Houston: Kayak Coaching Part 1 3B: Body, Blade, Boat Clinic｜United States

Improve your paddling skills with a custom-tailored coaching session. Join a 2-part coaching program on sheltered water to learn a repertoire of useful strokes and boat maneuvers focused on improving paddling efficiency, boat control, and handling.

Meet your instructor and small group on the water. Start with a forward stroke clinic. Learn to perform paddle strokes and maneuvers safely and efficiently. Cover efficient forward and reverse paddling, a wide variety of strokes for turning, the use of edging to assist turning, rudder strokes for maintaining a course, and draw strokes for moving sideways.

Refine and practice low and high brace strokes for preventing capsize. Then, move on to the maneuvering techniques clinic. Look at the key cause and effect relationships involved in boat control.

Learn to perform paddle strokes and maneuvers safely and efficiently. Cover efficient forward and reverse paddling, a wide variety of strokes for turning, the use of edging to assist turning, rudder strokes for maintaining a course, and draw strokes for moving sideways.

Refine and practice low and high brace strokes for preventing capsize.