Cue the Experts S2 Ep 04 - Eric Naretto: Won the State Championship, Then Dedicated Life to Teaching
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Cue the Experts S2 Ep 04 - Eric Naretto: Won the State Championship, Then Dedicated Life to Teaching
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Eric Naretto found pool at seven years old on a bumper pool table at the Lake of the Ozarks and spent the next decade chasing the feeling until a Jeanette Lee trick shot on ESPN sent him to Kmart for a $25 titanium cue with a screw-on tip. A mentor named George Sweitzer, who couldn't execute the shots he taught, changed Eric's life and inspired him to dedicate his career to billiards education. Now a PBIA Master Instructor, ACS Level 4 Instructor, and 2025 ACS Outstanding Instructor of the Year, Eric runs the G1 Billiards Academy in Illinois where he's building a program to train the next generation of instructors. We discuss why the best teachers aren't always the best players, his "three middles of the table" strategy for position play, the metronome concept for stroke speed control, why he starts with upper body instead of footwork, and the emotional story of winning a state championship for the man who taught him everything.Find Eric on Facebook or visit academy.g1billiards.com.