I haven't gotten the DVD or talked to Gene, but I play pool regularly with a very good player who learned a lot from Gene about 10 or so years ago. A few months ago he started helping me with my game, and he taught me some tricks with my eyes which *immediately* made me much better at long cuts, and a few other things which fixed a vast amount of my problems. After reading these threads, I asked him if he had gotten that stuff from Gene, and he said he had. It's not a magic pill, but now when I miss shots, I know exactly why I missed them, and my game is starting to improve after being mired in a year or two of suck. I'm assuming that a lot of that is in his perfect aim thing, and if it is it would definitely be worth it.
As a younger guy in college, I don't have many people to play pool with - I'm currently running away with our pool league on campus for the third semester running, so it's been hard to get much feedback. But just about an hour of advice drastically improved my game in a short amount of time. There really isn't much pool outside of the bars around here - I'm sure Gene knows what the pool scene in the Eau Claire area is like, and I'm a poor college student who can't afford to drive to the cities to play pool(And I have no interest in barbox 8 ball)
You know, Gene must be a SAINT. He gets scores of people who say they have been helped by Perfect Aim and one or two who didn't get it or didn't think it was much help and the guy still sits there, knowing and wanting to help those critics who either already know it or don't understand it and is as nice to them as a man can be.
Gene is even nice to Cocobolo Cowboy who has not been very nice. :nono:
I think I'm learning lessons of life (other than pool) from Gene by the way he handles criticism.
Gene: You continue to show why people should be very glad that you are on this forum. (Do you have any more pool tips (other than Perfect Aim) to share FREE OF CHARGE?) Maybe you are too busy right now but as opportunity presents itself, I hope you will chime in on new important topics that can improve a player's game.
JoeyA