Proud of my son for not winning!

[hang-the-9]

CONGRATULATIONS !!! Looks like your son is headed in the right direction.

I would suggest he play some 14.1 Straight Pool. It will help his position play and also improve his pattern play. Speed control drills will also help.


KEEP STROKING ... STRAIGHT !!!

He does ask to play straight pool once in a while but I am not very good at it (my high run is barely over 30 balls) and he gets mad at it quickly once he realizes he is not that good at it and quits LOL. We played a few games and soon as I would be ahead by a rack or two he wants to change to something else.

 

[Scott Lee]

hang-the-9...Like I told you last summer in Louisville, your son doesn't have an open mind...which you have already acknowledged in this thead, and did last summer too. He has a lot of flaws in his stroke process that will continue to prevent him from consistent success. Definitely congrats on the three 2nd place finishes, but he should have won at least one of them. Learning from "dad" is different than taking a lesson from a professional instructor. I told you then he would benefit from spending a few hours with me...but he would still have come with an open mind. Hope to see you again this week at the SBE. :grin:

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

When he loses his stubbornness and really gets sick of losing, he'll ask me for help more. Right now when I try to work on anything with him, he starts arguing right away that he does not need help or that he knows already.

He actually will make a very good pool player, nothing he does is his fault. It's the table, the rails, the opponent not leaving him shots, he feels sick, he's tired, he just can't play today for some reason, etc... Then when he has a good day, that's exactly how I play every day he tells himself, and there goes any type of teaching opening since he's already perfect with all the shots and position and safety he will ever need to know.