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3 Star Kayak
White Water Award
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Fluidskills can deliver this course all over the UK and the French Alps; the Training and Assessment will be over two days focusing on personal skills on grade 2 white water. The course also will cover aspects of white water rescue and paddling as part of a group.
A full detailed action plan during the course will assist in your personal development after your training course. Successful performance at this level indicates that the paddler can consider themselves an intermediate kayaker, as they can now paddle on moving waters. They can do this in a competent manner as part of a led group and have the knowledge and ability to help the smooth running of a trip while being led down a section of a grade 2 river
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Day 1
AM – personal skills technical coaching sessions to the 3 star standard based on a gentle section of grade 1 white water
PM – Pushing personal skills technical coaching sessions to the 3 star standard based on a section of grade 2 white water
Day 2
AM – this day covers the leadership aspects of the 3 star award and the use of rescue skills as part of a group on grade 2 white water . PM – skills and rescue assessment of the award | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Open water (not a swimming pool)
- Will also need to show competence on simple piece of moving water up to and including grade 2
Personal Paddling Skills
- Lifting, carrying and launching/landing
- Efficient forward paddling
- Reverse over a figure of 8 course
- Moving sideways, both static and on the move
- Supporting, both static and on the move
- Rolling
- Breaking in and out
- Ferry gliding
Rescue Skills
- Deep-water rescue
- Towing and use of tow line
- Eskimo Rescue
- Throw line
Safety, Leadership & Group Skills
- Personal risk management
- Awareness of others
- Paddle a section of grade 2 water as part of a led group
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| 4 Star Kayak White Water leaders Training |
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Fluidskills can deliver this course all over the UK and the French Alps; the Training will be over two days focusing on personal skills and leadership styles and structures on grade 2/3 white water. The course also will cover aspects of white water rescue and safety as part of a group.
A full detailed action plan during the course will assist in your personal development after your training course.
Successful assessment after training at this level indicates that the paddlers can consider themselves white water leaders on grade 2/3 white water. As they can now lead on moving waters they can do this in a competent manner and have the knowledge and ability to run a trip down a grade 2/3 river.
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Day 1
AM – personal skills coaching sessions on a section of grade 2 white water PM – Leadership skills coaching sessions based on a section of grade 2/3 white water using CLAP and other leadership structures
Day 2
AM – this day covers more leadership aspects of the 4 star award and the use of rescue skills and Rapid setups as a leader of a group on grade 2/3 white water.
PM – combining leadership and skills with rapid setups and group dynamics for Effective River running and f | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Grade 2/3 river
- will need to show competence on leading a simple piece of moving water up to and including grade 2
Personal Paddling Skills
- Lifting, carrying and launching/landing
- Forward paddling for white water
- River reading
- Moving sideways, both static and on the move
- Supporting, both static and on the move
- Rolling
- Breaking in and out
- Ferry gliding
Rescue Skills
- Deep-water rescue
- Chase boating
- Rescue situations
- Throw line
Safety, Leadership & Group Skills
- Personal risk management
- Awareness of others
- Lead a section of grade 2/3 white water
- Leadership styles
- Dates Of This Course
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| 4 Star Kayak White Water leaders Assessment |
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Fluidskills can deliver this course all over the UK and the French Alps; the assessment will be over two days focusing on personal skills and leadership styles and structures on grade 2/3 white water. The course also will cover aspects of white water rescue and safety and first aid.
A full detailed action plan during the course will assist in your personal development after your assessment course. Successful assessment after training at this level indicates that the paddlers can consider themselves white water leaders on grade 2 white water. As they can now lead on moving waters they can do this in a competent manner and have the knowledge and ability to run a trip down a grade 2/3 river as a group.
