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Weekly Training and Fitness sessions

All keen and able members are encouraged to come to the shed regularly during the week for about an hour of paddling. The aim is to build up your individual fitness and practice your technique. Aim to return after an hour of paddling, depending on the group.

Weekday sessions

Be on time or you may miss out.

If any sessions have finished for the semester, and/or information or times are incorrect, please email the webadmin. If you would like to know more about flatwater paddling, please contact the flatwater rep

Tuesday mornings – paddle at your own pace

Experienced paddlers and their friends paddle regularly at the times shown. Any one wanting to come along will be welcomed.

This is “paddle at your own pace“. This means that if you are slow and can’t keep up, then come along anyway. They will help you get started, then leave you to practice while they go on ahead. When you see them paddling back, turn around yourself. They will catch up and see how you are doing. Before too long you will be able to keep up. If you paddle faster that they do, you can leave them behind, but you need to pace yourself to return at the same finish time.

Meet: Club shed

  • Meeting time: 6:50 AM sharp

Before coming please contact: John

Note These sessions run during semester and informally during the breaks

Tuesday Evenings – Paddle Stroke Training at the Pool




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Thursday Mornings – Flatwater training and fitness sessions

Weekly training session: This is a weekly paddle aimed at fitness and improving technique for flatwater paddlers. Open to all paddlers (SKs, Roscos, TKs etc) on a paddle-at-your-own-pace basis. It’s a great way to meet other regular flatwater paddlers.

When: Thursday mornings

  • Meeting time: 6:30 AM sharp

Before coming, please check by contacting: Steff

Paddle type: Flatwater – paddle at your own pace
Location: University of Queensland building 30 – UQ Canoe club boat shed
Address: North river end of Sir William MacGregor Drive, St. Lucia

Friday Mornings – Flatwater training and fitness sessions

Weekly training session: This is a weekly paddle aimed at fitness and improving technique for flatwater paddlers. Open to all paddlers (SKs, Roscos, TKs etc) on a paddle-at-your-own-pace basis. It’s a great way to meet other regular flatwater paddlers.

When: Friday mornings

  • Meeting time: 6:30 AM sharp

Before coming, please check by contacting: Steff

Paddle type: Flatwater – paddle at your own pace
Location: University of Queensland building 30 – UQ Canoe club boat shed
Address: North river end of Sir William MacGregor Drive, St. Lucia

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What is flatwater kayaking?
Basically it means taking out one of the ‘tippy’ boats (a TK1 is more stable than a K1) so you can go longer distances and at a faster pace. It is an ideal way to get fit and also encouraged if you wish to participate in races. The Wednesday group will have a greater focus on flatwater paddling.

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Training Subsidies

The club has secured a Queensland government grant to improve the level of sea kayak and whitewater skills within the club. The club is in a position to significantly subsidise members in the following certified courses –

  • First aid courses
  • Flatwater guide/ instructor courses
  • Level 2 sea leader courses
  • Swiftwater Rescue courses

The club expects to get something back from people whose courses it subsidises. Accordingly, these subsidies will be awarded according to a number of criteria. These will include things such as past participation and contribution to club activities, likelihood of future contribution and participation in club activities, and suitability of the course to the individual.

If you would like to do a course, please submit the course you would like to do, when you would like to do it (check Queensland canoeing’s calendar), and a short summary of why you think the club should subsidise your course.

Contact Dave ( club vice-president ) for details and course submissions.

Look for details from Qld Canoeing’s course calendar for the courses and times you are interested in

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Skills Development

In addition to the regular Saturday social paddling and weekday paddling sessions, extra training sessions are sheduled periodically through the year – particularly around the beginning of semester when there is an influx of new members. These training sessions usually have an emphasis on a particular canoeing discipline, but don’t be put off. The skills covered in these sessions include many that are useful for ALL types of kayaking. Training with different types of boat is also desirable because it helps you to adapt your skills, practice, and gain more experience. Sometimes a skill is easier to learn in a particular type of kayak.

Skills sessions for any kayak discipline are open to all club members
Sessions cover many basic skills used with all kayaks

Training arrangements for the different disciplines are generally as follows.

  • Sea Kayaking skills – Periodic sea kayak assisted rescue and paddle stroke training on the UQ pool. Sessions typically cover basic and then advanced paddle strokes, manoeuvring, wet exits, recoveries, and rescues. Check the pool calendar for sessions (training takes place alongside canoe polo). Introductory sea kayaking sessions are generally held later as a separate trip.
     
  • Canoe polo skills (pool training) – a series of evening sessions in the university pool, using “polobats” and other smaller kayaks, or any kayak if desired. Sessions typically cover paddling techniques, manoeuvring, wet exits, recoveries, rolling, ball skills, etc. These sessions are a chance to practice your skills in fresh water.
     
  • Flatwater skills – sessions on the UQ pool that include beginner and advanced paddle stroke training, and occasionally assisted rescues specific to fragile flatwater boats (TKs and Ks). Check the pool calendar for sessions (training takes place alongside canoe polo). Other flatwater trips to local dams are periodically organised with the aim of helping members progress from basic kayaks to racing kayaks (TK1s and K1s).
     
