Patrick Hummel found pool in 2002 because a coworker kept showing up to work exhausted from helping a friend build a billiard hall. Patrick walked into that room and never left. His first league win came as a five-man underdog against a team of state champions that included his own mentor, and he still has the screenshot. Today he holds Germany's highest coaching license, a Trainer A, along with PBIA advanced instructor status, coaches his state's youth squad, and runs a Friday program where pool is part of the school curriculum. We discuss why cursing at the table hands your opponent the match, the playing ability test he uses to find every student's weakness, his parallel parking analogy for speed and accuracy, why he now waits before correcting a mistake, and the push-up rule for anyone who misses with ball in hand.
Cue the Experts S3 Ep 06 - Patrick Hummel: Miss Ball in Hand? Drop and Give Me Five
