as i see it so far... thanks all for being constructive for once. i know i go of on one regarding coaching .but we got something going here now.
I think there is an issue here that has gone on for too long! IMHO, archers who want to coach should have been in the sport a minimum of 5 years. The club archer who wants to improve usually goes and seeks advice from the top archer in his club 'cos the "coach" hasn't been there, done it and got the badges like the top archer. When you have "coach" sewn on your shirt you are expected to know everything about all bows, how to set them up and get results for the archer! If you want to coach it's in your own interest to learn about different set ups, tuning, bows, one to one coaching, etc,etc. There are people out there only too willing to help. There is a kind of "snobbery" in the higher echelons of coaching where the only way is their way and that is the best way. I've known a lot of top archers who have gone to Lilleshall to be coached leave the sport because everything was wrong with their shooting!! These guys were GMB, how can you change a GMB's style, why would you, I've always said you have to assess the individual and work on what's best for him, no two people are the same, unless you are Korean!!
this one is as i see it. min of 5 yrs or exceptional knowledge.thanks B.E.
Other than being constantly told how ALL GNAS COACHES ARE CRAP - which is evidently not true, because I'm not crap,
my biggest bugbear as a qualified coach of some years is the lack of support for coaches within the coaching system.
As a coach I would like to tell GNAS that I crave greater opportunity to develop and improve my skills as a coach. Most coaches get NO support at all and are left to "get on with it". Apart from the once a year, massively oversubscribed national coaching conference, the opportunity to work with and learn from more experienced coaches and higher quality archers IS NON EXISTANT.
this again as it is thanks G.A.
I wouldn't but then in the last year I have been coached by up to 5 different GNAS coaches and a couple of non-GNAS coaches, and feel my needs are adequately met within the skills of the individuals concerned. My issue is sometimes too many varying ideas which I then have to filter out and make my own best judgment of what is and isnt appropriate.
One of the GNAS coaches I work with is also the National Coaching Officer (Education) and I'm sure he'd be willing to discuss the proposals for obtaining and coordinating feedback from the membership in the form of a coaching review.
filtering out, is exactly what the higher level archer should be doin, like someone else said you wouldn't change the style of a GMB archer. but coaches sometimes do. i've seen it.
NCOE i would love a meeting with him.
thanks for more good imput Murray.
keep it goin people
surprised brian thinks it only worth a bun fight though.
no offence to you brian. we need to start somewhere.
if i had a meeting with a few of us there and we couldn't make headway.
well i gave it my best shot
pete