01 How To Sell Coaching Sessions:

Topics 1-5
1 Why students come to you

• Why do they play?
• Main Pains: Confusion and Frustration

2 Film clip numbering protocols
3 Pre lesson questionnaire

• Contact details
• Life situation
• Physical & psychological
• Your snooker Situation
• Your problems in the game
• Your goals in the game
• Why you play

4 Selling the sessions

• Packages
• Structures: 1hr (time fillers / John Gillard’s ‘A Mad Five Minutes’ / 2hrs / 4hrs/ 1day / 5 Day Master
• Upselling / cross selling / downselling
• Continuity
• Vouchers: How to train if others are paying for them
• The nylon strands of marketing: Youtube, Facebook, Web site

5 Social media audit

• Web
• Fb
• Youtube
• Free offering formats

02 The First Lesson, And How To Diagnose:

Topics 6-13
6 Lesson introduction

• Explain process
• Get to know them a bit better
• Warm up rules

7 Sequence of works

• Pre and post shot

Shot strategy:

- Shot scanning - Short Simple Slow: When to break those rules - Take into account your ability

• Pre shot

- Stand on line - Stand same distance to CUE ball - T Angle, +4, -4, knowledge - Angle and distance to next pot - Cue ball Height & Speed required - Mentally rehearse that strike a la Jack Nicklaus

• Post shot

- Photo finish - Self Diagnosis - Self Prescription

• Technique
• Cueing: Cueing phases
• Aiming, potting, cueing
• Positional play
• Breakbuilding: Short, Simple, and Slow
• Advanced: Safety, Long pots, Power shots, Cueing off cushion, and Rest play

8 Start of session Diagnosis of the person and the player. This is the most important part of the session.

• The person

- Body awareness - Listening - Following instructions

• The player

- 360 view - Buy time - See everything

9 Diagnosis - Copy the technique
10 Diagnosis - Demonstration of how to list faults
11 Diagnosis – rephrasng faults as desired solutions Rehearse mentally

• Where you want student to be
• The path to get there
• The lesson structure and modules to walk that path
• Buy time if you have not done this yet

12 Diagnosis – Prioritising the list into a curriculum
13 Root cause analysis - and the positive intention behind faults

• Positive intention behind ‘faults’
• Root cause analysis
• Never believe the client’s self diagnosis
• John Gillard test for the root cause of lifting the head on his backswing

03 Learning Strategies For Students:

Topics 14-15
14 How to introduce and install changes long term

• Using John Gillard’s head lift on backswing issue – using a mirror
• Using Russell Huxter’s cue pulling to right on backswing – using the CAT

15 Think about what you want, not about what you don’t want

• An exercise with all four of us
• Use this in your language in training too

04 How To Run Group & Pairs Trainings:

Topics 16-17
16 How to run groups and pairs – plus anecdotes

• Open club scenario’s – other earwigging and cribbing
• New clubs
• Bizarre table situations
• Brazilian table in the corner of a garage
• German client with table on rollers

17 How to run groups and pairs – part 2

• Ice breakers
• Groups
• Dealing with pairs of players

05 Cue Action Trainer – Aiming Modes:

Topics 18-19 CAT Videos – Aiming Modes
18 Eye Alignment Mode - Set up and head position
19 Side Spin Mode - Set up plus colours on rail aiming drill

06 Cue Action Trainer – Cueing Modes:

Topics 20-25 CAT Videos – Cueing Modes
20 Tempo mode - Plus bad tempo demonstration
21 Force Mode – Stop and check at front and back of action
22 Shot Approach Mode – Two ways to stand before you approach
23 Grip Hip Gap and various ways to open it up
23.4 Grip Hip Gap part 2 – John Gillard using four balls to demo hip and shoulder positions
24 Technique Mode - Grip hand fingers
25 Cue Arm Angle Vertical or not – the last piece of the jigsaw

07 Cue Action Trainer – Bonus Modes:

Topics 26-29 CAT Videos – Bonus Modes
26 Cushion Mode – Open bridge and closed bridge
27 Safety Play Mode – Mastering half ball contacts
28 Safety Play Mode – Mastering back to baulk safety shots

• Experiment. Guess. Goal.
• Aim for the margin of error between two baulk colours
• Safety is 90% correct contact, 10% correct speed

29 CAT – All you need is 5 minutes a day

08 AimFrame:

Topics 30-32 Aim Frame Videos
30 Eye Dominance Myth
31 Eye Alignment and Vision Centre – integrating a new one into your game
32 The Neil Johnson Slide Game – ultimate cue control

09 Ultimate Training Ball:

Topics 33-35 Ultimate Training Ball Videos
33 T Angle Tests
34 Side Spin Makes No Difference – middle pocket proof on straight AND angled pots
35 Blind Surprise – Straight cueing with side spin test

10 NGB’s, Pro’s, Tough Situations, 5 Second Coaching:

Topics 36-40
36 NGB And Federation Structures
37 How To Work With Pros

• Rick Williams - Top players experience
• Russell Huxter - Confidence to deliver to better players than me
• John Gillard - Working with pros

38 Top player ball strike ideas
39 ‘What would you do?’ - solving tough coaching scenarios
40 Five second coaching - the going to the toilet exercise!

• Russell Huxter In game / in interval coaching and tips
• John Gillard Going to the toilet exercise – EG with Tokki in the East Sussex final

11 Course Benefits To Coaches: Business, Coaching, Playing:

Topic 41
41 How to course helped the coaches – business building, coaching skills, playing skills…