The attached resource pack is aimed at assisting coaches and paddlers in getting the best use out of ergo paddling machines, which are now seen in more and more clubs, centres and local gyms.

Introduction to the pack

The pack is aimed at ‘Paddlesport Start’ in the Long Term Paddler Development Plan and will fit into the LTPD ‘Learn How to Train’ phase of a paddler’s development. The target age range of young people in Paddlesport Start is 8 to 10 years for boys and 7 to 9 years for girls, these exercises and drills will, however, benefit anyone in their early years of paddling participation and development regardless of their age.
It is certainly not intended as a replacement for the coach, but more of a means of assisting those with less of a racing and coaching background than others and who are not in a situation to gain the knowledge and experience from years of racing paddling, training and coaching.