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Danny Harriman, PBIA Instructor Mark Wilson, PBIA Master Instructors Scott Lee, Lance Cowles, Denny Stewart, Mark Finkelstein, and Randy Goettlicher.

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Who taught you how to play? I have had lessons from PBIA Instructor Ken Lewis in 1993 while we were still in the Army. Receiving a phone call from a student with excitement in their voice because they accomplished something special to them is what it is all about. It is really satisfying to watch a student’s game grow after they have applied what they were taught. What do you like about instructing? I enjoy teaching students at all levels. Peters, MO Hawain Brian’s in Hawaii, CR’s Billiards in Minnesota and well, just about any place that has a pool table. All of my students past and present especially my college students.įavorite Billiard Discipline: I love, play and teach all forms of pocket billiards and snooker.įavorite Pool Hall: OB’s Billiards in St Robert, MO Shooters in Olathe, KS Padgett’s Place in Belle, MO Cue & Cushion in Overland, MO Teacher’s in St. Most Notable Students: My son Mathew Baker and grandson Hunter. I started a Collegiate Billiards team at Missouri S&T that is currently competing in the U.S. Note: I took dead last in the same event in 1993.

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How and when did you fall in love with the game? Initially, watching players in the pool hall at the bowling lanes where my mom worked when I was young.Īccomplishments: Professional instructor since OCT 2015 I won the 8 th Army 9-ball in 2004 going undefeated in all of the qualifying events. I also studied with and learned a lot from Jerry Briesath, Tom Simpson, and Randy Goettlicher. Who taught you how to play? Everybody I have watched and played with over 50 years. Also, learning something new with every student concerning how to be a more effective teacher. What do you like about instructing? Helping a student find a path that lets him or her maximize their potential.

Doctorate of Pool from the Billiard University (BU)įavorite Billiard Discipline: Bar-box 8-ball due to the CB control, finesse, and strategy required, and the ability to run out almost anything.įavorite Pool Hall: Mardi Gras Lanes Pool Hall (New Orleans, Louisiana, where I was first exposed to the game.

Board Member of the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Board of Trustees, 2010-2015.

Featured Guest, “The Physics of Billiards” on StarTalk Sports Edition with Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2021.

Editor and Main Author, PBIA Instructor Manual, 2021.

Member, PBIA Instructor Committee, 2020-present.

Instructor of the Year, Billiard Congress of America (BCA) PBIA Jerry Briesath Instructor of the Year Award, 2021.

Dave Pool School and Billiard University (BU) Boot Camps

Columnist for monthly Billiards Digest magazine instructional articles since 2004.

Webmaster of the popular website: Billiards and Pool Principles, Techniques, and Resources.

Coauthor of the Billiard University (BU) instructional video series and How to Aim Pool Shots (HAPS).

Coauthor of the comprehensive Video Encyclopedia series: Pool Shots (VEPS), Pool Practice (VEPP), Eight Ball (VEEB), and Nine-ball and Ten-ball (VENT).

Author of the innovative video: System for Aiming With Sidespin (SAWS).

Author of the popular book and DVD: The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards.

And now after many decades of teaching, no matter what the problem a player has with his or her game, I know I can fix it and send that player home as a happy and improved player. Soon after, I started teaching at many billiard rooms in the Milwaukee area and as I learned more about teaching the game it became more fun for me.

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It was a very scary start because everything was trial and error but as the students started liking it, I did too. What do you like about instructing: After about three years of playing the game I had the opportunity to start teaching the game at the local YMCA in Milwaukee.

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Most notable student: Over the years I’ve had some pretty good luck teaching the game and coaching players such as six or seven ACUI champions, several state junior champions, numerous national junior champions, many state and Midwest champions and a number world-class pro players including: Mark Wilson, Danny Harriman, Jeff Carter, Jeanette Lee “the Black Widow” and others. I spend the summer months in the Madison, Wisconsin area and when it gets cold I head for Phoenix, Arizona. Location: Being a happy snowbird I have two locations. For more information on how requirements and credentials to become a PBIA Instructor, please visit the ‘Become an Instructor’ section of the website. These PBIA Master Instructors have dedicated their professional careers to developing, growing and promoting the cue sports.