Amen to that, brother!
Amen to that, brother!
The fifth annual Old School Pool Seminar at Derby City is scheduled again for Monday, January 28th at 9 am. Price is $110 for reserved spots and $120 at the tournament itself. Three hours of specialized lessons, one hour of One pocket from One pocket Hall of Famer, Billy Incardona, one hour of Straight-pool from BCA and One pocket Hall of Famer, Danny DiLiberto, and one hour of bank pool from Bank pool Hall of Famer, Freddy the Beard Bentivegna.
Beard
you can make your advance reservation and reserve your spot with any of the above, Danny, Billy or the Beard. You can contact the Beard at
bankingwiththebeard@comcast.net
While I don’t have anywhere near the skill level to benefit from pool lessons at this level, I still found the Tunica seminars (the streamed ones) to be fascinating.
The best part, of course, was the banter, the interplay, the back-and-forth among the instructors. Besides learning something -- e.g. how to tell when there’s a kiss -- the entertainment value alone was worth it.
One minor suggestion (yes, from the last float in the clueless parade -- moi!) would be to start the lessons in a real game situation; that is, breaking the balls as is done at the start of any game.
I realize that some balls might then need to be hand-moved to better illustrate key situations, but it could inform and animate the lessons for the instructors to react to ‘live’ challenges rather than from pre-set positions.
Teaching the teachers is my life,
Sunny
P. S. I do hope someone will be live-streaming the boys from DCC.
P. P. S. Comfortable clothes are understandable, but could we retire the wife-beater? It conveys a certain je ne sais quoi -- a sort of meth-breath image?
P. P. P. S. Given that we pool players are never 100% successful, mayhaps the instructors could close their lessons on a positive note … something such as Amor Vincit Omnia. (Love Conquers All, for those of you who have forgotten your Greek lessons.)
P. P. P. P. S. My favorite part of watching the live streams of the actual tournaments is listening to the commentators. When our favorite instructors are involved, it’s fascinating to listen to the respect they project in their voices when talking with each other. (As opposed to the rather dismissive vocal tones when ‘mere mortals’ are in the booth with them.) Naturally -- on-stream, as in real life -- our commentariat see no reason to be over-burdened with the truth.
