Breisath on lining up and aiming .

The context is aiming. It could be explained more clearly, but he is roughly saying SPF. Ball address, aim, warm up strokes, check aim, shoot. He puts an emphasis on the ball address, which is important.

Randy, I think Jerry means for the cue to not veer left or right when he says it must move straight.
 
ROTFL,

Randy, you made my day :p almost spit my coffee all over the desk :-)
But you re right- this systems is really so complicated.....but it works, don t know why...strange :p


all have a nice day,

lg
ingo
 
Hof

Scott Lee said:
Even though that video is 30+ years old, it's still one of the best things the BCA ever produced...and they used the perfect demonstrator! Jerry is a great teacher...even still today! I'm honored to call him my friend, as well as a mentor. For everything he has done for pool, he deserves to be in the HOF!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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you got the right.should be there in the HOF.
 
Scott Lee said:
Even though that video is 30+ years old, it's still one of the best things the BCA ever produced...and they used the perfect demonstrator! Jerry is a great teacher...even still today! I'm honored to call him my friend, as well as a mentor. For everything he has done for pool, he deserves to be in the HOF!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I agree. HOF!
randyg
 
I think the information is invaluable.. Just the point about starting and keeping your chin on the shot line is worth it's weight in gold.

Unfortunately, it took me decades to figure this out, once I did, my game stepped up several balls!
 
Amazing how far we have came in 30 years... Understandable how road players thrived in that era.....
 
The Renfro said:
Amazing how far we have came in 30 years... Understandable how road players thrived in that era.....
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Jerry was significant at the time because he brought instructing into the mainstream. I don't know who came into the public eye first, Jerry or Robert Byrne but both were instrumental in inspiring people to become instructors. Byrne did not become involved in the BCA Instructor program, but both were extremely influential at that time.

There were also coaches back then who stayed under the radar who hung out with road players and spotted for them at tournaments. One that comes to my mind was Hal Mix (Not to be confused with Hal Houle). Hal Mix coached Robin Dodson and Nick Varner that I know of, probably more.

Hal reminded me of the great golf teacher Harvey Pennick. He looked like him too. I used to love sitting next to him in the stands to hear his take on all the players. He knew all their little nuances. He could tell when they fell out of their stances or when they developed a little quirk that was eventually going to hurt them.
 
FranCrimi said:
Jerry was significant at the time because he brought instructing into the mainstream. I don't know who came into the public eye first, Jerry or Robert Byrne but both were instrumental in inspiring people to become instructors. Byrne did not become involved in the BCA Instructor program, but both were extremely influential at that time.

There were also coaches back then who stayed under the radar who hung out with road players and spotted for them at tournaments. One that comes to my mind was Hal Mix (Not to be confused with Hal Houle). Hal Mix coached Robin Dodson and Nick Varner that I know of, probably more.

Hal reminded me of the great golf teacher Harvey Pennick. He looked like him too. I used to love sitting next to him in the stands to hear his take on all the players. He knew all their little nuances. He could tell when they fell out of their stances or when they developed a little quirk that was eventually going to hurt them.
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I recall instructors were few and far between. And information was guarded like state secrets.. I also recall the books and vhs tapes of the time were very basic in nature...

I think I would have to agree that Jerry was one of the guys who changed everything and likely should be in the HOF for meritorious service at some point...

In rereading my post, it was not meant to be taken as a knock on Jerry but the explosion of information we have had and the level of depth that the materials go into is totally astounding to me...

Now if we can just figure out some way to get a ton of new blood into the sport to take advantage of it.....
 
I agree! Jerry Briesath SHOULD be in the Hall of Fame...and there's no time like the present. I'd like to see a campaign on here to try to get him elected.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

The Renfro said:
I think I would have to agree that Jerry was one of the guys who changed everything and likely should be in the HOF for meritorious service at some point.....
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Scott Lee said:
Even though that video is 30+ years old, it's still one of the best things the BCA ever produced...and they used the perfect demonstrator! Jerry is a great teacher...even still today! I'm honored to call him my friend, as well as a mentor. For everything he has done for pool, he deserves to be in the HOF!

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I totally agree with you on that idea! Jerry is a wonderful and gentle individual. He helped my game a great deal when I was in college, and I was responsible for managing our college game room center. I had the opportunity to hire him for a week long pool school program that I created to replace Jack White who used to run a week long tournament program at our facility. After too many years of Jack White playing grab ass with all the college girls coming into our game room center and their complaining about Jack, the college let Jack's contract lapse.

Hiring Jerry brought a more professional feel to the college, and the game room center in comparison to what Jack White offered. This was in the late 1980's.

Jerry's sister Donnis lives in my hometown of Medford, and her husband Jerry Lausman, who been Mayor of Medford for 12 years had just recently passed away a couple weeks ago.

For all that Jerry has done with his instructional work he truly does belong in the HOF for his meritorious service to the world of pool.
 
Great stuff. Thanks.

I had to laugh at the part at 2:05 , where it looks like he is doing a little dance,because that is me, as well as near the end where he says they try to steer the cue ball. i am getting way from that just in the past week or so thanks to the help I'm getting here.
 
The Renfro said:
I recall instructors were few and far between. And information was guarded like state secrets.. I also recall the books and vhs tapes of the time were very basic in nature...

I think I would have to agree that Jerry was one of the guys who changed everything and likely should be in the HOF for meritorious service at some point...

In rereading my post, it was not meant to be taken as a knock on Jerry but the explosion of information we have had and the level of depth that the materials go into is totally astounding to me...

Now if we can just figure out some way to get a ton of new blood into the sport to take advantage of it.....
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I'm new to the game but I have been involved in many others.

I would say what you guys are doing in this part of the forum is the best thing you can do to keep the sport going.

You may be doing this already but, I would suggest developing mentors among the members that are already in the system. That way the few that stumble into the game are met with help and encouragement. You have to retain the newbies by helping them be successful. I realize this may be hard to do when they come in looking like a bad dream. These days there are so many easier ways to be entertained electronically. That is the games' competition.

I'm know, I'm preaching to the choir but it's my $.02
 
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