| The best in their field in any given discipline often cannot explain what they are doing because it comes to them naturally. And that is why they can't self-coach.
Is it a "time-served" thing then to be qualified to teach? How do you measure this? Is it time on track? Time on a bike? Time spent thinking about the subject? Even if you can answer these questions, you can't assess the quality of the time spent. Many "experienced" riders that have done level 1 CSS come away saying how much they have learnt - which proves my point.
At the end of the day, the point of any training is to improve the skills of the trainee, not the trainer. I (like several people here) would be happy for TP to teach me to ride better because I know that as well as the technical skills (as evidenced by his passing the course) he also has the communication skills to do it (as evidenced by his ramblings in the pub).
Remember that TP will be teaching a lot of people who don't frequent these boards and won't know him. I will bet a significant amount of money that the majority will comment on how good the instruction was and how enjoyable the day was.  |