Free coaching sessions at Telford during UK championship

[April madness]

The visitors of UK championship can get some top class coaching:

From December 13 to 15, World Snooker are offering free 20 minute coaching sessions with leading coach Del Hill for fans attending the Maplin UK Championship in Telford.

Sessions will be run by Hill, Head of World Snooker’s Coaching Scheme at the World Snooker Academy at the EIS - Sheffield, who has coached many of the world's best players including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Peter Ebdon and Graeme Dott.

Sessions will run from 1pm on December 13 and 14 and from 2pm on December 15 and will be held in CueZone in the foyer of Hall 3 at the Telford International Centre.

If you are interested in pre-booking a free coaching session, please send an email to info@worldsnooker.com stating your preferred date and time. Time slots will be occupied on a first come first served basis. Please ensure that you arrive for your sessions on time, as sessions not occupied within five minutes will be reallocated.

You can also book sessions on site at the merchandise stand, also located in CueZone, or call 07912 994125

http://www.worldsnooker.com/news-12473.htm

[DandyA]

Hi April,

Now that is a great idea - well done World Snooker - what an excellent way to promote our sport ...

Telford is I'm afraid a bit too far for me but I really hope it goes well ...

Since the press release says "first come, first served", I guess it's open to all players of all standards so I'd recommend players of even my poor standard (max break 25) to apply ... sfter all, we're surely the ones who could benefit the most from some top quality coaching

[April madness]

Of course it's open to players of all standards, unfortunately a bit too far for me too Would be interesting if anyone from TSF who gets there for this coaching could share his experience here afterwards.

[totlxtc]

Wity And His Son Will Be Having Lessons At 4:20 And 4:40 And Watching The Evening Session At 7pm. He Says Thanks For The Link April

[April madness]

Wity And His Son Will Be Having Lessons At 4:20 And 4:40 And Watching The Evening Session At 7pm. He Says Thanks For The Link April

No problem, I hope he and son will enjoy it!

[noel]

Hi April,

Now that is a great idea - well done World Snooker - what an excellent way to promote our sport ...

It is a great idea!

Telford is I'm afraid a bit too far for me but I really hope it goes well ...

Anytime someone in UK says something like that I cringe*.
You can drive to see a UK Championship Match AND you can get FREE pro coaching... WTF!!!!
Do you guys have any idea how lucky you are?

Sheeeeeesh!


=o\


Noel


* with envy

[bongo]

It sounds a good idea to promote our sport, as DandyA said. Del Hill is a very good coach too, so even better. There will not be a lot of time to really improve your game though as in such little time you can get through only a very small amount of coaching, it depends on the player but it may help you never know!

[April madness]

It sounds a good idea to promote our sport, as DandyA said. Del Hill is a very good coach too, so even better. There will not be a lot of time to really improve your game though as in such little time you can get through only a very small amount of coaching, it depends on the player but it may help you never know!

Well, you can improve by practice, practice, practice... 20 minutes won't be enough for that, but you can get some tips on what you should work on. And of course, if you really want to get better, you can always get a proper coaching from Del www.delcoachessnooker.com. not for free though

[bongo]

Unfortunately it isn't for free, anyway £40 per hour isn't as bad as Terry Griffiths who charges £117.50 per hour AND you must have a minimum of 2 hours per session of 1 to 1 coaching. That's £235 per session.

Some say the high price shows it's serious coaching, but I must say it's too expensive.

bongo

[April madness]

Unfortunately it isn't for free, anyway £40 per hour isn't as bad as Terry Griffiths who charges £117.50 per hour AND you must have a minimum of 2 hours per session of 1 to 1 coaching. That's £235 per session.

Some say the high price shows it's serious coaching, but I must say it's too expensive.

bongo

Well of course, I guess the coaches have to make their living too But it might pay off for some - who knows, maybe those 20 minutes at Telford might help too. I hope we'll get some feedback from those who might do the coaching there, could be interesting experience.

[In-off]

Terry is a proper coach who has won the World Championship

Quite obviously he's not going to come cheap but most players regard him as the best

[cueman]

Coaching is only really for players who want to take the game fairly seriously. In all honesty I don't see how Griff can justify his prices if that is true. Okay he has done well for the likes of Fu and Williams but then its mainly a mental thing with those players. Your average Joe down the club is not going to become a professional regardless of how much he pays TG. Was Griff ever technically that good that he won much in the game? I think not, he was never a great potter or break builder he just had a decent game that relied a lot on grinding out results. If that is for you then fair enough but the game has moved on since his era and I think so too has coaching.

[In-off]

No he never won much

Apart from the World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters and presumably they don't count

[In-off]

And it wasn't a mental thing at all with Fu. Griffiths took his game apart and then rebuilt it.

It couldn't have been more technical.

[April madness]

bump...

any feedback from those who might have been there and got some coaching? was it worth it? interesting? really helped your game?