chimp
Busy member
If ex biathlete Magdalena Neuner was in charge of training new shooters. Would interest in the sport increase ?
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How do we encourage new people into the sport ?
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Vangard
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Without doubt
jukibom
Busy member
* Invite people to the range with you, it's intimidating going alone especially your first time
* Be kind, patient, and helpful to beginners
* Get people interested in competition shooting, not by being competitive but by showing them how they improve over time
* Don't be gun snob or cliquey
* Lend your gear to people so they can see if suits them before they invest
and maybe most importantly of all
* Don't alienate half of the population with this kind of nonsense
* Be kind, patient, and helpful to beginners
* Get people interested in competition shooting, not by being competitive but by showing them how they improve over time
* Don't be gun snob or cliquey
* Lend your gear to people so they can see if suits them before they invest
and maybe most importantly of all
* Don't alienate half of the population with this kind of nonsense
Wing Commander
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Ahh, now I see where I've been going wrong.
I need to get a bikini.
I need to get a bikini.
Hollowpoint
Super member
Ha ha. Maybe we could get some agf ones made up. Surely a if a few of us wear them that would increase numbers coming to the range tenfold!Ahh, now I see where I've been going wrong.
I need to get a bikini.
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chimp
Busy member
Although I agree with everything you have said, the picture is merely a device to get the conversation going.
A tiny bit of thought on your behalf may have made that obvious.
I went to a localish club a number of years back, all was ok until I mentioned I just wanted to shoot old springers at that point they couldn’t really be bothered and wanted to get rid of me a quickly as possible so never went back.
chimp
Busy member
On a serious note does anyone know if the scouts or similiar organisations promote shooting to young people ?
Rikard
Member Extraordinaire
Remove a lot of the politics from the club arena, too many older shooters saying they know best.
Making time to support visitors to the club and ensuring they have a good time should be the priority
Shooting sports at grass root levels tends to be mainly the province of older shooters
We need an A, B or even C lister to mention their interest and the participation level would jump
Unfortunately politics and media narrative dissuade this from happening
Making time to support visitors to the club and ensuring they have a good time should be the priority
Shooting sports at grass root levels tends to be mainly the province of older shooters
We need an A, B or even C lister to mention their interest and the participation level would jump
Unfortunately politics and media narrative dissuade this from happening
Rikard
Member Extraordinaire
...that attitude isn't helping.
jukibom
Busy member
Yes you're right, I'm being thoughtless
chimp
Busy member
Well that's very surprising and also very positive news. I was under the impression that scouting had been captured by the woke movement. I was a leader over 20 years ago and a lot of things have changed since then I have been told, some of them for the worse in my opinion.
jumglejim
Busy member
No! I've just looked at that beautiful lady and I have forgotten about the sport, what sport?
Trumpetier
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Half naked women "nonsense" ? 
Wing Commander
Member Extraordinaire
During my time as a Cub Scout Leader (Akela) we certainly encouraged shooting..... and the boys loved it.
They certainly do here in Wales.
Wow, you were named after a rifle.
Can't believe the attitudes here; you ask what can be done to bring more people to the sport, post a picture that most women would find off-putting, then make out it's everyone else's problem.
The biggest hurdle this sport faces is too many people treating it like an old boys club and not actually thinking that they may be the problem.
Be welcoming to all, considerate of all and maybe things will grow.
Just an idea...
The biggest hurdle this sport faces is too many people treating it like an old boys club and not actually thinking that they may be the problem.
Be welcoming to all, considerate of all and maybe things will grow.
Just an idea...
jukibom
Busy member
genuinely yes... being serious for a moment, if we want shooting as a sport to grow (or at the very least not fade into obscurity / illegality) which I presume we all do then the bottom line is we need more / younger people in the fold. This kind of rhetoric just isn't really tolerated in other sports precisely because it pushes people away by painting a picture of an old boys club and younger people (not just women) are broadly repulsed by it.Half naked women "nonsense" ?