There are some teams that will put you on their roster so they can have a SL2 to stay under the handicap limit. They will tell you its your turn to play, and help you if you call a time out, but the rest of the time they're at the bar, checking their watches, waiting for the "real" pool to start. ...some of them will not want you to improve because they may not be sandbaggers, but they don't want you to go up either, because then they will have too many points. I've been fortunate not to be on those teams, but I've seen it.
surly,
troublemaker is dead on. don't let the above story happen to you. my girlfriend spent a year on a team that taught her nothing. she was the sacrificial lamb. we met when i joined her team and have been dating for eight months and i got her on a few other teams. now she can whip just about anybody (minus the 7) on our old team that we just quit. she's even won two handicapped tournaments (knocking me out of one of them - damn 5 to 2 race) and it's all beacuse i've gotten her with people who teach and show how things should be done. when you pick a team make sure they are teaching you. if they won't, start talking to other teams until you find a team that wants you to get better as much as you want to get better.