Over the weekend my buddy and I drove to Decatur, IL to a poolroom called Starship Billiards because we saw that the room and local league operators were having an event where Mark Wilson and the American Mosconi Cup Team would be in attendance. It ended up being a fantastic event. I've never seen so many enthusiastic junior pool players in my life. There must have been at least 50 (maybe more) juniors that play APA there, and were signed up for the clinic with Coach Wilson and the team. Each pro spent time with multiple juniors working on different exercises to help with fundamentals. Afterwards the pros were shooting around with the kids, and playing challenge matches with anyone at the poolroom that signed up. It was a really good time, and it looked like everyone was having fun including the pros. They seem like a really good group of guys and nice to be around. I got to meet John Schmidt personally when I played him in one of the challenge matches, and he's a super nice guy. If you have a chance to go to the even they're putting on with the team next week at Big Stix billiards in Illinois you need to go. I'm behind our team all the way, and I know they can go over there and get it done. Go team USA!
