SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

[sjm]

You said that several times. Who are these coaches and where are these development programs? I've just seen pool players going to pool rooms and play. I've never been at a tournament and seen a player with an Entourage a coach trainer or whatever.

Among them are Ruijsink, Lely and Eckert, but there are many others. As you note, they do not typically travel with their students. Then again, Lely was present when his student Pijus Labutis won the 10ball at Derby City this January.

 

[middleofnowhere]

Among them are Ruijsink, Lely and Eckert, but there are many others. As you note, they do not typically travel with their students. Then again, Lely was present when his student Pijus Labutis won the 10ball at Derby City this January.

Good instructors are few and far between. Any decent player can instruct a beginner and actually bring them pretty far. Training in advance player is a whole different thing. Those instructors really would be few and far between.

The ability to play also does not make a good instructor. I used to have a world champion player came in my poolroom every day and gave lessons off and on and I'm going to tell you they were terrible. In fact I used to lose customers cuz ultimately he'd end up borrowing money from them and trying to pay it off with lessons.

 

[markjames]

usa will never again be competitive against europe in the mosconi cup

if it is the big party that makes all the money so they can fund the whole tour, it won’t change or go away