Hey Guys,
I am really surprised that this type of feedback has been presented in such an open format and that it has not been completely overwhelmed by "positive" feedback from the "HUNDREDS" of people in this sport who have had the chance to take a class from any of the World Champions or spent time in a squad with them receiving feedback and words of inspiration. If you think about it from the personal sacrifice perspective it really comes to light. The money is not the reason they do it, because after they fly out to the location, get a hotel, feed themselves, rental ,etc. they do it for the betterment of the sport. They take time away from their families, from their own personal training regime to spend time with people from all levels of the expertise within the sport to make YOU better, and then they leave you with a syllabus to continue training on your own, then give you their cell phone and contact information to call them after class for comments and feedback and still that is not enough. I am sure that if Max and Travis received a phone call that presented these atrocities they would immediately address them and probably offer to conduct some one on one training with those who felt they did not get their moneys worth. I realized during one of the numerous times i have shot a match with these guys that if I would just spend my time watching each portion of their game from stage breakdown thought process to the execution of the plan, each is its own class. Aristo, Good for you for taking time out of YOUR life to coordinate ALL of this and give the opportunity to promote the sport and put on what seemed like an Awesome Local Match! “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” As someone who also has spent hundreds of hours training and executing those actions I trained in places were feedback comes with pain/death association, I consider myself lucky to have any World Champions take time out of their Profession to make me better in my Hobby.
T-VS