Jarod was the most talented pool player I’ve ever seen. Interesting, because I was the one who taught him, and I’m not the best pool player in the world. More interesting yet, he went from being a very mediocre pool player to being the single most talented pool player I have ever seen in one afternoon. Of course, he already knew how the balls and cues worked, about friction between ball and table and how balls exchange energy when they hit each other. He taught me about all that. But he didn’t know how to play. I taught him that.