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joetapley - 18/8/2005 9:18 AM I guess I'll stick with the GNAS version Understandable but we're trying to get away from the sad, bad old GNAS. My club is in the (maybe fortunate  ) condition of not having any GNAS coaches so beginners courses are run by archers. Problem with this is that it leads to inconsistencies as well as variations in quality of training. You pick up on someone half way through the course and have a 'what the !!!!' reaction. The Fita manual (put together as the consensus of international level coaches rather than a bunch of local yokels) aims at standardising beginners' training. If used as the basis for beginners training (granted with some club archers no chance) then at least most would be singing from the same hymn sheet and the core training would be compatible with future archer development. My interest in not so much the content but how the manual is structured in terms of running a six week introductory course.
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<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Our (Club)#courses are run with archers as assistants we have 7coaches, (I guess that could mean 8 opinions there
) I was always under the impression that courses could only be run by a qualified coach, insurance issues, if you get my drift.#</font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">#<font color="#cc6666">"Problem with this is</font> <font color="#cc6666">that it leads to inconsistencies "</font> I think I would have to agree there, as each archer has his/her own idea of how to do the job, plus, the beginner may have a diferent "Coach" each week, & then has to unlearn what was shown the last time,. Surley, this can not be good for the beginner.#If all "Coaches/Instructors" have been trained by either GNAS or FITA, there has to be some form of continuity as you say, <font color="#cc6666">the same hymn sheet</font>, so who is it to be then, GNAS? FITA? Some clubs say one, some, another.So I doubt you will get the continuity whilst there is this "Us & Them". Two roads, one destination.</font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">#As I have stated in the past, I get the "Archers" into the beginners. It is then up to them to follow the sport as they see fit. I have to admit, that the courses#I run are based on the club courses, but I do add my own twist to various lessons which the archers do enjoy, but sad to say, the Club coaches do not agree with ( Blind shooting "Dangerous practice"
, but if the archer enjoys the session & comes out feeling good... I'll keep it in. I think it has been ingrained to stick with what we know then we can't go wrong (Old dogs...New tricks?) With new materials, techniques, diets & whatever else you can think of, we have to move on.</font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><font color="#cc6666">#"My interest in not so much the content but how the manual is structured in terms of running a six week introductory course." </font><font color="#000000">True, but what is the alternative?</font></font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">We did have a "Coach the Coaches" session (Sat' afternoon)#some time ago, I#guess you could say that it was a glorified beginners course...Nothing new there.</font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">As I see it, each beginner has his/her own needs, reality dictates to me that the course should be taylored to that individual's needs, this is what I try to do, even to the extent of taking out an individual for 5-10 min's for a 1-1 session within the lesson. It works for me & the beginner.#</font></p>
<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">If I am wrong in my method, please tell me, or throw me some ideas to try out. I am a "Coach". The paper I have tells me that. But I am still learning, & so far, my best teachers are the beginners themselves.</font></p>
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