I am a qualified 1st4|Sport Level 2 WPBSA (World Professional Billiard and Snooker Association) Coach. I have been the Lead Coach at Cue Zone at The UK Championship in York. I have also coached at The World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield, The English Open in Manchester,the Champion of Champions in Coventry and the World Grand Prix in Llandudno.
I'm based near Shrewsbury in Shropshire and I cover Cheshire, Staffordshire, The West Midlands, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Mid Wales. Whether you are young or old, a beginner, amateur or professional, I provide high quality one to one coaching.
I currently coach from my own snooker room, based in Shropshire, as well as travelling across several counties to coach at clients' venues of choice.
Why I love coaching
I have been playing snooker socially since I was 10 years old, I had always had a reasonable amount of success but had never really progressed any further.
Looking to improve my game, I contacted 1979 World Snooker Champion Terry Griffiths for a coaching session. It was a real surprise to me how much progress I made in just one session, there were so many little mistakes I was making that I hadn't realised were hampering my game. At the end of the session, Terry gave me some routines to practice to further my progress. Over the following weeks I saw my average breaks go from 10 to 20, upwards into the 50s and 60s.
It was at this point I understood the impact a good coach can have on a player's game and became interested in researching different coaching techniques to further improve my own game. This lead me eventually to decide to become a fully qualified level 2 coach with the WPBSA's course, led by Steve Davis.
Since then, I have continued to add to my experience; keeping up to date with the latest techniques as well as discovering, through research, some gems of knowledge from coaching of the past.
I'm based near Shrewsbury in Shropshire and I cover Cheshire, Staffordshire, The West Midlands, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Mid Wales. Whether you are young or old, a beginner, amateur or professional, I provide high quality one to one coaching.
I currently coach from my own snooker room, based in Shropshire, as well as travelling across several counties to coach at clients' venues of choice.
Why I love coaching
I have been playing snooker socially since I was 10 years old, I had always had a reasonable amount of success but had never really progressed any further.
Looking to improve my game, I contacted 1979 World Snooker Champion Terry Griffiths for a coaching session. It was a real surprise to me how much progress I made in just one session, there were so many little mistakes I was making that I hadn't realised were hampering my game. At the end of the session, Terry gave me some routines to practice to further my progress. Over the following weeks I saw my average breaks go from 10 to 20, upwards into the 50s and 60s.
It was at this point I understood the impact a good coach can have on a player's game and became interested in researching different coaching techniques to further improve my own game. This lead me eventually to decide to become a fully qualified level 2 coach with the WPBSA's course, led by Steve Davis.
Since then, I have continued to add to my experience; keeping up to date with the latest techniques as well as discovering, through research, some gems of knowledge from coaching of the past.