Sorry, I didn't mean to be taking exception to Mooh's suggestions. On the contrary, I heartily endorse them. As Mooh points out, though, sometimes you need to break the rules. Still, I think it's helpful to know which suggestions you're ignoring and why.

Not all of the wonderful players in my quick list are equally skilled and they had widely divergent learning styles and approaches. I just thought it would be interesting to see which players were self-limiting due to their technique and which ones went about learning some type of formal techniques.

      - Mark