Would you take pool lessons online?

CreeDo said:
awesome :)

I guess I was too negative about the technical limitations, sounds like they're not as bad as I made them out to be.

If I get a cam I wanna try =)
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Sure. Like I said, I think I'm going to get a bunch of people (maybe 10 or so?) from AZ to login when I'm ready. I'll make another post asking for volunteers and we'll give it a go.
 
Williebetmore said:
SWC,
Even for a "pool instruction junkie" such as myself; the answer is no. The dreaded parallax effect virtually assures all sorts of confusion and misunderstanding (see any video with Billy and Danny D. arguing about whether a certain ball goes or not).

Unless you had a dedicated cameraman to follow you around and get the angles just right for every shot and table layout; it would be doomed (or at least would never reach the level of personal instruction with the instructor present). On the other hand, it might be a kick to have a short session with someone famous.

P.S. - I got to see Mike Davis play a bunch this weekend; he played fairly well, and was very professional - a pleasure to meet and watch.
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I agree completely. There is value to video instruction such as that offered by Mark Wilson http://www.playgreatpool.com/

But that is a structured series of shots and angles and is not real time interactive. I am sure that Mr. Wilson would agree that personal lessons are far superior, but his video stroke analysis is also far superior than no instruction at all.

Regards,
Jim
 
Fantastic Idea

I think this idea is fantastic. I have always gotten things from my lessons and conversations with professional players that are not covered in books and tapes that I have seen.

Once in Germany we scheduled a two day clinic with Rafael Martinez. We had 12 students / 6 per day or something like that.

In those two days Rafael showed us things that none of us had ever seen before in books and tapes and related experiences and stories we might never have heard otherwise.

Beyond the actual how-to-do-this instruction he also gave us a unique insight into how he handles pressure, how he approaches a table and assesses risk.

Everyone agreed that it was the best money they spent on pool ever.

Personally I have learned so much from Kelly Fisher, Danny Medina, Buddy Hall, Grady Matthews, Jose Parica, Rodney Morris and others that it's too much to list. And all that was learned in the space of very little time spent with each player. The top pros just have so much information in their head that it's almost impossible not to learn something even if they aren't the most gifted of teachers.

I would definitely pay to get one on one time with my favorite pro players.

I don't know if the pool world can support this endeavor but it's definitely a brilliant one that is evolutionary.
 
Honestly.... No

You can diagram and talk about the lay of the balls and the lines to your hearts content but nothing beats being at a table. You just can't see the angle unless you are there.. you could give great advice and give examples of drills and the like and that will help people play better.. but you simply cannot show them a shot or tell them how to hit their shot unless you can lean over it and see it as a shooter..

put up all the online lessons you want to I have seen many pool related vids online that have helped my game, but you could never charge instructor rates for it.. you put together 4 or 5 hours of stuff I might pay for a DVD of it.. but If I'm going to shell out for 1 on 1.. I want to stand at the same table as the instructor.

JMO
 
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