Coaching

Develop your skills

For those wishing to develop their skills coaching can be provided. Active4seasons’ staff are qualified to coach the following activities:

Sea Kayaking
Open Canoeing
River Kayaking
Single pitch climbing

British Canoe Union star awards (1-3*) can be undertaken as well as training in preparation for any of the coaching awards. Active4seasons offers bespoke courses to those who have specific needs rather than running BCU syllabus based courses – there are already plenty of providers that offer the BCU courses.

Active4seasons specialises in developing the necessary skills required to get you out and safely enjoying the environment in whatever medium you chose. This may be Open Canoeing on the rivers, Sea kayaking trips along the coast or spending the day climbing at one of the fantastic Northumberland Sandstone crags.

We recommend a teacher to learner ratio of no more than 4:1 and ideally 2 – 3:1 for beginners.

The environment is a big part of what we do and so its role and an understanding of how we can adversely affect it is fundamental to the teaching.

Testimonial

4* assessment

Hi Ollie

Thanks for helping me with the 4* assessment last saturday at Holy Island - I enjoyed the day and had a good work out against the wind and towing etc !

Thanks again
Dave

Training for 4* sea

Ollie made sure our 2 day sea kayaking course met everyones needs and stretched everyone in the group. This course was worth every penny and I would recommend anyone wishing to develop their skills as a sea paddler to spend a few days with Ollie. The folk on this course continue to paddle as a group and apply the skills learned. We all feel that we are safer paddlers because of this course. Thanks again   Ray