Salopian Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 As some of you may know I am involved with the Guild of Shooting Instructors as a member and for some years the Secretary, I meet many of you at shooting grounds and events and I am often asked how did I become involved in instructing and how could someone learn how to be an instructor? With these questions being asked I thought of how The Guild could help aspiring Instructors / Coaches. Perhaps this may be of interest to some of you? kind regards, Peter ( Salopian) The Guild of Shooting Instructors As the interest in shooting increases, so does the need for top quality, consistent, professional instruction. This is essential for those learning to shoot or wishing to improve existing skills. The Guild of Shooting Instructors is an association dedicated to providing the highest levels of instruction, professionalism, and service. Due to numerous enquiries regarding the process of becoming a shooting instructor, The Guild will be holding a number of one day training courses to give an insight into the requirements needed to deliver a quality shooting lesson, based on confident, competent and above all safe instructional techniques. The Guild was founded and built upon a strong ethos of quality instruction, and would like to encourage potential coaches to adopt the skills required to continue this tradition. The day will not instantly turn you into an instructor, or give you a formal qualification. However, it will provide a foundation to develop professional coaching attributes that will lead to you becoming a highly skilled instructor. During the day you will be trained and monitored by Guild Assessor / Instructors, leading to an assessment and critique of your skills. This will in turn form an action plan for improvement if necessary. A certificate of attendance will be issued to add to your coaching portfolio, indicating the first steps to becoming a highly skilled professional instructor. Anyone feeling that they already have sufficient experience and skills and wish to join the Guild of Shooting Instructors, are invited to apply for and undertake an assessment and interview by contacting The Secretary. . All interest regarding the one day courses, should be registered through a Guild member or by contacting the Guild Secretary, Mr Peter Harris at peter@harris-shooting.fsnet.co.uk All contact details can also be obtained by visiting the Guild website at - www.shootinginstructors.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 My wife had a lesson with Peter at the Gamekeepers' fair and was very happy with her experience. We'll both be having some tuition from him in the near future. I won't be attempting to instruct any time soon though, I have enough trouble with my own guncraft!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I too would just like to post some praise for Peter and the Guild of shooting instructors. Over the Easter holiday I spent most of a day with Peter and a gentleman finally qualifying with the guild. It was friendly, professional, informative and enjoyable while most importantly safe. We spent the time at Oak edge shooting ground in Staffordshire which was an excellent venue and had good facilities. There was no rush and all was nice and relaxed. Some warmer weather would have been nice but that sadly is out of everyone’s control. I spent my time shooting under the guidance / direction / coaching of the new instructor and worked on my quartering incoming birds which last year plagued me a bit at my regular weekly shoot. I would happily recommend any newbie to the sport to approach Peter and the guild for lessons / tuition starting out and also for those wishing to brush up skills or iron out issues in their shooting. Once again many thanks Peter Regards Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richg Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I've got my name down but need a few more to make it worth while, come on guys step up to the plate, its cheap as chips and only one day. contact. peter@harris-shooting.fsnet.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eon Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Where, when and how much do the days cost? It's my long term plan to attempt to become an instructor so this one day taster sounds ideal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Anyone interested please email me with your location, and shooting experience. peter@harris-shooting.fsnet.co.uk Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Two Courses have now been confirmed. 20th & 27th June at Pinewoods Shooting Ground ,Doncaster. A couple of places left at the moment. Email me if you require more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Just an update for those of you who aspire to be Shooting Instructors. The Guild as now run a few of these days and they have been very well received by the candidates. If a one day course is something that may be of interest to you please email me with your details and I will organise a day for you. My email address is in earlier posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richg Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Last week I took the plunge and spent the day with Peter in my endeavour to become a shooting instructor with a recognised qualification. I drove down to Oakedge Shooting ground in Staffordshire from my home in Lincolnshire to undertake my first lesson as an instructor. In a one to one with Peter the day started with the legalities involved as well as equipment, eye dominance, gun fitting, suitable gun and cartridge combinations for different clients, ie. size/age ect, also a general question and answer session that allowed Peter to assess my level of shooting experience. Once out on the stand he talked me through the process of giving a competent and effective shooting lesson before reversing the situation when I with his help did my best to give him a lesson, at this point it was a little nerve racking to say the least, but his patience and understanding of the novice instructor made the experience a huge pleasure. Obviously you do not come away on the day with a certificate, that would be to easy, but I am now ready for the next step and that is to gain as much experience as I can in giving as many shooting lessons as I can to gain experience before going back and undertaking a test giving a number of lessons to different clients, as soon as I feel ready I will go back and hopefully become a member of the guild with a proper qualification that is officially recognised. I offer my utmost thanks to Peter and highly recommend this course to any would be instructor. Its never too late, I'm 66years old with 40 years shooting experience of both clays and game, and just want to be able pass a bit of that experience on to others while I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Great feed back there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eon Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 Please let me know the next time there is a day planned for Oakedge, the last time we were in email the oakedge day wasn't happening. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salopian Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Depending on interest shown we will run a day at Oakedge in January subject to demand . ( Already three interested). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eon Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Count me in please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviejones34 Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 As some of you may know I am involved with the Guild of Shooting Instructors as a member and for some years the Secretary, I meet many of you at shooting grounds and events and I am often asked how did I become involved in instructing and how could someone learn how to be an instructor? With these questions being asked I thought of how The Guild could help aspiring Instructors / Coaches. Perhaps this may be of interest to some of you? kind regards, Peter ( Salopian) The Guild of Shooting Instructors As the interest in shooting increases, so does the need for top quality, consistent, professional instruction. This is essential for those learning to shoot or wishing to improve existing skills. The Guild of Shooting Instructors is an association dedicated to providing the highest levels of instruction, professionalism, and service. Due to numerous enquiries regarding the process of becoming a shooting instructor, The Guild will be holding a number of one day training courses to give an insight into the requirements needed to deliver a quality shooting lesson, based on confident, competent and above all safe instructional techniques. The Guild was founded and built upon a strong ethos of quality instruction, and would like to encourage potential coaches to adopt the skills required to continue this tradition. The day will not instantly turn you into an instructor, or give you a formal qualification. However, it will provide a foundation to develop professional coaching attributes that will lead to you becoming a highly skilled instructor. During the day you will be trained and monitored by Guild Assessor / Instructors, leading to an assessment and critique of your skills. This will in turn form an action plan for improvement if necessary. A certificate of attendance will be issued to add to your coaching portfolio, indicating the first steps to becoming a highly skilled professional instructor. Anyone feeling that they already have sufficient experience and skills and wish to join the Guild of Shooting Instructors, are invited to apply for and undertake an assessment and interview by contacting The Secretary. . All interest regarding the one day courses, should be registered through a Guild member or by contacting the Guild Secretary, Mr Peter Harris at peter@harris-shooting.fsnet.co.uk All contact details can also be obtained by visiting the Guild website at - www.shootinginstructors.co.uk I have spent over 30 years teaching many many weapons for the army and still do (skill at arms instructor with distinction in many weapons). I just took up the shotgun sport and I know I haven't got the experience to teach my guys so hence the reply to your post. I am looking to get some sort of qualification so I can get my team into competion this year, if you can point me in a direction to get qualified then much appreciated. The Atmy dont specialise in shotgun, Cheers Davie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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