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Old 10-19-2020, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ljoliver View Post
First let’s talk about Tom W. Attitude from the beginning. Would not follow instructions of how to hold the paddle. He insisted on holding the paddle, not with the handle, but the paddle itself with fingers on the face. He criticized the scoring process. WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHO IS SERVING? He became such a “PROBLEM CHILD” that the LEAD INSTRUCTOR had to come over and intervene. Second....these instructors are volunteers. They give of their time to pass on information to help Villagers learn the game. We train (in recent years) as many as 5000 people a year. So we know this program works. Our classes have no place for an ATTITUDE.
Thanks for giving us the other side of the situation, although I had suspected as much. We've been playing for ten years and started out with PB 101, 102 (twice), and 103 (twice), followed by several intermediate clinics given by Jeff S, which involved six instructors. All in all, we've worked with about 30 instructors and NEVER ONCE had an issue. They were all great, gracious people. We are so lucky to have such a group of volunteers.


And no, I'm not related to any of them!
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