Coaching during a competition
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I like the idea of a different card for non members, coaching doesn't matter one bit as they are shooting on a have a go basis. But on the other side of the coin, it is to expose people to the joys (?) of registered shooting in the hope they take up CPSA membership. So with that in mind shouldn't they experience it properly with all the rules enforced? Oh, I don't know!!!
I will agree that my wording on my previous post was limiting, it was a long day. Remove 'good enough' and insert 'ready'
I will agree that my wording on my previous post was limiting, it was a long day. Remove 'good enough' and insert 'ready'
Shaun Hopkins
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Cool hand luke is the film and also included on a great Guns and roses track and its actually "What we have here is a failure to communicate" :spiteful:
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So in trap disiplines it's already taboo, bad form and certainly not done. Everybody knows it and adheres to it. But trap is not elitist is it? I've seen some decidedly rough sorts shooting trap. Nobody spoke to them of course, but then nobody speaks to anybody in trap! :sarcastic:
Why should sporting and skeet be any different? :biggrin: (I say skeet here but I've not noticed much coaching during competition only practice, so perhaps it's a sporting only problem?).
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no.1topdog
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Well the decidedly rough sorts that you may have seen shooting trap....well......where did you see me then???? There are a few who think some types of trappies are elitist, but I have not really encountered such people in general. Yes there are one or two who seem to think they are something special, but most of us give such people a wide berth!!! Trap shooting is at the end of the day a very orderly sort of game, yes it means no talking or messing about on the line, but there is usually some winding up done before or after the line!!!!!
Macc Ladd
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. You are right!! " your not human"
Be careful........if she goes into Ninja mode you will be in trouble!!!!!!! :spiteful:
Shaun Hopkins
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Have yet to meet a women who is anything other then alien Nicola and in case you thought you were the unique then I will introduce you to my wife next visit to your neck of the woods and you can talk in your native tongue,
Might make sense to you but buggered if I can understand her half the time :fie: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Shot my first ABT reg at Fareham in 20 years with a squad of 5 others all new to shooting or with limited experience, during the 4 rounds the scorers who were all experienced trappies stopped mid round to give us all advice/coaching. Yes this was against the rules, were we going to trouble the guys and gals at the top no and very much appreciated it was too. Most adult human beings have the ability to use common sense in thses situations. Some rules are just begging to be broken. why would you not want to help a struggling newbie if you think you can, it's what makes us human. :drag:
Macc Ladd
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some of the straw balers I shoot at the targets are sometimes more difficult, but a lot of that is down to the course setters not having the experience of setting targets, or shooting registered shoots to gain ideas!! Unfortunately rules are rules!! Not that I haven't broken them, I am of the same opinion as tinker bell, that if someone is really struggling with no chance of winning then surely a little advice is better than a shooter giving up!! I don't think a reg shoot is somewhere where coaching should go on. That should be done at straw balers!!!
Les have you ever seen a bunch of newbie hedge monkeys shoot ABT, devine intervention would have been needed never mind coaching.. :spiteful:
Been reading this with interest! I don't shoot sporting but that is not really that pertinent to the post. The thing I would like to say is that a shooting competition is not a place to conduct a coaching session, it is about shooters competing against one another. There are plenty of opportunities to get coaching don't let bad shooting interfere with competitive shooting. If you have had a bad set of targets talk to somebody about it after the shoot and not during it, probably, spoiling other shooters concentration. They are there to try to get their best score not stand around and watch while somebody endeavours to try and improve yours.
Yes I have, many years ago!!! Actually I was on an OT squad some weeks back and two on the squad had not shot OT before, the look of total despair on their faces was amazing!!!
Nick Selby
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Only shot 3 reg comps but I've had advice etc given to me, outside of the cage. I do think the rule is a bit stupid as it not really enforceable (coaching outside of the cage), therefore open to abuse. The 2 grounds I've shot at have very friendly scorers who use their common sense when they can see a newbie in the cage/outside the cage. This makes me as a newbie to reg comps want to go back there and shoot more and 2 of the 3 comps I've paid for Comp and not BO, therefore contributing to the pot that I have absolutely no chance of sharing. Surely new shooters like me should be encouraged just a bit? However, there is a line where that newbie is no longer a newbie and that is when coaching is not acceptable...