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Day 1
AM – personal skills assessment on a section of grade 2/3 white water PM – Leadership sessions based on sections of grade 2/3 white water
Day 2
AM – this day covers more leadership assessment aspects of the 4 star award and the use of rescue skills and Rapid setups as a leader of a group on grade 2/3 white water. PM – Rescue situations and first aid incidents | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Grade 2/3 river
- will need to show competence on leading a simple piece of moving water up to and including grade 2
Personal Paddling Skills
- Lifting, carrying and launching/landing
- Forward paddling for white water
- River reading
- Moving sideways, both static and on the move
- Supporting, both static and on the move
- Rolling
- Breaking in and out
- Ferry gliding
Rescue Skills
- Deep-water rescue
- Chase boating
- Rescue situations
- Throw line
Safety, Leadership & Group Skills
- Personal risk management
- Awareness of others
- Lead a section of grade 2/3 white water
- Leadership styles
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| New BCU White water safety and rescue |
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Fluidskills are providing this course in the UK and Europe. The 2 days course covers safe paddling on grade 2/3 white water and is suitable for Kayak or Canoe. You will learn the correct use of throw lines and chest harnesses, safe swimming and lots tricks to sort out the problems encountered on a river trip. This course is a pre-requisite for the 4 star white water leader award and UKCC white water coach awards. As you will be swimming you will need to bring a wet suit or dry top/suit to stay warm as part of your normal paddling kit. All other rescue equipment will be provided.
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Day 1
9.00 am Meet
- Equipment and safety brief
- Basic dry land throw line skills
- Basic swimming in white water
- Basic wet throw line skills
- Applied throw line skills
- Applied swimming in white water
- Re-throws and use of SRTRG
- Basic rapid set ups
4.30 pm Pack up and finish for day 1
Day 2
9.30am River Group Leadership
- Rapid management and applied set ups (Moving lunch)
- Harness set ups and rescues
- Boat rescues and pins
4.00 pm Finish and Course Evaluation | |
This course for anyone using or near white water, coaches, paddlers and parents
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Reach rescues
- Throw rescues
- Harness work
- Setups
- Boat rescues
- Team rescues
- Situations
- Equipment
- Risk assessment
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Aquatic First Aid |
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This award is intended to address the First Aid incidents most likely to arise during the majority of canoeing situations, which take place on very sheltered to moderate water and within a reasonable distance of medical assistance.
Fluidskills.com can provide this course in any location. To create your own course please send a request email to us at darren@fluidskills.com
Suitable for all those working in the water sports industry. The course may also be sufficient for those needing to update their existing first aid qualification. The course is designed to cover First Aid techniques relevant to canoeing and other water-based activities and will be taught over an 8-hour period. Candidates obtaining a sound knowledge and understanding of the subject during the theoretical and practical tuition of the course will obtain the Aquatic First Aid Certificate. Assessment will be ongoing throughout the course and not by examination.
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Day 1
- INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
- THE ABC OF RESUSCITATION
- DROWNING AND COLD WATER IMMERSION
- THE EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD
- WOUNDS AND MAJOR BLEEDING
- SHOCK
- OTHER CONDITIONS
ANY FIRST AID SYLLABUS NOT COVERED IN MORNING SESSION
Continual Assessment
All candidates are expected to show that they can deal with an unconscious casualty and demonstrate both EAV and CPR using a mannequin. To this end, all candidates will be presented with an unconscious casualty and asked to deal with the situation, including making the checks required to ascertain whether or not the casualty is breathing or has a pulse and taking the correct sequence of actions for their diagnosis. This section of the course will be conducted in water sport clothing in a water sports environment where incidents may happen | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Open water (or swimming pool)
- Classroom
- can be delivered on grade 1-4 white water or in an ocean surf environment
What does the course cover?
- CPR
- First Aid using your paddling equipment
- basic incident coaching
- A detailed debrief and feed back session for development
- Star test and coaching updates
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| Old BCU Level 3 inland kayak Coach Assessment |
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A 2 day assessment of coaching and leadership skills on grade 2 white water Assessed in a non-interventional way. Passing this allows you to guide and instruct on grade 2 white water and assess 3 star kayak . You will be provided with real learners to lead and coach for the two days of assessment.
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Day 1
- 9.00am meet and paper work
- 9.30am meet learners and sort out logistics
- 10.00am use the River for introduction to moving water skills with coaching and leadership
- 12.30 Lunch
- 1.00pm use the River for development of moving water skills with coaching and leadership
- 4.30pm debrief learners and pack up
- 5.30pm mid course feedback if required
Day 2
- 9.00am meet and sort out logistics
- 9.30am river trip with personal skills coaching and leadership.
- Your ten min lectures – please provide your own lecture equipment for bank based lectures,
- 3.30 pm off river and debriefs
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Prerequisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
An assessment of your coaching and leading abilities in a flat-water and grade 2-river venue. Also assessing your kit, rescues and personal skills. Some coaching will be given to update skills and rescues but the coaching is down to you.
