great post!!!!
This is one of the finest posts I have ever seen on here. I hope that all of my competition sees it and believes it!
Thanks,
Hu
This is one of the finest posts I have ever seen on here. I hope that all of my competition sees it and believes it!
Thanks,
Hu
CaptiveBred said:Is stroke correction the main thing instructors sell? if you have a look at the top players in the world, MANY of them have imperfect strokes.
I don't see the importance... I think a ball can be stroked an infinate number of ways to get the same results... its not brain surgery
If I were to take some lessons i would be after KNOWLEDGE! Not my stroke. Even if it could be better (which I'm sure it could) I still ould rather purchase knowledge with my limited funds.
I get tired of reading/hearing all the old stand byes when it comes to playing better. Like staying down, stroke, and we can't forget inlays lol.
I know fundamentals are important but creating robots is a waste of time. All one has to do is create a reproducable consistant stroke. No matter what it looks likes makes no difference if you are straight and can follow through... IMO, knowledge is the most powerfull tool in a pool players tool box.
Whenever I see instructors selling fundamentals I get turned off. I'm at the stage in my pool life where I am extremely thirsty for any advanced knowledge I may have missed. I think teachers would do well to recognize their are different customers in the billiard instruction industry. Most people I have come to know would not be too interested in lessons on fundamentals unless it was quick, cheap, and painless. Advanced knowledge shared by a top player always gathers a crowd. Its what real players want and nobody will share
I have only taken lessons once in my life. A three cushion player said he could tach me some rail systems. I jumped on it cause it was info I needed. If he said, let me fix your stroke, I'd say lets play someBTW, my stroke is far from perfect but its a product of intention. I developed it on purpose and I would not be willing to change cause it works for me and works very well...
Every major improve I have made in pool was due to knowledge. I think the first epiphany I had was the 90 degree rule. Knowing that made my game FAR MORE powerfull than a text book stroke. I have had several major jumps in my level of play over the years and all of them was due to absorbing a piece of knowledge that opened my eyes.
And for most good players, what could you expect to gain out of fixing a minor stroke problem? Really, what new shot would they now be able to execute? most good players can already execute all shots so changing the stroke would not help much IMO... Try to improve Allen Hopkins stroke to make him better
Anyways, stroke mechanics are basic. most pool players want to spend their cash on advanced. And most good players have a stroke that is plenty good enough, as is, to play at a very high level if only they knew all the secret info out there /shrug