Blackjack said:I have... and I know that I am not alone.
When someone comes to me, I am there to pass along knowledge, to be as helpful as I can. I am there to detect any weaknes and come up with solutions to turn those weaknesses into strengths. I am not there to be evaluated, the student is. If you're there to evaluate me, or to gage my speed, your wasting my time and your money.
I'm not one to put up with any attitude either. You either have faith in my abilites as an instructor, or you should seek the assitance of somebody else that will put up with your attitude. I don't have time for it.
My methods work for those that work hard. I can't and won't teach you everything I am capable of teaching you in one class session. If you take one class and never return, that says more about you than it does about me. The first "class" I had with Cisero Murphy I was not allowed to say or ask anything - I was told to sit down, shut up and watch. I didn't hit a ball until the 5th session and when I did he told me to sit back down for another 3 sessions. Afterwards, I felt as if I was being treated like a baby, and I vowed to never return, but something in my gut told me that I had to go back. For a stretch of time, I felt as if I was wasting my time until I finally realized that at the end of 2 weeks I had learned more than I had in the last 2 years - and I ran 60 balls - easily. Something worked.
It comes down to how bad you want to learn and what you're willing to go through to learn it. If you go into it with an ego and require more of the instructor than you require of yourself - you'll keep spinning your wheels. That's been my experience in doing this for the past 20+ years.
good post, nice story.
What I love is when someone asks for help with something or pays for a lesson, and everytime they get new information they question it and say " well, I do it like this". Obviously if what they were doing up to that point was working for them so well, why would they be seeking out help? The definition of insanity is doing what you've always done and expecting different results! If you want to see a difference you must be willing to do something different than what you are doing currently. Even though this is very obvious it is a point very often overlooked.
This is not to say that you should not be critical and discerning in new information. There is much misinformation, misconceptions, and outright incorrect ideas flying around. Also what works for one does not mean it is a one size fits all. While there are wrong ways, I beleive that there is more than one correct approach as far as fundamentals as long as basic requirements are met.