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| French Alpine 4 Star White Water leaders |
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6 days kayaking development using some the best rivers in the Southern French Alps. This is a course for intermediate white water paddlers wanting to lead groups on grade 2 white water and paddle grade 3. The team at Fluidskills will develop and coach you in all leadership structures and tactical kayak skills necessary for running a river with a group. Using the new BCU 4 star white water leader training and white water safety and rescue course Fluidskills will make you a safer kayaker and give you the tools to become a competent leader for white water. There is also an optional assessment for the new 4 star after the Alpine leader training course. Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day 1 – personal skills coaching sessions on a section of grade 2/3 white water
Day 2– Leadership skills coaching based on a section of grade 2/3 white water using CLAP and other leadership structures
Day 3 – White water safety and rescue training and river trip
Day 4 – White water safety and rescue training and river trip
Day 5 – combining leadership and skills with rapid setups and group dynamics for Effective River running and fun. Day 6 – running a harder river using the 5 days training | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Personal Paddling Skills
- Rescue Skills
- River reading
- Leadership & Group Skills
- Leadership styles
- Rescue situations
- WWSR course
- 4 star ww leader training
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| French Alpine Progressive kayaking |
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6 days kayaking development using some the best rivers in the Southern French Alps. This is a course for progressive white water paddlers wanting to paddle grade 3/4 plus white water. The team at Fluidskills will develop and coach you in all leadership structures and tactical kayak skills necessary for running higher grade alpine rivers using up to date coaching methods and professional guidance. The option of a white water safety and rescue course during your six days with us will give your confidence a boost and enable you to be part of a group in grade 3 plus gorges and deal with setting up rapids for other members of the group. On completion of this course you will become a better kayaker for white water. Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day 1 – personal skills coaching sessions on a section of grade 2/3 white water
Day 2 – Leadership skills coaching based on a section of grade 2/3+ white water using CLAP and other leadership structures
Day 3 – White water safety and rescue training and river trip grade 3+
Day 4 – river trip and coaching in a gorge situation
Day 5 – combining skills with rapid setups and group dynamics for Effective River running and fun. Grade 3+/4 Day 6 – running a harder river using the 5 days training | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Personal Paddling Skills
- Rescue Skills
- River reading
- Leadership & Group Skills
- Rescue situations
- WWSR course
- 4star ww leader training
- Personal development
- Coaching
- Dates Of This Course
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| French Alpine Paddle the Ecrin |
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5 days kayaking in the Southern French Alps in the Ecrins area. This course is for intermediate white water kayakers that want to paddle under guidance and receive coaching to tackle grade 2/4 white water rapids. With so many types of rivers on the doorstep of the Ecrins mountains there is great white water and weather to provide a great location for your course. Over the 5 days you will cover tactical moves, a safety module, and freestyle on the river. As well as this you will kayak and enjoy the scenic gorges and snow capped mountains around you. Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day 1 – personal skills coaching sessions on a section of grade 2/3 white water
Day 2 – skills coaching based on a section of grade 2/3 white water using new skills and leadership structures
Day 3 – White water safety and rescue training and river trip
Day 4 – grade 3+ gorge river trip Day 5 – combining skills with rapid setups and group dynamics for Effective River running and fun play the river. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Personal Paddling Skills
- Rescue Skills
- River reading
- Leadership & Group Skills
- Rescue situations
- WWSR course
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| French Alpine Start Paddling |
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5 days kayaking in the Southern French Alps in the Ecrins area. This course is for intermediate white water kayakers that want to paddle under guidance and receive coaching to tackle white water rapids. With so many types of rivers on the doorstep of the Ecrins mountains there is great white water and weather to provide a great location for your course. Over the 5 days you will cover tactical moves, a safety module, and freestyle on the river. As well as this you will kayak and enjoy the scenic gorges and snow capped mountains around you. Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day 1 – personal skills coaching sessions on a section of grade 1/2 white water after a lake session to get the basics
Day 2 – skills coaching based on a section of grade 2
Day 3 – White water safety and rescue training day and river trip
Day 4 – river trip and coaching in a gorge situation in a kayak or raft Day 5 – more river running fun and building up to a great classic run to finish the course | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Personal Paddling Skills
- Rescue Skills
- River reading
- safety rescue day
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| First Steps Alpine Course |
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Picture this, the Alps, clear water, fresh air, beautiful scenery, warm weather, great food and fantastic rivers - Fluid skills first step Alpine course is design to help
You take your first steps in Alpine paddling over five days.
