[secbridarchers]

I agree with so many of the things said by different members here. Perhaps instead of club coaches they should be referred to as "Instructors" and GNAS courses should be Instructors Courses for Clubs. After all basically they would be taking a novice and teaching them the basics of archery from which they would either give up or carry on depending on their abilities. If they carry on at club level as also mentioned then more experienced archers within the club give help and assistance to those on what could be called the second level, which as also mentioned could be good or bad but we all seem to do what we are comfortable with. For the minority, and it is a minority, of archers who then go on to shoot for county or country, or just with lots of ambition that is when they need to seek out a "Coach." We are talking about two entirely different things aren't we, learning to shoot archery at a basic level which a vast number of club members are happy with and being helped to achieve and excel in archery. Also we must not forget that "Club Coaches" give up their own archery for a lot of the year to encourage people into the sport which I think is only to be highly commended.