Strickland & Archer class
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I'll let you know Sunday. I'll be attending at Boomer's in Sturtavent, Wi. on Saturday.
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson
I hope those fellas get over to Baltimore as well. During golf season though.
blueridge
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JE54 said:
Johnny teaches fundamentals and 8-ball strategy for 2 hours.
During the first hour, Johnny has each player shoot a few basic shots, analyzes their stroke mechanics, and then point out things that you did wrong and how to correct them. I had already gone to another billiard instructor's class and done these things a lot more in depth, but Johnny caught a few little things I was doing wrong that the instructor didn't see. It takes a lot more than 2 hours with an instructor to really develop stroke mechanics, but Johnny's lessons are still of good value.
During the second hour, Johnny plays a rack of 8-ball with each player, walks you through each shot, and teaches 8-ball strategy. Johnny asked us if we were "ready to get out asses kicked" before we started.
I learned some pretty useful things about 8-ball strategy and how a great player thinks when he's running a rack. Johnny's a really nice guy, and you can ask him lots of questions and learn a lot about about pool from just the dialog.
Earl spends his 2 hours teaching you his bridging techniques, and how to shoot fancy spin shots. It takes a lot of practice after the class is over, but you can really put some serious spin on the cue ball if you do like he shows you. My 9-ball break has improved significantly since I started using one the bridging techniques that Earl showed me. I'm still not as good as the spin shots as I'd like to be. These spin shots are very powerful for playing 9-ball position when you really need to put some juice on the cue ball. Earl was a much nicer guy than I expected him to be. I thought he would be a real pr!ck, based on the video footage I've seen of him over the years. He did rant quite a bit about variou topics, but he's generally a pretty good guy.
The material that Johnny teaches, I think, can benefit a player of any skill level. Earl's material is much more advanced, and is more suitable for a higher skill level player, IMO. For $200, I think this class is a great value and would highly recommend it for anybody.
Gurnee_Steve
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I haven't been to the class but I just heard they'll be in Wisconsin on Saturday 11/15. I called and they're sold out. If anybody has a ticket they want to sell, let me know. thanks
I don't get it?
Unless your a super 7 or semi pro why would you go for lessons from Earl or Johhny?
To me thats like having an 8 year old go to professors from Berkley or Harvard and say teach me math for 200$ so they teach 2+2=4....they'd be happy to do so for the money but its a waste of their time and talant.
But if your a much higher skill level and can recieve the benift of college lvl teaching. I can see going to them and not wasting your money or their time on pool basics 101 stuff could be taught by any compentant pool instructor all over the country.
If they have a class for advanced skills and advanced players only ...
I'm in when they come to florida
Again these are just MY opinions any rebroadcast or use of this thread without the written consent of the NFL is strictly forbidden
Unless your a super 7 or semi pro why would you go for lessons from Earl or Johhny?
To me thats like having an 8 year old go to professors from Berkley or Harvard and say teach me math for 200$ so they teach 2+2=4....they'd be happy to do so for the money but its a waste of their time and talant.
But if your a much higher skill level and can recieve the benift of college lvl teaching. I can see going to them and not wasting your money or their time on pool basics 101 stuff could be taught by any compentant pool instructor all over the country.
If they have a class for advanced skills and advanced players only ...
I'm in when they come to florida
Again these are just MY opinions any rebroadcast or use of this thread without the written consent of the NFL is strictly forbidden
blueridge
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Rak9up said:
Just because they're great players doesn't mean that everything they teach will be way over the average player's head. There are professors who teach introductory courses. Also, it's not so basic that it's a total waste of time. I went and Johnny teaches a lot about the fundamentals and basic 8-ball strategy. Even though splitting 2 hours among up to 5 other students is not as good as private lessons or a more formal class, it's still a good value to get a chance to work with Johnny. I think anybody who can hold a pool cue can benefit from what Johnny teaches. The stuff Earl taught was a little more advanced, but not way over the average player's head. I think for $200.00, their pool school is a pretty good value.
These are the opinions of someone who attended the class, and any rebroadcast or use of this thread without my written consent is similarly prohibited.
Rak9up said:
There are just as many people who would say, don't go to any instructor unless the instructor is a world beater. Then someone will invariably come back and say that not all great players are great teachers, and vice-versa.
I'd gladly take lessons from Earl or Johnny regardless of my skill level. A great opportunity.
What would make it all the more worthwhile would be if it was being filmed, and a DVD was given to students afterwards. There must be so much content in those 4 hours, it would be hard to remember all of it.
Well I would like to thank all of you for your kind words and support of what we are tryingv to do.
To one of the posts that said "Any instructor could teach the fundamentals" this is probably true. However for $50 an hour i would go with having two of the greatest players who ever lived teaching me for the same price JMO.
As far as me getting my ass kicked, I travel with Earl Strickland. Do you really think I don't get enough ass kickings that you need to join in?
Again thanks for your support and we hope to make more people happy over the next 2 weeks in the mid west.
Mark/T-Wheels/BFDLAD
To one of the posts that said "Any instructor could teach the fundamentals" this is probably true. However for $50 an hour i would go with having two of the greatest players who ever lived teaching me for the same price JMO.
As far as me getting my ass kicked, I travel with Earl Strickland. Do you really think I don't get enough ass kickings that you need to join in?
Again thanks for your support and we hope to make more people happy over the next 2 weeks in the mid west.Mark/T-Wheels/BFDLAD
Yeah the class is divided into two parts, 2 hours with ja and 2 hours with earl. Johnny does stroke mechanics and Earl does bridges and stroke shots. They worked with everyone as a group and 1on1. Its worth the money for the JA part alone, and for the earl part alone.