I taught someone

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driven

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I taught someone to draw the ball!

I read once some people will never experience the joy of the draw shot, and that is a shame.

At a get together yesterday, a "cannon party", my friends daughter and myself played pool on her parents 8 ft. pool table. We played once before, the last time they shot the thing off.

She might be 25 yrs old and is a 5 in the apa. She plays focused and determined and has been to Las Vegas...

We played a few 8 ball games. Then she missed a cut shot where the object ball is on the rail, Enter teaching mode.

I showed her the rail first shot with inside spin. Not sure she got that...

The conversation turned to the draw shot and after launching one into the cabinet on the other side of the table I was able to show her a couple... my draw shot isn't what it used to be. sadly.

Anyway she messes up a few shots and then she Gets It! I mean she really gets it.. The cue ball comes right back. The reaction was just priceless. sometimes it is hard to keep both feet on the ground I guess. and reminds me of why I play the game.

I am thinking the apa is getting a 6 pretty soon.
steven
 
Nice story. There are people that I do help and others I would like to give pointers to when you see them struggle with something but I dont want to come across as telling them they are wrong and that they should do it this way unless they ask for help.
 
Good for you. It is fun to see the lights come on in someone's head and gratifying to have played a role. There are plenty of threads looking for strategies to make pool popular again. IMO, teaching others how to advance their skills is the best approach.
 
She told me she always relied on follow. and speed control. The kids determination alone could win her plenty of games.

steven
 
driven said:
She told me she always relied on follow. and speed control. The kids determination alone could win her plenty of games.

steven
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I actually thought of a situation where an APA 5 would not know how to use draw, if they play on mostly bar tables with the mud ball. Those things are tough to draw for a good player, and very likely if she learned on a bar table draw was not something you could do even if someone showed you how.

One of my league team mates has been playing for over 20 years, she still can't hit a stop or a draw shot properly, or shoot any shot with cut angles and spin. I spent probably 3 or 4 solid hours on lessons with her just on doing simple draw, she just can't soot due to bad mechanics learned over so many years.
 
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