Coaching - Would/Have you paid for Coaching?

[Meddler]

Originally Posted by not dead yet

one squad weekend, i was told i must wear a bracer.????
my thoughts on that was why if i hit my arm with 44lb, its a bad shot and i only do it once. 300 mile round trip for that info....mind you she was a county coach.

did a demonstration at a corporate day once. recurve compound, then the longbow. no bracer with any. now the 65lb longbow with fastflight string. ouchy what a damn mess that was.lol

pete

I think that the advice you were given was good advice. For elfin safety if nothing else... Coach has a "duty of care" towards people they work with... What you do with the advice is up to you, of course.

Then you go on and tell us about getting whacked by the string on your 65# longbow... 'nuff said.

I tell my leaders / coach trainees, always demonstrate best practice. Wearing a bracer is best practice.

[not dead yet]

do as i say not as i do...

i do wear a bracer for the longbow. normally.

if you dont need a bracer why wear one.
been shooting long enough to know that i dont require one for recurve or compound.

[Tropicalshot]

Originally Posted by Tropicalshot

would i pay for coaching?
probably yes but it would have to be under the control of our AIS or high performance coach,
i am fortunate enough to have a coach that has over 47 years of archery experience and has seen the differing styles come and go in this time,
so if i were to pay for coaching what would i get? a complete new style that is the current trend of coaching, something to complement my current coaching form style?.
just because some one is good/top of there sport does not make them a good coach,most sports coaches never made the top but came very close.
a good coach in my opinion is one thats gets the best out of you the archer,
not all coaches agree on styles, with the exception of the basics, but even then there are differences, ie a consistant anchor, but some say side of chin where as the new(very old) trend is front of chin, (my coach was first introduced to this when he started but was unable to maintain good form with it so he was taught side of chin , 47 years ago)
i have found archery to be very open and most of the top shooters past and present will help you out if asked, but if you do not have access to a coach and you have to pay for tuition, remember its your money so shop around if you can, better to travel a futher 50 miles and get top coaching rather than save travel time and money and recieve poor.(in the long run it will cost you more)

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