Specific Skills Development Courses - 2010
To register for a course, call Body Boat Blade at 1.360.376.5388 or send
us an e-mail at info@bodyboatblade.com.
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SAN JUAN CURRENTS
2 days
FEE: US $280.00
DATES: (2010) July 11-12, August 9-10 (Call our office for additional dates not yet listed. 360-376-5388)
PREREQUISITES: BCU 3 Star Skills, Ocean Currents Class, confident rescue skills and a solid roll
Learn the skills and strategies for dealing with the powerful currents, tidal races, and over falls that run through the San Juan Islands. We will explore ferry gliding, how to read water, crossing strategies, and how to predict the time, speed, and direction of currents. These are the skills you need to plan an easy, fun, and safe trip. We start by refreshing your skills, and then we enter these races and build your confidence as the currents increase. This is a great class to start building your rough water skills and broaden your knowledge of the sea. Come to this class with play in mind!
COASTAL NAVIGATION AND TIDAL PLANNING
(INCLUDES THE BCU 4-STAR LEADER TRAINING CURRICULUM)
3 days
FEE: US $380.00
DATES: (2010) April 10-12 (Call our office for additional dates not yet listed. 360-376-5388)
PREREQUISITES: BCU 3 Star skills
With a blend of classroom and on water sessions weaving our way through a beautiful archipelago in daylight and at night we will build your confidence as navigators. Using the tools of kayak navigation: compass, chart, and watch, we will help you master this very important skill allowing you to keep track of where you are on the water and when you need to take the next turn. You will learn to adjust for currents and wind, safely cross shipping lanes and hit your destinations when you planned. You will become the captain of your craft!
FORWARD STROKE WORKSHOP
2 days
FEE: US $295.00
DATES: Call us at the office for upcoming dates. 360-376-5388
PREREQUISITES: Body Boat Blades' Performance Paddling course or BCU 2 Star Award, or any paddlers with racing experience..
The forward stroke is the most vital and yet the most neglected skill in paddle sports. As coaches and performance paddlers, we understand that the forward stroke is central to all other skills in paddling. It is also the most complex of all skills and the hardest to master.
Dan Henderson will coach the workshop. Dan is a former US Team member, coach, and world championship team leader. He is the co-author of the International Canoe Federation Coaching Manual and coach of the Cascade and Seattle University canoe and kayak racing teams. He is also a Masters candidate in exercise science at Western Washington University with a focus on kayak forward stroke biomechanics.
3-DAY TEACHING PADDLESPORTS WORKSHOP
3 days
FEE: US $420.00
DATES: (2010) September 18-20
PREREQUISITES: Good paddling skills and knowledge of strokes. A solid BCU 2-star / 3-star paddler (you do not have to hold BCU awards to take this course).
This course is open to any one interested in effectively teaching other people to kayak. If you are new to teaching paddle sports this course will give you a core of coaching tools and techniques. You will learn how to structure and individualize effective sessions that will promote safe, fun, long term development for your students. If you are a seasoned coach we will work on expanding your existing knowledge and abilities of observation and analysis, structuring practice, skill acquisition, feedback, video stroke analysis and long term development. This will be a thought provoking course with a lot of on and off water discussions and workshops. This is also a great course for coaches developing in the BCU scheme.
PERFORMACE ROLLING
3 hour minimum
FEE: See private coaching fees
DATES: Call us at the office to set up a class. 360-376-5388
PREREQUISITES: At least one solid roll, good sculling abilities, and a static brace.
Our list of rolls at Body Boat Blade includes 44 ways to right an overturned kayak. 27 use a paddle, about 5 use a small stick or bath tub toy, 5 more only your hands, and one holding a 13 lb. brick! So… if you have one solid roll and have started to learn others, this will be a fun class. We will fine-tune your body mechanics and blade control for successful rolls.
OPEN CANOE TRAINING
1 day
FEE: US $160.00
DATES: Call us at the office for upcoming dates. 360-376-5388
PREREQUISITES: Some basic paddling skills.
There is a joke in the paddling community: "Let's go learn the advanced kayak strokes also known as the basic canoe strokes." At Body Boat Blade, we have learned that good canoeist make great kayakers. The emphasis of this class is on gaining a breadth of experience, creating desired movement of the boat and developing an understanding of how the paddle, boat and water interact.
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