For more information or to find your nearest Team15 club visit www. rya. org. uk / programmes / rya-team15
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mentor and help with coaching. To encourage clubs and coaches to participate fully in the Team15 initiative, the coaching sessions are‘ earned’. For every club that attends one of the club development and event support training sessions, a day of coaching is given back in return. This system has been tried and tested and ensures that everyone involved is fully invested toward the common goals of Team15.
From the moment Team15 was launched there has been tireless work behind the scenes to produce resources for the clubs involved, from video resources for coaches to leaflets and posters for the clubs.
Increasing sailing skills
There have been tools developed to help clubs pick the skills challenges they have within their clubs. The main point being the subjective nature of judging the skills. The Team15 programme discourages clubs to choose skills challenges based on a pass or fail basis. The reasoning behind this is that Team15 is about increasing sailing skills. With a pass of fail system it is not who performed a skill the best through a judges eyes, but whether you can complete the skill and carry on sailing to the next. It’ s about developing and building upon confidence as well as sailing skill.
Ultimately, the plan and road ahead for Team15 is to build on the successful programme changes that have been implemented in recent years. The updated strategic investment in the programme has been seen to be developing the sailing numbers within the programme, which is the long term objective.
The Team15 initiative gives the building blocks for any club in the country that would like to offer windsurfing. Its aim for the immediate future is to further support clubs, coaches and encourage more clubs to participate in interclub competitions and with more sailors.
For more information or to find your nearest Team15 club visit www. rya. org. uk / programmes / rya-team15