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Receiving good instruction can be a huge benefit to your game. It pays to make the extra effort to find a competent instructor. Don’t settle for a fast talker who plays a halfway decent game or who makes outrageous claims about his ability to turn you into a champion. I suggest that you carefully evaluate each candidate. You may have to take a lesson from two or three instructors before you find the one that’s right for you. Don’t hesitate to fire a teacher because your game is too important to you to accept less than the best. Below are a series of questions to help you evaluate potential instructors. Before you sign up with an instructor or during your orientation at the start of your first lesson you should take several minutes to go through this list. Your candidate should be more than willing to answer these questions to your complete satisfaction. If your instructor balks and adopts the all-knowing expert attitude, then they have something to hide or they are not really interested in getting to know you as an individual. These almighty guru types would rather tell you what they know than to teach you how to play next. Questions to Ask Your Instructor:
During the Q & A session the instructor should also ask several questions about your game. This shows that he cares about you. It also shows that he wants to get to know you so he can put this information to work for your benefit. Below are some questions that a caring and competent instructor will ask you. Questions From Your Instructor:
How to Be a Great Student Assuming that you've gone to the trouble of finding an instructor it's now time to become a great student. Your motivation should stem largely from your passion for the game and your unwavering desire to play as well as you possibly can. The list of suggestions below should help you make the most of your time spent working with your instructor.
Not long ago the secrets and strategies of the great masters were as well concealed as a buried treasure. In the old days it took aspiring players years of experience and much trial and error to thoroughly learn the game. The learning curve was stretched out because the top players were reluctant to share trade secrets for fear their generosity might affect their livelihood. My, how times have changed. Today we are firmly entrenched in the information age of pool. For a nominal sum you can purchase books and tapes that reveal secrets it took the old timers years to discover. Indeed, pool players looking to improve their game have never had it so good. The cost of your tuition is truly a bargain when looked at from a business person=s point of view. Let's assume that you spend $1,000 over the next five years on lessons, tapes and books. Now let's figure that you have thirty years to recover this investment in tournaments, leagues and money games. You will need to up your annual winnings by a paltry $33 to pay for your education. Anything above that is pure profit. With your improved pool game this certainly sounds reasonable enough. Now we'll add into the equation the sheer enjoyment you'll experience from playing better pool. We're talking about the pleasure that comes from slicing a ball down the rail or from running-out on double-hill to win a tournament. These kinds of pool treasures are truly priceless. If your goal is to make the
most of your journey, plan on investing some time and money on your education.
The expenditure can be easily justified both monetarily and emotionally.
"Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it." - Confucius "They know enough who know how to learn." - Henry Adams "Learning is either a continuing thing or it is nothing." - Frank Tyger "The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance." - Percy Bysshe Shelley "He is a poor disciple who does not excel his master." - Leonardo da Vinci "Two heads are better than one." - John Heywood |
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