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Originally Posted by Furface Last week I turned up expecting to run a "Coaching " session where Coaching is available to those what want it. One archer turned up to shoot. When no one else arrived, I offered to work with him on anything he liked, but he said he knew all his own faults by himself, thanks.
So, a question. Coaches are told not to approach archers with advice or offers to "help". Most archers at my club say they're not interested in being coached, often because they believe it doesn't help. So no opportunities to demonstrate that coaching does help. How do others break this circle? |
The idea of holding sessions on particular subjects is interesting... Usual areas for this sort of thing are "tuning", "string making", "stabilisation", that sort of general heading might pull a few people in.
The other alternative is to get people to agree to come along beforehand. One of the problems with coaching, from a coach's point of view, is that people don't think they need any, until problems start happening. But then they want firefighting - "Fix this please, now!". Ideally, what the coach wants is a balanced program over a long period, but that can only happen if the archer commits to it. For committment, you need communication and a conviction that it will help them achieve something. So maybe the first step for a coach is to find out what people want from their shooting...