Race training

   Because most of the potential trainers have spent the week cutting sails or making boats, and they would like some time off at weekends.

And with the growth of RYA approved clubs, the pressure is on to have RYA qualifications before someone can coach. And it's a " difficult" situation when the student for a coaches course may know more than the person  running it.

The days of getting the club expert to pass knowledge on seems to have gone.

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ian.r.mcdonald Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 440	Post Options Post Reply Quote ian.r.mcdonald Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Race training Posted: 14 Nov 19 at 3:38pm
	Because most of the potential trainers have spent the week cutting sails or making boats, and they would like some time off at weekends. And with the growth of RYA approved clubs, the pressure is on to have RYA qualifications before someone can coach. And it's a " difficult" situation when the student for a coaches course may know more than the person running it. The days of getting the club expert to pass knowledge on seems to have gone.

H2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 750	Post Options Post Reply Quote H2 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Nov 19 at 3:29pm
	Following on from the post on how to stop sailing declining it got me thinking about how hard it is to get race training in our sport. If you think about most other individual sports (i.e. Tennis, Golf etc) it is extremely common for people to get training throughout their playing lifecycle. There is a whole industry set up to provide training to people who have been playing for years but want to continue to improve. I am not interested in doing a RYA course because what I want is someone who can help me improve in areas that I know I am weak. For example, sailing in waves down wind (lack of practice) or how to maximise boat speed in marginal planing conditions. All of us have areas that we know we are strong and weak on in our sailing. Over the years I have gone looking for training and have had a bit of a hit and miss battle. I do not want to spell my experience out here but lets just say its been an interesting journey! My point though is WHY? Why do we not have a well established industry selling training to individuals or small groups (clubs or fleets) with stuff going on each weekend?
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