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Category Archives: Paddling skills

If you want to improve your kayaking, go canoeing!

April 30, 2018by Andy M Coaching 1 Comment

My fascination with the canoe started in my late teens. I’d been paddling for a few years, starting in my Scout troop’s old wood and canvas double kayaks, progressing through […]

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Canoeing, Club paddling, Coaching, Kayaking, Paddling skills, Rivers, White Water

What’s the point of training?

January 30, 2018by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

The absence of skills pre-requisites from British Canoeing’s new Paddlesport Leader and Coach Awards may have led some to thinking there is no longer any need to bother with 3 […]

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Canoeing, Coaching, Kayaking, Leadership, Paddling skills

Coaching progressions

October 31, 2016by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

As anyone who has looked at the Level 2 Coach training course will know, the emphasis there is on progressive coaching; ie taking participants’ learning from one session and building […]

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Coaching, Paddling skills

Taking things to extremes

May 25, 2016by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

Successfully encouraging learners to find the ‘right’ answer for themselves is, I find, one of the most rewarding aspects of coaching. We can only take things so far by showing […]

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Coaching, Kayaking, Open Canoeing, Paddling skills

The joy of touring

April 30, 2016by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

It’s been encouraging to see the growing interest in British Canoeing’s Touring Awards. While initially seen by some as a soft option and in some way inferior to other awards, […]

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Club paddling, Kayaking, Open Canoeing, Paddling skills, Touring

Stacked Hands

January 28, 2016by Andy M Coaching 2 Comments

Paddling as part of a peer group recently I was asked by a fellow canoeist what could I suggest to improve his paddling. We’d been on the water for an […]

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Coaching, Kayaking, Open Canoeing, Paddling skills, Racing, Touring, White Water

The subtle Stern Rudder

February 28, 2015by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

Regular visitors to my blog will have noted my fondness for the stern rudder. I think it’s a very useful technique – invaluable to surf and freestyle paddlers and a […]

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Club paddling, Coaching, Paddling skills

The 5 second rule

January 29, 2015by Andy M Coaching 2 Comments

Have you ever asked a paddler to follow another down a rapid telling them to keep two to three boat lengths behind? And how many times do you find that […]

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Club paddling, Coaching, Paddling skills, White Water

Banning the “goon stroke”

October 19, 2014by Andy M Coaching 5 Comments

Bill Mason says it’s “to be avoided like the plague” but when I’m canoeing and want to take a break from paddling yet still maintain a straight course – perhaps […]

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Coaching, Open Canoeing, Paddling skills, Touring, White Water

The rule of three…

August 26, 2014by Andy M Coaching Leave a comment

With a good number of Level 1 Coach courses now completed this year I’ve been reflecting again on the IDEAS coaching model and what constitutes an effective Explanation. For me […]

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Coaching, Paddling skills

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