Intermediate open canoe skills training
A 1-day training course, 10am - 5pm with breaks.
Aimed at Open Canoeists that want to improve their technical paddle strokes, journeying skills & rescues with focused, bespoke coaching. For Solo or Tandem Paddlers.
If you have achieved the Discover Award, or hold BCU 1* or 2*, this is the ideal opportunity to improve your paddle skills, learn new strokes and refine your current repertoire. As a series of sessions it can even take you as far as the new BC Canoe Award.
The day may focus on themes such as; forward paddling strokes, rudders & cuts, displacement draws & prys, braces and supports, cross deck strokes, backwater strokes and combinations such as pivot turns. Even how to combine with another paddler as an effective tandem pair. A rescue session may focus on; canoe to canoe rescues, peer and solo rescues and re-entry. Journeying skills such as polling, sailing and lining may also be covered as the monthly sessions progress.
A training opportunity that can be attended time and again improving your skill set each and every time!
Not suitable for beginners.
Minimum age: 16
