Blackjack, please don't even begin to give advise on Snooker. You are a good POOL instructor not Snooker. Until you have a decent high break you really neeed to keep your opinions to yourself. If you want to tell me or anyone else about pool, I am willing to listen but as a famous book once said, "man know thy self" Give the guy a chance to learn the right way not your snooker/pool teachings as that thought has never worked.Blackjack said:I wouldn't even say that it is a can of worms. I teach players differently than the BCA - however I also teach some the same things. Myself, I try to find the player's natural movements and balance points and I build everything around that. If a pause in the back swing would alter their thinking or interfere with their natural rhythm, I won't even go there. If it would help their game - I won't hesitate to incorporate that into their PSR.
I have seen many players that benefit from the SPF method - I've see people that it doesn't work for. For that reason, I don't think it's for everybody, but I could be wrong about that -(lol and not intentionally trying to kill Randy's last hair follicle). My teaching methods are much different, but just as effective - I just follow a different philosophy than other instructors.
Believe it or not, we agree on more than we don't agree on, and I am currently in the process of submitting a new curriculum for the mental game to you Randy, for inclusion into your class curriculum - complete with a textbook - and instructor's guide. I will get with you in a few weeks to send you the final drafts - this is my gift to Cue-U for all that they do for instructors and players all over the world.
Ask anybody that has taken classes from me after they have seen Randyg or Scott Lee, and they will tell you that I will not interfere with or dispute anything that they were taught by ANY BCA certified instructor. I can and will add strength to that knowledge and skill set that they learned from that instruction. Scott and Randy are my friends and colleagues - we don't agree on every subject - we don't have to as long we have the player's best interest at the forefront. We all do agree that proper instruction from qualified individuals is a necessity to advancing your skills as a player - and that proper, professional instruction is the best way to go. My decision not to pursue BCA certification has nothing to do with disagreeing with their teaching methods, and everything to do with having the freedom to do my own thing my own way. Nothing more, nothing less.
Most of what I teach is in the way of strategy, the mental game, and advanced stroking techniques and cue ball control. Many of the stroking and cue ball control techniques that I teach - I learned them from players in the Philippines. These are basically the techniques that you see Francisco and Efren using - to include the aiming systems everybody debates on this forum every chance they get.
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