Freaking Heathen

[muskyed]

I am trying to be patient. He seems like a good kid. I shouldn’t have to repeat myself too many times.

He naturally gets down close to the proper shot line. However, he grips the back of the cue where his forearm is way behind and the tip is almost 2 ball widths away from contact. Try to tell him that it’s a swing with a moment of inertia, but I can’t tell my daughter’s boyfriend to “stroke not poke.”

He’s been here plenty of times, he should know how to make a stinking bridge. I watched him jack up over a ball and lay the cue between his knuckles?!? For goodness sake, this Simpleton could possibly maybe teach my grandchildren how to tie their shoes one day and I can’t imagine him doing anything more than picking his nose.

Try and look at the bright side. If he were to get reasonably good at pool from your teaching, your daughter would forever hate you for what he turned into, addicted to pool, out playing pool most nights of the week like the rest of us. Could be worse though, he could want to play pool leagues with his new best pool buddy, his father in law. She would really hate you then and you probably would hate yourself with what you had created.
Can you imagine playing pool leagues with your son in law and every night at league he is telling you about all his marriage problems? Maybe you should count your blessings that he just isn't catching on at pool. Ha Ha

 

[lfigueroa]

Because they simply do not WANT to be taught. Right, Lou???

I generally leave those types of people alone and let them languish in mediocrity (or less) for as long as they wish.

I don't know, Maniac

I just think some folks do not have the ability and body awareness to take verbal instruction and incorporate it into a physical motion. Or, it could be as you say and they really don't want to be taught. Either way it's a phenomenon I have have seen over and over: you give someone something you've learned through your own hard work and pain and they would rather keep on doin' what they're doin' and remain stuck.

Lou Figueroa

 

[boogieman]

I don't know, Maniac

I just think some folks do not have the ability and body awareness to take verbal instruction and incorporate it into a physical motion. Or, it could be as you say and they really don't want to be taught. Either way it's a phenomenon I have have seen over and over: you give someone something you've learned through your own hard work and pain and they would rather keep on doin' what they're doin' and remain stuck.

Lou Figueroa

A really odd thing happens to me (I'll try to keep it short).

I've always had good hand eye coordination. Some days I have the best spacial awareness, body awareness and hand eye coordination that you could ask for. Other days, especially if I'm in pain I might have just terrible body awareness. It's good for tuning out the pain, but it's horrible to try to play good pool when you just can't get the feel of anything. There's no moral to the story, but I can sympathize with people without good body awareness. I'm just glad it's an occasional thing. Those days it's more about having a few cold ones and socializing.

 

[loggerhead12]

Can you imagine playing pool leagues with your son in law and every night at league he is telling you about all his marriage problems? Maybe you should count your blessings that he just isn't catching on at pool. Ha Ha

Plenty of families play together in our league. including son- and daughter-in-laws. Hate to say it, but it makes pool kind of . . . wholesome.

 

[muskyed]

Plenty of families play together in our league. including son- and daughter-in-laws. Hate to say it, but it makes pool kind of . . . wholesome.

You do realize my reply was just a funny, don't you?
Our leagues are about 20% women also and many couples. Actually, my wife is my partner in pool, but honestly preferred it when a friend of mine was my partner, and my wife had another friend of ours as a partner. Sadly, my past partner in pools wife decided to go to Arizona for the winter so he had to quit pool here.

 

[heater451]

Okay, show him how to form a proper bridge and how to stroke. Demonstrate it once, then physically set him up to do it himself and have him execute it. Then have him do it without your help. Every time he screws it up make him eat a brussel sprout.

OT: That might have worked up through the 90s, until the brussel sprout paradigm began to change. I remember eating one in the 80s, and never until the 2010s, when they started showing up in restaraunts with soy or vinagriette glazes and were not bitter.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo

 

[Z-Nole]

As an after thought....if I shoot every shot bridging between my knuckles will you play me for money?????

Yes! Can we play one pocket?

 

[gregcantrall]

Yes! Can we play one pocket?

Certainly

 

[sudocrushms]

I don't know, Maniac

I just think some folks do not have the ability and body awareness to take verbal instruction and incorporate it into a physical motion. Or, it could be as you say and they really don't want to be taught. Either way it's a phenomenon I have have seen over and over: you give someone something you've learned through your own hard work and pain and they would rather keep on doin' what they're doin' and remain stuck.

Lou Figueroa

Some people really struggle with creating a bridge. I don't get it, but I've been playing since i was little and am fairly coordinated.
Steps i give people are: Hand spread flat on the table with thumb closed, then lightly "squeeze" the table. Seems to work for most people.

One of the weirdest quirks I've seen is with bowlers: Almost every bowler i know shoots pool opposite handed (bridge with their dominant hand).
Then you have one of my friends (naturally right handed): Plays left handed and a super weird, wandering eye dominance due to a wicked lazy eye. Imagine your eye center moving around depending where you're focused....

 

[easy-e]

As an after thought....if I shoot every shot bridging between my knuckles will you play me for money?????

I'll take that bait next time you're in Phoenix! It'll be fun win or lose!

 

[gregcantrall]

I'll take that bait next time you're in Phoenix! It'll be fun win or lose!

Well it might be a while before I head that way. Will send a smoke signal if I head that way. Kingman is the closest neutral table.

 

[j2pac]

Okay, show him how to form a proper bridge and how to stroke. Demonstrate it once, then physically set him up to do it himself and have him execute it. Then have him do it without your help. Every time he screws it up make him eat a brussel sprout.

If he were my Son-in-law, I would dress him up like a park duck, and take him to Springfield for "Oktoberfest."
It is getting close to Halloween you know.

 

[eg9327]

I am trying to be patient. He seems like a good kid. I shouldn’t have to repeat myself too many times.

He naturally gets down close to the proper shot line. However, he grips the back of the cue where his forearm is way behind and the tip is almost 2 ball widths away from contact. Try to tell him that it’s a swing with a moment of inertia, but I can’t tell my daughter’s boyfriend to “stroke not poke.”

He’s been here plenty of times, he should know how to make a stinking bridge. I watched him jack up over a ball and lay the cue between his knuckles?!? For goodness sake, this Simpleton could possibly maybe teach my grandchildren how to tie their shoes one day and I can’t imagine him doing anything more than picking his nose.

It's life. So many players do goofy things but then refuse to listen to a friendly tip, and sometimes just get mad. Oh well. They can't all play like me and you.