Good SCRIBD e-book on Coaching

Where most of my Blogs are intended to offer athlete or competitive bowlers a new insights, it appears that the last ones on "Coaches Burnout" may not have been of concern to an athlete.  But if there is no club or the club has no coaches, who will be there to develop the members and athletes ?. 


Sidney LBC Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
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 Last spring, and probably this spring also, we found many International and National Organizations talking  about local municipalities throughout the world, which are reducing their financial support to their lawn bowling clubs.  If your club, and mine, is to survive it must be less dependent upon these boardroom decisions and more financially self sustaining.

Featuring Sidney LBC Vanc'ver Is. BC.

Yes, your club executives are important, but where many social lawn bowling club failed, is   we see decisions to try to keep older members with changes like social activities. Why are we not concern with the lack of increased new members ? The new members are needed from year to year, and if we do not fight to keep those "not returning "and "new type" of members,we will see our club on the list of a municipal activity which is not receiving funding this next season. A good free publication on saving your club is“Manifesto for a Successful Bowling Club” from

John Quinn john@bowls-central.co.uk

.As individuals move from one sport to another,they need instructions and an ambassador who will suggest and encourage that  Lawn Bowls as their new sport.  A good source of instruction is written manuals for coaches.  One such e-book available for free is by

 Gold Coast Director

 Rob Judson, an Australian coach.  In a February 2003 e-book  SCRIBD publication " of Lawn Bowl Coaching " which is free reading on the site of  suggest similar opinions. With over 133 pages of   great Lawn Bowls coaching and teaching , this is one of the few great Lawn Bowls e-books on the net.  Of course you will have to register with SCRIBD but it is free and a great investment.

 Talking about club coaching Ron writes  " To offset the decline in membership, clubs tend to offer inducements to potential members.  A common inducements is free coaching ".  And also " a program of beginner instruction is typically a handful of sessions, each about an hour ".  He finishes off his  book introduction with " in Lawn Bowls this is typically the point at which coaching finishes for ever " . 

Page 16 photo of Lawn Bowling Coaching

 Too often the beginner is not develop into a competitive bowler or receives extra instructions. WHY ??? These new members are the future of your Club.  Don.t be satisfied with your club executive decision to teach only enough to get members onto the green.
An example of Ron's Great E-book at SCRIBD is  (page 64 of 133)