I met an "instructer" LOL

measureman

measureman

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I 'm watching this guy on the next table.
Hes shooting a ball with an angle to it in the corner pocket and trying to draw it down the long rail to a 6x6 piece of paper.
The cue ball is hitting the side rail just above the side pocket.
So once again I make the mistake of opening my mouth. I never learn.
I says you got to hit that shot with reverse to straighten the draw out a little.
He says what's reverse? I say its low left.
He then says I'm an instructor and you cant change the path of the cue ball unless it hits a rail!
I hit the shot with the unknown reverse and it slides down the rail about an inch off the rail and stops on the piece of paper.
I said it's on the paper isn't it?
I just don't know why I bother.
But I peeked over at him and could see he was shooting the shot with reverse.
He never said another word.
I'm 70 years old and have been playing for 57 years. I know the game pretty good.
If I'm trying a position shot and failing and if a 15 year old kid comes up and says I can show you how to do that I'm in.
If he can do it I will thank him for showing me.
Good grief people.
 
measureman said:
I says you got to hit that shot with reverse to straighten the draw out a little.
He says what's reverse? I say its low left.
He then says I'm an instructor and you cant change the path of the cue ball unless it hits a rail!
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I'd be concerned with who qualified this person as an instructor...obviously somebody doesn't know what they're teaching! :rolleyes:

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
 
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maybe a teacher at a school and using what little he knows as he likely isnt a good player to try to teach students..
 
You should of told him about AZB.

Probably something else he was unaware of....LOL
 
measureman said:
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If I'm trying a position shot and failing and if a 15 year old kid comes up and says I can show you how to do that I'm in.
If he can do it I will thank him for showing me.
Good grief people.
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Yep - what ^^^he^^^ said.

I've had a few folks ask me to "teach" them - but I tell them right off the bat that I'm not qualified to teach. I might show them some "by the book" basics .. but I am certainly no "Instructor".
 
WildWing said:
If you can beat your instructor, he has some problems.

All the best,
WW
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None of Tiger Woods instructors would have beaten him once he reached college. The top pool instructors I know of may not be able to beat me. It doesn't mean they're poor instructors. Incidentally, I never had a formal instructor. Just watched, practiced and played.

Lyn
 
I don't doubt he is an instructor. I said in another thread one of the biggest hustles in pool is people who can't play cashing in as instructors to unsuspecting beginners.
 
alstl said:
I don't doubt he is an instructor. I said in another thread one of the biggest hustles in pool is people who can't play cashing in as instructors to unsuspecting beginners.
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Shots fired! Shots fired!!
 
measureman said:
I 'm watching this guy on the next table.
Hes shooting a ball with an angle to it in the corner pocket and trying to draw it down the long rail to a 6x6 piece of paper.
The cue ball is hitting the side rail just above the side pocket.
So once again I make the mistake of opening my mouth. I never learn.
I says you got to hit that shot with reverse to straighten the draw out a little.
He says what's reverse? I say its low left.
He then says I'm an instructor and you cant change the path of the cue ball unless it hits a rail!
I hit the shot with the unknown reverse and it slides down the rail about an inch off the rail and stops on the piece of paper.
I said it's on the paper isn't it?
I just don't know why I bother.
But I peeked over at him and could see he was shooting the shot with reverse.
He never said another word.
I'm 70 years old and have been playing for 57 years. I know the game pretty good.
If I'm trying a position shot and failing and if a 15 year old kid comes up and says I can show you how to do that I'm in.
If he can do it I will thank him for showing me.
Good grief people.
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Trust me I would have bought you a water:thumbup:;)
 
Those who know, whisper, those who don't, shout that they do as loud as they can. -Z-
 
I don't doubt that you are over 70 and enjoy giving people crap while they play pool! :D
 
Obviously, everyone starts somewhere. My first hitting coach job didn't prepare me to coach kids in HS. I was not ready for that level I still had much to learn. I could teach younger kids, and you continue to learn every day about the game.

But the better folks I trained with gave me more knowledge over the years. My son became quite the capable ball player, and a home run hitter at that. I played baseball from age 5 to 52 (injury forced me out), and I NEVER hit a home run ;)

But, I coached High school, Travel and amateur teams, and turned my son into a home run hitter, that at the age of 12, the other team's outfielder's all played on the warning track whenever he batter.

I wish I knew how to teach him to "check" his swing for a bloop double, he would have added 100 points to his batting average :)
 
henho said:
I don't doubt that you are over 70 and enjoy giving people crap while they play pool! :D
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Having played measureman for years I can vouch for his character, he can take it and dish it out.
Some days it seems the only way I can beat him is to turn to my safety game but he kicks like a soccer player and than safes me back:wink:.

I refuse to play him again until I get contacts:p

Cuebuddy
dont see so good no more. measureman....still using his original eyes:cool:
 
mrshifty said:
Those that can, do! Those that can't, teach!
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Hmmm... should we believe someone who refers to himself as 'shifty?' Next time you're in NYC, shoot me a PM and we'll play some sets for fun. I won't embarrass myself. Promise.
 
Never had someone tell me they were "an instructor" but I've told/showed people stuff that they didn't know and pretended they did:wink:
 
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