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Over the 2 days we will look at effective leadership techniques which will give you a game plan what ever the rapid and the paddling skills needed to make your plan easy to put into practice.
We will cover:
- River reading skills
- Forward paddling on rapids, change of pace and accuracy
- Breaking in/out
- Ferry gliding
- Using features like small waves and stoppers
- Being an effective team leader and team member in rescues / incidents
- Application of leadership
- Leadership strategies, judgement and decision making
- Safety awareness and risk management
- Group control and management
- Hypothermia / first aid
- Access
- Environment
- Planning
- Water features/hazards
4 Star Canoe Syllabus