FITA Basic Coaching Manual

[Furface]

Has your CCO actually arranged for any training for tutors in the new syllabus? This, to my mind, is symptomatic of the main challenge facing archery in the UK at the moment, and not just coaching. It's all down to individual volunteers, and no one is willing to play the heavy if anyone does not come up to scratch. If the table is correct (and, of course, it might not be) your RCO should be telling your CCO to get the Middlesex act together!

[joetapley]

Has your CCO actually arranged for any training for tutors in the new syllabus?

In order to to train coaches as tutors, you have to have the coaches in the first place.

[Furface]

Thanks to this thread, I now have a copy of this. A preliminary read suggests that there is a lot of excellent material, and, though the structure of the manual is at times frustrating, it could well prove the basis of a usable course structure. (Frustrating, because it is heavily "top-down" so that you only get to the detail after layers of structure. Logical and progressive, but stands in teh way of its use as a reference book).
However, I do feel that, to use it, I would want to radically alter the emphasis of my current teaching method. At present, a Beginners' course is frequently run as a class, with instructor(s) demonstrating then commenting on individuals as they put things into practice. If I were to use the new manual, I would feel I needed to work more often 1-to-1. Course numbers would have to be reduced. And so, if the same numbers were to be addressed, we would need more (more intense) courses. Speaking for myself, I could see burn-out unless each club had more coaches. But beginners would become better archers.

[joetapley]

Aha!
Is the book arranged in or contain a course structure format e.g. lesson 1 (excercises); lesson 2 (excercises) or just a straight reference book?