Airsoft Mentors?

[Nimrod]

I skimmed over the safety forum and didn't find anything about it, but I was thinking that airsoft mentoring could be useful for young and new airsofters to help educate them on a one on one basis.This could be done here on AP and at games but would be a voluntary roll. The knowlage from more experianced airsofters would go along way in keeping people safe. It's one thing to just throw information out there and hope people will read it but if you interacted person to person I think there would be a better chance at people taking the rules here seriously. Just my two cents.

[PC]

It's a good idea, but I am pretty sure we already have simplified versions of this. Simply by stepping out as a new airsofter and asking to be in a squad with the obviously more experienced airsofters. By rolling along side these guys, the new airsofters are truly being mentored. I know this by my own example. I was a new airsofter, but the guys on AP have allowed me to play with them and I have learned far more than I saw possible. So, if the more experienced airsofters just remain open to helping the younger guys, "mentoring" is covered.
I hope you understood my little schpeel.

[blacksheep]

we should set up like just a single event or kind of a training thing where new kids get tought by vetrans about the rules of airsoft

[ogrejager]

It's a good idea, but I am pretty sure we already have simplified versions of this. Simply by stepping out as a new airsofter and asking to be in a squad with the obviously more experienced airsofters. By rolling along side these guys, the new airsofters are truly being mentored. I know this by my own example. I was a new airsofter, but the guys on AP have allowed me to play with them and I have learned far more than I saw possible. So, if the more experienced airsofters just remain open to helping the younger guys, "mentoring" is covered.
I hope you understood my little schpeel.

The biggest problem with this is that it makes the already overwhelmed new player responsible. That's why I try to make time approach new players and introduce myself. Equally simplified, but gives the new player someone they can always ask about something.

[Nimrod]

It's a good idea, but I am pretty sure we already have simplified versions of this. Simply by stepping out as a new airsofter and asking to be in a squad with the obviously more experienced airsofters. By rolling along side these guys, the new airsofters are truly being mentored. I know this by my own example. I was a new airsofter, but the guys on AP have allowed me to play with them and I have learned far more than I saw possible. So, if the more experienced airsofters just remain open to helping the younger guys, "mentoring" is covered.
I hope you understood my little schpeel.

The biggest problem with this is that it makes the already overwhelmed new player responsible. That's why I try to make time approach new players and introduce myself. Equally simplified, but gives the new player someone they can always ask about something.

Thats what I'm trying to get at is that the more experianced players if they're really seriouse about saving airsoft they need to approach
the young and new players and make themselves available be it on AP or at games. I've seen how much time people spend on AP and taking a few minuts to talk to someone one on one will go alot father than hoping they read through all the stickies or that they find a squad thats not a bunch of cluster f**ks shooting up their neighborhood on youtube.

[Variable]

Teams in the past (EATF, those Russian f*cks, some others) have done mentorship programs with some success.

At the upcoming ATA Field Exercise, minor players will be attached to adult players for the duration of the OP.

Its a solid idea to mentor younger players, but like most community improvement ideas, it doesn't reach the section of players that really don't give a shazaam about improving anything other than their imagined kill ratios.

[Nimrod]

Teams in the past (EATF, those Russian f*cks, some others) have done mentorship programs with some success.

At the upcoming ATA Field Exercise, minor players will be attached to adult players for the duration of the OP.

Its a solid idea to mentor younger players, but like most community improvement ideas, it doesn't reach the section of players that really don't give a f**k about improving anything other than their imagined kill ratios.

You have a point there but I'm an idealist and I'de rather do something than nothing. I'm new to airsoft and I dont want to see it go to s**t because everybody is waiting for the guy next to him to step forward. Seriously for every person that doesn't step up is one step closer to NEONSOFT

[Variable]

You have a point there but I'm an idealist and I'de rather do something than nothing. I'm new to airsoft and I dont want to see it go to s**t because everybody is waiting for the guy next to him to step forward. Seriously for every person that doesn't step up is one step closer to NEONSOFT

I've been playing this game long enough to be very cynical about it, but that doesn't stop me from trying to improve things.