Hey all! I just wanted to write a quick review of Demetrius’ bootcamp. I just finished up the three day bootcamp and had a blast. As advertised, it’s long hours of hard training. You get up early and train hard late into the night. Time flies when you’re having fun though and the long hours flew by.
Getting to spend time in Demetrius’ head and see the table through his eyes for three days was amazing to me. The guy has a gift. The way he’s able to look at a random spread of balls, dissect the rack, and plan routes is amazing. I’ve said it in other threads before, but my pattern play was abysmal. I say was, because I’m already seeing the table differently. My ability to identify key transitions and navigate them more easily has already improved. And it’s only going to get better the more I work on it.
And it’s not just patterns, of course. Shortly after arriving, I quickly realized that Demetrius has spent a LOT of time and energy dissecting the mental game as well, and has some deep thoughts and great insight on the subject. Along with all the other things we were doing, we talked a lot about the mental game and he helped me identify some roadblocks and mental traps that are holding me back, and how to get past them and avoid them in the future.
There were other things as well. I learned new shots, relearned shots that I knew, but had forgotten, and learned to apply shots I use regularly in different ways to simplify run outs. We went into strategy in different games, but I found the 8-ball end game strategy section particularly interesting. I’m not a savvy mover in 8-ball, so I learned a lot of little things in that area that will pay off big time when those situations come up, I’m sure.
The above are just a few things that stood out to me personally, but I think each student who trains with Demetrius will take something unique back home with them.
Honestly, we covered so much it’s hard to remember it all. But there is some review material you get on completion of the course to help you remember some core principles as well as a private group on FB for all previous bootcamp students to keep in touch with Demetrius and each other, ask questions, discuss, etc.
To wrap this up, I plateaued years ago and was beginning to think that where I am is pretty much all there’s going to be for me. I bought the books, videos, watched matches, put myself out there and tried hard in competition against better players. I did a lot of the things people say you should do if you want to improve. And I’m not going to say it was wasted effort. It wasn’t. But I learned there are smarter ways to focus that energy to yield better results faster. I learned there are still very important aspects of playing this difficult game well that I either wasn’t aware of at all, or knew little about. After these three days, I’m genuinely excited to see where my game goes in the coming weeks, months, and years. It’s going to take hard work, but now I have new tools and a strategy to elevate my game to a higher level.
Getting to spend time in Demetrius’ head and see the table through his eyes for three days was amazing to me. The guy has a gift. The way he’s able to look at a random spread of balls, dissect the rack, and plan routes is amazing. I’ve said it in other threads before, but my pattern play was abysmal. I say was, because I’m already seeing the table differently. My ability to identify key transitions and navigate them more easily has already improved. And it’s only going to get better the more I work on it.
And it’s not just patterns, of course. Shortly after arriving, I quickly realized that Demetrius has spent a LOT of time and energy dissecting the mental game as well, and has some deep thoughts and great insight on the subject. Along with all the other things we were doing, we talked a lot about the mental game and he helped me identify some roadblocks and mental traps that are holding me back, and how to get past them and avoid them in the future.
There were other things as well. I learned new shots, relearned shots that I knew, but had forgotten, and learned to apply shots I use regularly in different ways to simplify run outs. We went into strategy in different games, but I found the 8-ball end game strategy section particularly interesting. I’m not a savvy mover in 8-ball, so I learned a lot of little things in that area that will pay off big time when those situations come up, I’m sure.
The above are just a few things that stood out to me personally, but I think each student who trains with Demetrius will take something unique back home with them.
Honestly, we covered so much it’s hard to remember it all. But there is some review material you get on completion of the course to help you remember some core principles as well as a private group on FB for all previous bootcamp students to keep in touch with Demetrius and each other, ask questions, discuss, etc.
To wrap this up, I plateaued years ago and was beginning to think that where I am is pretty much all there’s going to be for me. I bought the books, videos, watched matches, put myself out there and tried hard in competition against better players. I did a lot of the things people say you should do if you want to improve. And I’m not going to say it was wasted effort. It wasn’t. But I learned there are smarter ways to focus that energy to yield better results faster. I learned there are still very important aspects of playing this difficult game well that I either wasn’t aware of at all, or knew little about. After these three days, I’m genuinely excited to see where my game goes in the coming weeks, months, and years. It’s going to take hard work, but now I have new tools and a strategy to elevate my game to a higher level.
