The past 2 =BD days in Peekskill, NY were an incredible experience for = me. I had the incredible fortune to be one of the attendees at Atlantic Kayak Tours Skills Symposium. Not only were the skill sessions incredible, the logistics, the food, the presentations--all superb.=20 While I learned quite a bit that will really help fine tune my own skills, the most important insights I gained were in how the sessions were taught. Each of the 5 Star Coaches had common approaches. The each were excellent observers, they didn=92t =93talk to much=94 (over explaining and complicating things), and probably most importantly they each communicated in every aspect their sheer joy and love of the sport. That was infectious to say the least! The other mantra I=92ll take back to my own teaching came from Bill = Taylor in his session on Coaching Processes=97=93Remember, your teaching People = not paddling.=94 Mark Schoon Coastal Kayaking Instructor & Guide Virginia Outdoor Center Fredricksburg, Virginia (540) 371-5085 [demime 0.92b removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 31 2000 - 06:33:11 PDT
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