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Level:
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ONE
STAR Award
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Course Duration:
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12
Hours
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Aim:
To introduce beginners to the sports in
a safe and enjoyable way.
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Environment:
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Simple
Coastal Water
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Type
of Craft:
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Single
seat closed cockpit kayak |
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Pre-entry
requirement:
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Swimming
50m with PFD
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Trainer
/ Assessor:
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Level
1 Coach or above
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Theory
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- Basic
equipment, including features of a kayak
- Basic
safety issues
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Technical
Skills
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- Lifting
and carrying
- Launching
and coming ashore
- Disembarking
and embarking
- Forward
paddle a circuit of 100m with directional control
- Reverse
paddle a circuit of 25m with directional control
- Stopping
- Forward
and reverse sweep strokes
- Planned
capsize followed by swim ashore with retention of kayak
and paddle
- Emptying
of water
- Simple
beginnings of moving sideways ('J'-draw)
- Simple
beginnings of stern rudder (going in a straight line)
- Simple
beginnings of low recovery
- Rafted
'X' rescue
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Journey
Experience
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