How long should it take to become a very good pool player?

To be as good as you can as quickly as possible may be a better question. I'd start by seeing a pro instructor to get rid of all the bad habits you don't even know you have. My first lesson many years ago was to help me with my 9ball break. The instructor quickly saw how bad I was and refused to teach me how to blow the rack apart for the other guy to run out. My stroke was crooked and it was pure luck and perfect timing that allowed me to pocket any balls at all.
Then lots of drills and gambling IMHO. Drills for consistancy and gambling to develope nerves under pressure and heart.
I've heard a few pros went from short stop speed to high level pro in 18 months after they quit their jobs and played all day every day. I had a buddy get two balls better in only three months after he was laid off from his job. And forget about having a girlfriend/wife. You may as well be wearing an eyepatch or a boxing glove for what they can do to your pool game. Good luck!
 
Good to the last drop, Mr. Joliet James!

JolietJames said:
To be as good as you can as quickly as possible may be a better question. I'd start by seeing a pro instructor to get rid of all the bad habits you don't even know you have. My first lesson many years ago was to help me with my 9ball break. The instructor quickly saw how bad I was and refused to teach me how to blow the rack apart for the other guy to run out. My stroke was crooked and it was pure luck and perfect timing that allowed me to pocket any balls at all.
Then lots of drills and gambling IMHO. Drills for consistancy and gambling to develope nerves under pressure and heart.
I've heard a few pros went from short stop speed to high level pro in 18 months after they quit their jobs and played all day every day. I had a buddy get two balls better in only three months after he was laid off from his job. And forget about having a girlfriend/wife. You may as well be wearing an eyepatch or a boxing glove for what they can do to your pool game. Good luck!
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Hello J. J, and I thank you for your input and good response. I like good input from good people. Thanks. I appreciate your input.
Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
greyghost said:
Oh BS...........talent is a myth........like destiny.......you make your own habits and paths in life. There is no physical minimum required really in billiards and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the game masterfully as its BASIC.......yea we can break it down and Pool Scientists trying to land a player on the holy rock but you do not have to know any kind of geometry or math just basic human intelligence and if one pays attention all the stuff comes with time.

Look at what they do overseas they grab kids and put them in some hard core training at a young age and POW......SPIT SHINED ROBOT CHAMPION in just about any sport.

They were just instilled the correct habits that bring you to the top at a younger age in those cases.......not Talent.......HABIT.

I'd say the only "TALENT" that a great player needs is mental fortitude........but then again that can be learned with experience also......we see this type of training used in the military to make our bad ass commando warriors.

Its not in the same realm as say a 400lb man being limited physically so he will never run a world class mile time........he was born with a thyroid problem so he was INHIBITED...........i think we are basically all normal human beings, if your not inhibited naturally by say weight/size/height or if say you were born retarted then you just can't do some things of course.

Talent is the myth that people lean on to be the excuse why they never made it as far as they wanted to in a certain subject.........its a BS SCAPEGOAT.

for every ding dong that was so talented he/she was "Gods" gift unto the masses, there are 50x more "Talented" ding dongs that are nothing more than washed up.

If thats true then being born with money in your family must be a talent too right? lmfao.

How many people are goofs that were no where close to being smart or talented RICH as hell? Because they worked at it and built up their strengths over time.

The only talent worth having if there even was such a thing is the ability to learn and not be physically hampered then these limits you impose disappear IF YOU WANT THEM TO.......BUT YOU CANT BULLSHIT YOURSELF YOU GOT TO WANT IT AND DO THE WORK TO GET IT.

People who get up every day and do their job and do it well (no matter from hustler to banker).........thats talent.

Dedication my friends is what matters most.

-Grey Ghost-
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I couldn't agree more
 
Johnny Archer, Larry Nevel, Etc!

leonkush said:
How do you define a very good pool player?
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People that shoot pool real good and win matches! Justin Hall, John Hagen, Ground Hog, Paul Song, Jamie F. Corner Pockets, Corey D, Alison Fisher, And the list goes on, and on! Thanks for your input and response.
Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
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