Getting Youth Interested IN POOl

bfdlad said:
So do the police have pool tables? I think thats a good idea actually,
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They have a community center with 2 tables. The police athletic league is for the local kids. We get them cues at wholesale from cue and case sales, have releveled their tables and reglued their rails etc. My husband organizes a little tournament at the end of their season where they compete against each other.

The police athletic league in this city offers many choices for the kids, even fishing!

On the other hand...the city which my poolroom is located has a police athletic league who does not budget for pool lessons for the kids. They had a photo in our paper of one of the police officers giving lessons and he had the worst form I had ever seen. It was so pathetic that I put it on the bulletin board on what not to do! We could've offered to give lesssons in that city also but, our plate is full....
 
You have to make an investment in the sport,getting them started into the game young will reap rewards down the road certainly.The billiard room owners,players and instructors need to organize and donate to this cause along with all the companies out there making money.If people do this they will see more revenue come in off this little investment as the young players they groom grow older and stay with it because they enjoy it and know what they are doing.Say for example Predator donated a cue to a youth league where the kids came into a poolhall on a set day and played a tournament every week,the player who did the best after all those weeks got a free cue from them and maybe other items from others companies.The kids get familiar with the products and the companies get good PR and exposure.It would be cool to see some rooms doing this,perhaps some of the league players would like to get there kids involved in a league and it could turn into something just like when I take my son to play baseball on a saturday. :)
 
Fast Lenny said:
You have to make an investment in the sport,getting them started into the game young will reap rewards down the road certainly.The billiard room owners,players and instructors need to organize and donate to this cause along with all the companies out there making money.If people do this they will see more revenue come in off this little investment as the young players they groom grow older and stay with it because they enjoy it and know what they are doing.Say for example Predator donated a cue to a youth league where the kids came into a poolhall on a set day and played a tournament every week,the player who did the best after all those weeks got a free cue from them and maybe other items from others companies.The kids get familiar with the products and the companies get good PR and exposure.It would be cool to see some rooms doing this,perhaps some of the league players would like to get there kids involved in a league and it could turn into something just like when I take my son to play baseball on a saturday. :)
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Lenny,

BullShooters (Phx.) is promoting in-house Get-Cue-Leagues on Mon. & Thu. nights, and on Sunday afternoons. They are aimed at beginners. The players' weekly dues go toward the purchase of a cue made to their specs. As part of the package, the players receive free instruction from a certified instructor (me). The idea is to get a cue into new players' hands, and then make it very easy for them to learn to play the right way, and then they can move up to stronger leagues from there.

I'm telling you this because the Sunday afternoon league is going to be a father/son league. Maybe you and your son would be interested in joining?

Roger Long
 
Roger Long said:
Lenny,

BullShooters (Phx.) is promoting in-house Get-Cue-Leagues on Mon. & Thu. nights, and on Sunday afternoons. They are aimed at beginners. The players' weekly dues go toward the purchase of a cue made to their specs. As part of the package, the players receive free instruction from a certified instructor (me). The idea is to get a cue into new players' hands, and then make it very easy for them to learn to play the right way, and then they can move up to stronger leagues from there.

I'm telling you this because the Sunday afternoon league is going to be a father/son league. Maybe you and your son would be interested in joining?

Roger Long
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Sounds like a great idea Roger,if my son only listened to me then I would be there for sure but at 6 years old he does not unfortunately. :embarrassed2:
 
junior pool league

ive been trying to find out how to get a junior leauge started in greenville south carolina if anybody can help me with some information or someone to cotact about this i would really appreaciate it
 
tylerdean14 said:
ive been trying to find out how to get a junior leauge started in greenville south carolina if anybody can help me with some information or someone to cotact about this i would really appreaciate it
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Its too bad the BCA isnt doing something like this or the APA,could bring in more then they put out down the road,a good solid investment. :thumbup:
 
tylerdean14 said:
ive been trying to find out how to get a junior leauge started in greenville south carolina if anybody can help me with some information or someone to cotact about this i would really appreaciate it
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The BCA may be able to help. However, they require a specific amount of players in order to be BCA affiliated. See what you can do and rep to you for contributing to the future of pool.
 
I think this must just be a regional thing because junior pool is HUGE around here.

We just had the VNEA junior international championships in Mankato again this year. and I was shooting with a friend at the Underground in downtown Mankato right before the tournament.. and a few of the juniors were practicing..

I did notice that some of the players from other countries had actual coaches while most of the American kids just had parents.

I will say though it is pretty humbling to watch a 10 year old break and run 3 consecutive racks and probably would have kept going if he hadn't come up dry on his 4th break... it was just practice but it was still pretty impressive.

I also know a few local teenagers who I shoot with from time to time.. and they are starting to get pretty good.

Youth Pool is alive and well In Minnesota..
 
tylerdean14 said:
ive been trying to find out how to get a junior leauge started in greenville south carolina if anybody can help me with some information or someone to cotact about this i would really appreaciate it
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Contact the VNEA I'm sure they would jump all over that..
 
The youth league is a fantastic idea, I contacted the VNEA for information,
we have a nice bar box in our church, it would be a great place to start out and if it gets big enough the local pool hall is kid friendly so could move over there.
 
I love all the different ideas people are giving about this thread. One of the things I thought about is trying to have the youth come in to your pool hall and learn to play pool. They might be a little intimidated to do this because they don't want to make an a** out of themselves in front of someone who can play pool. Thats one of the reasons I say by getting it in school they can learn along with their other friends and If there is a competent person who has knowledge about pool who could run some classes that would help. Then as they learn the sport and are looking to become better players and know that your pool room is a place to go to to become better then I think that is what they would do.
 
