This week our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited to India to hold two snooker coaching workshops in the magical city of Mumbai and Pune. Twenty-one players in total attended each week long training course to improve their game which was organised by Fellow World Snooker Coach Derek Sippy and the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra.
The first workshop was held in the PJ Hindu Gymkhana in Mumbai which contains seven snooker tables and numerous cricket and hockey pitches. It is no wonder why India is leading country in both sports PJ said after watching the players train throughout the week.
The nine snooker players travelled from all across India and his main aim was to develop the correct fundamentals in getting them to the next level by improving their playing technique, break building, long potting and safety game which will help to improve their state ranking.
Derek Sippy said ” that it was great to see PJ coaching in India again and his coaching style and method is excellent with his training programs now used all over the world. He uses the latest technology which will help our players remember the training and be more successful in the future. ”
The second workshop was held 4 hours away in the city of Pune in the PYC Hindu Gymkhana on three beautiful match snooker tables overlooking numerous cricket pitches which trained the future stars of the game of Indian Cricket.
All the 21 players were guided through PJ’s 147 academy training programs and all areas of their technique were recorded and fine tuned. They practiced all of my practice routines and the players received a DVD of the sessions and a certificate of attendance on the final day.
PJ said he really enjoyed both workshops and Derek and his team did everything to make it a huge success and their organisation is very professional in how the workshop was held. I believe every player improved by the end of the workshop and the players trained very hard and their commitment made it a pleasure to train them all.
The team in Pune organised a great workshop and PJ really enjoyed training the players who listed very good to all his instructions and their commitment made it a honour to coach them.
PJ was presented on the final day with a beautiful plaque by Rajan Khivnasarawho is the Vice President of the host association on holding a successful workshop and he echoed that the players totally enjoyed the experience of being coached and guided throughout the week long workshop.
PJ would like to personally thank Derek Sippy, Salil Deshpande and the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra for inviting me to India and he is already looking forward to holding more workshops in 2013 in one of the most amazing countries in the world.
