Lessons or no

This helped me

wbweld0 said:
I am going to the BCA Nationals in Vegas in May and was wanting some input on whether I should try to get lessons now or wait until I come back...I do not want to totally mess my game up before I go to the tournament. I am a 7 in APA, a 9 in BCA and a pretty decently strong B player. My question is Should I get lessons now or wait...so that I do not totally screw up my game trying too many different things?

Also the guy that I emailed about lessons (that hasn't emailed me back) is Darren Wood from Indiana...anybody know him or his teaching ability? He is a BCA instructor. There is a poster here by the name of dwood (I think) may be the same guy...if so that would be great.
Click to expand...

Hi,

Everyone's already given you good advice, but I thought I would give my opinion, also.

Lessons right now probably will not be good before Nationals, but what I do before Nationals is read about 8-ball before I go. I played league this year, so I played 8-ball many nights, but I normally don't play league and am strictly a competitive 9-ball player and practice 10-ball. So, I would read an 8-ball book to refresh on 8-ball strategies before Nationals. This never hurt my game. As a matter of fact, the first year I did this (in 2001), I read Phil Capelle's Play Your Best Pool (he has a GREAT 8-ball section in it), and I finished 25th in the women's open (way higher for me than any other year). The very next year I did the same thing - read his section again on 8-ball, and I placed 9th and became a Master player. I read it as again as a good refresher the following year (since I still didn't play league and 8-ball wasn't fresh on my mind) and placed in the money in the Masters division (even though I was intimidated my first time in the Masters).

So, this long story is to say that if you're thinking about not taking lessons, reading about 8-ball before Nationals shouldn't hurt - it really works for me.

Hope this helps,
Melinda
 
Thanks to all who have replied. I did it...I made sure that woody knew that we didn't want to do anything drastic which he said there was not anything drastic that should be changed. He showed me a few minor things that I was doing that was not apparent to me because I had always done this.

Let me just tell you...woody was great. He knew what he was talking about...I may give myself a couple of weeks to let the few tips sink in and then get another lesson to work on safety play and jacking up the cue (two of my weak points). I played last night after the lessons and shot great.

If anyone is close to Indiana and would like lessons...woody_968 (on this site) is great and really knows his stuff.
 
He listens and teaches what you want..

wbweld0 said:
Thanks to all who have replied. I did it...I made sure that woody knew that we didn't want to do anything drastic which he said there was not anything drastic that should be changed. He showed me a few minor things that I was doing that was not apparent to me because I had always done this.

Let me just tell you...woody was great. He knew what he was talking about...I may give myself a couple of weeks to let the few tips sink in and then get another lesson to work on safety play and jacking up the cue (two of my weak points). I played last night after the lessons and shot great.

If anyone is close to Indiana and would like lessons...woody_968 (on this site) is great and really knows his stuff.
Click to expand...

I have also worked with Woody. Most want to teach you, from a standard lesson plan. While Woody does exam your stroke, approach, etc. he will listen to your wants (desires) and teach what you want to know.

Very good value, IMO, and I think the word is getting around in this area.

Ken
 
Thanks for the kind words guys.

It was a great pleasure to meet and work with wbweld0. He already plays very well and with a little tightening in a few areas he is gonna be tough to beat!

Keep me informed on how things go at state :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top