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2010.4 Coaching

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robbycar
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2010.4 Coaching

WA seeks clarification on ‘coaching’. Does drawing a shooter’s attention to the fact that he has cross fired fall under the banner of coaching?

If it does, what if any penalties do we apply? Do we penalize the person ‘coaching’ the shooter, or both the ‘coach’ and shooter? Keep in mind the person drawing attention to the crossfire may not be participating in the match so cannot be penalized.

Since our rules state that a shooter noticing a crossfire on his target shall immediately report this to the range officer, then if someone else notices this, perhaps they should also report it to a range officer, then they cannot be accused of coaching?

Otherwise, I really dont see this as coaching.

Rob.

Zorba
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Coaching

I do not agree with the interpretation.

The objective for us should the betterment of the Sport as a discipline that has high performance values.
One of our aims starts out " to assist and encourage any individual ------ in the promotion of benchrest shooting". Anybody that called out because they recognised an honest mistake was happening would not be penalised by me and I would vote against an appeal against the affected shooter based on the assumption it was caoching or the affected shooter was gaining an advantage.

I would rather have a rule that penalises the Ahole next to the competitor who knows his fellow competitor is crossfiring and sits and watches him do it without muttering a word - isn't that person knowingly gaining an advantage? They would probably be the same bloke who would protest if someone behind the line spoke up - I wouldn't want to be on the line with them from that point on. It would tell me a lot about them as an individual and not much about them as a sportsman.

It is about the spirit of what we do as men and wome in sport, I would not penalise a fellow shooter because he was alerted to the fact that he or she made one or two mistakes (crossfires) and was about to make five. This isn't about cheating it is about doing the right thing with an "honest" mistake.

I would cross protest against any person putting in a protest against the crossfiring shooter using the basis that he was alerted by a friend and that it was coaching, my protest would be on the basis of the appeal being unsportsmanlike behaviour and I wouldn't want to sit next to him at match. It is not coaching - we already have too many lawyers in the world and our rule book is already too fat.

Some may disagree with my view but that is why this is called a forum.

ZORBA

Zorba
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Crossfire

In my opinion it is not coaching.

I will add to my earlier comment by asking would it also be coaching if a spectator saw another factor in the relay and calls it to the attention of the range captain (eg flapping target) instead of the shooter doing so.

Let me also ask you this - if the spectator told the range captain Shooter A had crossfired would you expect the Range captain to tell shooter A straight away or withhold that information?

I think most of us would expect the Range captain to carry out their duty immediately and inform the shooter.

I do not believe you can make a rule stick that penalises a competitor for something a spectator does unless the intent is clearly to provide a gain or advantage in the relay. Stopping a crossfire does not do that because the penalty applies to the crossfired shot regardless.

I say again - witnessing and intentionally letting it run for five shots and doing nothing is unsportsmanlike.

ZORBA

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