The PaddlerUK magazine March 2015 issue 1 | Page 34

ThePaddlerUK 34 By Dave Rossetter –paddlesport instructor – How big is your ‘recipe’ book? I have been coaching, running coach education courses, running leadership training and mentoring other coaches/ leaders for a long time. As the saying goes, “Everyday is a school day” and this past year has certainly been true of that for me. I am currently studying for the British Canoeing Level 4 award. This is for a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Coaching (Paddlesport) through the University of Stirling. For those that don’t know me, this is a big thing to enter the world of education after coming out of school to kick a football around. This didn’t happen for me so the world of skiing and paddling came instead. I enjoy the variety of environments, the challenges that need to be overcome, the stories to be told and the sense of freedom that travelling through the stunning environments. We will come back to this! Having been exposed to great coaching (and not so great coaching) over the years I have a fair handle on what the attributes of a good coach should be. One thing that I was always impressed with is that they always seemed to have plenty of tasks and activities for everyone. It didn’t seem to matter at what level the skills were getting worked on or the ability of the student the coach always had something for them to do. This is something that keeps the sessions happening and learning continuing. PLANNING