Some of the more enthusiastic students asked me to go paddling with them before the holiday, and I kept the promise to them on Saturday. 6 of them rented boats, I brought my playboat down let them try, and got them the ball to play with. There was Dog and Bone games with the ball, teaching of ball shielding and stern dips and of course, rolling practice. Here's one of them camwhoring with my boat.
Yet another record for me - I taught a 13 year old how to do a handroll, within an hour!
Here's one of them trying to do handroll with forward recovery - I taught him to forward leaning handroll previously and he couldn't make himself learn the backward recovery handroll after that, and he's now so close to learning what most paddlers can't do!
I think they have so much potential, and I wonder if I should ask them if they want to receive specialised training in canoe polo or even playboating regularly. If they were to continue training like this on a regular basis, I think they will be at a second-year polo player level the moment they go into an IVP team! They only thing holding me back is...should I take up this commitment of time and effort, with no promise of reward other than gratitude?
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wah.. wished i had known u when i was learning my hand roll.
Ask them loh. If they are interested, then you should encourage and teach them.
Nothing gives more satisfaction than motivating someone to reach their potential and achieve their dreams.
I just read the BCU coaching handbook, and it says kids should be allowed to decide if they want to take their interests further. But yah, maybe will let them know of the opportunity.
It's exciting for me to see how far they can go, but like I said, it's a big sacrifice of time, and I''m not sure I am ready to do it.
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