Racing Explore Award Provider

What the Role Entails

By delivering the Racing Explore Award you will introduce paddlers to the specific skills required for paddling racing craft. You shall help them develop the skills to take part in both marathon and sprint racing.

The Racing Explore Award is paddler-focused.

At Paddles Up Training we want you to help paddlers take charge of their learning by:

• Supporting your paddlers to become independent.
• Helping your paddlers to be clear ‘what’s next’ for them.

What does the development process look like?

As long as you meet the minimum requirements, you can become a Provider at any time by completing the following steps:

• Complete the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

This fun eLearning guides you by subject, through the design of the awards, why we made those choices and will give you some useful hints and tips.

Development Phase

You do what you need, this might involve:

• Co-delivery of Racing Explore Awards with other Providers.
• Reflecting on your own development.
• Discussing with your Mentor.

Once you feel ready to run the award independently, the final step will depend on your existing qualifications, in some cases you will be able to straight away! It’s a self managed process.

Open the Minimum Requirements tab for more info.
Alternatively, you may need a Final Recommendation.

This must be from a current Racing Explore Award Provider.

Final Recommendation

You will work with an existing Provider of the Racing Explore Award. When you are both happy you fully understand the Racing Explore Award and the requirements of being a Provider, they will then send us their Final Recommendation. You will then be given the Provider role.

You can find out more in the Final Recommendation Guidance Document.

Want to know more?

You can read more about the Racing Explore Award here.

Ready to begin?

Click here to access the Personal Performance Award Provider eLearning or use the finder tool to find an existing Provider to work with.

Minimum Requirements

To provide the Racing Explore Award you must have completed the Paddle UK Awarding Body Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

To automatically be able to provide the Racing Explore Award , you must hold one of the following Paddle UK Awarding Body qualifications:

• Racing Coach

If you have attended Racing Coach Coach Training you can work through a personal development plan and when you feel ready approach a Racing Explore Award Provider for your final recommendation.

Once your Personal Performance Awards Provider Recommendation is complete please return it to [email protected] .

Further Instructions

There is no application process for becoming a Racing Explore Award Provider. You just need to complete the eLearning and then ask a current Provider for your final recommendation when you are ready.

If you would like to begin your journey, then the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning can be found here.