This course is ideal for people paddling grade 2 or younger paddlers. It will be run in late July to use the lower volume in the river to help you progress and includes a confidence building safety course making you feel more prepared on the river.
The start of the course will be on the lake at L’Argentiere la Bessee, helping you with your strokes, in this relaxing environment with an average temp of 30 decrees. It makes a great place for practicing skills even the wet ones and lets us plan your steps of development for the course. In the afternoon after a picnic by the lake you carry the kayaks 10 meters and get on the Durance River, you will be running a section down to Roche de Ram, a lovely gentle grade 2 where we can help you with your river running skills and guide you on your first alpine white water. The rest of the course will be made up of rivers and sites such as St Clement, an ideal venue for learning to use river features, with a grade 2+ white water course with its own outside pool with slides to the river and café. Also the sunshine run, a grade 2/3 that has fun big waves - what a blast and lots more.
With over 7 years experience in this area we will select the right venues for you. Throughout the course you will receive high quality coaching and guidance on a individual Learning Plan, so your paddling improves and you get the most out of this great place.
Why not book on as an individual? Make new friends, maybe new paddle buddies for future Trips, or as a group of friends looking for a new experience. For booking or more details take a look at the dates and courses pages of the website.
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| Play boating clinics |
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Fluidskills are offering this course in the UK and the French Alps. Play boating is a fast fun way to enjoy the way you use the river, getting you to surf for the first time in safe controlled venue or improving our play boat moves. We offer these courses in the French Alps in great wave locations and fun white water river sections in the UK. Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day or half day clinics
Using a play wave or suitable location the team at Fluidskills can start you play boating or improve your skills on a wave or in a hole. Using video coaching and up to date coaching techniques we can get your spins and blunts working. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Grade 2+ white water play site
- Lake
What does the course cover?
- Personal Skills
- Rolling styles
- Good practice
- Video coaching
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| River Running Clinics |
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| Fluidskills are offering this course in the UK and the French Alps. We can design a course tailor made for how many days you require for coaching and guiding in river running. We can supply all equipment if required. We can develop your skills each day and take you to the best venues in the area. Our ratio is 1 – 4.
Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day or half day clinics
Using a rivers and suitable location the team at Fluidskills will improve your river reading or improve your skills on the river. Using video coaching and up to date coaching techniques we can get your eddying and river running skills working. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Grade 2/3+ white water rivers
- Lake
What does the course cover?
- guiding
- Personal Skills
- Rolling styles
- Good practice
- Video coaching
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| French Alps Guiding and coaching |
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| Fluidskills are offering this course in the UK and the French Alps. We can design a course tailor made for how many days you require for coaching and guiding in river running. We can supply all equipment if required. We can develop your skills each day and take you to the best venues in the area. Our ratio is 1 – 4.
Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day or half day clinics
Using a play wave or suitable location the team at Fluidskills can start you play boating or improve your skills on a wave or in a hole. Using video coaching and up to date coaching techniques we can get your spins and blunts working. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- guiding
- Personal Skills
- Rolling styles
- Good practice
- Video coaching
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| Rolling Clinics |
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Fluidskills are offering this course in the uk and the French Alps .The art of rolling is a hard one to master and with are help we can sort out that weak roll or get you rolling for the first time in safe controlled venue.
Non-residential – Accommodation apartments available with Alpbase.com
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Day or half day clinics
Using a swimming pool or suitable location the team at Fluidskills can start you rolling or improve your river roll. Using video coaching and up to date coaching techniques we can get that roll working. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
What does the course cover?
- Personal Skills
- giving rolling styles
- good practice
- video coaching
- Personal development
- Coaching
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| One to one coaching |
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Darren Joy at fluidskills.com also offers one 2 one coaching courses for kayaking in the UK and in the French Alps, whether you need to brush up your skills or you need to boast your confidence then your day of day one 2 one coaching can be made to suit your needs.
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Day clinics
AM – personal skills coaching session in a kayak on your required environment. Looking at the control skills and safety aspects of using a kayak as an effective tool.
PM – Pushing personal skills in a kayak and trying new linked skills for more fluid movement. As this is your day then you can work with our coach to arrange the progression that you require at a suitable location. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Open water (or swimming pool)
- Can be delivered on grade 1-4 white water or in an ocean surf environment
What does the course cover?
