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Construction in the building as explained in the video.

Love that you are trying to teach... (Just my opinion) , next time for your students sake, & for the sake of whom may possibly think of following you, schedule your time to avoid the construction crew... As a former producer & a pool coach, you are holding yourself and your student back.... We as players all have to learn to overcome distraction, but one thing at a time... Again..., just my opinion, but her stance and stroke is not from a good foundation; her wing is in on every shot. Not sure of her age nor how long she has played, but if bad habits can be caught early, they can be corrected. If bad habits have been formed over a number of years, then sometimes best to just build from there... This woman has good skills & potential... I would (as a coach) see that i gave her a great environment for the lesson, & also focus on foundational skills 1st (not saying you haven't), then build from there.... If she is having "any" problems potting balls (center ball) on a 9' table, teaching draw, any spin or english is just complicating her learning... One step at a time; foundation first.... ....build from there. Not banging on you Brother, just from one coach to another... Keep on teaching... This game (for many of us) is in our blood and truly a part of who we are... Glad you have and share a deep passion for a great game, as I do as well... !! Much love and peace to ya... , & God bless...

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Down stream cleavage shot would get more views.

You’re right. Her stance is not square. Her non dominate foot needs to be flared out a bit to help stabilize her. She’s too “in line”. I’ve taught many a students who did this and immediately improved a bit by getting a stable stance. I always push them while they’re down on their shot. lol. If they fall, they need to readjust their feet. It’s the best starter way to get them to realize that a tripod body is extremely valuable for their stroke. And idk, maybe he’s wording himself wrong, but he’s making it sound like she’s going to have a few different style of stances depending on what side of the table she’s on. You have a few stances, but not for shooting simply around the table ….

Yes, trying to get her to stand back and lock her vision in to the line. As for the shoulder drop, it is just semantics. The elbow drops because the upper arm pivots at the shoulder. But as you say, it is more descriptively correct to call it an elbow drop, even though it initiates from a shoulder movement. The elbow drops as a result not as a direct action.

Tips. The left side of your brain is the area that deals in making sense of things, calculating, etc. your right brain is your crazy, idc, state of mind. It’s good to reiterate sometimes, but too much is shown here. Too much info at one time isn’t good for the learning process for almost everyone. There are some things I disagree with, but he’s trying to teach and some ppl over talk rather than teach. Teach the reason briefly, and have her try it. If she fails, explain another way and let her try. If she fails, rinse and repeat until she does…or anyone really. -shoot well. JT

Also, the only way to get better is to shoot. They got 5 mins of shooting in an hour. They should’ve been shooting for 45 mins and teaching for 15 mins.

Maybe it was a bad night- just 2 matches - but she seems level 2 at best

While I agree that micro-adjustments are absolutely essential for consistent play at a high level, we are dealing here with the fact that these players need to first do a macro-alignment. Stephanie is often missing by up to a full diamond because she is not standing back and looking at the line she needs to take and where she needs to place her feet. You cannot do micro adjustments when you have come down on the shot in such a matter that you are going to miss by a macro amount. From the point of view of a highly skilled player like you, it may seem that micro adjustments are the most important, but that is because you have already aligned yourself so well when you place your bridge only micro adjustments are necessary. But if you are coming down already badly out of alignment, micro adjustments will not accomplish much.

care to go more in depth on that. trying to learn all i can.

I agree that wanting to do better is the first major step, but disagree with the idea it is rare for people to want to get better. There are many captains who encourage development and are pleased to see their players improve, which makes room for them to help develop new beginning players. Moreover, I would say MOST players would like to get better but do not know how. I have seen many, many APA players move up through the ranks and become skilled amateurs. While there are some who do not want to improve, or who want to cheat and take advantage of other teams by sandbagging, most people would like to improve and simply lack the resources to do so. Moreover, sandbagging is almost always disadvantageous to the player and team. While it sometimes works to get one moment of glory (while stealing it from others with subterfuge), it is a poor strategy to improve at such a difficult game because you are achieving dopamine rewards for missing shots or extending innings and then you expect your primitive brain, which is responsible for implementing the shot, all of a sudden to switch to being rewarded for achieving shots, when it has been practicing missing shots. It is a bad strategy. The human brain simply does not work like that.

but at @4:08 he's making all kinds of excuses of why he sucks and just got ran out on.

Actually the quote is "one of the best", which is an undeniable fact. He is certainly not the best and nobody said that.