First things first – Still no word from the BCA regarding my questions on the Qlympics. I resent my original letter to Mark Griffin to a few other people on staff and also posted it in their online Suggestions area, so I’ll keep you posted on what I hear.
Next, I just wanted to share about my experience last week at the Windsor Gardens Senior Center. I received a phone call from Hal, one of my regular free clinic students, asking if I would be available for a group lesson with about 16 students at the senior center. I said, “Of course! I would love to!”
I arrived about a half hour early and made my way upstairs to the billiard room. When I walked in to the L shaped room, I passed a well kept snooker table to see Hal and his fellow instructors standing around the first pool table. when I got up to the table, I turned to see a beautiful row of four more nearly new, great conditioned Olhausens. The room was set up beautifully. The tables were well maintained and well spaced, and there was plenty of seating all around.
The class went from 7:00p.m. to 8:30p.m. and I loved every second of it. I have Hal and two other co-instructors, Gordon and his son Russ, helping out. I led the class (of only 10 this week, whew!) through a review of basic mechanics, bridge, grip, stance, etc. and broke into teams of two per table. It worked out great.
To my surprise, there were more ladies than men in the class and I couldn’t believe how enthusiastic they all were! They thanked me profusely for coming and welcomed me back again. They were all so excited to learn and I could hear one, as she was walking out saying, “I’ll meet you here at 6:00a.m. tomorrow to practice?”
There are three more classes scheduled and I will be putting a proposal together for the activities coordinator of the center. Hal paid me out of his own pocket last week. What an angel.
I hope it works out. They were so fun to work with.
Sadly, I don’t have any grandparents left of my own…
Awwww. I’ll be your grandpaw!
I Just so Happened to Rad (With Great Interest I Might Add) Your Tip on Slowing Down the Backstroke and It Was So In Accord with Something That I Had Just Shared with a Fellow Pool Player abput “Sawing” His Shot. I’ve Noticed that Some Players (More Often Novices than Pro’s) Tend to Use Short Choppy Movements Before Shooting the Ball as Opposed to What You are Sugggesting which is a “Fluidity” of Movement. In Addition I Would Just Like to Add(If I May) That I Think It is Imperative That Your Pool Stick Be as Straight as Possible.That Can Be Most Effectively Accomplished By Aligning the Chin in Crossbow Fashion When Aligning the Shot. I Don’t Know If this Speaks to Your Comments about the “Set” as I Just Became Privy to Your Article. Last But ot Least I Would Like to Share an Adage that I Learned in the Early Days of Shooting Pool. he Adage is That a “Jacked-Up Truck Will Never Run”(or a Car for that Matter)I See So Many Young Players Who Have Ineffective Bridges and that Metaphor Only Assuages My Point. Sincerly George W. Williams Jr.