Are there any prerequisites?

Full Home Nation Association Membership. Advanced Canoe Open Water Leader Award or old 5 Star Canoe Leader. Completed British Canoeing Core Coach Training.

Open Water Canoe Coach Training (Advanced Water)

This course runs on various dates. Please contact us to enqire.

As an Advanced open water canoe coach you can coach in the most advanced canoe environment. You can coach students in large areas of open water with wind above force 5.

Great coaches empower students to improve their paddling with appropriate practise tasks that have easily achieved self check feedback.

On our two day training course we will help you develop your coaching, focusing on:

How to gather good technical and tactical understanding
Using observation and analysis skills to set clear goals for students
Using the appropriate teaching strategy for the student, environment and learning outcome
Setting appropriate practise tasks that give feedback
Use of video analysis as a feedback tool
Reflective practice.

All students will leave the course with a clear and measureable action plan that maps their route to assessment.

Please Note - you must have the following in order to qualify to take this course:

Full Home Nation Association Membership.
Advanced Canoe Open Water Leader Award or old 5 Star Canoe Leader.
Completed British Canoeing Core Coach Training.

You must be at least 18 years of age.

Full Home Nation Association Membership.
Advanced Canoe Open Water Leader Award or old 5 Star Canoe Leader.
Completed British Canoeing Core Coach Training.

The home of quality paddlesport coaching and courses in the North West of England. An award winning provider of British Canoeing coaching, leader awards, performance awards, safety and rescue training, as well as skills development and bespoke courses. Whether you want training, an assessment, or a course to improve your personal skills, this centre can provide it.