How can bad trainers be better than nothing. Please explain.
Depends on how bad they are. If bad enough they may be worse than no training.
How can bad trainers be better than nothing. Please explain.
I agree. Bad enough might be hard to judge. Bad training that introduces poor habits that the client builds into their practice or routine would be trouble. Changing bad habits is much more difficult than building the right ones from the start. This is what I am hesitant to buy into the concept that an instructor that is a poor shooter is still a viable option.Depends on how bad they are. If bad enough they may be worse than no training.
I agree. Bad enough might be hard to judge. Bad training that introduces poor habits that the client builds into their practice or routine would be trouble. Changing bad habits is much more difficult than building the right ones from the start. This is what I am hesitant to buy into the concept that an instructor that is a poor shooter is still a viable option.
Depends on how bad they are. If bad enough they may be worse than no training.
How can bad trainers be better than nothing. Please explain.
Generally, I agree with you except, as stated upthread, if instructors don't know their limitations and "stay in their lane", they can end up being a negative number--giving bad info and helping create bad/unsafe habits--instead of a positive number on that scale of good and bad. Say, being less than 0 on a scale of 1-5Bad is relative, right?
To explain, there are a ton of "safety instructor" type people up North here. That is all they teach.
They shoot slow, aren't overly accurate, and don't understand contextually why the drawstroke matters.
That being said, they are creating people safer than what walked into their doors. Doors that I don't have access to. Gun owners that I don't have access to.
They have actual contacts (people engagements) that I don't. As long as they are teaching people to be safe, I don't care what they are teaching.
The other thing to consider is so many people are pushed away from the big schools because it is intimidating. These little guys get people I would have never gotten. Very seldom do I get a one and done. They on the other hand do, which is ok. At least those people got SOMETHING. Is it the best? No. Though, am I the best? Nope. Anyone else here? Nope. We are all degrees of good and bad, there is no good or bad, some just aren't as good as others. If people have to hold out for the "best" they wouldn't train much.
Well, that turned into a ramble.
Thoughts?
Bad is relative, right?
To explain, there are a ton of "safety instructor" type people up North here. That is all they teach.
They shoot slow, aren't overly accurate, and don't understand contextually why the drawstroke matters.
That being said, they are creating people safer than what walked into their doors. Doors that I don't have access to. Gun owners that I don't have access to.
They have actual contacts (people engagements) that I don't. As long as they are teaching people to be safe, I don't care what they are teaching.
The other thing to consider is so many people are pushed away from the big schools because it is intimidating. These little guys get people I would have never gotten. Very seldom do I get a one and done. They on the other hand do, which is ok. At least those people got SOMETHING. Is it the best? No. Though, am I the best? Nope. Anyone else here? Nope. We are all degrees of good and bad, there is no good or bad, some just aren't as good as others. If people have to hold out for the "best" they wouldn't train much.
Well, that turned into a ramble.
Thoughts?
Good Morning INGO, great topic and as a new gun owner I am currently looking for a good first pistol class up north (South Bend/Mishawaka) and looking for recommendations, any organizations or individuals you would point me to? TIA