well to a certain extent there will always be those that take up archery following a sample on holiday/have ago etc, some may stick with it and continue on others however will burn out as they will have satisfied an interest and move onto the next.
However i do believe that more can be done to encourage beginners to stick with it in the form of post beginners course guidance, perhaps a continuation of the beginners course in the form of at a certain time once a week (11am sunday for example) a coach will spend 1/2hr going over form, bow tuning and rounds/classifications with the ex-beginners
just my thoughts based on after my beginners course i dragged information out of other archers around me and now pass on what i can to other beginners at the club
