Improve your playing ability!

Pool lessons available at Shooters for all ages and skill level. Our house instructor has years of professional playing and teaching experience in billiards. Make an appointment today and let Shooters turn you into the pro you want to be!

Meet our instructor

Jay Wegener started playing pool tournaments in 1965. Since that time he has won over 150 state and city titles and various individual tournaments. Jay has been teaching the game for 28 years and has a BS degree in education. He has produced pool students that have captured ACS, BCA, Valley and MOMA titles along with state and independent championships. Jays instructional articles have been published at mnbilliards.com, insideenglish.org and in the Chalk Talk, mnbilliards and Nite Times magazines.

He has performed trick shots for many television stations using a ball number for the station I.D and has intrigued audiences of all age groups.

Jay was an intricate part in developing billiard programs for the Grand Forks Youth Committee. It included 6 weeks of instruction for three levels of youth, league and tournament play and bringing name talent to show off in front of the youth. For his work in this area, he received a commendation from the city. Jay also started the Independent Pool League of Greater Grand Forks to make players eligible for the international BCA tournament. The league has been in operation now for about 25 years.

He has had an interesting and varied career. Jay played with rock bands for 10 years, been Food & Beverage Director at major hotels, sold real estate, owned his own restaurant/pool room, owned a graphic design company, was General Manager for four 24 hour restaurants, directed and ran casino pool tournaments, was General Manager for corporate retail stores and has washed dishes with the best.

Jay serves Shooters Billiard Club, Burnsville, MN, as the house Teaching Professional. He has served in the capacity of MNACS/MNBCA state treasurer, was an American CueSport National referee, served on the board of directors for both the National ACS and MN ACS and is a Goodwill Ambassador for Viking Cues. He continues to write pool opinion articles, has two books in progress and continues to teach the game he loves.

What you'll learn

• Fundamentals
  • Stance
    Stroke
    Bridges Grip
    Shot Preparation
    Cue ball speed
• Aiming
  • Aim Point vs. Contact Point
    Use of the Ghost Ball
    Cut Shots - Throw Shots
    Center Ball Aim
• Spinning the cue ball
  • Top spin
    Bottom spin
    Side Spin
    Various Draw Shots
• Position play
  • Tangent Lines
    Vertical Axis (Cue Ball off Object Ball)
    Horizontal Axis (Cue Ball off Rail)
    One Rail Position - Multi-rail position
    Strength of stroke - Power position
    Shape with object ball on the rail
    Shape with object ball near the rail
    Looking ahead - Rail first shots
• Cue ball safeties

Instructional Videos for Rent

We have a wide variety of instructional videos, tournaments and more available for rent. Just ask our front counter staff for help picking out the perfect video to help you improve your skill.