Organising a special practice is a great way to master a particular skill that you’d like to achieve.

Perhaps you’re struggling to get to grips with plain hunt, but you’re only getting a quick 10 minute go once a week and your progress seems painfully slow. Maybe there’s a method you’d like to ring but you rarely seem to have enough skilled people on a regular practice night to attempt it.

Whatever level your ringing is at, you’ll usually find others who are keen to help you or join in with your ambition. And in return, you can help someone else who is also trying to learn something.

If Plain Hunt is your goal, request help from local ringers who are solid at ringing it, so you’ll have plenty of expert help around those who are getting the hang of it, including someone to stand behind if you can. You could also offer to do something in return like turn up to support their ringers who are learning call changes or something you can already do well.

If you want to learn a particular method, arrange a tower and time when people who have committed to learning it can all meet and spend some concentrated time just focused on that one method – if  it’s a Saturday morning session, tea and biscuits afterwards is also appreciated by most ringers, and you certainly can’t go wrong with cake!

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