Play Your Best Pool

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   There are three things that will help every billiard player play much better in a short period of time. First players must realize that they can’t teach themselves. Books, videos and the tip of the day from other players will never replace having lessons from a professional instructor. Second is hiring a professional instructor to help you with your game long term. Think of your instructor as your coach or mentor and try to develop a long term relationship with them. A good instructor can teach you more about what you are doing wrong in just 2 hours than what you will learn in years as a player. Over time this teaching is game changing. Think of having just 1 golf lesson. Now think of having a golf lesson every week for 3 months. Third is practice what your instructor is teaching you. You may have to practice the correct way of doing something for 3 months or longer, and over thousands of shots before the new and correct way of doing something is your automatic or subconscious way of doing it. I tell my students: My ability to show you what you're doing wrong and teach you how to do it correctly is not a problem. Your ability to practice what I teach you Until You Master It is going to be our biggest problem. Trying to improve your billiard game without serious practice between lessons, is like NEVER going to the driving range between golf lessons. Men and women professional pool players have serious practice for 3 to 6 hours every day. Most amateur players either never practice much, or when they do it is not what I would consider serious practice.