- Personal Paddling Skills
- Rescue Skills
- Video coaching
- A detailed debrief and feed back session for development
- Star test and coaching updates
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| BCU 1 Star Canoe/Kayak Award |
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Fluidskills can deliver this course all over the UK and the French Alps; the Training and Assessment will be over two days focusing on personal skills in a Canoe and Kayak, in a fun open water environment. This is the start award for anyone that would like the basic flat-water skills to kayak and canoe.
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Day 1
AM – personal skills coaching session in a kayak on a flat-water environment. Looking at the basic control skills and safety aspects of using a kayak. PM – Pushing personal skills in a kayak and trying new linked skills for more fluid movement.
Day 2
AM – personal skills coaching session in a Canoe on a flat-water environment. Looking at the basic control skills and safety aspects of using an open canoe. PM – Pushing personal skills in a Canoe and trying new linked skills for more fluid movement. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Open water (or swimming pool)
- will also need to show competence in Canoe and Kayak skills
Personal Paddling Skills
- Lifting, carrying and launching/landing
- Forward paddling
- Reverse over a figure of 8 course
- Moving sideways
- Supporting, both sides
Rescue Skills
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| BCU 2 Star Canoe/Kayak Award |
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Fluidskills can deliver this course all over the UK and the French Alps; Two Star - An improvement award that helps paddlers develop fundamental paddle sport skills on flat water. The emphasis is on gaining a breadth of experience, creating the desired movement of the boat and developing an understanding into how the paddle, boat and water interact. This award is significantly different to the old 2 star, with a change to develop generic movement skills that can transfer to any discipline and with an assessed journey.
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Day 1
AM – personal skills coaching session in a kayak on a flat-water environment. Looking at the basic control skills and safety aspects of using a kayak. PM – Pushing personal skills in a kayak and trying new linked skills for more fluid movement and advancing the skills towards a more confident and skilled manner.
Day 2
AM - personal skills coaching session in a Canoe on a flat-water environment. Looking at the basic control skills and safety aspects of using an open canoe. PM – Pushing personal skills in a Canoe and trying new linked skills for more fluid movement. | |
Pre requisites
Venue
- Open water (or swimming pool)
- Will also need to show competence in Canoe and Kayak skills
Personal Paddling Skills
- Lifting, carrying and launching/landing
- Efficient forward paddling
- Reverse over a figure of 8 course
- Moving sideways, both static and on the move
- Supporting, both static and on the move
- Canoe sailing and poling
Rescue Skills
- Deep-water rescue
- Towing and use of tow line
- Eskimo Rescue (kayak)
Safety, Leadership & Group Skills
- Personal risk management
- Awareness of others
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| BCU/UKCC Level 1 Coach |
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The Level 1 award is for those new to paddle sport coaching. The qualification is not discipline specific and is therefore suitable to coaches who wish to work with paddlers from any of the competitive and non-competitive paddle sport disciplines. The Level 1 Coach can plan, deliver, and review short coaching sessions; normally with the support of a more qualified coach. They can work with paddlers at any stage of development; receiving specific training to coach paddlers in their first year of activity and to run taster sessions in kayak and canoe.
Fluidskills.com will Taylor make the course to suit clubs and colleges
The course will be based over four days and be based in locations all over the UK and in the French Alps. You will be required to register with the BCU before the course starts and bring with you basic paddle sport kit but we can supply equipment if required. A candidate pack will be sent to you before the course starts.
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Day 1
- Course introductions
- Safe working environments / session preparation
- Fundamental paddle sport skills / understanding coaching delivery
- Technical understanding kayak / canoe
Day 2
- Plan and deliver sessions
- Reviewing / evaluating performance
- Session management
- Understanding needs
Day 3
- Rescues
- Games and activities
- Deliver and review planned sessions
- Multiple choice paper
Day 4
- Deliver coaching sessions assessment task
- Skills coaching and observation
- Complete paperwork
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Pre requisites
Venue
- Sheltered open water (and swimming pool)
What does the course cover?
- The BCU Certificate in Coaching Paddle sport develops your ability to plan, deliver and review; safe, ethical, and effective paddle sport sessions. On the course you will develop ‘how to coach’ skills alongside technical understanding ‘what to coach’ specifically relating to the skills beginners require.
