Since the lesson, I have tried to incorporate the many things Scott taught me. Honestly, in the first couple weeks it was very frustrating because there were so many things to keep in mind all at once. So I abandoned the idea of doing it all right every time, and focused on a few things that seemed most important. Once those seemed well-incorporated into my playing, I revisited the other things, and started incorporating them as well. There are some aspects of my game that have very clearly improved since making these changes - certain types of shots that used to be low-percentage shots for me are now high-percentage ones. However, I still don't have the very high level of consistency that I want from myself. The book and video Scott gave me include PLENTY of other stuff to work on that should keep taking me up notch-by-notch, but I want to become even more comfortable and "automatic" with the current stuff before adding even more standards to what I'm supposed to be doing. Hope that makes sense.
It would go better if I were a very calm, systematic, methodical person because that personality type is most compatible with Scott's approach (and perhaps with pool in general!). But I'm more hyper and energetic and intuitive. Overall I'd rather be the way I naturally am, but I do think I'd be better at pool if I could tone myself down a little and be more methodical. Oh well.
My only real complaint about Scott's lesson is that he gives you so many parameters to monitor and even though he says that everyone has their own style and he will help you 'find' yours, he then proceeds to give so many guidelines of the "all good players do this..." and "no good players do that..." variety. So, it starts to feel a little restrictive even though he said it wouldn't be. At least that's how I felt about it. No other complaints.
My game has improved a lot, no question, and I don't regret the money I spent with Scott. Plus he's a nice guy. Hope that helps.
