Sam explaining the importance of efficient paddlestrokes
Joe and Neil getting stuck in.
Having a go at the rescue techniques for dealing with an unconscious casualty.
A focussed group making use of the pontoon while Sam demonstrates.
Stand Up Paddle Boarding is a fast growing sport and great fun with many different disciplines from surfing to Touring and Racing to Fishing. After a number of sessions helping Dave Jackson from Active Adventure South West this summer I decided that I would like to become a coach myself. Following a conversation with Tristan Bawn of UK Active Outdoors he put me in touch with Sam Ross who can deliver the BSUPA (British Stand Up Paddle Association) Instructor courses.
The 15th September was a free date for the course to run and I managed to get six of the paddle sports coaches from Taunton Adventurous Sports and Canoe Club (TASCC) to sign up also.
The conversion course is for coaches who already hold a coaching qualification in another watersport and therefore is a 1 day rather than 2 day course. The course focuses on the technical strokes and rescue techniques required for Paddle boarding and explaining how it differs from other water sports. A Theory session was also part of the course to give us the background knowledge of the sport which in turn will help us to give clear pathways to our clients.
It was a really enjoyable course which has inspired me to get out and deliver paddle boarding to my clients and to the Btec students at Bridgwater College as part of their water sports modules.
If you would like to have a go at paddle boarding please contact me for more details.
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