2023 Winter CPD Webinars!

Course Description

Committed to your personal development? looking for a way of keeping in touch with paddlesport development over the cold winter months? looking for an antidote to streaming services?

Join us this winter for our CPD series of sessions!, all session are run by enthusiastic subject matter experts, the sessions are friendly, easy to use and do not require you to have a high level of IT literacy!

Stoke the fire, pop the kettle on and join us of one (or more) of these great sessions!

(click booking now to secure you place!)

30^th October 2023 19:00 – 21:00 (approx.)

Phil Hadley

Understanding the Bell Boat Helm for use within Clubs, Centres and Organisations

This webinar will help you understand the Bell Boat, the opportunities it can provide for new, novice and experienced paddlers as well as exploring the role the Bell Boat Helm plays in the British Canoeing Awarding Body award suit as well as how Clubs and Centres could benefit from utilising the award.

The Bell Boat Helm Award is aimed at teachers, coaches, youth leaders and others who wish to use Bell Boats to introduce and develop paddlers for paddlesport on sheltered water. The Bell Boat Helm takes responsibility for the crew and boat and is relevant for use throughout the year within the guidelines and conditions attached to the award.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions about the Bell Boat Helm Award and how you can best utilise it. We will also be discussing the ways you can develop your team to be able to train and assess Bell Boat Helms.

Agenda

• What are Bell Boats and how can they be used?
• How can you develop your team to get the most out of your Bell Boats?
• Using the Paddle Awards with your Bell Boats
• Training Helms
• Training Helm Providers
• Open Q&A

Any Coach or Leader who attends will automatically receive 5 CPD points.

Cost £10 – British Canoeing members and members of affiliated clubs receive a 100% discount at check out, please ensure your logged in to receive the discount.

22^nd November 2023 19:00 – 21:00 (approx.)

Darryll Shaw

Paddles Up Training Annual Review

In this webinar Paddles Up Trainings responsible officer, Darryll Shaw will explore the new products and services launched in 2023 and look ahead at the schedule for new courses, resources, and updates in 2024.

This open session is aimed at paddlers considering use of formal or informal opportunities for their Paddlesport Learning and Development

Cost £10 – British Canoeing members and members of affiliated clubs receive a 100% discount at check out, please ensure your logged in to receive the discount.

^18th December 2023 19:30 – 21:00 (approx.)

Dan Wilkinson

Understanding task design

In this webinar Dan Wilkinson, Adventure Sport coach, National trainer, Standards Officer and Co-Author of Coaching Adventure Sports

will explore Understanding Task Design – what challenges do we set our participants? and how do we know they’re the right task for that person?

This open session is aimed at Instructor, Coaches and Leaders looking at furthering their understanding of skill acquisition, TTPPEE and observation skills to improve their ability to set the right task for the right person.

Cost £10 – British Canoeing members and members of affiliated clubs receive a 100% discount at check out, please ensure your logged in to receive the discount.

Learning about learning: An exploration into how people develop skill in paddlesport, and how we can help support this.

Ed Christian

3 x sessions:

• Jan 23rd
• Feb 6th
• March 12th 

All session will run 19:00 – 21:00 (GMT)

This series of webinars will explore some of the many concepts of learning and how they apply to learning paddlesports. Sessions will be linked, progressive and based around three central themes:

• What is learning?
• How does skilled movement happen?
• Positive psychology to support learning.

We’ll tackle some theoretical ideas but the in the intention is to keep this ‘light touch’ and applied to paddlesport. The sessions will also challenge the idea of ‘absolute’ black and white thinking and explore some of the shades of grey.

The ‘level’ will be pitched around some of the from the Coach Award. So, if you’re on this journey, about to start it or just want to develop your thinking a little more, these sessions might be for you. We’ll use interactive tasks along the way to gather ideas, thoughts, and suggestions (we want to learn from you!

Cost £30 British Canoeing members (On the Bank and On the Water) receive a 50% discount. Please note this is a 3 webinar series with sessions in Jan, Feb and March 2024.

Taking more control of your Paddling! – 23rd April at 19:30 – 21:00 (approx.)

Chris Brain

Taking more control of your Paddling!

Understanding where to go, who to go with and what to do when you get there!  In this session we will cover what you can do to help keep yourself safe on the water as well as making good decisions individually and with the people that you are paddling with.  This interactive webinar would be helpful for anyone who is new to getting on the water or has recently joined a club or group, but will still be of interest to all instructors, leaders, and coaches who are thinking about supporting paddlers to take more control!  Everyone is welcome!

Chris Brain has worked in the outdoors for over 23 years coaching and guiding and delivering professional development courses.  Chris specialises in paddlesport and can deliver a range of personal skills, leadership, safety and rescue courses.   Chris seamlessly integrates his knowledge and experience of the outdoors into all his coaching and training, giving his clients fun, engaging and developmental experiences.

Cost £10 – British Canoeing members and members of affiliated clubs receive a 100% discount at check out, please ensure your logged in to receive the discount.

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