FREDRIC FECHTER, info as of 06 April 2015
Frederic Fechter
biography
For over 50 years, Fredric has been teaching pool as a livelihood. In this time
he has gratefully met, been inspired and guided by many World Champions. In
1963, he was the inspired founder of CueSport College International. CueSport
College is known as the oldest pool school in the world. Fredric is one of 20
instructors selected and appreciated world-wide by the Billiard Congress of
America in 1992 for their cueing/teaching talents. The BCA requested his
talents, experience, knowledge, leadership and achievements to help establish
recognition in the sports first industry sponsored instructional program. The
BCA elected him in 1994 as the first BCA Master Certified Instructor in the
world. He resigned in 2002 from that position. Fredric accepted the position of
an ACS Master Instructor in 2006. His tournament championships in later years
have included the 1965 Peoria All-Around Open, 1979 Illinois State 9 Ball Open
and 1981 Greater Peoria 14:1 Open... A very happy Great Grandfather enjoying
cuesports... and life.
Specialized Areas: Professional players, Precision Fundamentals, Accelerated
Game Improvement, Mind, Body, Spirit Focus. Teacher of the "teaching sciences".
Has helped to prepare over 100 fellow instructors in various teaching concepts.
Many have commented, "Top notch instructor for the instructors".
Location - Peoria, Illinois, USA
Personal Website :
www.fredricfechter.com
CueSport Billiard Academy International history
Since 1994, CBA instructors have been coaching students to reach their goals
of becoming the type of top caliber players that competitors both fear and
respect
For over 40 years, CueSport College has been abundantly blessed and owes it
existence to numerous teachers, friends and students contributing in many ways.
For many years, Fredric Fechter among others realized pool and all carom games
are really a true sport. He was blessed in being inspired to invent a new word
in 1963... 'CUESPORTS' ... to describe this knowing fact among many other
professional players. With this new word, he founded and named the only pool
school known in the world at that time... CueSport College. The school many
years later become known as CueSport College International, as other leading
instructors and teachers throughout the world did join and became an important
part of it's ongoing success. Fredric has been teaching pool as a livelihood for
over 50 years. CueSport College is regarded as the oldest pool school in
existence. CueSport College has also been recognized and honored in the field of
cueing arts as the first international accredited college in the world.
Nearly twenty years after World War II, the great sport of pool and billiards
lacked organized competition. The pool world then was greatly obscured from
public view in the dimly lit, exciting and noiseless poolrooms across America.
From these poolrooms, it created it's own society of characters, language,
ethics, rules, values and acceptance that molded a survival way of a blessed
life. Fredric's contributions during this time consisted of promoting World
Class Open competition. Pool playing legends of yesterdays and of today played
in these action-filled jamborees. Always a student of all sports and life,
Fredric credits his teachers, whom have included some of the greatest cueing
legends and players of yesterday, such as "The Deacon, Bananas, Bear, Brownman,
Greek, Hooknose, Mr. King James, Animal, and Sticks," to name a few. He also
played a great early role in developing formal competition of enjoyment among
the women and children pool players of America.
Discovering the sport in 1947, beginning with a one-pocket contest, Fredric
started his livelihood in a pool career. By pursuing his passion, he became an
accomplished player in his own right. His highly skilled competition was
abundant, for Peoria was a wide open gambling river town, and a rich haven for
the many professional pool players it created and supported. From the "Roaring
Twenties" through the "Hippie Sixties" Peoria was known as "Sin City". Today,
it's reputation is better described as the "City of Angels". It was also in an
era of time long before pool leagues, professional tours, pool instructors or
professional player listings existed or was wanted. In later years, his
tournament championships have included the Peoria "All-Around" Open in 1965,
Illinois State 9-ball Open in 1979 and the Greater Peoria "14:1" Open in 1981.
By 1963, many cueists were seeking out Fredric's understanding of pool and life.
He credits his learning from great proven teachers in his early understanding of
pool instruction. He is grateful in discovering many years ago, the lost art of
pool instruction. By early world travel abroad, he found guidance by the
greatest cueists and validated proven teachers that ever lived. These great
teachers and world champion cueists abroad were virtually unknown by all
American pool players... then and now. In 1955, he created and copyrighted a
poster he titled "Champions Wisdom" to honor, preserve and illuminate the wisdom
of these great lost artists of valid pool instructors. For over 50 years, many
sincere seekers asking for guidance have been greatly helped in many individual
ways by the "Champion's Wisdom's" principles of Fredric's illuminating, proven
and validated pool instruction. As a great-grandfather and guide to many
individuals in the world, Fredric is deeply grateful being a part to numerous
champions. This includes many pool, billiard and artistic cuesport champions and
teachers in every age, gender and ability since 1955.
In 1983, Fredric and others discovered and founded the discipline of "Artistic
CueSports. " It was developed and practiced as a non-competitive
teaching/learning discipline to obtain self-awareness of right thinking. It is
the core of all artistic cueing disciplines. Artistic cuesports goals and
purpose are to instill, guide, transform and appreciate all artistic expressions
of wholesome values found in what is real, valid and good.
For over 20 years, the integration of artistic cuesports teaching/learning
discipline into the mainstream of education has abundantly blessed many
individuals. Artistic Cuesports has greatly helped in the creation of many
professional talented cueing Champions in the world today.
In 1992, the Billiard Congress of America formally recognized Fredric and others
of their cueing/teaching talents. They were selected to provide credibility to a
newly formed BCA Administrative designed pool instructional program.
Administrators of the BCA Instructor Committee then nominated and elected
Fredric, themselves and others in 1994, as the first BCA Master Instructors in
the world. Fredric Fechter and others did honorably represent, serve and fulfill
their designated role and capacity, until he and many others of good hope
resigned in 2002.
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