If you think that there has to be more to sitting in a boat and playing
games, then these courses are for you. You will develop your
skills to enable you to enjoy whichever aspects of canoe sport interest you.
Courses can be tailor made to suit your requirements, but some typical
examples are outlined below:
Complete Beginner (1 day course)
In this course we cover the following:
- Canoe and Kayak equipment
- basic paddling skills forwards and backwards
- simple steering and ruddering strokes
- moving the boat sideways
- try a different boat
- safe wet exits and taking a swim
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The British Canoe Union 1 Star Award will be available for those who
meet the standard.
Improver's Course (2 day course for kayak or canoe)
In our Improver's Course we cover
- better forward paddling
- going on a journey
- access to water ways in Britain
- edging your boat
- increasing your range of strokes
- wet exists and rescues
- preventing a capsize
- The British Canoe Union 2 Star Award will be available for those who
meet the standard. NB For the new BCU 2 star test
candidates must show that they can paddle kayak and canoe. This
will normally take a minimum of 4 days of training.)
Canoe Safety test Training
and assessment 2 day course
Intermediate Course (BCU
3 Star training in canoe or kayak 2 day course)
This course is for boaters with some experience of most of the main kayak
or canoeing strokes. The course will cover the following techniques on
flat water:
- efficient forward paddling
- strokes on the move
- advanced ruddering
- journeys
- recovery strokes and rescues
- a review: what do I have to do for 3 star assessment?
NB The
BCU 3 Star Award is now a moving water award. Please see our
white water courses
for details of further training.
Check out our
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