Date/Time
Date(s): Tue 28 May 24
1330 - 1630
Spaces
Total spaces: 6
Remaining spaces: 6
Location
Aquadrome
Categories
-->Whitsun sees a range of courses specifically aimed at providing tuition for those that wish to Lead in a range of paddlesport craft. Our first course in this series focusses on the Sit on Top and the Closed Cockpit (sit in) Kayak.
The course has been created to give the youth leader or aspirant instructor a specific lesson in how to organise a SOT or a Kayak activity. The course includes activity planning, which could include warm ups, selection of equipment, boat carrying techniques and launching.
We show you how to introduce use of the paddle, how to demo getting on to or in to a kayak, how to manage a fast launch sequence and how to manage the safety of a group on the water by establishing safe areas and boundaries in which to operate the activity, allowing you to keep your group close and under your control.
The session will introduce you to a number of Kayak specific games that you can use with your groups and later discusses what might go wrong in running a session so that you are better prepared to manage a situation should it occur.
After a short break, we repeat the exercise using Kayaks, that are a bit more wobbly than canoes and come with their own specific management guidance but are paired with Sit on Tops as they use the same paddling techniques.
Note this course only loosly covers rescue techniques, participants should be familiar with kayak rescue techniques before attending this course.
This course is suited to anyone aged 16 or older.
Bookings for this course open on 1st January 2024
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