| Not everyone can become an olympic level coach, nor do they have the desire to read copious amounts of books, question others and to experiment. It is not easy to assimilate all different ways of shooting and picking the best one for different people. Most people become coaches just to help out the club or because they may enjoy teaching more than shooting.
I think the majority of gnas coaches are great for those new to archery and just want to shoot arrows, which to be honest is most of us at that stage. Its when we get a little serious and begin to notice big discrepancies between what we are being taught by them and what world class coaches are writing about since over 20 years ago. But if you ge tto that point you can go searching for someone who knows about more advanced techniques suitable for you, this however isnt always so easy.
Instead of bashing the coaches I think we need to reevaluate what we are getting, usually an average archer with average knoledge who follows as best they can a training manual given to them. Some bad people just teach whatever they like, I have seen some seriously dubious things being taught to beginners.
There must be some great coaches out there, the problem is they are hard to find.
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