[Robin the Hood]

Originally Posted by Furface

There is definitely a circle that needs squaring here. To grow - no, simply to stay where we are - we need to provide more coaching at all levels, and we need to ensure that the coaching is of sufficient quality.

I think you've hit it on the head. I am totally baffled with the imformation I have read that NDY showed me. The emphasis seems to be purely on the Coach 1 phase, which has and always will be the section for beginners. I know this plays a part in the promotion of our sport, but we seem to need more attention paying to the rest of the classes. Other threads have made it clear that the majority of newcomers who enter archery come to a dead end when the lack of higher grade coaches are not to be found.
Therefore I do feel it is paramount that a system is needed that takes the whole of archery coaching from beginners to international into account...

Paul...