Develop The Coaching Skills, Technical Knowledge, And Business Building Skills To Find And Transform Players In Minutes… Saving Them Decades Of Frustration In The Process.

The TSG Level 2 Coach Certification Home Study Gives You These Skills, And Also Acts As The Pre Course Study Requirement For The TSG Level 2 Coach Certificate.

*** The price of this online home study programme will be taken off the course price of the level 2 coach training should you attend within 12 months of purchase. ***

The training was led by Nic Barrow at The Snooker Gym Academy in Milton Keynes in June 2016 with delegates John Gillard, Russell Huxter, and Rick Williams

Read below to discover the skills and solutions you will learn from the online training.

Video Topics:

01 How To Sell Coaching Sessions: Topics 1-5
02 The First Lesson, And How To Diagnose: Topics 6-13
03 Learning Strategies For Students: Topics 14-15
04 How To Run Group & Pairs Trainings: Topics 16-17
05 Cue Action Trainer – Aiming Modes: Topics 18-19
06 Cue Action Trainer – Cueing Modes: Topics 20-25
07 Cue Action Trainer – Bonus Modes: Topics 26-29
08 AimFrame: Topics 30-32
09 Ultimate Training Ball: Topics 33-35
10 NGB’s, Pro’s, Tough Situations, 5 Second Coaching: Topics 36-40
11 Course Benefits To Coaches: Business, Coaching, Playing: Topic 41

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…