Teaching Billiard Novices
Studies have shown that 99% of beginner pool players tend to pocket easier shots at once. They automatically go for the simple ones and don’t even consider their next shot. The sad part is that around 80% of these novices’ coaches will agree that easy shots should be taken first. Most of the time, coaches are at fault for their students wrong mentality. Coaches can’t help while a player is in the middle of taking a shot. That is why learning should be done while practicing. For beginner players, it is normal to use common sense at the start. It is but practical to shoot something that is right in front of you. In eight ball, you wouldn’t try and pocket a ball that is behind your opponent’s ball if there is one in plain sight. Coaches should be professional enough to teach their students some strategy and not to rely on plain common sense. The larger part of teaching should be done during practice.
Coaches should be talented enough to figure out what their player lacks. More often than not, players need help in deciding between balls. There are some dilemmas that you just need to put more thought into. For example in an eight ball game, there are two of your balls in plain sight and both are easy to pocket. Professionals would say that it would depend on the surrounding balls and how free you are to move around after pocketing one. Novices sometimes don’t consider the next shot. That is one thing coaches need to capitalize on. Once their player is good at foreseeing probable outcomes, they can pat their selves on the back. Shot planning pretty much determines a large percent of the game. Knowing how to move from one shot to another can ultimately lead you to victory.
There is one ground where everyone, even professional billiard players, will be even. That ground is online pool. Playing pool online is different from the actual thing. Here, you harness the power of timing, precision and rapid thinking. Everyone will seem like a novice when playing pool online. There are just so many things to consider. Once you get the feel for it though, you will realize that playing online is just as fun as the real thing.
