What worries me about someone taking lessons is the degree some instructors expect their students to change everything about their game. I had a friend who was a B+ player, and just needed some help with position play, maybe a few more tweaks here and there. He went to a well known instructor, and when he returned he had a totally different stance, bridge, grip...etc! He was told to practice this way, and he would soon reap the rewards. After a few months of this he tried to go back to his old ways, but had lost some of that too. He finally got so frustrated he quit altogether.
The instructor told him he had to change his stance, and form...I wonder what would happen if Allison Fisher, side arm Willie Hoppe, Keith McCready or some of the other pros with different stances or form were to show up? Would he drastically change them too? Some people just need a little adjustment, not a complete makeover.The instructor might argue that the people I mentioned are pros, and that's different, but if they would have come to him the day before they were pros they would look the same....some instructors, even well known ones, hurt more than they help!
