Club Coaching

[dvd8n]

Something came up at the club last night; for context we've got newly qualified coaches after our old ones left.

Does AGB insurance cover beginner coaching and have a goes at the club for public that aren't AGB members yet?

I presume that it does but I've never seen it stated anywhere.

David

 

[LAC Mark]

Yes it does, if it didn't there would be no "Big Weekend" (or whatever they call it now) pushed by AGB.

 

[AndyS]

I presume that it does but I've never seen it stated anywhere.

Try these:
Insurance for Members, Clubs, Coaches & Judges | Archery GB

https://archerygb.org/files/Code-of-Practice-for-Demos-HAGs-Tasters.pdf

 

[dvd8n]

Yes, I kind of thought that it must be the case but I'd never seen anything written down.

D

 

[AJBrady]

While we're on the subject, one of our club's committee members has said that Archery GB require all beginners to use 32" arrows for safety. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[AndyS]

I've never come across anything of that sort, I think "low poundage beginners bows" appears in a few places, but I don't remember anything about arrows.
A blanket 32" for everyone sounds ridiculous and would give very variable safety, what about a child with a 22" draw length and a 12lb bow, massively safe, but would they reach the target? Or someone with an actual 32" or longer draw length (we had one on a course a few years back) a 32" arrow wouldn't exactly be my idea of a safe starting length there.

 

[twangy_rubber]

It was suggested on the coaching course module last week that "2 inches longer than the expected draw length" was a good start for beginner courses, in order to protect them against overdrawing injuries as the technique changes/improves over time.