The course will cover how to:
- Prepare coaching activities, taking into account participants’ needs and motives
- Establish a safe working environment
- Deliver prepared activities
- Establish working relationships with participants and others
- Prepare participants’ for the coaching activities
- Support participants’ behaviour
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| BCU/UKCC Level 2 Coach training |
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Experienced Coaches who want to work with students/groups over multiple sessions. You could be a Club Coach developing a group of paddlers or a teacher coaching a specific group of students. The training course is run over 4 days,The emphasis of the training course is to ‘observe, analyse and implement’. This means experimenting with new coaching styles and techniques and with new boats! Basically, it’s about putting theory into practice – giving you foundation skills and understanding along with the confidence to transfer them into a variety of coaching situations.
Fluidskills .com will Taylor make the course to suit clubs and colleges
The course will be based over four days and be based in locations all over the UK and in the French Alps. You will be required to register with the BCU before the course starts and bring with you basic paddle sport kit but we can supply equipment if required. A candidate pack will be sent to you before the course starts.
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Day 1
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- Course introductions
- Safe working environments / session preparation
- Fundamental paddle sport skills / understanding coaching delivery
- Technical understanding kayak / canoe
Day 2
- Plan and deliver sessions
- Reviewing / evaluating performance
- Session management
- Understanding needs
Day 3
- Rescues
- Games and activities
- Deliver and review planned sessions
- Multiple choice paper
Day 4
- Deliver coaching sessions assessment task
- Skills coaching and observation
- Complete paperwork
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Prerequisites
Coaches are required to have:
- A valid first aid certificate (min 6 hours)
- A recognised BCU criminal record check (this may take a few months to process so you may want to apply for this in advance of attending your assessment).
Venue
What does the course cover?
- The emphasis of the training course is to ‘observe, analyse and implement’. This means experimenting with new coaching styles and techniques and with new boats! Basically, it’s about putting theory into practice – giving you foundation skills and understanding along with the confidence to transfer them into a variety of coaching situations in Kayak and Canoe
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| Old BCU Level 2 Coach Assessment |
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This one day assessment course, you will be assessed on your coaching on introducing people to the sport and coaching at the foundation level. You will provide your own equipment and be assessed in a sheltered flat-water venue
It will be an all day assessment of coaching, kit and skills. Fluidskills offer this course in the UK and The French Alps, for clubs and colleges and individuals that want to take the next step after training.
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0930 |
Introductions & Coffee |
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0950 |
Equipment |
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1000 |
Practical Coaching & Assessment |
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1130 |
Assessment of 3* Skills |
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1200 |
Lunch (Session Planning) |
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1300 |
Teaching Practical |
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1600 |
Review of Days Activity |
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C2 And Individual Action Planning | | |
Prerequisites
Venue
• Sheltered open
What does the course cover?
- An assessment of your coaching abilities in a flat-water venue. Also assessing your kit, rescues and personal skills. Some coaching will be given to update skills and rescues but the coaching is down to you.
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| Canoe safety test |
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This award has two purposes. Firstly, to provide a paddler with the necessary safety awareness which will enable them to ensure the safety of themselves and others. Secondly, to provide a paddler with rescue skills which can be used to help themselves and /or others in difficulty.
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AM
Theory - Safety features of a canoe/kayak. Hazards of water.Weather.Clothing.Emergency services/ getting the right. Help. Safety of rescuer. Manuel handling
Lifesaving –- Coaching a swimmer in difficulty. Reach rescue rigid /non-rigid. Throwing a buoyant object. Wading to get nearer Rescue skills - Using a throw line. Deepwater rescues rescue.H-rescue.T-rescue.Curl rescue. Eskimo rescue –bow presentation. Unconscious rescue. Stirrup rescue. All in rescue
PM
More rescues and Unknown incidents
Star test and coaching updates Assessment of the canoe safety test can be done as the training is carried out, as long as the assessor is happy that the candidate is competent in all the areas and has suitable knowledge of the safe practice of canoeing / kayaking | |
The new BCU Foundation Safety and Rescue Training now is available from Fluidskills
Pre requisites
- Hold the BCU 2 star ww kayak/canoe
- Be able to swim 50m in normal canoeing clothing suitable for the prevailing conditions, including a buoyancy aid if normally worn.
- Be at least 14 years of age. (Junior award for those under).
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