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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6843

M0nkeymann Topic Author Offline Elite Member Posts: 146 Thank you received: 0	apart from like the star awards and things what kind of medical/lifeguard/swiftwater awards have you guys got. ive got: Assitant Lifeguard Aquatic First Aid CST (canoe Safety test)
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6848

miller Offline Junior Member Posts: 9 Thank you received: 0	Good question, i've got up to 3 star but coaches at my club say i'm above 4 star standard, just not done it yet, I've also got my, Canoe safety Test 8 hour aquatic Firts aid Level 2 coach training (assessment in september) Thats all! Many people i paddle with are amazing paddlers (mainly playboaters and slalom) but have very few awards. Just enjoy their paddling and are very good at it!
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6854

robmeister Offline Platinum Member Posts: 531 Thank you received: 0	i wish we had the star system here in the states, seems lik it works really well over there.
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6858

M0nkeymann Topic Author Offline Elite Member Posts: 146 Thank you received: 0	yeah the star system is a real good way of getting people into paddling n gives you something to aim for
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6950

miller2k3 Offline Senior Member Posts: 20 Thank you received: 0	its all due to change over the next couple of years though, they are taking a couple of strokes out of the star tests (i.e. high brace sculling. putting more emphasis on low brace sculling for the shorter boats that everyone paddles now) and the coaching awards are being completely changed! they can't take anything off you that you already have though, just when you renew it will be different.
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #6970

skirnir Offline Elite Member Posts: 162 Thank you received: 0	I have a WRT under my belt and I would say that was one of the best courses I ever did. When I did it I was a beginer so everything was new to me, there I learned a lot of different trix and also I learned to assess things, think and plan in new ways. I also have some basic first aid, which didn´t help me that much.
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7022

crafty_chris Offline Junior Member Posts: 12 Thank you received: 0	i have star awards, my CST canoe safety test Aquatic first aid And i'm a RLSS Lifeguard And level 2 coach trained.
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7173

batman100 Offline Elite Member Posts: 172 Thank you received: 0	it dosent matter wot ur qualification is, if ur a rubbish paddler
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7204

miller2k3
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How ignorant are some people?!

Did you just get in a boat and could cartwheel on the first attempt, roll without being tought or are you just forgetting that everybody has to start somewhere?

Level 1 & 2 coaches are the most important people out there, they are the people who get the youngsters out onto the water and introduce them to the sport, without these people there would be no future for kayaking and canoeing.

So next time think about what you are going to say before posting a reply.

Cheers and happy paddling you excellent natural paddler batman100.

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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7205

batman100 Offline Elite Member Posts: 172 Thank you received: 0	the point i was making that was your qualifications are really irrelevant if you have little skill or enthusiasm for paddling, as it happens ive got a three star, cst, trainee level two coach, so why dont you just climbdown buddy, ok, im not saying its bad, im saying "its all good having a high IQ but useless if you've got no common sense" you get me?
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7213

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i think miller and some of us reading maybe thought your statement was a little blunt and perhaps unnecessarily aggressive. Im sure you didnt mean it this way .but be sure to take time to explain what you mean fully, because text rarely sounds how you want it to.

that said, i get you buddy , of course, talent is more important than awards. I have a paddler at my club who has no stars at all but is one of the best i know. however, getting a host of awards and qualifications would prove on to be a better than 'rubbish' paddler.

anyway. ,,

peace,

Simon

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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7216

batman100 Offline Elite Member Posts: 172 Thank you received: 0	yeah peace
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7236

miller Offline Junior Member Posts: 9 Thank you received: 0	i understand the coimment now its been explained, sorry about the sudden outburst, but it did seem quite arrogant at the time. i know one or two paddlers with few or no awards who are excellent paddlers like you say but people with awards shouldn't have them unless they are at that level. sorry again and like you say, Peace and keep paddling
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Training 18 years 10 months ago #7241

Tomme Offline Premium Member Posts: 72 Thank you received: 0	i have met lots of paddlers that have no qualifications but are great paddlers, however i have yet to meat a qualified paddler who isnt as good as the qualification they have requires them to be...
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