This is an exciting full day of one-to-one coaching with the 3 x World Pool Champion, Gareth Potts, packed with all the skills and mental preparation you need to know to play like a pro. These coaching packages are only available through Home Leisure Direct and are great for someone looking to improve their game or wants to take pool more seriously. It's also a great gift idea for anyone with an interest in pool, or who owns a pool table and wants to impress their friends next time they come over.
Gareth Potts' Achievements:
- Junior World 8 Ball Champion - 2000
- World 8 Ball Champion - 2005
- World 8 Ball Champion - 2007
- World 8 Ball Champion - 2008
- World 8 Ball Champion - 2014
- IPA Tour Ranked No.1 - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Chinese 8 Ball Masters Champion - 2013, 2014
This is an opportunity to be personally coached, one to one, by probably the greatest 8 Ball Pool player, ever.
This includes training on the basics, such as stance, grip, bridge hand and cue action, moving on to cover all aspects of ball control, from side spin to screw back. You will then be coached on some more complex aspects of the game such as playing doubles, getting out of snookers and spotting ball patterns, before moving onto practice routines, that will rapidly improve your play, for you to go away with and practice on your own.
During this full day pool coaching, Gareth will also talk you through the psychology behind playing the game and how temperament and mental approach to a match can make all the difference. Gareth believes this is a huge part of playing any sport, and can turn an amateur into a pro.
After a break for lunch, you will get to play a full match against Gareth, using the skills you’ve learnt over the day. Finally, if you decide to do the coaching at Gareth’s pool club, you will have a session on Gareth’s Chinese 8 Ball table - the only one of it’s kind in Europe. This is the version of pool he now plays in China, with other big names in billiards from across Europe, such as Stephen Hendry.
During the day, Gareth will also concentrate on any aspects of the game that you feel needs most improvement, passing on his professional tips to help you to progress where it’s most needed.
With a full day package Gareth will coach you one-to-one on:
- Stance
- Cue action
- Grip and bridge hand
- The break
- All aspects of cue ball control including:
- Top spin
- Screw back
- Side spin
- Natural angles
- How to play doubles
- The secret to never missing a plant
- Getting out of snookers
- The patterns (the way to take the finishes in the best order and selecting the best set of balls)
- Using the rules to your advantage
- Routines for you to take away and practice on your own
- Any aspects of your game that you feel needs improvement then we will spend more time on this particular area.
- A detailed insight to the psychology behind the game. Your mental approach to matches, how to deal with the pressure of playing a match and the key to having a good temperament.
- A signed cue
- Lunch
- Play a match (best of 13 frames) against Gareth, putting into practice everything they have learned throughout the day
- Play a match (best of 5) against Gareth on his new Chinese 8 ball table (if you opt to have your coaching at Gareth's club in Newcastle Under Lyme)
Gareth will work with you on any aspects of your game that you feel needs improvement. He will also look to find any opportunities for you to improve your play through observing you throughout the session.
Take a look at the Pool School we recently had in our showroom with Gareth Potts. (This was a group session for prize winners, the above package will be a one-to-one coaching session with Gareth)
Visit our TV channel to watch more of our Gareth Potts Pool Coaching videos.
How does it work?
- Place your order through the website, or over the phone on 0800 622 6464 or 01454 413636
- Gareth will call you to organise a convenient date, time and location
- Coaching is held at either:
For any further information you need please call us on 0800 622 6464 or 01454 413636.
Testimonials:
One of Gareth's pupils at a Home Leisure Direct training session had this to say about Gareth and his teaching:
"The training went as well as expected and better. Gareth was incredibly helpful and provided some great professional insight into the game. As one of the more advanced players he'd taught, we were able to skip a lot of the fundamentals which he would normally bring to the session. Instead he made some minor adjustments to what he considered a very good foundation in respect of my cueing ability, approach to the table and technique.
"I had done my homework prior to the session and brought some key frustrations of mine to the session including safety play and the break.
"I am still working on my break and I've had some triumphs and pitfalls along the way but I feel I am now on the right path. I was a little naive in that he didn't endorse a breaking cue which I continued to use and I have only recently started breaking with my natural cue. I think I owe this to the adjustments he has made to my overall cueing so I am now able to break with force whilst maintaining an accurate and controlled cueball.
"The minor changes he has made to my cueing is starting to show in my game now and I have had a few people comment on how well I'm cueing and how my game has improved.
"I really can't thank Gareth enough as the minor changes made to my technique have really made a great improvement to my game."
