Technique Training
Kayaking Technique Training you will learn the most important techniques of whitewater paddling down to the smallest detail! Here you can practice for all it's worth! We will analyze, discuss and execute many movements from whitewater and slalom sports together. We will spend most of the time on slalom courses and do exercises there with the help of gates and other obstacles.
After a theoretical repetition of the basic techniques, and a general explanation of the terminology, let's get started! We will gradually increase the demands and difficulty of the exercises, starting with the absolute basics of technique. In this way, this course will take you from the simplest exercises to very complex movements through the world of the different techniques of kayaking.
In order to be able to offer you the greatest possible learning success in this course, we will take a maximum of 4 participants per kayak instructor. This ensures that there is enough time to address all topics and questions and to work with video analysis again and again during the course.
To help you Technique Training you should already have the basic techniques (F2 level or higher).
This course will make your technique more precise.
Kayak Information Technique Training
- Explanation of the most important terms and techniques
- Setting individual goals for participants
- Flow theory
- Driving precise lines and using currents
- Expand dynamic movement using weight positioning and upper body rotation.
- Generate "torque on the kayak" and use it for paddle strokes and changes of direction
- Dynamic eddy driving with various pull-impact combinations
- Slalom technique and its possible applications in white water
- Execution and correction of groundstrokes
- Crossing intersection zones (current/eddy; eddy/current; Current/Current)
- Cable ferries and crossings over strong currents
- Driving eddy combinations and lines cleanly
- Re-enactment of typical problems in whitewater with the help of gates
- Slalom combinations with multiple gates
- Video analysis and explanation of how to use them wisely
In order to participate in the technique course, you must
- Be able to swim confidently
- Safely master the Eskimo roll in white water.
- Be in overall good health.
- Have experience at WW III (F2 level or higher).
- be at least 14 years old (we offer courses for groups of younger paddlers on request).
- Improving and refining technology
- Energy-saving paddling
- Improve boat feel and control over maneuvers
- Recognize own technical deficits through video analysis and feedback from the trainer
- Define individual exercises that you can continue to work with after the course
- Find suitable training locations independently
