Looking for NJ/DE/PA/NY pool players who want to improve their game even more

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What you will experience at Tom Simpson's 3-Day Intensive: These small group Weekend Intensives are not competitive. This is not play – it’s training. Typically, each player gets a table for their personal use each day. We maintain a 3:1 or better player/instructor ratio to get plenty of one-on-one interaction with the instructors.

We go back & forth between group lecture & demonstration and individual training at your table. The instructors provide one-on-one help at your table. Clinics run about eight hours a day, beginning in the morning. No matter how long you've been playing, you will be astounded at how much you'll learn.

details:
3 Day Intensive October 1 -3
Fat Alberts Pool Room (address too)

Contact Mark Finkelstein (Master Instructor and course leader) at
Phone:
Email: nycpool@gmail.com
 
Damn, if I didn't have to fly out on Sunday I would be all over this.


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Kris_b1104 said:
LMFAO $1,350 ????????????? That's friggin highway robbery.

Who is paying that amount for lessons? That's insane.
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Well it is a 3 day clinic with each day lasting about 8 hours. So, $1350 comes out to around $56 an hour. I learn better having time to practice in between lessons, but this sounds reasonable to me if you are the type that likes condensed instruction/learning.
 
ronscuba said:
Well it is a 3 day clinic with each day lasting about 8 hours. So, $1350 comes out to around $56 an hour. I learn better having time to practice in between lessons, but this sounds reasonable to me if you are the type that likes condensed instruction/learning.
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It's still $1350...If they made it a six month course like most college courses, could/would they charge $10,000.00?

I wonder what the attendance over/under would be...

We are not animals, we do not eat our young. :rolleyes:
 
jimmyg said:
It's still $1350...If they made it a six month course like most college courses, could/would they charge $10,000.00?

I wonder what the attendance over/under would be...

We are not animals, we do not eat our young. :rolleyes:
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Yes, $1,350 is a lot, but my point was it covers roughly 24 hours of instruction.

If they spread out the 24 hours of instruction into 1 hour lessons over a 6 month period for $1,350, it is still $56 per hour. A 1 hr lesson once a week for 6 months.
 
ronscuba said:
Yes, $1,350 is a lot, but my point was it covers roughly 24 hours of instruction.

If they spread out the 24 hours of instruction into 1 hour lessons over a 6 month period for $1,350, it is still $56 per hour. A 1 hr lesson once a week for 6 months.
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1 hour lesson once a week for 6 months is actually do able though. Not only that, I think it would be more productive. You could learn a little, work on it. Employ the technique. Digest it. 24 hours of material in one weekend - I don't think I would be getting the same result.
 
ronscuba said:
Yes, $1,350 is a lot, but my point was it covers roughly 24 hours of instruction.

If they spread out the 24 hours of instruction into 1 hour lessons over a 6 month period for $1,350, it is still $56 per hour. A 1 hr lesson once a week for 6 months.
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Yes, or like college courses, we can break down the 24 hours differently still and do 5 lessons a week for 6 months, or 130 lessons, of 11 min. each.

Yes, it is a lot, and there are no options. That's my only point.
 
The intensive condensed format is not for me either, but some like it.

When I take a lesson, table time is separate and paid to the pool hall. I assume this events pricing includes the table time.

In my area, table time is $7-$10 per hour, lessons are $60-$100 per hour.

This events pricing seems reasonable to me if you like the format.
 
Is there a refund policy in the event someone wants/needs to cancel the second or third day?
 
billiardthought, and ronscuba...Since you have not experienced the 3-day pool school concept, you really don't know how you would benefit from it. I just finished 2 three-day schools in MN last month. Both schools had multiple instructors, so that every student got plenty of one-to-one attention. In one school, we had 3 national champion players. Do you think they attended because they didn't think it would benefit them? NO...they came with an open mind and learned a tremendous amount about themselves, and how to train effectively, as well as figuring out their own personal shooting templates and their mantras. The 3-day intensive program is actually an excellent way to learn, as you see your own personal progress from day to day. The real work begins after school, when you take the program to your home table. In over 20 years of teaching these schools, I have never had one student who was not completely satisfied. Most were ecstatic over the change in their pool games. :D

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

billiardthought said:
1 hour lesson once a week for 6 months is actually do able though. Not only that, I think it would be more productive. You could learn a little, work on it. Employ the technique. Digest it. 24 hours of material in one weekend - I don't think I would be getting the same result.
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Scott, I may have not experienced a 3 day pool clinic, but I am not new to pool lessons or lessons in other activities.

I know myself. I learn best in steps that allow practice in between doing new things. If too many new things are in my head, it slows my learning. Been there, done that.

If I was retired or not working full time, it might be a different story. The format might be good for others, but it is not for me at this time.
 
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