Coaches: Private Lesson Policies

Selecting a coach is a big step in a fencer's athletic life and having a private coach is both a privilege and a responsibility. Coaches are committed to assisting fencers attain their athletic and competitive goals by developing an individualized program of training for each fencer and private lessons are an integral part of most fencer's athletic program.
In turn fencers are expected to demonstrate respect for their coach by practicing good etiquette. Bay State Fencers Private Lesson Policies are as follows:

• Arrive for lessons on time and be ready to fence at the scheduled lesson time. If a fencer is late the coach must be contacted directly by personal cell phone.
• Private Lessons are generally by appointment only and should be scheduled in advance directly with your coach.
• All coaches may be reached via direct email or by personal cell phone.
• Paying the coach for each private lesson in advance or at the time of the lesson. Coaches accept cash and checks at lesson time.
  -- Forgetting to pay for a lesson is very insulting. No further lessons will be given until the coach is paid in full.
  -- Each coach determines their own private lesson rate.
• Only working with one private coach at a time, Coaches invest a great deal of time and effort in developing a program of training for the fencer. Conflicting methods of training can be detrimental to a fencer's athletic development.
• Club members and currently enrolled students have priority for lesson times.
• Lessons for non-members will be scheduled as time allows.
• Non-members may take two (2) lessons without club membership.
• After two (2) lessons, a non-member must become a Bay State Fencers member.
• Non-members must pay a daily floor fee of $10 or $5 for students with a current ID to the desk.
• Non-members must pay the daily floor fee and the lesson fee prior to the lesson.
• Once a lesson is scheduled the fencer is financially responsible for that lesson fee.
• If you are unable to attend a scheduled lesson, it is your responsibility to contact your coach directly by email or personal cell phone 24 hours in advance to reschedule another lesson time/date.
• If you are unable to attend a scheduled lesson and you do not make the appropriate arrangements to cancel or reschedule the lesson, the lesson must be paid for. There are no makeup lessons in this case.

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