It just goes to show you, that while Mosconi was a superior player, he knew nothing about teaching, nor about the physics of pool.
That is a pretty bold statement, lucky he is dead so that you probably wont have to back up your claim or be debunked. While Willie was a player more then a teacher of pool to say that he knew nothing about the "physics of pool" is a joke because he WAS a "STUDENT" of the game and probably the most successful student of the game of all time.
Tell me Scott, who have YOU taught that you would take sole responsibility for their success in pool? Any pros under your resume who would never have made it to the pro ranks if it was not for you? Without your rigid rules on stroke mechanics they simply would not have gotten there and we can now see in video of their pro exploits your clear molding of their game? Anyone? Is there a single pro level player you are responsible for?
You supposed "teachers" who know all about the physics and the true "correct" way to play pool and who run around charging premium dollars to teach a bunch of league players are TBPH something of a joke. Jerry Breisath came into Calgary a long time ago to give lessons and the one lesson I took from his trip to the city came in his refusal to play the local players for cash. He and you both claim you can teach people to play pool the "right way", you claim you can make players "better", but you cannot even put "your OWN games" at the level that your students are striving to reach despite your supposed elite level of knowledge on "how to properly play pool". If you know so much about how pool "should" be played then I have to ask, why the hell can't you play it at a high level? Where are your finishes in top events against pro level players? And don't try to tell me you don't care about the events because you like to teach, the people who give lessons AND finish high in pro level events get a HUGE amount of marketing from actually putting their money and game where their mouth is. If you went and did something in the game and proved in a pro level event that what you teach actually CAN get a student to the top then you would do it, but you can't and you bloody well know it, as do most of the rest of us.
If you cannot even use your own professed knowledge to play top level pool how are you supposed to give other people a fraction of that same supposed "knowledge" and make them successful pool players?
I am willing to let you go on and do your "teaching" thing without comment, but the minute you decide to come on here and suddenly say the top professional player knew "nothing about the physics of the game" you opened yourself up to a response. To act like you know more about how to "properly" play pool then Willie Mosconi is an absolute joke, seriously. Give your head a shake man...
