This seems like a good opportunity for discussion.  Bob' Blog tells us that David has been appointed Professional at Greenacres and personally I am quite happy with that - but - I have been told that he is not an official RCCC Coach and that some of them are unhappy with this appointment.

What does the Forum think?

This seems like an excellent idea - and an astonishingly inexpensive rate. What would a golf lesson cost from an elite golfer?   And while there is no guarantee that a world champion performer is a world class coach, how much would you need to learn to make £20.00 per hour worth it? 

I'm off to Greenacres next week-end for the Gormac with my new knee-will-never-be-the-same, under-practiced, self-taught, delivery. Maybe I should book a lesson.

Thanks for the interesting comments Buck.

I think that the time issue is between David and Greenacres.

The insurance aspect is worthy of consideration although I sure that Greenacres will have thought of it and sorted it - but - most Curlers when I was involved were insured under the RCCC insurance scheme and I wonder how this will operate with a non certificated or qualified coach - no matter how wonderful a Curler he is. 

As before - what does the Forum think and I would appreciate comment from any of the RCCC hierarchy who lurk on this Forum.

I never thought that I'd be saying this.

Invicta is absolutely correct.

It seems to me that a quick check of the Public Liability Section of the Club's Insurance Policy would iron out this problem. I doubt the it excludes members of the Public who are being shown the ropes by Club Members, but it may.

My brief experience of the RCCC's Instructor Training was that it was prescriptive, in the extreme, and, in particular, the recommended "Warm-up Routine" was almost totally un-related to the nature of the use of that the muscles would be put too, while playing a game of Curling. I doubt the person that planned that got a 2.1, let alone a decent Degree. It was the kind of useless "Parrot Talk" that is rolled out when you are taken round your local Gym/Fitness Club for the first time! Misguided and unlikely to be followed.

Loneg - precisely my point.
In this instance said coach has completely misread the situation and treated the group as if they were attending a come and try session. What your local company wanted was a quick 15 min intro on ice and to get some fun games going as quickly as possible - in essence to "have a bash" , they may even have enjoyed it enough to take up the sport. Instead they have been delivered quotes directly from the coaching manual with the end result that they probably won't be back. Shame, but this is no doubt happening all over the country at a time when we need more people playing than ever but the inflexibility of the system is putting them off.

Invicta,  usually the moderators will note that they have removed or censored anything, either Lonegunman deleted his own post or there is a glitch in the system. Maybe Lonegunman or mods could confirm???

Buck...do You have a Development Officer in your rink??  they might be the person to act as a kind of go between. They are very likely to be keen to get new blood involved and possibly moderate the coaches view.

I did see the post, and it has been removed, but not by me. Allow me to say that, what Lonegunmen (not to be confused with LG who is Logan Gray) posted, was what I too felt and had experienced. As an ice technician, which I believe he is, he posted facts that his boss would have reacted to. I had the same stuff for years. However, he has every right to remove his own posts.

Which reminds me, at one stage Invicta appeared rather adept at removing his own posts, usually after he had stirred the pot a bit. So what? Or did someone remove his posts for him? Rather convenient, it would seem, for him to ask now who removed Loneg's posts.

Too late for me, more tomorrow.