Entry level courses are your gateway to getting started. Teaching and leading paddlesports will offer you a varied, adventurous career. Whether leading gentle Stand Up Paddleboard sessions in the Mediterranean over the summer or coaching paddlers on white water, there is something for everyone.

There are three key entry level options. These are British Canoeing Awarding Body qualifications, so you can be confident your choice will be Internationally recognised.

Not sure what to choose? 

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The two day British Canoeing Canoe and/ or Kayak Sheltered Water Training is an ideal award for anyone wanting a formal and regulated qualification coaching in a sheltered water environment, introducing fundamental skills up to 200 metres from the bank and up to force 3 winds.

You will coach paddlers in the sheltered water environment. This will include coaching beginners new to the sport, or paddlers looking to develop their skills as well as tactics.

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The two day British Canoeing Stand Up Paddleboard Sheltered Water Training is an ideal award for anyone wanting a formal and regulated qualification coaching SUP in a sheltered water environment, introducing fundamental skills up to 200 metres from the bank and up to force 3 winds.

You will coach paddle-boarders in the sheltered water environment. This will include coaching beginners new to the sport, or paddlers looking to develop their skills as well as tactics.

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The two day British Canoeing Stand Up Paddleboard Open Water Training is for anyone operating further afield and wanting to coach the relevant skills that the environment presents, then the Stand Up Paddleboard Open Water Coach could be the right choice.  Operating up to 500 meters from the shore with winds up to force 4.

You will coach paddle-boarders in the open water environment. This will include coaching beginners new to the sport, or paddlers looking to develop their skills as well as tactics.

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