Target Audience:
Novice coaches, Recreational/Seasonal level crew coaches, assistant coaches for competitive teams , up to 20 participants
Duration:
6 hours classroom plus optional 2 hour water session
Course content:
- Basic Training Overview
- History of Dragon Boating
- Key Terms
- Role of a Recreational/ Seasonal level coach
- Team Management
- Basic Boat Seating
- Practice Management
- Season Planning/ Developing Practice plans
- Basic stroke mechanics
- Technical Priorities
- Preventing Injuries
- Communication
- Recruitment/ forming a team
Requirements:
Participation in all classroom and water sessions
Successful completion of all homework assignments
Fees:
Dragon Boat Training clinics for coaches as low as $50 per participant
Target Audience:
Competitive crew coaches, Regional competitive crew coaches, up to 20 participants
Duration:
8 hours classroom/ 2 hour water session
Course content:
- Creating a Mission Statement
- Team Goal Setting
- Season Planning
- Practice Planning
- Off Water Training
- Team Management
- Motivation – “Why Should I Coach?”
- Developing Critical Eye
- Technique vs Style
- Motivation
- Nutrition
- Communication
- Boat Seating
- Coaching tools
- Race Strategy
- Preventing Injuries
- Targeted Recruitment
- Special Populations
Requirements:
Participation in all classroom and water sessions
Successful completion of all homework assignments
*Intermediate coaches training require successful completion of the previous coaching level or previous dragon boat coaching experience that has been approved by the instructor.
Fees:
Dragon Boat Training clinics for coaches as low as $50 per participant
Target Audience:
Nationally competitive crew coaches, CCWC crew coaches, USA Nationals crew coaches, up to 20 participants
Duration:
6 hours classroom plus optional 2 hour water session
Course content:
- Key Race Identification
- Season Planning
- Crew Selection
- Boat Seating and Blending
- Motivation
- Fun
- Advanced Coaching Tools
- National and International Governing Bodies
- Cross Training
- Over Training
Requirements:
Participation in all classroom and water sessions
Successful completion of all homework assignments
*Advanced level coaches training requires successful completion of the previous coaching levels
Fees:
Dragon Boat Training clinics for coaches as low as $50 per participant
Target Audience:
National team coaches, blended international racing crews
Duration:
8 hours classroom with up to 20 participants
Course content:
- International governing bodies
- International rules for competition
- Ethics
- Season planning
- Remote coaching
- Crew selection
- National trials
- Selection criteria
- Team training plans
- Remote coaching
- Providing paddler feedback
- Working with the home coach
- Analyzing off site work outs
- Team travel
- Jet lag
- Boat seating
- Onsite practice and blending
- Cross rostering
- Multi-day events
- Team management
- Nutrition
- Fatigue
- Motivation
- Being a goodwill ambassador
- Organizing and running training and selection camps
Requirements:
Participation in all classroom and water sessions
Successful completion of all homework assignments
*Elite level coaches training requires successful completion of the previous coaching levels.
Fees:
Dragon Boat Training clinics for coaches as low as $50 per participant
