APA skill level 3: Dale White needs A bridge over troubled water

American Poolplayers Association (APA) members often get stuck at different skill levels based in their amateur league and pool tournaments using the Equalizer handicap system or when looking at Fargorate. Players at a skill level of 3 in apa or a skill level of 250-350 in the FargoRate handicap system often have fundamental stroke flaws and make very common tactical errors. This video documents the ongoing work PBIA Certified Pool Instructor Jim Brauker is doing with Dale White, who is currently at a skill level 3 and quickly working his way up to a skill level 4. Dale was having difficulty because he did not have enough clearance for his grip hand, which was getting stuck behind his hip. He has improved that after a couple of lessons but as the lesson continued it became clear that he is struggling greatly with his bridge. Here Jim works with Dale to get his bridge stable.
Pool players at various levels of skill in APA tend to have similar issues that they need to correct in order to improve their game. It is very common for them to have an unstable bridge that causes the cue stick to waver or go crooked during the stroke. Please like, share and subscribe to this channel if you are interested in seeing what needs to be done to increase skill level in APA 8-ball. We will have teaching videos that go through stroke fundamentals, mistakes pool players make at various handicap levels, how to improve your game, and how to improve strategy, tactics, and your pool stroke. These suggestions often apply to 9-ball as well, especially regarding fundamental stroke dynamics or what we call an orthodox pool stroke.

[@yusufhasan302]

He's a excellent instructor! I learned a lot! I will continue to watch his videos Thanks Jim!

[@lanternman13]

I will die, if someone is talking the whole time without a pause.

[@jimsplacebilliards-5499]

Since the "whole time" is not shown in these videos, how do you know what happened during the "pause"? Are you saying you would sit still and watch the parts where there is no discussion and you are just watching a student do a drill over and over and over and over again?

[@Danumurti18]

I get a feeling he's going worse after the training.

[@jimsplacebilliards-5499]

Almost everyone DOES get worse when adjusting their fundamentals. It is part of the process, but they invariably get better if they incorporate better fundamentals by practicing until it becomes their new norm. Just telling someone to change generally does not work. They have to struggle, and part of the struggle is feeling uncomfortable for a while, not doing as well until they incorporate the new thing.

[@procrastinator6902]

32:00 I'm sorry, but he did not stroke this well at all. His shoulder dropped alot here and his cue tip went straight up. Definitely have to commend your patience on the bridge teaching tho. It seems like such a simple task to explain to people but I know from experience that some people (and it usually seems to be women for some reason) really seem to have difficulty understanding what a good bridge should be and forming one.

[@jimsplacebilliards-5499]

It takes patience for every element. Regarding your first comment, we were working on the bridge, not the entire stroke. If I negatively comment because he dropped his shoulder and swooped the stick up, then the current focus is completley lost. Instead, the positive comment reinforces the thing we were working on, which was the bridge, and he got that. It is a tedious process of one little thing at a time, which will likely be forgotten and have to be gone over at the next session. Nothing easy about any of this.