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About the course
The Coach Awards look at the Who, How, What and Where of Coaching Paddlesport with the training split into 2 parts:
The Core Coach is a 2-day multi-discipline training. With classroom and practical water-based session it focuses on:
Who are we coaching, identifying learner needs and how we can tailor our delivery to them.
How do we coach, introducing a wide range of coaching models, delivery styles and decision making to support our learners.
This is followed this 2-day Discipline Specific Training Modules that focus on:
What are the specific skills and techniques our learners will need.
How do we teach these and;
Where are we coaching, taking into account specific environments and the constraints we need to consider.
This is a great award for Club and industry coaches.
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Prior to attending the course you need to ensure you have the following:
Current British Canoeing “On the Water” Member;
We can only except over 18s on this course
There is no need to register for Coach Award Training
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Day 1
The learner/athlete – where coaching
starts
The learners’/athletes’ journey
Enabling learners/athletes to learn –
understanding feedback
Coaching to develop learners’/athletes’ learning
Reflective Practice
Coaching Philosophy
Session Planning
Day 2
Coaching Sessions
Coaches’ Decision Making
Creating an Optimum learning environment
Structuring Practice Sessions for the Learner/athlete
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Ensure you have current British Canoeing “On the Water” Membership (or other Home Nation Governing Body) https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/membership/join-us-online-here
To help you judge where you are in your experience it is worth using the BCAB Coach Analysis tool.
Ensure your Personal Paddling and Rescue Skills are at a good level in your chosen craft(s). There are no specific personal performance award requirements but the Explore or Personal Performance awards are a good benchmark.
Download a copy of the Coach Award Course Guide and the Coach Award Development Plan.
The Coach Award E-Learning modules are available once you have registered for the Award. They are a good revision for the topics covered in the Core Coach.
For the course you will need Personal Paddling Kit appropriate for the time of year and emersion and any Safety and rescue kit you would normally carry. Including a Buoyancy aid/PFD and Helmet.
You can bring your own Craft if you would like or you can use one of our Hou Canoes or RedPaddleCo Boards.
Rock River Coaching can provide Boards, paddles, PFDs, and Paddling kit by prior arrangement.
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This is a physical course with significant time spent in the water, however we endeavour to make our courses as inclusive as possible. If you have any concerns or additional physical or learning requirements please highlight these on the Candidate Information Google Form or feel free to get in touch to discuss things with the team. For further information you can view the BCAB Equal Opportunities for Access and Fairness in Assessment Policy
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Please read our full terms and conditions before booking.
The course covers BCAB awarding fees and launching fees/river licences.
Membership fees, candidate registration and parking are not included.
Get in touch.
If you have any questions about this or other courses or if you would like us to come to your club, organisation or centre to deliver this course for you, please contact us to discuss opportunities.
Related Courses
The Paddlesport Leader is aimed at paddlers who wish to lead groups of mixed craft on both wind affected lakes and slow moving sheltered water rivers.
The award goes beyond “just taking people for a paddle” and focuses on leading Safe, Enjoyable and Engaging trips that help to develop paddles understanding, confidence and competence towards becoming independent paddlers.
Topics we cover include: Understanding your paddlers needs; planning safe and engaging journeys; group management; participant focused, empowering leadership and decision making; tips to help paddlers develop; Rescues and incident management; personal paddling skills across different craft.
The award allows you lead mixed fleet or single craft journeys from any craft that you have competence in for the planned journey.
The training is followed by a period of consolidation and a 1-day assessment. The assessment can be done in a single type of craft.
The Paddlesport Leader is the next award up from the Paddlesport Instructor and allows holders to “Self-Deploy”. It is ideal for those wanting to lead paddling trips and experiences, DofE, Clubs paddles and youth groups.
Pre requisites: Current Paddle UK member, 18 years old, competent and experienced flat water paddler.
Course cost includes the course, launching fees, Paddle UK credential Fees and use of Rock River Coaching’s Boats.