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Phat Bouy
Posting king Joined: 15 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 168 |
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Topic: Getting begginers into club racing Posted: 05 May 06 at 11:17pm |
One of the things that novices can't get to grips with easily is all the shouting that goes on. People only shout at you if they are angry with you - right? To many this is acutely agressive and it has been known for the some of the more experienced sailors to give novices a hard time and make ridiculous calls to confuse them.
Hold the novice events on a separate day to nornal club racing, perhaps Saturdays and make it a fun event for all the family but especially for the wrinklies. Get the mums & dads happy and the kids will get dragged along in their wake. Reward enterprise and offer prizes even bars of chocolate are greatly appreciated. But best of all is a a jolly good de-briefing. People really want to know about situations and events that happened during the race. It really does matter to a novice! |
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29er397
Really should get out more Joined: 02 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 505 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 06 at 6:01pm |
To be honest sailing at kielder is never really serious. It is a small inland club (huge resevoir though ) with a few regular racers, All the core racers want to get more novices into their boats and out with us. we have tried the buddying and there is a personal handicap series that works quite well. I think we will publicise the personal handicap better so that novices know that it is more for them. I think we will also try the debrief idea so that they know what has gone on and can think about it more for next timev they go out.
thanks for all the feedback guys. Fergus |
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vscott
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 May 06 at 8:53am |
Some really good ideas and tips here - for which many thanks! We are reading and learning and will refine some of what we are doing - and maybe even let you know how it's going. |
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