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Written by David H. Johnston
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 |
 If you are like me, you are terrible with trying to remember your student's names. I'm so bad that I once forgot my kids' names during a job interview and had to make hem up. It took me 2 weeks to tell the story to my wife. Yeah, it was bad...
Knowing the names of your students is so important because you will connect with your students better and build that bond of trust faster. Also, in an emergency, you can keep control of the situation significantly better hopefully leading to a more positive outcome.
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
By L. Dee Fink
Reprinted from the University of Oklahoma Instructional Development Program, July 19, 1999
Many teachers today want to move past passive learning to active learning, to find better ways of engaging students in the learning process. But many teachers feel a need for help in imagining what to do, in or out of class, that would constitute a meaningful set of active learning activities.
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Written by David H. Johnston
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Saturday, 11 August 2007 |
 Kayaking instructors, I have a challenge for you.
When we teach forward stroke, we emphasize using torso rotation for greater endurance and strength rather then just using our arms. I have absolutely no problem with it. It makes sense to me as an advanced paddler and I believe strongly in it.
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Written by Mark Tozer
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
Preparing to use video in coaching.
Video is a flexible and powerful tool for the coach, its level of use is dictated by the coaches ability with the camera and confidence in it's application as part of the normal coaching process. The strength of video lies in it's ability to capture movement and speed rather than fixed shots. Many coaches are, needlessly, nervous because of the technology involved and it's application. The video should be built into normal coaching activity and viewed as additional to coaching activity.
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Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
by: John Winters
 How long is a long kayak? How wide is a wide kayak? How fast is a fast one? Who cares?
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Written by Michael Pardy
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
Navigation class
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Written by David H. Johnston
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Friday, 20 October 2006 |
Brrr...
That is good because for me, the fall is the best time of the year to paddle as the storms roll in bringing with them wind and waves. The offside to it is that fall brings cooler air thus cooler water.
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Saturday, 25 March 2006 |
Adapted from Surf Ski Quarterly vol. 2 no. 4
Original article by Robert Saunders
Reprinted with kind permission from Adventure Sports Unlimited.
Right of Way
Even experienced surfers have differing beliefs about dropping-in.
Newcomers to surfing rely on friends to explain the rule. There is no readily available document nor is there frequent publicity to ensure one has a common understanding.
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Written by David H. Johnston
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Saturday, 23 December 2006 |
I had an epiphany this past summer. I was teaching at a Greenland Symposium in Wawa, Ontario, Canada and I was paired up for the weekend with Bonnie Perry from Chicago, IL. She is a level 4 paddler and holders her level 3 BCU coach.
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Written by David H. Johnston
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
So you want to become a paddling instructor do you? Good choice. The first thing you need to do is to get connected with your local paddling club or school and take some classes to make sure that your paddling skills are at a demonstrative level. That means that you need to perform all the required skills for the level you are going to be teaching perfectly.
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Written by Tim Dyer
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Thursday, 25 May 2006 |
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Learning how to give positive and constructive criticism to
a student is one of the more difficult teaching skills to master. Tim Dyer from
White Squall provides some tips and tricks that he has picked up over the
years.
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