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Duly noted and you are entitled to you opinion of course. I personally have found the "new wave" of "instant learning" on the net to be of benefit only if one is gaining good info, and new shooters simply do not know enough about the sport to be able to recognize good info from bad. I regularly get newer guys/gals in the shop who are all balled up with their setups who say "well this is what everyone told me to do on the net", when in fact he/she was receiving poor info. I see this all of the time to be honest, and so do other reputable techs.

Now, don't get me wrong here, there is MUCH good info available on this board and others--- however most of us who have been around for awhile can pretty much tell who's who in the zoo and who we should listen to and who we should not, but newer shooters cannot discern this and are much better off IMHO to learn the basics from someone who DEFINATELY has the technical skills to teach them the correct way to setup and shoot. This is a very very important aspect to teach people the correct way from the get-go, otherwise they learn incorrectly with poor shooting habits ingrained into them from the start and it then takes much longer to work it out later on. IF they have no outlet, then I can see this as a lesser alternative, but as previously posted and explained here I strongly suggest that all newer shooters gain hands-on coaching and initial setup by certified instructors to make their shooting much more pleasurable and to send them down the path of correct drawlength, poundage, and form. This will enhance not only their accuracy but their overall confidence as well, and they will be much more apt to stick with the sport as opposed to trying a million different things on their own, getting frustrated, and bailing in a short period of time. JMHO Pinwheel 12