https://www.ringingforums.org/categories/17/education-and-training/feed.rss Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:29:44 Z EDUCATION AND TRAINING - Ringing Forums en https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/600/young-ringers-for-ringing-2030-project-update-3-5-26 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:51:37 Z Andrea Haynes 600@/discussions https://cccbr.org.uk/.../young-ringers-for-ringing-2030.../ Please join the Young Ringers for Ringing 2030 team for a project update on Sunday 3rd May from 1930. We are particularly interested in hearing from ringers who can lead the roll out of our schools and uniformed group projects. We have... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/575/the-aspirations-of-older-ringers Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:56:39 Z John de Overa 575@/discussions The following question has been posted by someone (not me) to two of the learner's Facebook groups over the last couple of days: "Question for older learners: What are you hoping to achieve?" So far more than a quarter of the approximately 100 responses specifically mention method ringing as a... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/513/determined-underachievers Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:55:47 Z Barbara Le Gallez 513@/discussions Dear All, Please advise me. I do not know how to cope with a ringer who just says "can't do it" and gets upset when told what they need to do to improve. I am afraid that if I keep nagging then they will give up ringing, and our band can't afford to lose any ringers, especially not younger ones... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/535/some-advice-and-ideas-please Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:55:33 Z Phil Burton 535@/discussions Hi there, I currently have two learners, both of whom I’m facing a particular challenge with and I’m wondering if anyone has some ideas of how to overcome these challenges. Firstly, we have a middle aged lady who has been ringing around 2 years. She’s got to the point where she can plain hunt on 5... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/533/costs-of-learning-to-ring Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:08:47 Z A M Hodge 533@/discussions Yesterday (7th July) there was a radio programme (BBC Radio 4 at about noon) discussing the costs of learning / teaching sports. This made me reflect again on the discussions about the charges that are made when we teach people to ring. There were comments about some activities that were cheaper... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/519/alternative-thursday-night-practices Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:04:52 Z Oliver Lee 519@/discussions I don't wish to moan but my father and I are in something of a predicament with the ringing at one of our towers (which is the same tower that i mentioned in my previous discussion on "limited opening ringing") and we are looking for advice about what to do, until comparatively recently we used to... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/496/ringing-2030-stillborn Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:29:53 Z John de Overa 496@/discussions After practising assiduously on the tower sim for the last fortnight I had a couple of goes at Bristol at the weekend. It wasn't great but did get better on each attempt - but that required a three hour round trip and I probably won't get another chance to do any more 8 bell ringing until autumn.... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/460/do-we-stop-teaching-people-too-soon Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:15:43 Z John de Overa 460@/discussions This is related to the "The future of peal ringing" discussion, but it seemed worth a new thread: I've long wondered why many ringers seem to stall at the PH / PB level, and if anything could be done about it. I came across this paper: "Deliberate Practice and Acquisition of Expert Performance: A... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/469/agressive-teachers Sat, 19 Oct 2024 09:56:39 Z Oliver Lee 469@/discussions over the last weekend I have been helping out on my district's plain hunt course and whilst the Saturday was quite successful the Sunday was unfortunately less so thanks to an uncalled for and frankly nasty incident, as one of my friends has just done her M2 course she was paired with one of the... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/385/when-do-you-stop-recruiting Sat, 09 Mar 2024 09:37:49 Z John de Overa 385@/discussions At our annual meeting we were discussing recruitment. We are an 8 bell tower, currently with 7 regular ringers and 3 beginners who are on the cusp of ringing rounds unassisted. The 6 beginners we've had since 2018 have all contacted us of their own accord, we didn't do any recruitment. We don't... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/370/bouncing-tenors Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:10:48 Z Oliver Lee 370@/discussions a couple of weeks ago I was sternly told by my tower captain not to bounce our 37 cwt tenor as apparently it runs the risk of damaging the stay (despite the fact that it has been on that bell since 1914!), this is completely at odds with what I read in a whiting society article a couple of years... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/357/bells-rung-in-an-emergency Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:46:52 Z Robin Latrobe 357@/discussions I am writing a book about the Peasant’s Revolt in 1381. I have read in secondary sources that the church bells were rung BACKWARDS as a sign of emergency. Does anyone have a source for this? Has anyone even heard of it? Many thanks. https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/343/accelerated-teaching-for-late-starters Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:21:06 Z John de Overa 343@/discussions There was a recent message on the learner's group on Facebook where the poster (a late starter) said they wanted to learn to ring methods as quickly as they could, whilst they still could. That triggered a number of messages from others in the same position. What was interesting was that many of... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/255/ringing-courses-value-for-money-rw-letter Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:13:37 Z PeterScott 255@/discussions AndrewHoward writes (RW p27/13Jan2023): It would be useful to know how the organisers reacted to these observations at the time. Ringing courses have good value in-the-round: it is best when a student's mentor can brief the course tutors, and the student can spend time between their individual... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/328/lack-of-progress-at-local-towers Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:58:27 Z Oliver Lee 328@/discussions good evening, I am sure this is not an uncommon problem but lately I have been struggling to advance my ringing in almost all of my local towers and this is mostly down to a load of learners meaning that I have spent most of my time helping them (which is good in itself) rather the ringing the... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/312/right-hand-transfer Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:45:58 Z Sean 312@/discussions I am struggling to get to grips with the right hand transfer at the end of the hand stroke. If I try and take it straight down I often find my fingers get caught in the loop at the end of the rope. Does any one have any practical suggestions on how to master this? https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/295/young-ringing-development Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:17:50 Z Simon Smith 295@/discussions I wanted to garner some insight and tips on the ringing and training of young ringers from the contributors to this forum. I am interested to hear of any ideas for both the training and retaining of young ringers. I have recently taken on some extra responsibility with the Bucks & Berks young... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/282/novice-with-aching-hands Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:55:42 Z Barbara Le Gallez 282@/discussions Hello, Have you any advice for the lady with the problem described below, please? She is a novice ringer in her 30s who is experiencing problems with her hands as follows: "The main issue with my hands is that the joints in my fingers start to ache when pulling on the bell rope. This is mainly in... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/279/last-coil-in-raising Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:04:15 Z Richard Pargeter 279@/discussions I have always taught learners to release the last coil when raising a bell by gripping with the fingers and opening the thumb, as beautifully demonstrated on the ART DVD. "...at the bottom of the stroke the left thumb opens and releases the tail end so that it falls forward and out of your hands."... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/283/nicholson-engineering-training-dumbbell Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:20:38 Z Barbara Le Gallez 283@/discussions Hello, if you have experience of the Nicholson Engineering training dumbbell, please could you share it, as we are thinking of having one installed. Thanks, Barbara