NB-DOWNUNDER
Wild West Lone Ranger
I'm trying to get them to buy a Jim Rempe training ball to use as their cue ball for our sessions, and I was going to designate 5 balls each from the 15, as their set of balls for all the excercises and drills I would teach them, and give them 2 pockets each and rotate them around.
I think one on one would be ideal later on the track, but I just want them all to develop decent fundamentals all at the same time, and hopefully, they can pick each other up when they start playing.
To give an idea of where I'd like them to be: I'd like for them to be able to place all 15 balls down one corner, and shoot a ball at a time, down to the other corner, without having to take a practice stroke, and be able to do it without looking. Because as it is - going to use aircraft terminology here to describe their stroke - they would be lucky to get 5 in a row, as there is pitch, yaw and roll in their back arm, and their cue stick is not moving in one direct path, but has paved way for a 4th dimension.
They all have the habbit of adjusting their aim when their down, and their stance is ridiculously unbalanced from my point of view. Their shot selection is very poor as I've often remarked why they are stretching across the table where they can barely get 6" of stroke, when they have an easier option that they can take. They are however tranfserring from English pool which is a 6 foot table - so I can understand where that habit comes from.
I'm whipping up a PDF of the material that I want to deliver, and I'll post up to see what everyone here thinks. Criticism welcome.
Thanks again for your feedback, SloMoHolic
I think one on one would be ideal later on the track, but I just want them all to develop decent fundamentals all at the same time, and hopefully, they can pick each other up when they start playing.
To give an idea of where I'd like them to be: I'd like for them to be able to place all 15 balls down one corner, and shoot a ball at a time, down to the other corner, without having to take a practice stroke, and be able to do it without looking. Because as it is - going to use aircraft terminology here to describe their stroke - they would be lucky to get 5 in a row, as there is pitch, yaw and roll in their back arm, and their cue stick is not moving in one direct path, but has paved way for a 4th dimension.
They all have the habbit of adjusting their aim when their down, and their stance is ridiculously unbalanced from my point of view. Their shot selection is very poor as I've often remarked why they are stretching across the table where they can barely get 6" of stroke, when they have an easier option that they can take. They are however tranfserring from English pool which is a 6 foot table - so I can understand where that habit comes from.
I'm whipping up a PDF of the material that I want to deliver, and I'll post up to see what everyone here thinks. Criticism welcome.
Thanks again for your feedback, SloMoHolic