I have written numerous times on this topic. The interest on the part of youth is there. Kids would play without much arm twisting. The problem is on the part of adults. Here are the problems I have run into with starting a school based pool program.

1. NO interest on the part of pool halls to stop the sale of alcohol even for one night a week in order to accommodate kids.

2. NOOOOOO interest on the part of the industry to discount tables to put in a school.

I could have 4 high schools in a program right now but I can't get a place for kids to play that doesn't involve alcohol.

I have been able to get school officials to say yes to a program but I can't get the pool world to step up to the plate. Does this sound familiar.

Everyone needs to check out what is going on in Dallas with the BETTER program.
 
When you say 4 High Schools why can't they have tables right in the schools. When not using them you can put them on coasters and roll them to the side. We would give anyone interested in this type of a program a table at our cost just to help the industry out. But the tables must go into a school and not a pool room or corner store or church etc. Must be a school
 
mreightball said:
When you say 4 High Schools why can't they have tables right in the schools. When not using them you can put them on coasters and roll them to the side.
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I could use the fold up tables that the pro Australian 8 ball tour uses, but I have no way of financing that. Several months ago I posted a thread asking if anyone would help sponsor the purchase of some tables. The response I got amounted to someone telling me to get kids to do a car wash and sale cookie dough. A school administrator is not going to approve a fund raiser for a non existent program that aims to raise 12,000 dollars. I know this because I am a teacher. The response and/or lack of response kind of frustrated me, when on the same day I saw 5 threads on why pool is in the sad shape that it is in right now.

Oh yes, unless they just changed their web address the BETTER program in Dallas no longer exists. Earl Munson was doing some great work. I regret the fact that I couldn't get the houston area involved soon enough.
 
mnorwood said:
I could use the fold up tables that the pro Australian 8 ball tour uses, but I have no way of financing that. Several months ago I posted a thread asking if anyone would help sponsor the purchase of some tables. The response I got amounted to someone telling me to get kids to do a car wash and sale cookie dough. A school administrator is not going to approve a fund raiser for a non existent program that aims to raise 12,000 dollars. I know this because I am a teacher. The response and/or lack of response kind of frustrated me, when on the same day I saw 5 threads on why pool is in the sad shape that it is in right now.

Oh yes, unless they just changed their web address the BETTER program in Dallas no longer exists. Earl Munson was doing some great work. I regret the fact that I couldn't get the houston area involved soon enough.
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I don't know how you can have a fold up table when a slate table weighs anywhere from 600 lbs to 1000 lbs
Do you have any pictures or do you know what site may have this kind of table?
Ron
www.abctables.com
 
mreightball said:
I don't know how you can have a fold up table when a slate table weighs anywhere from 600 lbs to 1000 lbs
Do you have any pictures or do you know what site may have this kind of table?
Ron
www.abctables.com
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Here is the link to the table. There are other designs. I have spoke with several players and they say this table weighs about 200 lbs. It is not slate but is very stable.

http://www.australianbilliards.com/folding.html

I have been kicking around ideas to involve youth in pool for many years. There are only two ways.

1. The creation of billiards clubs that do no allow alcohol, smoking and gambling.

2. The use of tables like this in schools.

Option 1 only exists in Chicago Illinois but is very exclusive. Option 2 will not happen without major sponsorship. Getting kids to raise 10 of thousands of dollars is just not going to happen unless there is an existing program.
 
mnorwood said:
Here is the link to the table. There are other designs. I have spoke with several players and they say this table weighs about 200 lbs. It is not slate but is very stable.

http://www.australianbilliards.com/folding.html

I have been kicking around ideas to involve youth in pool for many years. There are only two ways.

1. The creation of billiards clubs that do no allow alcohol, smoking and gambling.

2. The use of tables like this in schools.

Option 1 only exists in Chicago Illinois but is very exclusive. Option 2 will not happen without major sponsorship. Getting kids to raise 10 of thousands of dollars is just not going to happen unless there is an existing program.
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Not trying to make any fun of this table but it looks like a toy.
What size is it?
 
You said you had 4 schools I beleive. So if each school got 2 tables @
$700 each that would only cost $5600. That shouldn't be too hard to raise.
Aren't there any big wigs that need write offs on their taxes to donate to schools?
 
bigshooter said:
The youth league is a fantastic idea, I contacted the VNEA for information,
we have a nice bar box in our church, it would be a great place to start out and if it gets big enough the local pool hall is kid friendly so could move over there.
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Turns out starting a youth league through VNEA is not that easy, you have to be an amusement owner and have a charter through Valley.

I guess a local league I can run on my own without affiliation will be the only way I can do it.
 
infuse pool into high school curriculum

mreightball said:
Hello out there:
My personal opinion about the industry is that we need to get pool as a sport in schools. We need the younger generation learning the game so as they grow up they are familiar with the game and want to play it.
As you know any sport in school is all about beating the other school or having a better team then the other school. Pool allows students who are not sports jocks to be in a sport that they can be competitive in. Boys/girls/handicapped/and nurds can play and be good at it. I am seriously thinking of donating tables to schools in my area to get this going.
Without the younger generation getting involved where is the industry going. All down hill.
Please respond with thoughts
Thanks
Ron
www.abctables.com
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Pool instructors ground their pedagogy in physics, physiology, math...

It would be ideal if pool demonstrations could be presented in high school biology, math & physics classes.

Teachers are always looking for gimmicks to interest students.
 
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