Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- coaches [2026/03/08 15:53]
pstureavley
+++ coaches [2026/10/08 16:28] (current)
pstureavley
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 Good coaches are often very versatile - Steve Scoggins and Simon Brownlie (photo by Ana Swetish)
-{{:training:coaches.jpg?direct&600x281|coaches.jpg}}
+[[https://surfski.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=training:coaches.jpg|{{:training:coaches.jpg?direct&600x281|coaches.jpg}}]]
 ----
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 ===== What to look for in a Coach =====
-  * [[:technique:coaching:2016_icf_coaching_manual|ICF Ocean Racing Coaching Manual]] This 2016 manual assembled by Dawid Mocke with a large list of contributors can suggest some of the knowledge and skills you should expect a surfski paddling coach to provide even if you are not interested in racing. Be cautious with the included survey of relative/recommended safety equipment. This was a worldwide poll and included paddlers who paddle little if at all in cold water and also paddlers who do not paddle where there are reliable rescue services using VHF. Your priorities might need to be high also for equipment like a VHF radio if it makes more sense where and how you paddle. The list of contributors at the end of the document may include someone who coaches in your vicinity or who can recommend a good local coach.
+  * [[:technique:coaching:2016_icf_coaching_manual|ICF Ocean Racing Coaching Manual]] This 2016 manual assembled by Dawid Mocke with a large list of contributors can suggest some of the knowledge and skills you should expect a surfski paddling coach to provide even if you are not interested in racing. Be cautious with the included survey of relative/recommended safety equipment. This was a worldwide poll and included paddlers who paddle little if at all in [[:cold_water_paddling|cold water]] and also paddlers who do not paddle where there are reliable rescue services using VHF. Your priorities might need to be high also for equipment like a [[:emergency_signal_devices#vhf_radios|VHF radio]] if it makes more sense where and how you paddle. The [[https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/icf_canoe_ocean_racing_coaching_manual.pdf#page=21|list of contributors at the end of the document]] may include someone who coaches in your vicinity or who can recommend a good local coach.
 ===== Coaches =====
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
   * [[https://www.michael-booth.com.au/booth-training/|Booth Training ]]**Michael Booth**  SUP, Surfski
+  * [[https://www.fullstrengthpaddling.com/|Full Strength Paddling ]]**Darwin**** Li **canoe, dragon boat
   * [[https://www.internationalpaddlingcoach.com/|International Paddling Coach]] OC & Va coaching (Waka Ama in New Zealand which uses W1, W2, etc. to refer to OC or Va'a)
   * [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/970630043414033/user/704742770|Jocke Lindberg (facebook)]] primarily sprint kayak coaching?
@@ Line 54: / Line 55: @@
   * [[https://www.rightangleperformance.com/coaching|Right Angle Performance ]]**Kamini Jain**  - Coaches dragon boat, outrigger canoe, surfski and kayak racing
   * [[https://strongpaddler.com/|Strong Paddler ]]**Ben**** Keys**
-  * [[https://thepaddlechannel.com/|The Paddle Channel]]
+  * [[https://thepaddlechannel.com/|The Paddle Channel]] focus on paddle training plans & perfomance tracking
   * [[https://www.threeoceans.shop/collections/coaching/lesson|Three Oceans]]** Michele Eray, Maggie Hogan **  (now based in the Gorge)
   * [[https://trainlikeaking.com/services/|Train LIke A King ]]**Tupuria King**
@@ Line 65: / Line 66: @@
 </WRAP>
+==== Teaching Certification ====
+<WRAP indent>
+**USA**<WRAP indent>
 The ACA's initiative to create a training and support platform for paddling coaches in the United States
@@ Line 70: / Line 77: @@
 {{ youtube>hOQxJ41L_WE }}
-<font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;inherit>…</font>
+<font inherit/inherit;;#ffffff;;inherit>.</font>
+The US ACA has a [[https://cms.americancanoe.org/Instructor-Statistics/Listing|registry for looking up coaches]], but **as of 2026 there are none listed for Surfski **in the USA, which is something they are trying to develop. But we believe having a listing requires some kind of certification via the ACA. While there are already amply qualified (in terms of skill and knowledge) surfski coaches in the USA, our impression is that they haven't yet bought in to or seen the need for ACA certification. Given the newness of this effort that is understandable. But the program is also going to have to demonstrate its quality and worth if skilled surfski instructors are going to bother with the cost and time required for ACA certification.
+</WRAP>
+**International**<WRAP indent>
+As far as we know there is currently (as of 2026) no international program or formal set of standards for surfski instruction. The ICF has endeavored to construct a set of suggestions for such standards in its coaching manual, but it is unclear to what extent any organized system for certification is likely to be created in the future. From the [[:technique:coaching:2016_icf_coaching_manual|2016 ICF Coaching manual]]: "It does not offer a constructed program or system but gives valuable insight into what a Surfski coaching and instruction program should include as a minimum."
+(The ACA database mentioned above seems to include instructor lookups for many countries, but as of 2026 it is not clear whether any international instructors have been (or will be) added to their list of available instructors.)
+</WRAP></WRAP>
 ----

Surfski Knowledge Base

User Tools

Site Tools

Differences

Page Tools