Salop Matt Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 £75per hour ! I nearly spat my my brew across the room! How is anyone meant to afford shooting lessons at £75 per hour for tuition with the cost of clays and cartridges on top of that it's going to be £100per hour by the time you have finished. Horse riding is only £45per hour and there feeding the horse all week and covering vets bills. I don't earn masses (16k) with a mortgage & car etc it means a lesson at that rate every other month at most, now how the heck am I meant to learn with that sort of time frame between lessons ? Crazy ! I bet you're learn more spending the money on cartridges and clays and keep blasting away untill you find them and learn like that ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 could not agree more matt I had a few lessons many years ago and at the time they were obviously a lot cheaper but still relative to earnings at the time. after many years of rifle shooting my shotgunning is now a long way from where it was and as I have started pigeon decoying thought I should get my basics right again but I just cannot justify it think how many cartridges you can buy for the price of 2 or 3 lessons. belly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 There's a bloke near Lichfield who does them for £25 an hour for PW members!!! I think he's a nice bloke as well ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 he could drive down to the garden of England, get paid and back in time for tea for the price of some down here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Crazy ! I bet you're learn more spending the money on cartridges and clays and keep blasting away untill you find them and learn like that ! ATB Matt To be fair, once you've learned the basics, it is just a matter of practice to get you up to a certain standard. As long as you know what you're meant to be doing, where you're going wrong, and how to correct it then you can quite easily reach a decent level. The thing is, of course, do you know what you're doing, where you're going wrong and how to correct it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Whichever way you cut it, it's excessive. I'm not aware of any other sport which has tuition that is as expensive on an hourly basis. If they're busy then that's potentially a pretty constant £75/hr. I know how to charge as a gas engineer, but I'll guarantee my overheads are higher and, although I charge £45/hr jobbing, I never earn 8 hours straight at that. You lose half the day traveling and if it's a full days work the rate drops dramatically anyway to about half that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Try a forum member and a great coach , have a look here http://www.clayshootingcoach.com/ourservices.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Lessons at mickley hall are £30 an hour according to their website. not too far from telford for you matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 To be fair, once you've learned the basics, it is just a matter of practice to get you up to a certain standard. As long as you know what you're meant to be doing, where you're going wrong, and how to correct it then you can quite easily reach a decent level. The thing is, of course, do you know what you're doing, where you're going wrong and how to correct it? That's why lots of coaches shoot with other coaches helping each other get better! Easier to diagnosis someone else's faults than see your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) £75per hour ! Erm its down to how much money you have not what they charge................ http://www.theshootingschool.com/lessons/beginner http://www.shootingschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Tarrif-Cards-2013-WLSS4.pdf http://www.bisleyshooting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bisley-Pricelist-2014.pdf The £121 per hour lessons isnt necessarily twice as good as the £60 or 4 times better than the £30 one....... Edited May 7, 2014 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee. Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Depends what you are being coached in really. If you are just looking at shooting live quarry and the odd straw baler then its probably not worth it, just learn from your peers. If you want to shoot competitively then its an entirely different thing. If your coach is qualified & a proven shot with achievements and titles held to back their experience up, then that isn't really that expensive altho £50p/h is more the norm. Luckily I shoot every weekend with 2 people on my regular squad who are ISSF qualified coaches and I also know quite a few more accomplished coaches to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidawson Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Try a forum member and a great coach , have a look here http://www.clayshootingcoach.com/ourservices.html +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Erm its down to how much money you have not what they charge................ http://www.theshootingschool.com/lessons/beginner http://www.shootingschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Tarrif-Cards-2013-WLSS4.pdf http://www.bisleyshooting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bisley-Pricelist-2014.pdf The £121 per hour lessons isnt necessarily twice as good as the £60 or 4 times better than the £30 one....... I coach or have coached for 2 out of those 3, you can get the same coaching here. http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/278760-discounted-shooting-lessons/ But not the nice club house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_gsxr1000 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Whichever way you cut it, it's excessive. I'm not aware of any other sport which has tuition that is as expensive on an hourly basis. If they're busy then that's potentially a pretty constant £75/hr. I know how to charge as a gas engineer, but I'll guarantee my overheads are higher and, although I charge £45/hr jobbing, I never earn 8 hours straight at that. You lose half the day traveling and if it's a full days work the rate drops dramatically anyway to about half that. Try learning to fly £195 per hour up here ! Ohh, and you have landing fees on top Edited May 7, 2014 by Jim_gsxr1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travlaa Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 I also think it's very excessive, but you do find a number of coaches who are willing to coach at a reduced rate, and sometimes for nothing. I am a level 2 cricket coach and when I was coaching I would charge £40 per hour and that included the cost of renting the net (£20). Doesn't seem to give youngsters much of an opportunity to get into the sport, and develop when you think they would have to fork out £100 a lesson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Poon Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 If you shoot with others that are more experienced than yourself you can usually pick up good points, as the same with registered shoots you can watch the experienced shooters for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 I've never charged Will a penny :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaeli Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Erm its down to how much money you have not what they charge................ http://www.theshootingschool.com/lessons/beginner http://www.shootingschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Tarrif-Cards-2013-WLSS4.pdf http://www.bisleyshooting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bisley-Pricelist-2014.pdf The £121 per hour lessons isnt necessarily twice as good as the £60 or 4 times better than the £30 one....... Bisley, 3/5p corkage charge on your own carts, surly thats a joke. I have always fancyed a lession or two but not that those prices, £25 is more like it. As a level 2 paddlesports coach i charge £20 per hour so i can live with £25 ph. Pratice makes perfect but a good starting point helps. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayshooter09 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Try shotgun.me.uk Simon Pritchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 If one of the coaches off here are to far away, ask an experienced shot if you can shoot with them to pick up where your going wrong. That's if you are going wrong, it's not rocket science, but needs plenty of practice. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 John Bidwell's club in Suffolk does have a go sessions £30pp where you are grouped together with others learners - you get (I recall - check as it may not be quite so now) 25 clays with instruction. My daughter had a few sessions like this and then had a few clays with me. She became quite a good shot. This was quite a good way to learn, with others present it took some of the pressure that one to one sessions can have. If anyone lives nearby and has interest check first (High Lodge, Hinton, Suffolk) as it is a while since I've been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 All the premium grounds down south end up @ £100 per hour+.CLearly larger grounds have staff/receptionists/buildings/insurance/coaches salaries to pay so I can see why it has crept up.West London/Holland&holland/bisley/RBSS are chasing the top end money.In terms of the future of the sport at grass roots it is pretty worrying........but hey when sold a business paid £600 per hour to a London Lawyer.............and a few months of his time could now have a pair of purdeys........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 High lodge is a spectacular ground with fishing, golf, holiday homes to rent. In fact I've just talked myself into having a few clays before the season begins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcantwell Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 I cheat, one of my local grounds is run by a good shooting coach, turn up when it's a bit quiet and he can't help but wander round and help you out. A singular round of 50 took me 3 hours once, he was offering that much help and advice I think my £12 of shooting was worth 20x more! On the flip side, was having a bad few months, couldn't seem to hit much so went for a lesson with a different instructor. £75 later he told me I had good form, and he couldn't recommend anything. Next time out I hit nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 If you want coaching by the big boys you have to pay good money Ben Huthwait Ed Sollomans Mark Winsor John Lee Nick Hendrick All do coaching at around the £75 per hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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