Originally Posted by
Ken C
I'm glad to hear that. It's not been my experience at the TD events I've attended on the east coast where instruction was a second thought. I believe the bar had been raised so that some are now catching on to what successful TD orgs have been doing all along.
Edit: I will also add that nothing is "free". Ken Hill is a professional instructor who gets paid somehow. It's either in the cost of your entry or a separate cost.
TTD has free group instruction and limited personal instruction (3 or 4 laps per person... any more that that you should begin to expect to pay for personal one on one instruction). We can do this without increasing base entry costs because the staff are all volunteers whose return is the satisfaction of helping others as well as some personal track time. Full disclosure...as the lead instructor responsible for staff and curriculum development, hiring/firing, scheduling, promotion, graphic design and some marketing, I do get paid. But I share the pain with Tony, so I don't get anywhere near my full "profitable season" pay if we don't make a profit.