Victoria Lake Canoe Club - Development and Coaching
General Development and exposure to Canoeing
VLC has appointed Sandra Eardley as our development officer. Sandra has always shown a keen interest in exposing this sport to not only youngsters but particularly to youngsters from lesser advantaged communities.
The club, through the generosity of numerous members, has acquired a number of canoes and general canoeing equipment to facilitate this introduction of juniors into the sport. Sandra, with the assistance of some of our club members, will co-ordinate the development program and lessons.
Contact details for Sandra are as follows: Cell: 083 255 9303, email: palsteel@telkomsa.net
Private Lessons and coaching:
VLC now has a resident private coach available to assist any juniors or new paddlers. VLC member, Danie Coetzer, is an experienced coach with years of experience and will be offering this service in his private capacity. For interested juniors, Danie is prepared to host three training sessions a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 15H00 to 16H30 at VLC. The training sessions will cater for beginner through to national contender and will focus on safety, proficiency, canoeing technique, racing technique and race preparation. The canoeing disciplines focused on will be predominantly sprints and flat water marathon racing and not river racing. For seniors, private lessons may be arranged with Danie.
Contact details for Danie are as follows: Cell: 072 368 6626, email: picsa@mweb.co.za
Proficencies:
If you are new to paddling, it is a pre-requisite that you pass both a flat water and a river proficiency test. Should you need assistance with proficiencies, please contact either Kevin (Safety), Brandon (Club Captain) or Sandra Eardly (Development).
David busy marshalling the troops
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