LEVEL / TIME: Level 1 and 2 coaches – 3 hours

BACKGROUND / AIMS: What is Coaching in the outdoors ? Many definitions exist but general agreement within research and literature suggest  that outdoor education is:

Education in the outdoors, Education for the outdoors and the Use of resources outdoors to meet educational goals.

This module is designed to introduce Paddlesport Coaches to the key concepts of Paddlesport Coaching in the outdoors.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• To consider the role of paddlesport in outdoor education
• To appreciate the importance of current research to support our work as coaches
• To raise the importance of setting clear outcomes to meet our goals in outdoor education
• To identify how we might categorise goals so that we can develop better strategies to meet them
• To develop your own ways forward to incorporate the key ideas form this presentation into paddlesport coaching relating to the individual, group or environment