The answer to (almost) everything?
Response to my last blog on looking for future water was very positive – thank you for all the feedback. Discussing the future water concept with the participants on my […]
Category Archives: Coaching
Looking for Future Water
Of all the skills paddlers use when tackling the white stuff, it seems to me that looking for future water is probably the most useful, if indeed not the most […]
So, what did we learn?
Coaches from many sports will be familiar with the IDEAS coaching model and this is widely used in paddlesport coaching, particularly at the introductory stages. Through the BCU UKCC Level 1 Paddlesport […]
Balance and coordination
Canoe & Kayak Games by Dave Ruse and Loel Collins is always a popular and well-used resource by participants on the Level 1 coach course. Last week Katherine and Priscilla […]
Ticking all the boxes
Coaching on the delightful Soča river in Slovenia last week reminded me just how important it is to tick all four of the TTPP boxes when preparing for a white […]
Right way up rescues
Ran my first FSRT course of the season yesterday – yes, the Thames is warming up! – and had the first chance to include new thinking on deep water rescues. […]
Coaching and management
I was mulling over some of the feedback from my last Level 2 coach training course and was struck by one candidate’s comment on how useful he’d found the course […]