  • Whitewater skills (intro day) – these training sessions are typically held only once per semester. They are day trips that take place below Wivenhoe dam using whitewater kayaks. It helps to have attended other skills sessions prior to this. Sessions typically cover paddling techniques, manoeuvring, wet exits, recoveries, rolling, moving water techniques (ferrying, eddy turns, peel-outs), with the option of negotiating a rapid. [Note these sessions no longer run after the 2011 floods destroyed the location]. Playing canoe polo is a useful way to develop necessary whitewater skills.
     
  • Internet Resources – a great deal of training information is available by searching the net. A great place to obtain information and demonstrations of basic paddle and rescue techniques is http://kayakpaddling.net.

New Members

New members with little paddling experience will find the most convenient and useful training sessions are the polo sessions in the pool, followed by the sea kayaking pool training and river paddle sessions. These will help you to get more out of the training trips in Moreton Bay and at the dams, although they are not a prerequisite.

Remember that if you are very new to paddling, and have little idea what to do, then you should come to the regular Saturday, or Tuesday/Thursday morning paddling sessions(at least until you are competent by yourself). On Saturday mornings there are other more experienced club members available to give you tips, help you choose the right boat, and to assist you should you get into difficulty.

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General Pool Training

Scheduled Tuesday evenings

New Paddlers & members, this is your chance to learn important skills in a CLEAN easy environment – and the POOL is HEATED (27 deg.)
Don’t miss out!

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Canoe polo continues every Tuesday evening during semester after this.

Who’s it for: Open to all club members – ONLY (you need to have joined the canoe club first (you can do this online just before, and bring the printed forms on the night). However, you do not have to have completed any new club member inductions to attend.
Meeting time: 7:45 PM on scheduled Tuesday evenings below
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: $10 members (members only, unless specifically invited)
Location: University of Queensland Pool (UQ Building 27 or picture)
Purpose: Training, general skills development, skill building, & fun.

Here’s a chance to learn and practice a variety of skills. These training sessions are very useful for all kayaking, but are slanted toward polo.

  • Basic paddle strokes (stop, start, sweep strokes, reverse sweep strokes, steering without a rudder)
  • Wet exits
  • Bracing, edging, and sideways paddling
  • T-rescues (whitewater) also called Eskimo rescues (in Sea kayaking)
  • Possible rolling practice

Trainer: Various capable club members

SEMESTER 1 2018 – Next General Pool Training Sessions

  • Tuesday 27th Feb 2018 7:45 PM to 9:30 PM – General training for all club members
  • Tuesday 6th March 2018 7:45 PM to 9:30 PM – General training for all club members
  • Tuesday 13th March 2018 7:45 PM to 9:30 PM – General training for all club members and Intro to canoe polo

    • Tuesdays after these dates are primarily for canoe polo, but similar training sessions will run regularly in the shallow end for those wanting to build their skills. Some nights there will be for other kinds of sessions in the shallow end (e.g. rescue training, rolling, freestyle). You can also mix training with trying out canoe polo. Maybe you’ll discover a latent interest in polo (like many others have done before you), or simply realise that polo is a great way to build your skills for other disciplines!

    As long as canoe polo sessions are held at the UQ pool, there is space for any club members to come along and practice in the pool alongside polo training. All club members are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity while it lasts (use it or lose it). Experienced club members are available to help you improve your skills.

    Self-practice is also open to Australian canoeing members (e.g. members of other AC affiliated canoe clubs), but this must be pre-arranged prior to arrival at the pool, and only on polo evenings (not the general pool training sessions listed here).


    Sessions run from 7:45 PM to 9:30 PM (we are gone by 10 PM after clearing up).

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    What to bring

    • Towel and swimming gear (there are shower facilities at the pool)
    • Money to put toward pool costs.
    • Please pay and sign the form at the start of the night. Each member must sign on individually.
    • Membership form printouts and proof of payment if you have not handed these in

    The club subsidises the pool hire, so the more people that take advantage of these sessions, the more sessions we can afford to hold.

    LM: Feb 2018
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    Saturday Social Paddles

    The club holds club social paddles on many Saturday mornings, especially new members. It’s a good chance to pick up tips from more experienced members and meet others. Sessions start at 8:30 AM, and all members are encouraged to come along.

    Duration: ~1 hour and longer depending on the group and their interests
    Paddle type: Flatwater
    Bring: Hat, a long sleeved shirt, a water bottle, sunscreen, dark glasses, and suitable footwear. Money if it is a market paddle. Food if it is a barbecue or breakfast paddle.
    Location: University of Queensland website calendar. Some may be run as an extended social paddle to the markets (check the calendar for these too).

    Visitors wishing to try out paddling and check out the club should attend an on-water induction session that usually precedes this activity)

    Social Saturday Calendar

    Held on Saturday mornings with even numbered dates.

    Paddles start at 8:30 AM on days when no inductions are scheduled (inductions are on odd numbered Saturday mornings (or other days).

    If no dates are listed, please email enquiries or check back here closer to the date.

     

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