Anthony Beeler, Pool Instructor Of The Decade From 2010-2020
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Feb 26
Monday, October 19, 2020 --
Poolteacher.com is where Anthony Beeler has virtual pool lessons; these can also be accompanied by individual, one-on-one, in-person training.
Beeler has several books out that supplement and add to his personal and virtual training. Beeler has trained many champions and a few pros. He recently had a top-10 WPBA female player sign up for his personal course, combined with his virtual course, for the premier curriculum on pool mechanics, the mental game, cue English, shot selection, etc. Beeler also trains others to teach players.
All around, Beeler is a billiards aficionado and has been doing it for the last ten years solid. That is why he is the SPM Instructor of the Decade for 2010-2020.
Beeler has been an educator since 1999, at the age of 23, holds two master's degrees, writes billiards articles, teaches K-12, has won over 300 tournaments, and has gone hill-hill with Shane Van Boening is sponsored by McDermott cues, but his main aim has been to aid pool players to improve their games exponentially over the competition, with his internet-based instructional, one-on-one feedback; he has players send in videos of their progress through his coursework, as he analyzes their games, and tells them what to work on -- guiding them rapidly towards a higher level of game than they could have achieved independent of his guidance.
But let's rewind a bit. Back in 2010, there was no poolteacher.com -- Beeler was giving lessons
in person back then, and news of his instruction was spreading rapidly by word of mouth, as
people began to learn of this consummate pool instructor. Then in 2012, poolteacher.com was
launched, and the business has been growing ever since. But before that, so much of Beeler's
traditional teaching experience in our nation's (USA) school system had also given him an edge
on any would-be pool Instructor -- he had been doing this teaching gig professionally since age
23. He had worked with virtual training prior to all this virtual billiards instruction -- working side
by side with some of the top virtual educators in the country. He had put his time in long before
poolteacher.com ever was a thought in his mind. He knew how to run a professional virtual
classroom well before his site was ever launched. His entire resume reads like that of an educator on every level, a complete teacher through and through.
Some of Beeler's students include: VNEA World Champion, Team USA (Atlantic Cup) player, 4
BCA National Champions, 4 APA Regional Champions, 3 State Champions, Memphis Open
Champion, Great Southern Billiards Tour Champion, VNEA Junior Champion, WPBA Hall of
Famer, and I personally ranked 93 in 8-ball NAPA and 7 in APA 8-ball and 9-ball.
Beeler gets results. My personal game improved as an APA 7, and I thought I had become as
good a player as I would ever be prior to his training. Now, I realize there are many levels above
an APA 7. I don't know what my 9-ball ranking would be now, because I only played a handful of
games in recent years, APA 9-ball -- not nearly enough to establish a legitimate ranking. But I
was a strong 7 in nine way back in 2000, therefore I should be a strong 8 or 9 at this time by my
reckoning. I digress, however; enough about me. Just to provide my own personal testimony,
and experience to the fact that Beeler can help any player at any level improve their personal
game. And that is what the game is to me, a quest for personal perfection with a cue stick, cue
ball, and object balls.
Beeler is the primary contributor, having written much of the 'National Billiard Instructor's
Manual'. That is to say, when you author the instructor's manual, that shows another level of
understanding and commitment to the game. He is at the apex of instructors in billiards circles,
well respected, walks it as he talks it, immersed in billiards, steeped with a plethora of pool
prowess for players to pontificate upon. And again, he not only teaches other players how to
play better -- he also teaches other teachers of pool players. Not only a pool teacher, but a pool
teacher's teacher.
What I believe makes Beeler the Instructor of the decade is his innovative approach with
poolteacher.com, combined with his writer's mind to articulate the game, his stroke mechanics
to break down the game, his teaching other teachers of the game, and his contributions to the source materials in the game, all the articles he writes, the classical educator's training, and work experience he commands, and the championships and accolades he has personally won and achieved. With Beeler as your billiards instructor, you have the whole package and more.
To read more about Beeler, check the links below:
Excellent choice for an excellent instructor. Anthony Beeler is a very valuable person in the world if pocket billiards. 👍