Archer & Strickland expirience - Mt View Ca

[obrien714]

Well i was lucky enough to be part of the Legends Tour and Lessons this afternoon. Johnny and Earl for 2 hours each. They both gave great instructions on different aspects of the game. Both are true gentleman and extremely entertaining.

Johny Archer spent his 2 hours analyzing your stroke and stance mechanics. He gave you advice as to what you needed to work on to solidify your game. He also really emphasized the importance of developing a consistant routine. He says when your game starts going bad always fall back onto your fundamentals and find your way back to your best game. The next part with Johnnie was playing a rack of 8 ball with him as he guided us through the thought process of which balls to take after the brake. He then worked us through the racks with every player showing us the proper patterns. Johnie was awsome and very conventional in his teachings. His main thoughts were to keep a basic routine, make every trip to the table the same every time. Learn your routine and every shot will be the same.

Earl Strickland was very technical in analyzing all of our bridge techniques. He taught us 5 different bridging techniques and the main focus on each one was that we need to eliminate the extra points of friction on the cue. It was amazing the difference the way the cue ball reacted after the friction on the cue was eliminated. More stroke power with out hitting the ball harder.

Earl has an amazing stroke and showed it over and over doing his powerful shot routines. I pulled of 2 of them but not with the action on the cue ball that Earl gets.

This was an awsome day. I havent really played pool in the last 5 years. The fun i had was something i will never forget. If you have a chance to get out there and attend this great event, dont miss out. This is for every level from beginer to advanced players.

It would be great to see more legends out there join up bring their knowledge to the fans of pool.

Thanks JOHHNIE, EARL, and MARK.

PAT OBRIEN

 

[cyrex]

I second that

I caught the earlier class and would have to agree with Pat that it was a great pool day as well. We don't get a lot of world class players in the bay area so it was definitely a treat to have the opportunity. Thanks Mark (and his crew) for your hard work in bringing all of this together.

Although Archer and Strickland definitely had some differences they complimented eachother nicely. With Archer focusing on fundamentals, consistancy, and simplifying and Strickland taking all that to another level. The man hit a 5 rail follow shot!!!!!!! How strong is that?

They were both very personal and took time with each and every player tweaking here and there. Every single person in my group was able to make shots they didn't know they could.

I highly recommend getting into one of these clinics if you can. It's an easy investment in your game and in the sport.

On a personal note, whether you like Strickland or not he was a true gentleman, entertainer, and instructor with us. His stroke was amazing and I wouldn't doubt that he gets back terrorizing the tournaments again. ANYBODY will tell you he is one of the most naturally gifted players ever to pick up a cue.

 

[Fatboy]

i made a post to tell people how good this goingto be, i posted that 2 weeks ago, anybody who wants to have fun, become a better player that dosent go to this oppertunity dosent really care about their game. It dosent get any better. If they get good numbers they will keep it going so show your support, this is a grass roots way to keep pool alive and well.


I'm too tired to find the "I told you do link"......but I did.:thumbup:

 

[suckershot]

I caught the earlier class and would have to agree with Pat that it was a great pool day as well. We don't get a lot of world class players in the bay area so it was definitely a treat to have the opportunity. Thanks Mark (and his crew) for your hard work in bringing all of this together.

Although Archer and Strickland definitely had some differences they complimented eachother nicely. With Archer focusing on fundamentals, consistancy, and simplifying and Strickland taking all that to another level. The man hit a 5 rail follow shot!!!!!!! How strong is that?

They were both very personal and took time with each and every player tweaking here and there. Every single person in my group was able to make shots they didn't know they could.

I highly recommend getting into one of these clinics if you can. It's an easy investment in your game and in the sport.

On a personal note, whether you like Strickland or not he was a true gentleman, entertainer, and instructor with us. His stroke was amazing and I wouldn't doubt that he gets back terrorizing the tournaments again. ANYBODY will tell you he is one of the most naturally gifted players ever to pick up a cue.

Hey Rex, this is Brent. I second everything you said.

This is a bargain to get instruction from two world champions. It is especially so for us out here in California. Definitely a well spent day off from work.

Both were great at offering positive reinforcement while still telling us what we needed to work on.

And since Earl is one of my favorite players, I will especially stress Rex's comment about Earl being an absolute gentleman. He looked everyone in the eye, asked our names, shook our hands, and said it's a pleasure/great to meet you. And at the end he shook our hands again and reiterated it was a pleasure and he hoped we learned a lot. That, btw, goes for Archer as well.

Thanks Mark for setting this up, thanks Earl and Johnny for making this an amazing and entertaining and useful experience, thanks Peer for giving me my 15 minutes of fame (possibly?), thanks to Shoreline Billiards for having this event.

BTW, Rex, I know you brought your camera in at one point. Do you have some pictures you can send me? I would like some, and also Johnny (in our group) was also looking for some pictures. Let me know.