All three awards cover Canoe , Kayak & Sup Board training
Paddle Start Award
Experience your first session on the water, learning useful skills for your enjoyable paddling experience. It aims to provide you with the basic knowledge to enable you to safely get in and out of your boat, make it move and return to your start point. This is your first steps into the world of paddling, ensuring you feel safe, confident and ready to progress to the Discover Award.
Your Discover Award allows you to develop your decision making and practical skills for a fun and safe time on the water, taking you on to the next step towards becoming a proficient and independent paddler. Learn how to choose and effectively use equipment, whilst developing an understanding of the factors which affect your paddling; giving you the confidence to progress to masking your own choices with the Explore Award.
Your Explore Award gives you ownership; allowing you to choose where you move next in the world of paddling. Working with a coach you will be able to develop a program that suits what you need. Learning to make confident choices with this individualized approach. Recognizing your ability to independently paddle your chosen craft in a sheltered water environment.
