Please Read This Its A Heartfelt Great Post, Thanks
I KNOW THIS IS SUPER LONG, BUT YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT FATBOY/ERIC IF YOUR INTERESTED: If not you sill might learn about teachers/friendship and other cool things-i put alot into this. Even if you hate me, and thats ok, this thread is good positive stuff. I'm no expert but read-on doubt you'll get board.
thanks
eric
I'm not a Pro teacher like Scott Lee is but I have helped C players or D players straighten out their stroke or helped them make a bridge, and thats about it. I dont have the patience to reach.
I'm proud to say I have been a friend of a pro and accidentally a mental coach(for lack of a better word) for my friend(certainly not a pool teacher-lol) and help him win or do better when I am with him, he stopped picking lint(most of the time, i really get on him about that

). He dosent awalys win when I'm there but I have helped him do better than he would have otherwise-I was told this by a 3rd observer-Jay Helfert and several others over time-more than a dozen by now, I'm very proud of this, more than anyone here will underdstand, he does what I dream of, and does it better(sometimes) when were together, i have seen this and yes there have been some arguments about lint, and other things. Never a bad argument. We treat each other with the highest respect,
I didnt plan on that happening,(helping him be his best, we are friends-We just noticed I did effect his better success when were together because we make eacher laugh) I was only being a friend to someone I care about, I never planned anything like whats happened. It could have been ping-pong or chess not his profession. It wasnt my plan, lets just put it like this "I help someone who I love like a brother, so he will do his best that day". I certainly didnt make him the champion he is, I just bring out his best that day, and thats what friends do for friends, and thats natural from the heart, I dont do that because I have to, I want to. If I was doing more harm than good I would STFU fast and that has happened once or twice is all.
You know how I do this? Without doing it at all, it just happens-Watch movies, talk about golf, have fun, ignore pool, no stress, until 10 minutes while we get dressed and ready to go play-when were both relaxed in a great mood, we are positive get pumped up, if he mentions his match then I talk about it, if he dosent mention it we never talk about it. I awalys ask for permission to watch on the tough ones-the easy ones i ignore, when he wants me to watch a tough one I make sure he cant see me. It works. Thats about it no secret stuff, friends being friends. And thats what being a friend is and putting your man first and in the best spot possible to be his best,
I cant teach him about pool, what a joke that would be. But all Champions are people-Tiger had his Dad to get him pumped , my friend has many others than me to help him(some probably do better than me)- and I'm not there often but I'm proud of what I do, and its not pool. Since I have no family it helps me much as him in different ways,
He helps me too, when I play a match much in the same way-For example I nevered played on the TV table with 300 to 400 people watching til the 10ball ring game last year, I had no shot to win, but I wasnt nervious(my biggest concern-hell i felt like i belonged out there, even being weak compaired to everyone) and missed one makeable shot and scratched once-enough to lose it for me, but I felt comfortable out there-that was a "win" to me, he helped me "win" by achieveing what I wanted, he watched half I was out by the time he got there, but he was a friend to me like I am him-I dont have a brother but his support was just like family. I needed his support and Jay's too and alot of others-thanks you know who you all are.
Friends being there for each other is not teaching, its coaching/support out of love and thats very important. A teacher who loves pool or more importantly his student will be a better teacher. A teacher who is burned out on pool to the point he hates it like Mosconi seemed to me woulndt be a good teacher, you gotta love it and the people your with. Not stupid puppy love or fag love but the highest respect and genuinly careing to the highest level.
Fact is I almost erased this post cause its very private-i'm not bragging, i'm humble and honored to be a good friend nothing more, I love to give. and be supported too(i need to go wipe the tears), thats as real as it gets, its kinda off-topic about teaching, but it takes many forms.
Someone doubted my friendship with somE of my friends-the main one in the subject of this post please let me be chrystal clear-I dont support anyone or buy friends, i'm a whole lot smarter than that. I'm a loner 99% of the time. But the very few friends whom I room with in pool or travel the world with ususlly spend more $$$ on me than I do them or do other things for me-and thats still not the point-the above post is the point, I'm not dumb enough to be a stone sucker and live in a world with phony bought friends, Gold digger girls pay me! Ask around a few guys here know what i'm refering to. i'm not a trick or mark for anyone, this is directed at someone who thinks i support people for friends, i'm not mad at him he is just wrong/CONFUSED, and i'm cool with him,no-biggie.
true friends are earned and must be nutured to keep them, its caring and being there for someone, the fact one of my friends plays pool better than all of us dosent make me special or better than anyone here on this board, and just cause he plays good dosent make him special, our friendship has zero to do with pool, its based on what good freinds are to each other,
sincerly
eric
THANKS IF YOU READ IT, I WANT PEOPLE HERE TO KNOW ME, NOT HAVE "IDEAS" ABOUT ME, THANKS!
