Coaching overview

Coaching and the skills matrix.

Once the club has run an outing.

Outing or coaching

An outing needs	Coaching adds
Title, date, times, spaces	Aims
A named leader, and their level	Learning outcomes, the "can do…"
Launch, the map, and duty	Skills Cards, drills and cues

Set up a coaching session.

Teaching	Coaching
Teacher led	The paddler leads the learning
One voice, putting information out	The coach listens, with materials to hand
The leader owns the paddler's progress	The paddler owns their progress

Hold both. A safety brief can be teacher-led. Progress over time belongs to the paddler.

BCU	Paddle UK
Skills and awards	The individual paddler's learning
Formal, and syllabus-led	Personal development
Star awards, pass or fail	Personal performance, no pass or fail
Assessment	Coaching and observation over time

PaddleSafe keeps the can-do log. It does not issue the award.

UI. Not noticed yet, or it feels fine and is not.

CI. You know you cannot do it yet. That is useful.

CC. You can, if you think about it.

UC. It happens without thinking.

Learning outcome. The "can do…" statement. The row on Profile.

Skills Card. Drills and cues for how to work on that outcome.

Profile cell. Your latest stamp on that outcome.

Every paddler has a Profile, leaders included.

Private. You choose whether to share it.

It shows what to practise, and how that changes.

A leader can endorse what you logged.

The paddler owns their progress. The app keeps the record.