Strong Paddler Technique Course

Technique coaching comes down to one thing: communication. Are the coach and athlete speaking the same paddling language?

Too often, coaches spend ages on the side of the water yelling instructions the athlete simply doesn’t understand. The coach walks away frustrated, feeling like the athlete isn’t listening. The athlete walks away frustrated too with no progress, more confusion, or advice that just didn’t land.

The Strong Paddler approach starts differently: we build a shared understanding of the 4 phases of the kayak stroke first. Each phase has a clear biomechanical purpose and links to the next. We break the stroke down into these phases and give each one its own set of drills. So the athlete gets clearly defined sections of the stroke, and coaching cues that mean the same thing to both of you. On-water coaching gets sharper, and the athlete gets a feeling to chase.

This is exactly the session I’ve delivered to athletes online and in person and it’s now live as a course on the site. Every time, it’s created real change in just 1-2 sessions, completely shifting how an athlete sees and executes their technique. Use the content to Keep practising with the low-load drills as a pre-paddling warm-up or in the gym, and you get time-effective technique work without needing to get wet.

There’s an erg version and a no-erg version. So no ergo, no problem. Most no-erg drills pair just as well alongside the erg-based ones.

Link to the new course is here available for website members, current members on the website will already have access.

There is also the original course Grade 1 Technique, New paddlers start with this first