I have been anticipating having a lesson with Scott Lee for some time now, and was just recently able to do it. I will start by repeating what many others have said. Scott is a good teacher with a lot of patience, and an obvious love for pool. He gives a well structured lesson with excellent visual aids that leaves the student with a well formed plan of attack to improve their game.
Scott began by having me shoot a number of shots at different speeds, all of which he video taped. He then sat down with me and reviewed my stroke on video. He showed me the necessary components of a good stroke from setup to finish with vast explanation, and showed me how my stroke related to those. He highlighted the strengths of my overall stroke, and suggested a few small adjustments that I believe will make me much more consistent at the table. As others who have taken lessons from Scott will tell you, his stroke instruction is by no means a cookie cutter process. He showed me the major points of the stroke, and as long as I got to those points, he did not try to necessarily change how I got there.
After the video review, we went over to the table where Scott showed me how to create a "template" for MY stroke that would allow me to repeat it over and over again without variation. He showed me what each variance from the template meant so I would immediately know if I had done something wrong, and what that was. I found this to be of particular value. I think it will allow for much more productive practice time, and on those days when my stroke just seems off, I will be able to tell after 1 or 2 strokes exactly what is off instead of guessing and being frustrated all night. It really made me feel like I would be able to produce a repeateable stroke again and again, hitting the ball exactly where I mean to once I have ingrained the stroke into my muscle memory.
During the review of my stroke, and the template, he also helped me with the rhythm of my stroke. He explained the importance of it and again highlighted the necessary cmoponents of it, but left me to choose what I was comfortable with.
Next, Scott showed me in great detail the much spoken of Mother Drills. It was easy to see how each drill was set up to address one aspect of the stroke, and how each built on the other to perfect one's stroke. I can now see why people say that these drills may not be of great value if you have not already discussed your stroke with one of the BCA instructors. Without knowing what each is meant to accomplish for YOUR stroke, you will not know waht you are focusing on and attempting to create.
One of the Mother Drills is meant to focus specifically on speed control, and I will believe will be of great value to me. Many days I make most makeable shots on the table, fut faulter in position due to incorrect speed control. This drill gives you a reference point for speed, then builds off of that. If practiced and done correctly, I believe it will allow you to create numerous different, but completely repeatable (as long as your stroke is repeatable) speeds of stroke. Once one has that, they would be able to shoot any shot on the table, learn where the ball went with that stroke, and repeat it again and again. For example, if I know that maximum draw with one speed draws the ball 3 feet, and another 4 feet, and so on, I will be able to then reproduce that every time I play. While it will take some practice to master the drill, once I have, my speed control should improve very well.
We also worked in some detail on personal eye patterns that will further improve the repeatability of the stroke. I can see where this will be a littl uncomfortable at first, but also where it will help improve my stroke.
Scott addressed many other things, but these were the highlights of the lesson. Please understand that I can only condense a few hours into words so well. Overall, I feel Scott is well worth his asking price and then some. I have taken a lesson one other time, and the value of the lesson was no where near that of this lesson. The other one was a lot cheaper, but I believe this one will further my game to a much greater degree than 10 lessons with the other gentleman would have. If you are serious about improving your game, I would highly recommend giving Scott a try.
Scott began by having me shoot a number of shots at different speeds, all of which he video taped. He then sat down with me and reviewed my stroke on video. He showed me the necessary components of a good stroke from setup to finish with vast explanation, and showed me how my stroke related to those. He highlighted the strengths of my overall stroke, and suggested a few small adjustments that I believe will make me much more consistent at the table. As others who have taken lessons from Scott will tell you, his stroke instruction is by no means a cookie cutter process. He showed me the major points of the stroke, and as long as I got to those points, he did not try to necessarily change how I got there.
After the video review, we went over to the table where Scott showed me how to create a "template" for MY stroke that would allow me to repeat it over and over again without variation. He showed me what each variance from the template meant so I would immediately know if I had done something wrong, and what that was. I found this to be of particular value. I think it will allow for much more productive practice time, and on those days when my stroke just seems off, I will be able to tell after 1 or 2 strokes exactly what is off instead of guessing and being frustrated all night. It really made me feel like I would be able to produce a repeateable stroke again and again, hitting the ball exactly where I mean to once I have ingrained the stroke into my muscle memory.
During the review of my stroke, and the template, he also helped me with the rhythm of my stroke. He explained the importance of it and again highlighted the necessary cmoponents of it, but left me to choose what I was comfortable with.
Next, Scott showed me in great detail the much spoken of Mother Drills. It was easy to see how each drill was set up to address one aspect of the stroke, and how each built on the other to perfect one's stroke. I can now see why people say that these drills may not be of great value if you have not already discussed your stroke with one of the BCA instructors. Without knowing what each is meant to accomplish for YOUR stroke, you will not know waht you are focusing on and attempting to create.
One of the Mother Drills is meant to focus specifically on speed control, and I will believe will be of great value to me. Many days I make most makeable shots on the table, fut faulter in position due to incorrect speed control. This drill gives you a reference point for speed, then builds off of that. If practiced and done correctly, I believe it will allow you to create numerous different, but completely repeatable (as long as your stroke is repeatable) speeds of stroke. Once one has that, they would be able to shoot any shot on the table, learn where the ball went with that stroke, and repeat it again and again. For example, if I know that maximum draw with one speed draws the ball 3 feet, and another 4 feet, and so on, I will be able to then reproduce that every time I play. While it will take some practice to master the drill, once I have, my speed control should improve very well.
We also worked in some detail on personal eye patterns that will further improve the repeatability of the stroke. I can see where this will be a littl uncomfortable at first, but also where it will help improve my stroke.
Scott addressed many other things, but these were the highlights of the lesson. Please understand that I can only condense a few hours into words so well. Overall, I feel Scott is well worth his asking price and then some. I have taken a lesson one other time, and the value of the lesson was no where near that of this lesson. The other one was a lot cheaper, but I believe this one will further my game to a much greater degree than 10 lessons with the other gentleman would have. If you are serious about improving your game, I would highly recommend giving Scott a try.
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