boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Yep, no magic pills, but what Gene teaches helps speed the process. At one point I would have never needed the system as I had figured out a 7' table through grinding. Then I took off 6-8 years from playing and went to an 8.5' table after being used to 7'. Even on a 7' I still wasn't good by any means. I was garbage. Gene's lesson kick started the process and I was suddenly shooting better than I had even when I used to play, no matter that I was playing on a much larger table. It's definitely not a magic pill, but it's magic on how well it works, and how fast it can get you shooting like "when I used to be good." How many guys have you heard say, "I used to be good at pool?" The funny part is, if they want to be good again, it's going to take serious work, but with perfect aim, it's like going from a short handled shovel to a backhoe. You fellas who have ever done manual labor know what it's like to use a short handled shovel.Well people are lazy, they want magic pill to be great at something. No Magic Pills, asn someone who is good at something, "you get that good with magic pill". Never heard YES.
I used to be one of those safety guys because I couldn't run out. Now I can actually run out and save the safety play for when you should play safety, not just play it because I couldn't make half the shots I do now. Honestly, if you're in a rut and aren't practicing for 5 hours a day, this is one hell of a boost. Short shovel vs. backhoe, 8" pry bar vs. 30" pry bar. It's a force multiplier and saves you a lot of time and grinding. Sure, you still grind, but it's on actual important stuff.
For the younger crowd, it's like when you take a test. If you sit and study all the questions instead of just the ones you don't know, your study session is twice as long. Whereas if you don't waste time studying the questions you know, you can learn the stuff you don't in that time that was wasted on stuff that was already in your head.