topic. I hope you all do as well.

Give your answer some thought before coming to a decision.

Take into account of course the player's demeanor, how you perceive what their ability to articulate their knowledge is and any other factors that come to your mind besides just their skill set. Here's the question ...

Living or dead, if you were able to pick one player to teach you the intricacies of 14.1 and only one, who would you pick?

I won't offer my thought until later so as not to influence your thoughts. :)
 
3andstop said:
I thought this might be an interesting and fun topic. I hope you all do as well.

Give your answer some thought before coming to a decision.

Take into account of course the player's demeanor, how you perceive what their ability to articulate their knowledge is and any other factors that come to your mind besides just their skill set. Here's the question ...

Living or dead, if you were able to pick one player to teach you the intricacies of 14.1 and only one, who would you pick?

I won't offer my thought until later so as not to influence your thoughts. :)
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The tough part of your question isn't the who. It's the demeaner, articulation and other factors. It's also tough because some great instructors may be past their best teaching days. Probably no one correct answer when there are two people involved, you and the coach. I saw two of the greatest 14.1 players often, Crane and Sigel. They come to mind first because of my 1st hand experience. I'm not sure how they fit the other criteria. I have never paid for a lesson but have gotten lots of help by professionals and great players.

If you forced me to pick someone I'd also go with John Schmidt. I've seen a few of his videos and believe that what you see is exactly who he is.

Paul......Excellent thread
 
Man, this is an interesting thread, because I've been thinking of getting an instructor to teach me some 14.1. I've always loved to watch it, Mike especially, but never learned the basics.

For all I care, a guy can be the greatest that ever lived and suck at teaching. All my guy has to do is know more than me (easy as hell), and be able to teach me , as it's my dime. Unless it's free, then I'm the one to listen and pick up what I can.

I've taught a lot of subjects, some that would surprise anybody here. I've been paid a great deal of money on occasion to do so, too. Anybody that thinks the greatest football coach and the greatest player are same/same have never been really coached at all. I give you Bear Bryant...........and some others, of course.
 
It has to be John Schmidt!

He can be hard to keep up with sometimes, but when he is "teaching" he communicates very well.

Its been a few months, but John was at Bill Maropulos' house earlier this year and John shot straight pool for about a week. With several over 150's, and I believe a 200 or 2 in there, they recorded the whole thing. After, Bill went back and totaled the balls made and the time it took.

John averaged under 18 seconds a shot! And that included racking, and some conversation about the shots and strategy!

When John looks at the table, he almost instantly "See's" the runout. He moves ball with the first few shots and then the rest go in like they are hangers!

It truly is amazing to watch!

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i know this is a hypothetical question, but I live in terms of practicality and anything that cant be (such as instruction from a dead great) doesn' even need considering.

That being said I would love to go back to Florida and get some instruction with Mr. 400. He is obviously one of the best, if not the best, straight pool of player today.
 
My pick would be either Harold Worst or Luther Lassiter. I don't know about the teaching ability of these two, but their peers all said that they could do things other top players simply couldn't do.

Harold Worst may have been the greatest loss to pool, ever. He died of a heart attack in his early forties...there's no telling what he would have achieved given another 15 years.
 
If he was still around it would be Johnny Ervolino, one of the brightest minds in pool and a great communicator. I didn't realize how much I miss him until just now. Jim Rempe is another great choice for his communication skills. John Schmidt has to be number one among current players because he is so talkative about everything he does on the table. All good choices here for me.
 
I have to say that right now Thorsten Hohman, John Schmidt, Thomas Engert, or Oliver Ortman would be my first choice, unless Jasmin Ouschan's schedule opened up.

Although if I was to choose a dead player it would have to be Mosconi. The man was and is one of the most dominating forces in pool.

Great thread.
 
Dd

Danny Diliberto has the pool credentials,he explains well and he is passionate about actually helping you rather than showing how good He is - just when you think he,s more serious than a heart attack he,ll lighten up with a joke or a road story - and if you get good enough to actually take something down he can give you boxing lessons to make sure you get paid
 
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